<p>I applied to tulane rd and got waitlisted with a 2040, which is on par with people who got in EA w/honors and huge merit aid. I really want to go to tulane and I like it more than case western(and tulane would probably be less if I get merit aid that ea apps got).
Any advice? I emailed the counselor an updated resume and called wed, still haven't heard back yet, but my ac is on a recruiting trip until mon.
Thanks!</p>
<p>I think you'll have to wait till May. They won't know how big their return will be till then. however, I wouldn't count on the merit aid because it's pretty much run out. Merit aid is first come first serve.</p>
<p>Also, just a bit of coincidence... the president of tulane used to teach at Case's business school.</p>
<p>Tulane received some 38,000 applications and only has 1400 slots, but admitted around 8,000 (22%). Their merit aid is already handed out, so unless you qualify for need-based aid (which they are kind of stingy about) I wouldn't count on it. As for the 2040, I don't know anyone here who is honors who got below a 2100, and you need around a 2020 for the lowest merit scholarship. Tulane is amazing by the way, so if the difference in price isn't too much, go there! Hope you like drinking and amazing weather.</p>
<p>My S will not be using his scholarship money. I will tell them this week. That is $24,000/year that will be available.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. Just found out they offered 2,000 people a spot on the waitlist, and they don't want supplementry info thats not academic, which is not promising.
However, I do know Tulane has had low matriculation rates, hovering between 10% and 15%, so if that hold true there would be a few hundred spots open come may.
They told me not to send additional recs or supplements because they couldn't add it to my file, and to keep communicating with them, their decision will be based on who shows ongoing interest. I do plan on doing an Americorp summer program, and have been doing internships now, should I be telling them all this? So is there anything I should do at this point? Tulane really is my #1, but I will need FA.
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Personally, I think advising them of your Americorps plans can only help you.
Given that much of the overall focus of the school has moved into the Public Service environment, this news can further define you as a "fit" for them.</p>
<p>Best of luck...my son goes there and feels fortunate. The competition has become much more fierce than it was when he began as a freshman the weekend of Katrina!</p>
<p>So what do people think about the chances of getting off the waitlist? </p>
<p>If there's 2000 people on the waitlist, how many do you think stayed on it? How many are showing interest? (Also, how much interest do you have to show?) I think the yeild might be lower this year because the accepted people are more competitive, and might choose somewhere higher ranked. It seems like there might be a good chance, but playing games with numbers won't get you anywhere.</p>
<p>I was really interested in Tulane, but I'm moving on. I think it will throw me for a loop in I get accepted later, but I have to think about "what if?"</p>
<p>Oh, and I'm not expecting answers to these questions, I know no one besides the admissions counslers can really know, I'm just thinking out loud.</p>
<p>Well, I was accepted early action and proceeded to send in my deposit but surprisingly got into a school that deffered me early action. im forfeiting my deposit at tulane and won't end up enrolling so you can have my spot :-)</p>
<p>Can I assume the 2040 you mentioned is your SAT scores? My son got accepted EA, with merit scholarship of $24,000, with a 1930 SAT, having taken the entire IB program but no AP classes. We turned Tulane down in November after receiving 3 other school's offers that my son was more interested in.</p>
<p>As I mentioned previously in other posts, getting accepted into a school is NOT all about your GPA, SAT, ACT, and class rank. There are a lot of valedictorians who have been turned down by a lot of schools. Schools want diversity. Theres probably a lot less students attending from and applying from Montana to Tulane than there are from say Georgia. As such, grades being somewhat close to equal, the kid from Montana has a much better chance of being accepted. Schools want a cultural balance. Boys, girls, black, white, hispanic, asian, Ohio, Vermont, Montana, Texas, international students, etc... They also look at what you hope to major in. They want to see their departments balanced. If 30% of a school majors in Business and only 3% are majoring in Engineering, then the kid applying and wanting to major in engineering has a much better chance of getting accepted; with merit; even if their scores and such are lower. It can actually be lower than someone who got rejected or wait listed.</p>
<p>For some reason, too many people believe that schools work with HARD numbers. They don't. There is NOT a guaranteed amount that will be accepted. There is not a guaranteed GPA, SAT/ACT, etc... that they are going to accept. Trust me when I say; that if a kid meets the minimum requirements to get into a school, and they are from an obscure state that the school has almost no one from, or they bring to the table a certain trait, skill, or other form of diversity, then they are practically guaranteed to be accepted. Obviously, schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc... have students from all states and backgrounds and goals that apply. It is more balanced. But from a strictly one on one comparison, a kid from Louisiana has a better chance of getting into a school in Wisconsin compared to someone from Iowa, just as a kid from Wyoming probably has a better chance of getting into Tulane than a kid from Mississippi. For no other reason than many kids apply to schools close to where they live. There are a lot of tactics and tricks used to get admitted into a particular school. Unfortunately, most kids don't know them or they still try applying to schools that are too difficult to get into. Sorry, but if you are from Miss; you have a harder time getting into Tulane than if you were from Alaska.</p>
<p>I'm from Portland but was born in Alaska. I was waitlisted. As you said, there arn't any rules. :)</p>
<p>Tulane was pretty up front this year with the fact that due to the surprising twofold increase in applicants this year, combined with the number of students they'd accepted EA, many, MANY very qualified students who applied RD were simply going to have to be put on the WL. They plan to go quickly to their WL. If the yield numbers are similar to those of past years (though who knows? They certainly didnt expect 34,000 applications this year!) Last year the yield was only about 19%, so if this year is at all similar, they shold be taking a lot of students from the WL. This year, so far, the average SAT for the accepted students (based on the old 1600 scale) was 1391, compared to 1246 last year. So, your scores should fall in that range. I would definitely show as much interest as you can if you really want to go to Tulane. They do put focus on SAT and GPA, so if you feel yours don't stand out from the crowd, I'd address other special things you bring to the school.If you do a lot of community service, that is important to them too. Good luck! </p>
<p>And before anybody asks/questions where I got this information, I got it from the Honors Students weekend visit a month ago, a local admitted students event and emails from the school.</p>
<p>If there were 8,000 acceptances, a 19% yield results in a class of 1,520. Isn't this about where they wanted to end up? Realistically, if the yield does not change, I don't see why the school would go very deep into the waitlist.</p>
<p>Good question, but Tulane has said:
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We will keep a strong waiting list in the event our yield does not correlate with the increase in applications, and it is possible that many of these applicants can be admitted later in the spring.
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<p>I just got a call and I'm off the waitlist!!!
now for the FA</p>
<p>According to President Cowen, this year's class may be 1600-1700, rather than 1400. That troubles me a bit-- especially if they hadn't planned for that #. Hopefully they will have the dorm space, the classroomm space, enough faculty, etc to handle a class that is 20% bigger than expected.</p>
<p>Pre Katrina that was the typical class size. They should certainly have enough dorm and classroom space - especially since the current Freshman and Sophomore classes are smaller.</p>
<p>Oh good! I hope there are enough faculty to handle the number of classes they'll need to offer. What do you think?</p>
<p>Tulane cut 150 full-time faculty positions after Katrina and I'm not sure they have replaced all these lost positions at this point. Therefore class sizes would be a concern for me as well since my son is going to Tulane as a freshman this fall.</p>
<p>So does this mean there not going to be taking many people off the waitlist?</p>
<p>I've emailed the regional admission counsler several times expressing interest, and I had my school counsler call Tulane the other day to reccommend me and tell them I'm really interested, and she said they highlighted my name or something and that I'm at the top of the list.</p>
<p>So that probably won't matter?</p>
<p>ok nevermind
i just got in today</p>