**Official Tulane Class of 2015 Decisions Thread**

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I W: 660 M: 640 R: 690
ACT: Composite: 31
SAT II: U.S. History 700
Unweighted GPA: 3.37
Rank 8%
AP: U.S. History (4), English Language (3), Government and Economics, Psychology, Human Geography
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government and Economics, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, SUPA, Pre-Calc, Physics
Major Awards: 3 Community Service Awards</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Intended Major: Political Science
Extracurriculars: Captain of Mock Trial Team, Key Club Major Member (3 Awards), 2 years JV Tennis, 8 years travel basketball, assistant to clergy, 2 Summer Jobs at camps
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Very Good
Counselor Rec: Very Good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Science
State: NY
School Type: Small, public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: none
Strengths: Scores, courseload
Weaknesses: Leadership
Where else were you accepted to: Indiana U- Bloomington, University of Vermont
Deferred: University of Michigan</p>

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<p>wow, i don’t know if i would be admitted with the stats i got accepted with when i applied in 2004. congratulations all of you! truly an intelligent bunch.</p>

<p>while perusing i noticed some similarities…lots of you from new york and virginia, and lots of you that also applied to indiana u in bloomington. i’m from indiana and i’m always amazed at how many people from the east coast/out of state apply or decide to go to iu.</p>

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<p>IU is a great school with a number of highly recognized programs. Foreign languages, music, sports medicine, and many others. I think even east coasters know that, lol. Also, while it is true Tulane is apparently getting even more selective, keep in mind CC is heavily skewed towards the higher achievers. We really see mostly the upper end on here.</p>

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<p>I did not wish to make another thread for this simple question, so I thought posting it here would be most reasonable. I raised my ACT two points, which allows me to be Tulane’s middle %50 for ACT score, would sending in this score allow me to be accepted? Or must I send in midterm grades, recommendations, or call the campus itself? Tulane, is no longer really my top choice since its nothing I could afford, but I would like to receive the benefactor that I was accepted?</p>

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<p>Of course that is up to you if you just want the (possible) acceptance for whatever reason, but really if you are sure you are not going you should withdraw your application. Why take a slot from another person just to satisfy your curiosity or ego? In any case, it is impossible to say if you will get in or not with your increased test score, and your school should be automatically sending in your first semester grades. You have to have recommendations if the app requires it. You cannot get in if your application is incomplete.</p>

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<p>does anyone know when (or if they already have started) they send out RD letters to the deferred EA people? Gibson says “we will try to get you our decision in a few weeks but latest April 1” or something like that…it has said that for like a couple a weeks.
Do you think they will start sending soon or should I not get my hopes up?</p>

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<p>@boredfun</p>

<p>As far as I know, there is no “typical” time period for which they will make a decision before the April 1st deadline. With that being said, a friend of mine who was deferred EA was accepted 2 weeks ago with a 15k scholarship.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

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<p>when are RD decisions starting to come out (or have they already)? i applied before november 15th with the personal application (but RD because I also applied SCEA somewhere), and I’m just wondering when I should expect a decision.</p>

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<p>hey i got in! just checked. so i guess they are releasing the RD decisions.</p>

90

<p>My D got in yesterday. No details yet! She applied RD.</p>

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<p>Copying and pasting from another thread
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670 CR, 800 M, 790 W)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math Level 2, 770 Physics</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Other: 11A’s in O Level, 6A’s 1B in AS Level</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: A Level Further Mathematics, A Level Biology, A Level Chemistry, A Level Physics, A Level Economics, English, Philosophy</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CIE High Achiever Awards: Top in World in O Level Mathematics (Syllabus D), Top in World in O Level Additional Mathematics, Top in Region in O Level Statistics, Best 7 and 8 O Levels in Region, Selected for NMTC (Pakistani equivalent of USAMO) 2 times, National Spelling Bee Champion</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (president), Rubik’s Cube Club (founder and president), Help Society (president), Tutoring Service for Math and Science, International Student Help Site (Moderator of the Month), Chess Club (president), Soccer Team (goalkeeper), Swimming Team (founder and captain), Track Team (founder and captain), Table Tennis Team (captain), Student Council (class proctor), Quiz Bowl Team (captain)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Internship at an eye hospital and setting up free eye camps for people of northern areas of Pakistan, Internship at a bank, Working at an ice cream parlor</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Building and Painting Houses in New Orleans, Cooking for homeless in Soup Kitchens in New Orleans, Organizing various fund raising events for Pakistan Flood Victims, Tutoring an Autistic child, Organizing a Cleanliness Drive in neighborhood, Volunteer Teaching in Orphanage</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Stanford University EPGY Quantum Mechanics, Research Paper on Math Problem, Internships and Community Service as described above</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they stood out and everyone who read them loved them for their unique perspective.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: One from math teacher who said that he hadn’t taught a student as talented as me in 20 years of his career, other from English teacher which was a bit generic, but sincere.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: In her own words, ‘one of the best she ever wrote’.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: None</li>
<li>Interview: None</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: Electronic Engineering</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): N/A</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): Pakistan</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pakistani</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $3000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: CIE awards, passion for math</li>
<li>Weaknesses: International Student applying for Financial Aid, bad CR score, extracurriculars a bit lacking</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:
$25000 Presidential Scholarship! Praying for aid too!</p>

