<p>I just found that out that I have been deferred from single choice early action to regular admission. Does this put me at an advantage to the regular admission pool? Also, have you ever heard of a deferred student getting in to Tulane?</p>
<p>And yes, I did visit Tulane and even scheduled to meet up with my representative. Should I retake the SATs or send in improved grades?</p>
<p>What are your stats as they stand now?</p>
<p>Sats- 2100
GPA- 3.6 (tough boarding school)
Community Service- 300 hours
Trilingual
Lots of extracurricular activities
Legacy (grandparents) </p>
<p>Also I don’t know if this affects anything, but I did not apply for any financial aid.</p>
<p>Tulane is need blind, so that shouldn’t matter. Wow, you look like an admit. All I can figure is that GPA is weighted and so your UW GPA is somewhat lower than the Tulane average? Hard to say. I like your chances in RD, especially if you are having a good first semester this year. Hang in there! I assume you filled out the why you want Tulane question? Although SCEA should show sufficient interest. Just thinking out loud, so to speak. Oh, and deferred students definitely do get admitted a fair amount of the time.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your input. I am going to continue to send in my grades and hopefully they will improve my gpa.</p>
<p>Those are great stats! I wonder if they’ve filled their quota of EAs and are now simply deferring everyone to RD? Am getting concerned about son 2’s chances…</p>
<p>There do seem to be some odd variations this year as compared to the last two years. Nothing dramatic, but just some results posted I would not have expected (not that what I expected means much). I keep thinking back to the fact that they announced they wanted this year’s class to be around 1400 students, as opposed to the 1630 they got last cycle. That could explain some of it. Just speculation though.</p>
<p>Thank you guys! Tulane is still my #1 choice. Great school! I guess I’ll just wait till April 1st.</p>
<p>I think they may have made a mistake if those were your stats! My friend with similar stats got deferred as well but apparently it was a mistake (I have no idea how he found out, maybe he called?) and he got accepted w/money.</p>
<p>I got in w/a 34 ACT and a 98.5/100 WGPA (approx top 2% 97.5/100 UW). I haven’t received any mail about it yet though so idk if I’m getting any money since I forgot to tell my parents to apply for FA lol… it’s only an lol because I wouldn’t get an FA that’s not a merit scholarship anyway since my income bracket is WAYY too high.</p>
<p>rainbowrose-
you dont need to apply for FA for merit $$</p>
<p>rainbowrose - with those stats you most likely will get the Presidential ($25,000), I would think. That assumes the rest of your package is similarly strong. As jym says, you don’t need to apply for that, they automatically consider you. It will be in your acceptance letter, along with the invitation to the Honors Program I feel sure. You are a very strong candidate for the DHS, the full tuition award. That does require an additional application, due Dec 15. If you haven’t done that already and you are serious about attending Tulane, you should go for it.</p>
<p>If your income bracket is that high, there is no reason to fill out all the FA forms. There are EFC calculators online that can tell estimate pretty closely if you would be eligible for any assistance based on need.</p>
<p>My son was accepted SCEA even though I would have to say honestly that he was on the low end of applicants. I think what put him in the running was a long list of community service and a really good essay. Also he put a lot of effort into explaining why he wanted Tulane and why his background made him a good fit. Unfortunately, don’t think we can swing the $$$</p>
<p>to the OP: have someone at your school call Tulane to check on this; sounds highly irregular…</p>
<p>and I agree with purplemom75, we know a number of students with much lower stats who have already been accepted this year…and no, they don’t have stellar EC’s either.</p>
<p>That’s a shame, purplemom. But don’t give up before you see the FA package.
I brought this up once before but it is probably worth mentioning again. The personal statement question regarding why the person wants to go to Tulane is new this year. Earl Retif, VP Admissions, said in the Hullabaloo that they were definitely using that “Why Tulane” statement as a factor. That is, if someone left it blank (it does say optional) or said something trite like “because the academics are so good” that they would have to think that person doesn’t have much passion for Tulane. It has generated some discussion, with one student editorializing that they think it is a bad idea. They were afraid that good students that would come to have a passion for Tulane would be turned away, that had this been practiced in the past many students like this never would have had the chance to be a Tulanian. They make the further, and I think highly valid point, that many students apply before they can visit Tulane and therefore cannot answer the question as well as they might otherwise be able. That doesn’t mean they are not good candidates. After all, how many times on here have we talked about, and heard testimony too, the fact that a person applied because it was free and easy, got a great merit offer which piqued their interest, then came to visit and had the school rocket into top consideration with or over schools like Vandy, Duke, WUSTL, Chicago, etc. I share the writers concern that this may be lost.</p>
<p>Anyway, my opinion aside, that appears to be what is being done in admissions this year and may account for some of the results we have seen that would not have been seen in previous admissions cycles. That being said, I still have serious doubts about the student with a 28 ACT getting a Presidential, or the really low stat student (by Tulane standards) getting accepted. I don’t think things have changed that much.</p>
<p>Tulane admissions has done a great job, post-Katrina especially. My concerns notwithstanding, they deserve the presumption that they have thought this through and have reason to believe it is best for the school. We will see how this admissions cycle turns out. It is a very hard job, no doubt.</p>
<p>S2 was on the low end of range but he was so passionate about Tulane being “the place he was meant to be”. I think that if you are truly serious about Tulane as your first choice is it behooves you to say that strongly, clearly and often. Btw, S2 is now a happy freshman (hopefully) studying for exams!</p>
<p>Oh, yes, he is studying. I know they have special study sessions at The Boot, he was first to sign up. LOL, kidding of course. I am glad he is enjoying Tulane. I hope exams go well for him and he has/had a successful first semester.</p>
<p>For those who were wondering, my college counselor emailed my rep and asked her why I was deferred. She said that they wanted to see how my full senior year goes and if I keep up the goods grades. Again, thank you for all the support!</p>
<p>Actually, we did not visit Tulane, too far away. Also, my son had an accident at school the day of a local info session and cancelled at the last minute. But you should be able to get a good sense of any school by reading guides and the college’s own web site.</p>