<p>My son was deferred from Tulane but it remains his first choice. would it make any sense to visit (he has not visited yet) to show interest? any other suggestions to help his application? His grades have show some improvement (3.9 weighted 1290 SATs).Thanks</p>
<p>fallenchemist will have more (better) advice possibly, but my take on this is that Tulane will start to defer/waitlist ALOT of kids until many of those who have been offered admission EA respond to their offers…</p>
<p>can’t hurt to visit so you can “pull the trigger” if you get the phone call…</p>
<p>I definitely think that it makes a difference if your son shows interest and makes it known that Tulane is his first choice. I also think that it is a great idea to visit. I think that Tulane responds well to people who are genuinely interested and make it known. Call and/or email his admissions counselor and let them know that Tulane is his first choice. And I think that Rodney is right. They have to put the brakes on acceptances at some point until they start hearing “no” from people.</p>
<p>One more point to add; to “say” it’s his first choice without that visit would not have as much impact with admissions as saying Tulane is his first choice and why (as a result of that visit)…agree with cmb2728 on that one…</p>
<p>Agree with all the above, and will even more strongly emphasize that a visit is almost a must if it is that important to your son. Hard to make an argument as to why it is his first choice if he has never been there. Make an appointment with his adcon before you go down, (but leave time to see the campus first and get a feel for the school so he can really talk to the adcon about it) and it wouldn’t hurt to talk to a professor or two in areas that he is interested in studying to find out more about majoring in that area, and ask to sit in on a class too. If he happens to mention to the adcon that he talked to that professor or is going to and sat in on the class, so much the better. They want to know that this is important to your son, and why. What can he do for the school, and what can the school do for him. In other words, why does he fit at Tulane better than most other schools? I don’t mean to overdo it, he should be natural, but also at least have thought about these things. It should be more than “Tulane is the highest ranked school I got into”.</p>
<p>Ditto what everyone else said. Tulane is big on demonstrated interest, and Pres. Cowen talks often about the percent of kids who accept admission after visiting vs those accepted who do not visit and do not attend (thats tangential, but emphasizes their focus on visiting). So yes-- visit, make an appointment with an admissions counselor, meet with a faculty in his area of interest, etc. Good luck!!</p>