<p>Since the personal app is essentially rolling, are you at an advantage to apply earlier rather than later, or does it not make much difference?</p>
<p>no- since those earlier accepted student most likely have not informed tulane if they are coming yet so technically the spot is not filled. although applying EA actually does hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Actually I’d say applying early (though not EA) probably helps and what I am saying here is a more or less general rule not necessarily specific to Tulane because I have no inside knowledge of their admissions process. I disagree with armcp on this one.</p>
<p>Tulane actually does rolling admissions and they are going to base their decisions on both their minimum requirments and the profile of last years class and acceptence statistics from that class (and probably the couple of classes before that). They have a pretty rough idea of what they expect the yield to be and so know how many kids they have to accept to yield the class. They also know that the earlier they accept you the longer you will be thinking about them and the more onerous applying to other schools (especially safeties and reaches) might be. I mean why apply to a safety if you have a bird in hand and human nature being what it is why apply to Harvard when you know you won’t be getting in when you already have an admission in hand from a very good school. The rolling admissions from the schools point of view cuts down the amount of competition and gives them more time to close the deal.</p>
<p>From the applicants point of view if you don’t meet last years profile you are going to be put on the wait list when you apply early. If you do meet it you will be accepted. If the applications roll in and they look notably better than last year then admisssions will naturally creep up the standard figuring the yield will remain constant and that cold get you waitlisted or even rejected later in the cycle. Remember they have a target number for acceptances. The sooner they meet that target number or milestones along the way the sooner they cut off acceptances or get pickier.</p>
<p>So my advice for any school that does rolling admissions is apply early if you are a viable candidate. If it is a school that sends all acceptences out at once then it probably doesn’t matter where in the cycle you apply other than the app might get a longer look early on.</p>
<p>My advice on ‘EA’ is this is only for rich kids at top 20 schools with truly outstanding numbers and I think even the schools might be moving away from EA. In Tulanes case only a handfull of EA applications are processed from what I have seen published and I suspect most of those may be special circumstances, perhaps atheletes because I believe the acceptance rate was not too high.</p>
<p>thank you for the info. if you’re a borderline applicant - tulane is probably a semi reach for me - would applying on the early side still be a good idea? would early december/late november be too late?</p>
<p>I don’t think that EA is a good option only for rich kids, or that schools are moving away from it. ED I would agree about, but not EA which is nonbinding.</p>
<p>Personally, I would apply early to anywhere that you’re interested in, bunny, as long as you’re not rushing and pushing yourself to submit an application that could be better if you took more time (such as with the personal statement). You can never tell when delays with transcripts or recommendation letters might slow things down more than you expect.</p>
<p>My bad Cowbell I meant ED is a bad idea and possibly falling in to disfavour. EA I am more ambivelent about. It is probably good for academically strong applicants.</p>
<p>Yes bunny even if you are marginal applicant I would still say apply early. The worst that would happen is they would sit on the application longer waiting to see what all materialized (assuming you at least make the cutoffs) and that would give you an opportunity to lobby a little more. I think most schools in Tulanes range of selectivity most fear accepting a kid at their margins and then being rejected by the applicant. Remeber their job is to identify and admit the students who meet the standards and want and will attend if admitted.</p>
<p>A low yield adds a high level of uncertainty and no business likes uncertainty. It a food chain out thee and a school that might be a safety for you might be a reach for the next kid. No school wants to spend all their time admitting the kids using it as a safety. What can happen if they do is the kid drops a couple deposites and uses the Summer to make up his mind and then leaces you holding the bag come the end of August.</p>
<p>Remember schools, any school from the most selective to the least want to admit kids who really want to be there.</p>
<p>ok, thanks i will definately try to get it in by late november.</p>