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<p>I was accepted in November but…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (didn’t send so no point in breaking down)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 760, 780, 790 (didn’t send either)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does out of 100 but I have around a 98.5 weighted which puts me in the top 2-3% at a pretty competitive school
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2-3%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Chorus, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist (not sure if my school sent my resume though…)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t want to get too specific since people might find me (especially after revealing that I was a Siemens Semi) but I’m President of 1 club and hold a leadership position in another 2
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nothing paid
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Just research over the summer but I don’t think it counts
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research
[</em>] Essays: I don’t remember… I think I copied and pasted my Common App for one and then BS’ed the Why Tulane
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was probably really great and the other was probably just okay but I wasn’t allowed to read either (waived my right)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good since I was one of the few “high-achieving” kids who spoke to him more than once a year
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Not sure… I think if we had to put one I probably but Chem (sorry I applied… oh wow exactly… 2 months ago so I don’t remember much of it after applying to 11 more schools a few weeks ago)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Really high? haha I don’t know I don’t ask my parents
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, research
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Don’t really remember… honestly I knew if I applied to Tulane early enough it would pretty much be a safety knowing other people who got in from my area
[</em>] Weaknesses: Don’t know… didn’t really have much to be strong or weak with on this app since I used the Personal Application so there wasn’t much too it
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High scores?? Tulane always likes that in the early round lol
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Brown ED [/ul]</p>

<p>WITH 25K SCHOLARSHIP AND HONORS PROGRAM :slight_smile: I have my acceptance letter taped on my mirror to make me feel happy in the morning lol. I know I said before that it was pretty much a safety but just being accepted somewhere that I am actually considering going to makes me feel really good. Since it’s my only acceptance so far I’ve spent a lot of time looking into it, especially since I have no other sure-things yet.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR:750 W:680 M: 690 total:2120
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish:710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank either
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English language: 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Tough french school
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): American Heritage Association (Vice-Prez, Prez), basketball for 8 years, soccer for 1
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor in English and French for 2 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Helped on a movie set
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): France
[<em>] School Type: OIB, difficult
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than 90K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): international… speak french, english, and spanish
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unsure
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2240

  • ACT: 29 ( didn’t send)
  • SAT II: 780, 750
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 7%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, Jazz Band, AP Euro, AP Physics C, AP Environmental, AP Calc BC
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International Science Fair Finalist. Various regional science fair awards.
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science research, Varsity Cross country, varsity tennis, varsity track, self-taught organic chemistry, Jazz Band (self-taught jazz piano).

  • Job/Work Experience: Mayo Clinic Dept. of molecular oncology research intern (paid), have played for money at various jazz clubs with my combo.
  • Volunteer/Community service: Founded science bee that raises scholarship money for kids in India.
  • Summer Activities: Research
  • Essays: I didn’t do the why tulane essay. The other essay I talked about ISEF.
  • Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t use the common app so I don’t think I sent any teacher recs.
  • Counselor Rec: Good I suppose
  • Additional Rec: None
  • Interview: N/A
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

  • Intended Major: Can’t remember what I put but something sciencey. I will probably minor or major in jazz studies in addition to my main major.
  • State (if domestic applicant): West coast
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Mixed race
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: 100,000?
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Test scores? research?

