<p>Thank you Jym & Leeduh, and congrats cottoncandy.</p>
<p>Leeduh, it took 3 weeks for my application to show “Complete.” I was stressing about my status too, but after 3 weeks everything was good. :)</p>
<p>Rodney, Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Ethnicity: African American - I feel that it’s important to mention this.
GPA: 4.49 (weighted)
SAT: 1920 (640 CR, 610 M, 670 W)
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Rank: 14/579
Location: Central Virginia
ECs: Beta Club, VP of Book Club, Intern at Genworth Financial, Skills USA competitor and some other stuff
Essay: I wrote about a time I ate a moldy PB&J – not lying. lol.</p>
<p>Haven’t gotten the official letter yet (I’ll update if there’s merit info) but:</p>
<p>Around a 3.75-3.8 UW GPA at a pretty competitive school (sends ~20% to Ivies + other top schools)
Will have taken 7 APs (I took Calc AB junior year), all Honors otherwise
2360 SAT (760 in math)
730 US History SAT II, 730 Lit
I sent 2 teacher recs (one is probably “great, interested” and one is… “best ever”- saw the first line and it’s to that effect)
Personal essay was well-written but not particularly compelling- I’m trying to write a better one before Jan. 1
I have really good extracurriculars (pretty extensive/focused… President of two clubs, involved in a lot of regional activities, won a fellowship, published in professional paper, editor of school newspaper, varsity pole vaulter, and LOTS of community service ). I sent a full resume.</p>
<p>Hope that helps! I’ll hopefully be able to update it with good news in the form of merit money!</p>
<p>Haven’t gotten my letter either, but I found out I got in yesterday.</p>
<p>3.25 UW, 3.5 W.
2 APs (Spanish and Statistics)
2130 SAT (670 CR, 720 M, 740 W)
SAT II: 610 Lit, 690 Math IIC
Two teacher recs–one very good and one solid (I think).
Personal essay about my internship with the Teen Center in my town.
Not a huge amount of extra currics–played trumpet since 5th grade, two years volunteering with Teen Center.</p>
<p>Used the priority app. Not sure about financial aid yet.</p>
<p>My daughter got her official letter on 11/21/09. She got the Founder’s Scholarship with an award of 20K a year!! We are very pleased, to say the least!</p>
<p>kherb43 - Super congrats to you and her. Do you mind posting her stats so we can get a feel for what it takes to get that kind of award this year? GPA, class rank if she has one, SAT/ACT scores, AP courses and test scores, and idea of EC’s are great. If that’s OK with her and you.</p>
<p>Strat - Fantastic, that’s great! I saw the legacy part, I bet that makes your parent(s) happy! Is Tulane your first choice, or is there somewhere else you think you would prefer?</p>
<p>fallenchemist,
Tulane isn’t my first choice, but it’s nice to know that if all else fails I have a reputable school that will pay half of my tuition(:</p>
<p>Now I just have to wait to find out any financial aid offers.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>GPA 4.13
Class Rank: 21/307
Public High School in NJ
SATs:
Critical Reading 670
Math 670
Writing 790
Combined: 2130 (1340/1600)
Lots of ECs - especially musically and academically (National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society in Russian, Tri-M Music Honor Society…)
Very strong essay (or “personal statement,” whatever they call it!)
Very strong letters- I am especially close with one of my teachers in particular
A decent guidance counselor letter, but probably nothing amazing.
AP Classes and Scores:
English Language and Composition (5)
US History (5)
Music Theory (5)
Currently taking AP European History and AP English Literature this year.
The majority of the rest of my classes all throughout high school have been Honors.</p>
<p>Applied using the personal app.</p>
<p>For those of you still waiting for your decision to come through online, I applied around 11/10, but the CollegeBoard didn’t send my SAT scores until 11/22. Considering I just found out today, the admissions board was impressively fast, since Tulane technically didn’t receive all my information until my SAT scores were in.</p>
<p>Great job, JT. Thanks for the info. Be sure to tell us what they offer, I am trying to put together some data to see if there is any predictability. I would be quite surprised if you don’t get a very good offer. Where does Tulane fall on your list of schools? Top choice, top 5, safety?</p>
<p>Thanks, fallenchemist. Tulane isn’t one of my most serious choices, only because of its location. I’m sure New Orleans would be an awesome college town, but I’m born and raised in NJ and I’ve been kind of sheltered my whole life, so I’d rather stay a bit more local. However, with the economy these days, the right price might make Tulane even more appealing, so I have to wait and see what scholarship money I’m offered before I make any decisions. My prospective major is somewhere in the field of education - either music, English, or Russian (though I’m leaning towards music), so I really can’t afford to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree and come out in a heap of debt. I know Tulane is an excellent school with a reputation to match, but I really need to be realistic and ask myself if I’m truly ready to be that far away from home.</p>
<p>I’ll let you know what scholarships I’m offered; hopefully my stats will help ease the mind of other anxious applicants!</p>
<p>Oh, and I happened to notice that you’re originally from Missouri. My dad actually graduated from the UMKC dental school and is dying to move back to the Midwest!</p>
<p>For this year’s freshman class, they accepted 10,500 out of nearly 40,000 applications, for a 26.4% acceptance rate. The yield was about 15%. The year before it was 9200 out of 34,125 for 27%, and the yield was about 17%. The acceptance rate compares favorably to peer schools, but the yield is low. This is in large part due to the free app and heavy marketing, which leads students applying to Duke, Wash U, Chicago, Northwestern, etc. to apply to Tulane as a “safety”. The good news is that this strategy has resulted in the strongest academic classes in years, and beyond that a student body more focused on community service than almost any other.</p>
<p>The traditional wisdom is that the lower the acceptance rate and the higher the yield, the better the school is, or more accurately the better it is perceived to be. Harvard has a 7% acceptance rate and a 78% yield, just to give some perspective of the one extreme. U Chicago, however, had about the same acceptance rate as Tulane, but it had a yield of 36%.</p>