<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Undecided likely Pre Med</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2250/2400</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIc 770, Lit 770</li>
<li>GPA: 3.4 UW/4.1 W</li>
<li>Rank: about top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats: Lots of sports and decent community service</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good I think</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: do not think I sent one</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: again not sure I sent one</li>
<li>Hook (if any):None</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments:Was awarded the $20,000 scholarship very generous I think! Have been to campus and liked it but wish there was bigger sports did not like that the stadium was not on campus. Still deciding is a great school and nice to get the scholarship makes Tulane an affordable option with a great reputation.</p>
<p>Hi Cheerleader - Congrats. Can you give us an idea of AP and Honors courses you have taken?</p>
<p>I agree with you about the stadium, although I could say something about the team not being worth watching. But that would be mean, lol. My first two years at Tulane we were in the old Sugar Bowl, then we moved to the Super Dome. It just wasn’t the same. But everything else is on campus, including basketball and baseball. If you like baseball they have an amazing stadium and the teams have been really good for many years.</p>
<p>OK, never mind about the AP’s. I saw your list on another thread. I would say that of the schools you seem to be considering Tulane is the strongest academically. I don’t know if you were invited to the Honors Program (it would have been in the letter along with the merit scholarship), but if not you have two options: 1) If you do well in your senior year (impressive schedule! all AP’s) and on the AP tests, I would contact Dr. Luongo and let him know what you achieved. He is head of the honors program, and my D is really loving it. She is a freshman. If that doesn’t work, there is 2) If you get at least a 3.4 your freshman year you can petition to be let in the program.</p>
<p>Tulane certainly isn’t the sports oriented school Georgia and Miami are. The greek life is strong though. Lots of factors to consider, I know.</p>
<p>FallenChemist I was not invited to Honors I am sure due to my GPA ;( I have done ok in AP tests last year a 5 in English and a 5 in Calc AB but only a 3 in Euro. I have all APs this year Stat, BC Calc, Bio, Psych and English. I will likely not take the test for English (really no point since I got credit last year) prob not BC test since I would not skip Calc II in college anyway and no Bio since I want pre med and would like a strong Bio from a College, will just take Psych and Stat. I have mostly applied to schools in warmer areas except Penn State which of course is my state school. I did get accepted there a couple of weeks ago. I did apply to a couple of far reaches like USC and Vandy but I am not holding much hope for either but they will notify in April. Still waiting to hear from South Carolina (dec 15), University of Miami (Feb) and University of Alabama Fellows (Jan). So I have some thinking to do. I really think I would be happy at almost any of these schools all for different reasons.</p>
<p>Great first semester grades is the only thing I can think of. You didn’t get serious about school until your junior year, from what you said in another Tulane post. That is pretty late in the game and so they don’t have much positive track record to look at. I am curious though: it looks like you posted until about January of 2009 and you said you were going to Wake Forest, then nothing until September and you seem to be a senior only now. Did you take over a sibling’s screen name?</p>
<p>You can also write an e-mail to your adcom saying something to the effect that you understand that Tulane is more competitive than ever for admission and that you understand that being a late bloomer worked against you, and that you hope that your successful junior year, the fact that you challenged yourself with a lot of AP courses, and your strong first semester grades helps them realize that you are a serious student capable of doing first rate work. Something like that. Be deferential, admit that you were a “screw-up” (a bit strong maybe, but you know what I mean), and help them focus on your record for the last 1.5 years. Beyond that, pray every now and then; it can’t hurt.</p>
<p>In, and REALLY excited…waiting on that letter, hoping for decent $$$.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>SAT IIs: USH 740, WH 800</li>
<li>GPA: 3.45 UW/3.9 W</li>
<li>Rank: The worst part–b/w top 25% & top 30%. Rigorous curriculum, tho, mostly honors/TAg/AP.</li>
<li>Other stats: 4 AP tests, 2 5s, 2 4s, AP Schol. w/honors. Nationally ranked athlete; top 10 in country one event, top 15 another.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: good (I think).</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: ?</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: ?</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Missed a LOT of school traveling/competing in my sport. Had to self-study, withdraw several times & reenroll to take finals, work around a lot of difficulties to balance academics with my (non-school) sport. In short: determination/willingness to be different.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Personal:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Southern (not LA)</li>
<li>School Type: Large public. Highly ranked, but only sends a few grads to top schools.</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>LOVED Tulane when I visited. Applying to a few top schools, but because of the rank, it’s a crapshoot. Tulane is a real possibility for me.</p>
<p>hi… well i got in about a month ago with $22,000/year merit. i thought it was just a safety but after being deferred from william & mary and getting in to the school my sister currently attends and doesn’t “love” (as well as u. pitt which is probably on par with tulane academics), I’m more highly considering tulane. What do you all know about the honors program? I will call the school monday but, as of right now, what can anyone tell me about it - do I apply now? is it more academically challenging? or is it just an extra, nice title to have on future resumes? sorry if my questions are irrelevant but thanks to anyone who can help!</p>
