<p>Indeed I do plan to apply for it, and I really was surprised to see how short the application is. 250 words, with a free ride on the line? It’s quite intimidating, but I’ll take my best stab at it and get what I get</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 600R, 680W, 670M
SAT II: 580 Chemistry, 610 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, Senior Seminar, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP English, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholar Athlete, National Honor Society </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Varsity, Scholar Athlete), Tennis (Varsity, Scholar Athlete), DECA (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Young Life (Work Crew Participant)
Job/Work Experience: Everett High School Store (Manager, Cashier), Spanish Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Young Life Summer Camp Volunteer, Young Life Winter Camp Volunteer, National Honor Society, Everett High School Food Drive, Honors Dance Committee
Summer Activities: Young Life Work Crew for 3 weeks in Oregon
Essays: Strong
Counselor Rec: Strong </p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Plan on applying
Intended Major: Sociology and Political Science/Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Public, about 1700 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 120,000-130,000</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, volunteering/extracirriculars, course load
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Everyone has the ability to achieve
Weaknesses: SAT/SAT II
Why you think you were accepted: GPA, volunteering/extracirriculars, course load
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: so far- Whitworth University, waiting on other colleges</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 CR 710 M 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/78
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Human Geography 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dual enrollment: Western Civilizations I, Pre-calculus, International Relations; Honors: World History, French II, Debate
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Phi Theta Kappa (qualified through dual enrollment, President), SGA (Secretary), NHS (Vice-President), Debate (founding captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Summer: Assistant tennis coach for kids ages 5-6
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Done w/ the organizations mentioned above, but also I’ve taught Confirmation classes at my church for the past two years, and I’ve been a Relay for Life fundraising coordinator for the past 3
[<em>] Summer Activities: my job, summer classes at local state college
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: 1, decent
[</em>] Interview:nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major:International Studies/Social Policy coordinate major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public charter, new
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): graduating a year early?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths:I though my test scores were more than good enough for Tulane but guess not. GPA, leadership, community service
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:Passionate about social issues, founding debate team
[</em>] Weaknesses:No SAT II’s?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I am honestly puzzled why I wasn’t accepted.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Loyola NO</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 690 M 670 W 730
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Lit 680 US Hist 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang/Comp 5, US Hist 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Literature, UCONN World History, Independent Study Latin V
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots and lots.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier 11th grade.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[<em>] Summer Activities: Travel (India (11), Ecuador/Galapagos (12), Morocco (12))
[</em>] Essays: Great.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Recs
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First acceptance :)</p>
<p>
Meg, you were deferred, not denied. They are good enough for Tulane, of course. They are good enough for almost every school in the country. Look at the other thread to see my advice.</p>
<p>does Tulane reject applicants Early Action?
or only accept and defer</p>
<p>People get denied admission.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 680 M 690 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 US History 730 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.475
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5); AP US Gov (5). Note: This is basically the maximum a junior can take at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP English, AP World History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Debate awards, USSYP
Subjective:
Intended Major: History
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary Magazine (editor in chief), varsity debater, student council member for four years, Kol Kessem Youth Choir, Women’s Choir
Volunteer/Community service: Providence Children’s Museum, International Institute of RI, TAing at Hebrew School. I work a LOT of hours volunteering
Essays: I think pretty good, they really focused a lot on volunteering.<br>
Teacher Recommendation: Strong
Counselor Rec: probably okay
Other
State (if domestic applicant): RI
School Type: Prestigous public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None 
Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, test scores
Weaknesses: grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that I was accepted because i’m a good match for the school academically and I emphasized community service in my essays</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 M 800 W 720
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math2 780 Physics 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4 English 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, US History, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, Adv. 3rd Year Chinese
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots. i might do this later.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: nothing special.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: built an aula for school kids in costa rica with global routes.
