<p>average 3.5 gpa weighted, but sophomore year I slacked, and junior year second semester i got a 4.2 weighted. </p>
<p>Senior year I am taking French 4, ap gov and ap calc ab. </p>
<p>ACT Composite:29 English:30 Math:33 Reading: 27 Science:27 Essay 9
i am involved in kiva club, habitat for humanity, and future business leaders of america (fbla) which are clubs at my school. I volunteer as a tutor for disadvantaged kids 1 hour per week since junior year, and have volunteered 1 hr a week as a counselor for special needs kids.
I have played high school and club soccer all throughout my high school years, and I have been captain of my high school team sophomore and junior year, and I won coaches award junior year.
I plan to do well first semester of my senior year. I know my gpa isn't on par but what do you think of my chances? I truly appreciate the feedback.</p>
<p>Sometimes they do. I thought Catria was overstating it by saying Reach, but I saw no reason to chime in since chance posts are kind of silly anyway. But given that Tulane’s ACT range is 29-32, obviously 25% of the students have the same or lower ACT scores than jgable. The junior year grades showed a strong uptick, which they always like to see. EC’s seem very good, so overall it seemed like a match or a slight reach. But of course the only thing that counts is the result!!</p>
<p>On the other hand, Tulane has an acceptance rate of about 25% so clearly 75% of the applicants underestimated how hard it is to get in. Tulane is considered highly selective, and the average test scores, etc. support that. Is it as hard to get into as Duke or Chicago for example? No, at least not as far as stats go. But it isn’t a piece of cake either.</p>
<p>Definitely true that CC is highly skewed towards the higher achieving students and, as you say dolphnlvr, when you add to that the fact that people won’t post negative results as readily as positive ones, it begins to look like everyone gets accepted. The stats show that is far from the truth.</p>
<p>Curious if anyone has been deferred yet or do those decisions come late, around Dec 15th?</p>
<p>Also, I thought I read somewhere the early action round acceptance rate is much higher, something around 40%. Is that because Tulane slightly loosens the standards or the candidates tend to be stronger?</p>
<p>Deferred decisions usually come at the end. And I think the reason the early round acceptance rate is higher is because of both stronger candidates academically and the fact that it shows stronger interest. I don’t think Tulane loosens the standards.</p>
<p>I agree and I’m pretty sure there are higher acceptance rates in the early round at many of top tier schools which offer EA. With that said then it’s a misconception that it’s easier to get into a particular school if you apply early. I know a lot of people apply thinking they have a better chance because of the higher %. It seems Tulane does put a lot of emphasis on the showing of strong interest. Seemingly more than most, but that would be pretty difficult to quantify how much impact it has. Also just because someone applies RD doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have strong interest. As far as Tulane goes I think it would really go long way for deferred applicants who are really persistent and dedicated to improving their credentials, in eventually getting accepted. Do many other schools take on this philosophy for deferred students (e,g. Like Yale ) or is this pretty unique to Tulane.</p>
<p>As far as RD and Tulane, for sure if a student did a good job with the Why Tulane essay and visited or went to a local presentation, that would help a lot. Applying EA or SCEA is helpful, but not a killer if you don’t.</p>