<p>Freshman admittance into the honors program would have been included in your acceptance letter. It is not a separate application process. You can be accepted into the program after your freshman year if you have a cumulative gpa of 3.6 or higher. </p>
<p>This was taken from the Tulane Honors website:</p>
<p>“Honors Students are required to take at least four honors courses or equivalents before beginning the honors thesis; at least two of these courses must be at the 300 level or above. Freshmen must take at least one honors course during the freshman year. Honors students are strongly advised to take as many honors courses as their majors or specific courses of study will bear. The number of honors courses required can vary depending on when a student enters the program. In most cases, students who enter the program as sophomores are required to take three honors courses before writing the senior thesis, and students who enter as juniors are required to take two honors courses.”</p>
<p>What gabby said, plus I will add that Tulane is highly focused on improving the Honors Program, which is already very good (my D is a freshman in it). They have hired new faculty to provide specific help in obtaining prestigious fellowships and grants (think Rhodes, Goldwater, Truman, etc.), they are adding more Honors-only courses, and there are seminars for honors students. Honors classes by definition are limited to 20 students, and many are much smaller. Her colloquium course (don’t remember the name of the course, but it is essentially great books of western thought and how they shaped civil society, or something like that) is about 10 students and highly discussion oriented. So it is definitely more than a just a nice title.</p>
<p>I would also slightly differ with you on the Pitt-Tulane equality statement. Pitt is a fine school, absolutely. I lived in Pittsburgh 10 years and know the school pretty well, and know some kids that go there. But to the extent that the quality of the students is the most important factor in what defines the schools “academics”, Tulane has a significant advantage over Pitt.</p>
<p>Middle 50% SATs/ACT</p>
<p>Pitt: CR 570-680, M 590-680; ACT 25-30.</p>
<p>Tulane: CR 630-720, M 620-700; ACT 29-32</p>
<p>Plus no comparison in the two campuses and the weather. Just saying.</p>
<p>LOL, well that just seemed TOO obvious. Pittsburgh is a nice place, don’t get me wrong. Much better than people that have the old steel city image realize. But it is more like a really good place to raise a family, while NOLA is just far more interesting and unique. But to get to your statement, I have often said over many years that Pittsburgh is a “culinary desert”. Obviously I say it as a joke; like any large city there are always good places to eat. But like any good joke, it is based on some truth. Pittsburgh will never be mistaken for one of the great restaurant cities in the world, while NOLA is just fantastic.</p>
<p>Was at a party lst night and chatted with a fellow that lived in NOLA for about 8 yrs, attended Tulane Law etc. He recommended a restaurant int he Warehouse disctrict, but I can’t recall the name! Said everything was made on the premises, and it was a local favorite. Any thoughts/ideas, FC???</p>
<p>Geez, there are quite a few there now. Emeril’s original place kind of paved the way there. Now of course he owns others as well. There’s Mulate’s but I don’t think he could mean that. Cochon is good and probably fits that description. And there is an Italian place that is really good but I cannot remember the name. Of course there is Deanie’s for breakfast/lunch, but I thought that was just off the warehouse area. Might be considered part of it.</p>
<p>We can start a whole new thread for the restaurants in New Orleans. There are fancy, requiring reservations, in the Quarter. There are the famous, lines around the block, but not fancy, not in the Quarter. I do not get downtown to the fancy or even famous restaurants, so can’t recommend them. I do know that Mother’s, which is downtown and somewhat near the Warehouse District, has a line starting in the morning. I have heard that it is overrated, though. Supposed to have good gumbo. Always heard the roast beef poboy with debris was good. There are many mom and pop places that will give you wonderful fresh seafood. Bucktown is a great place to eat for seafood. The Galley on Metairie Road also has great seafood. Our big splurge is Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. Just had our office dinner there the other night. So good! There is one on Saint Charles Avenue, just a streetcar ride down from Tulane. Please take the streetcar ride along Saint Charles. Just gorgeous!</p>
<p>Hi Montegut. You ask the $64,000 question. Ok, with inflation the $640,000 question.</p>
<p>My guess is that with so many students from California and that Northeast applying, Tulane gets an unusually large proportion of students that are applying to schools all over the USA, and to schools that are academically even more competitive than Tulane. Safety school is a relative thing, after all. To someone that has the qualifications to get into one of the Ivies and schools like Stanford, Chicago, etc., Tulane is a relative safety. And I think because of the attractive location and the excellent academics, not to mention the free app which also plays a very large role in this, Tulane gets a lot of those apps, but then lots of those students choose the higher tier school if/when they get into it. Not always of course, but more often than not, as the numbers show, if my hypothesis is right. I can tell you that just like the number of apps has gone way up and the % accepted has dramatically decreased, the yield has also dropped a lot. It used to be more like 25-30% yield, before 2002, I think. Something like that, but it was definitely higher. At the same time, the number of apps was more like 11,000 and the % accepted was around 55-65%, depending on which year we are talking about. So the dynamics have changed dramatically.</p>
<p>Hi idad. Very iffy weather around then. When I was there 2 of the Mardi Gras were in mid-late Feb and the weather sucked, while 2 were in very late Feb - early March and the weather was spectacular. You will be right on the edge of when the consistently good weather starts back up, I think. Still, I think the campus always looks good. Well, maybe not when it is under water, lol.</p>
<p>I think there used to be a thread on NOLA restaurants, it probably should be revived. Actually should be somehow posted permanently, lol. Montegut, I think the Copeland’s on St. Charles closed. Maybe we are not talking about the same place, though.</p>