[<em>] Summer Activities: vanderbilt summer academy summer '10
[</em>] Essays: my essays were good, i think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: physics, math, chinese
[</em>] Counselor Rec: it must have been good
[<em>] Additional Rec: well two teacher rec’s were additional
[</em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: civil engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private boarding co-ed
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: stuff
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: not really
[</em>] Weaknesses: i probably get more b’s than a’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i guess i was just good enough
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: drexel university - accepted[/ul]</p>
<p>fallenchemist, are you sure people get denied early action? If so, what percentage is accepted deferred, rejected? Or is there not information on that kind of thing?</p>
<p>I am sure people get denied, but no they do not publish the percentages. It is just that the people on CC are overwhelmingly above average academically, certainly by national standards. Even for Tulane, selective though it is, a large percentage of posters have credentials at or above Tulane’s average. The view on CC is fairly radically different than what the adcoms see. You just don’t see that many people post that have both low GPA’s and low test scores, and out of that relatively small group even fewer would post if they got denied.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 650 M, 760 W
[ *] ACT: 31 (superscore)
[ *] SAT II: Did not send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22 out of 221
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (terrible scores, did not send)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All honors/AP except for CP Precalculus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor on the School Newspaper, Varsity Tennis, Lit. Magazine Editor
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern for a major publishing company (summer 2010), Editorial Intern for a website, weekly columnist for a local newspaper, copywriter for a legal services website
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities: see above
[ *] Essays: about my stutter that i’ve had my entire life, pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: english and history teachers, pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec: [ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Northern NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small Public
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers, Indiana…Tulane isn’t my first choice but after a Northwestern ED rejection it is heading up my list…</p>
<p>NJGirl - Have you had a chance to visit yet?</p>
<p>I got accepted, $22K scholarship. Is there a way I could transfer from the School of Liberal Arts to the School of Medicine or Engineering before the start of Freshman year?</p>
<p>LOL, to the med school? It doesn’t work that way at any school. Except for some very selective and special programs, you apply to med school after 4 years of undergrad, in the vast majority of cases.</p>
<p>But to get to the heart of your question, you did not get accepted to the School of Liberal Arts. You were accepted to Newcomb-Tulane College, which is comprised of the Schools of Liberal Arts, Science and Engineering, Business, Architecture, and Public Health and Tropical Medicine.</p>
<p>This is one of the great things about Tulane’s structure. You can pick whatever major in whatever school you want, even architecture. So even though you might have told them you were thinking about a liberal arts major on your application, they really don’t care. You don’t have to declare until after sophomore year anyway, but of course engineering is a pretty structured program. When you arrive, meet with your adviser, and register for classes you would just tell them you have decided to try engineering and they will get you in the right classes. In fact, once you decide on Tulane by May 1, you can send them a note telling them the same thing and ask that you get an engineering school adviser. FYI, Tulane only offers chemical and biomedical as engineering majors.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] SAT II: 710 Math II 680 US History but I don’t think I sent them my scores
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/337
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) World History (3) Calc AB Calc BC Physics
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Biology, AP Gov/Econ, Spanish III, NM History, Statistics, Academic Decathlon
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Track
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Wheelchair Sports Camp Volunteer Helper, Assistant Camp Counselor at Biopark, Global Works Costa Rica Community Service
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer, Travel
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Not Sure maybe environmental science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: Intelligent, easygoing, willing to learn, well-rounded
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Environmental Conservation/protection
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maybe not the perfect scores and grades and not a super list of ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m well-rounded
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UNM and WWU
[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted!
3.47 weighted GPA
29 ACT</p>
<p>2 season varsity athlete
club president</p>
<p>^more statistics to add to the interesting EA acceptances/deferrals this year.
S2 is still waiting to see where he falls in the mix.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>sat: CR 600 W 650 M 640 ->1890
GPA: 3.4 unweighted
rank: 78 of 599
APs: English language (3) Spanish language (3)
Senior classes: AP Physics, AP English, AP Spanish, Trig/pre-cal, finance, sports</p>
<p>Intended major: Architecture</p>
<p>My essays must have been the deciding factors for me. As anyone can see, my stats are kind of sub-par. Ah, the power of the written word.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading:690 Math:800 Writing: 680
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: not quite sure, around a 3.7
[<em>] Rank: 28/471
[</em>] AP: Chemistry(4), US History(4), English Comp(5), English Lit, Calculus, US Gov, Macroeconomics, Physics
[<em>] IB: none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: heavy
[<em>] Major Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Band, Musicals at school, Mu Alpha Theta, Academic Competition, National Honor Society, Capital District Band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard (2 years), intership at stem cell research lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: bellringing for Salvation Army, Canned Food Drive, Relay for Life, Toys for Tots, church mission projects,
[<em>] Summer Activities: work/internship
[</em>] Essays: I talked about how my duality of music and science makes me a unique indiviual.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[<em>] State: Mississippi
[</em>] Country:
[<em>] School Type: public, “best in state”
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >180k
[<em>] Hooks: none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: high test scores
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application: My mixture of science and art in me
[</em>] Weaknesses: not amazing GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied as soon at the personal app was posted. I also applied Early Action. Received acceptance by mid-October.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to University of Mississippi and University of Alabama. Waiting for reply to Vanderbilt.[/ul]</p>