<p>What's your view rgd Tulane (and other Universities) releasing admission decisions as soon as they are released rather than all at once? Personally, I am inclined to constantly check the Gibson page in the chance that my status has been updated. Conversely, I don't ever check the status for my Case Western app because I know that everyone's decision (for EA) is released simultaneously.</p>
<p>Besides the fact that I am constantly checking the website, do others feel that those students who are admitted earlier (even if they applied LATER), have some sort of advantage? For instance, I am not inclined to apply for the PT scholarship or the "box" scholarship because I don't even know if I'm accepted yet. On the other hand, a student who is admitted back in November could have decided that it would be worth the time to apply for the scholarship. After all, if you're not admitted then the scholarship is irrelevent. </p>
<p>I think the scholarship app due date should be either a) before any decisions come out or b) a fair amount of time after all decisions (for EA/SCEA) are released. </p>
<p>I can understand why you might not think it worth your time to complete the scholarship app without confirmation of acceptance, but is it really any different from scholarship apps at other schools that don’t release their admission decisions until April 1? I know my son is applying to a few other schools (Regular Decision) and he must complete the scholarship app by December 15th for those schools despite the fact that he will not hear until the end of March whether he is admitted. I don’t see how this is any different. You can’t win the lottery unless you buy a ticket. Why pass up the chance? There is still a chance that you will be admitted by December 15th.</p>
<p>I think that if nobody hears until after the scholarship deadline, the playing field is equal. If If I am rejected, I have no chance of getting the scholarship so the time spent perfecting a scholarship (such as the box one) would essentially be wasted. Any other thoughts? I’m not complaining; I just think it’s interesting to hear different perspectives on the topic.</p>
<p>If you have the stats to even be in the running for those scholarships, you will certainly get accepted UNLESS you didn’t show much interest. But don’t they ask you on the application if you are planning to apply for these scholarships, along with ROTC, need-based financial aid, and the Community Service Scholarship? If you check yes for the DHS, PTA, or CSS they know you are interested and the odds are overwhelmingly high that you would be accepted. I suppose if you didn’t do the Why Tulane statement it might not turn out that way, but surely anyone that wanted to attend Tulane enough to go for those scholarships would do that essay.</p>
<p>Besides all that, you don’t have to be accepted by December 15 to be eligible for those scholarships, you only have to have applied EA/SCEA. Your premise of being rejected is what is flawed here. As has been stated before, they rarely deny people admission at this stage, the almost always defer them to the RD pool if they are not accepted. So again, if you had the stats but they deferred you because the perceived you hadn’t shown interest, getting a strong DHS/PTA application would totally turn that around. From Tulane’s point of view, why wouldn’t they want you? A high stat (and presumably strong qualifications otherwise) student who they now know would have a strong probability of attending if they won the award is the whole point.</p>
<p>So in the end, I think it all works out fine. Someone accepted in the EA round would not have an advantage over someone with the same background that applied EA but got deferred. However, I suspect that situation is more theoretical than real. Maybe it happens rarely.</p>
<p>FC, great post - I hadn’t considered many of the points you mentioned, specifically the note regarding the ‘checkbox’ in the application for those who intend on applying for a scholarship. Thanks for taking the time to explain your thinking! Makes sense.</p>