  • What you tried to focus on in your application: Haha Idk… I filled out the application in like 20 minutes but I am a science person obviously.
  • Weaknesses: I stopped doing homework junior year resulting in some B’s.
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores I guess
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UConn, Montana State, DePauw University. Rejected: Dartmouth early decision.
    </code></pre>

<p>I am glad that I got into a selective school such as Tulane. My Dartmouth rejection was quite disheartening. I’m surprised they accepted my carelessly filled out application.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (760 CR, 600 M, 770 W)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Spanish w/out listening, 730 English Lit</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Eng Lang (5), AP Gov Pol, AP Spanish, AP English Lit</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Other: none</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Latin III, Physics, Trig & Functions, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Gov Pol</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Magna cum Laude on Natl Latin Exam, lots of in-school awards</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Relay for Life (captain), Camp Counseling, Peer tutoring, Key Club, Genealogy as a hobby</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: sales assoc. at the Gap since beginning of junior year</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: church volunteer work, volunteer tutor at middle school, other stuff i dont feel like listing. nothing huge.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: camp counseling, genealogy, travel </li>
<li>Essays: very well written</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: latin teacher who says im one of the best students he’s ever taught, and english teacher who loves me</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably pretty generic, he barely knows me. </li>
<li>Additional Rec: None</li>
<li>Interview: None</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes…though not expecting much given parents’ situation </li>
<li>Intended Major: Classics</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): CT</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white Canadian citizen</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: parents make 250,000 combined plus income properties</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none whatsoever, my major is a bit unusual i guess?<br></li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: english and language skills </li>
<li>Weaknesses: all things math-related </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well, i had a 4.0 junior year and my SAT scores for cr and writing are significantly above average for tulane applicants…so i guess that did it for me.
*Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected (they dont defer) @ vandy EDI, waiting for mcgill, george washington, william and mary, and colgate</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:
i applied RD. this is my first acceptance! i dont know if i got aid or a scholarship until i get my official letter in a couple weeks, so ill post when i get it. i was pretty discouraged after being rejected from vanderbilt ED1 (though i knew it was a long shot!) so its nice to be in somewhere selective! :]</p>

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<p>LOL. I didn’t realize your income was that high until now. You won’t qualify for any need based aid unless there are very unusual circumstances., onebluegoldfish. There are EFC calculators online. You might want to use one to prove it to yourself.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000; 630 R, 700 M, 670 W
[</em>] SAT II: Math II: 750, Math I: 730, Bio-M: 680
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 UW/4.71 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/221
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), European History (4), English Language and Composition (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL (5), IB Environmental Systems and Societies (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government, IB History HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Math SL, IB English HL, Student Government & Leadership
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (HS Vice President 2010-2011, HS Secretary 2009-2010, 10th Grade Sec/Tres 2008-2009, 9th Grade Legislator 2008-2009), Key Club (President 2009-2011, Treasurer 2008-2009), Gay-Straight Alliance (President and Founder 2009-2011), Water Polo Athletic Club (Team Captain and Founder 2009-2011), NHS (member), Mu Alpha Theta (member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Electronics Publication Manager for **** Magazine, Congressional Intern at Congressman ******* *******<em>‘s district office, Barista at Coffee Lounge
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Organized a concert to raise money for Invisible Children, 100+ hours, Tolerance Week at high school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Worked, American Legion Boys’ State (2010), Student Government Summit (2009, 2010), Operation Smile Student Leadership Summit (2009)
[</em>] Essays: Didn’t do optional essay, wrote the required essay about speaking/learning Swahili
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I intend to. Was given 15000 dollars in merit scholarship, though.
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations/Gender & Sexuality Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not sure</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[<em>]Strengths: GPA, ECs
[</em>]What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Diverse applicant (gay, trilingual, multifaceted)
[<em>]Weaknesses: SAT scores
[</em>]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Columbia ED :(</p>

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<p>to fallenchemist: i think my parents were thinking that because they are near retirement (they’re both 60) my father is basically unemployed (works as a substitute) and because my sister has a genetic illness (cystic fibrosis; as a result she is frequently hospitalized and may require a very costly lung transplant within the next couple of years) they might qualify. thanks for pointing that out, though.</p>

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<p>Well, those certainly qualify as unusual circumstances, and I wish you the best of luck. Just so you know, they will use the income from 2010 to calculate everything, plus assets. So even if your father is part time and his income is way down, if your family showed an income of $250,000+ in 2010, which it sounds like they did, all the other circumstances which haven’t actually happened yet probably won’t matter. If those eventualities occur in a year or two, then you will show very different financials and presumably your aid would change. That is the big difference between merit and need-based, the former is fixed for the entire 4 years while the latter is reevaluated every year.</p>

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<p>thanks for explaining. that makes sense, fallenchemist. i guess we will see what transpires in march!</p>