<p>I still haven’t gotten my decision back. 
What are my chances?
-GPA: 4.47 W
-Rank: 11% tile
-ACT: 26 both times.
<p>The second time I took the ACT, it took me a while to fully wake up. I sent them both scores.</p>
<p>I’m an African American male, attend a competitive school…my ec’s are pretty awesome.</p>
<p>Chances?</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1970
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.something…
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (4) Lit. Comp (4) Art/English tbd
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Gardening, Guitar 1, AP Art, AP English, Physics, Comp. Gov, Econ, Applied Math, P.E.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Class President); Soccer; Bowling; Choir; Plays; Clubs galore
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Concession Stand Girl
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of it, nothing extraordinary
[ *] Summer Activities: I slept a lot.
[ *] Essays: I wrote about living in Mexico for 2 years
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Yep, got 2 of them.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Yes
[ *] Additional Rec: No
[ *] Interview: No</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, don’t think we’ll get it.
[ *] Intended Major: Education? Art? English?
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Technically Ohio, actually Jalisco.
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Mexico (originally USA)
[ *] School Type: American School Foundation of Guadalajara
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 100K ?
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: I’m a good story- teller, hence my essay didn’t suck.
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Moved to Mexico my junior year - quite the experience.
[ *] Weaknesses: Math
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve had an unorthodox childhood.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Ithaca, Kent State, James Madison University, SCAD, Miami of Ohio.
Rejected: Nowhere yet 
Waitlisted: nope
Waiting to hear from: Bard, Brown, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Barry, Loyola, Randolph</p>
<p>whs2012, if you live Louisiana & have 3.5 UW GPA and 28 ACT, you’re pretty much guarenteed admission admission to Tulane. However, since you have you do not have the ACT score but you do have an exemplary GPA, I would say your chances are very good. But one thing that will hurt you is the 7 drop in you English score. Just my opinion. Ask fallenchemist, he’s the Tulane guru/sage. (He’s extremely knowledgeable)</p>
<p>Thanks! But how will that hurt me? I wasn’t fully awake when I began the test. if I would have maintained my 29, I would have gotten a 28 composite!! 
and I live in Texas. I thought that being out of state would be a pro? How long should my decision take? It’s still pending! So nerve racking! But I do know a friend who scored a 26 act, went to the same school as me, and had a crappy gpa but still got in…but his grandpa was a professor for tulane.</p>
<p>Although, I did surprisingly receive a full ride from their neighbor, Loyola. Hopefully Tulane will have similar favor on me (granting me admission).</p>
<p>I’m also taking the ACT again in April/May. The state of Texas gives us a free one so I’m taking it again for self-confidence reasons.</p>
<p>julesie, we have the same SAT and ACT scores… weird. but it does give me hope that tulane will send me an acceptance letter! so thanks for that :)</p>
<p>whs2012: It will hurt you because the admissions at Tulane most likely want to see either consistency or improvement when looking at those standardized tests. Do try to increase your ACT maybe 2-4 pts and then you have a strong chance of being admitted.</p>
<p>I would take it this weekend but I have a CPR/First Aid competition on Friday (and I would be literaly killed by my school if I didn’t compete. I got first in the step one, if I do decent in the step two, I’ll be advancing to state) and a Masterclass Particle Physics competition Saturday. Maybe I should attempt SAT. I feel like it’d be harder but you never know.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>(Accepted into the honors program with $25k per year for the Presidential Scholarship!)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT: 34 C, 35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W (all from one sitting except Reading)
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.5 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), U.S. Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Calc AB (5), Lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF (now Finalist), AP Scholar w/ Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, etc</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several, not too strong here though.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, other than informal yard work and things.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Decent amount, not the strongest but not too weak either.
[</em>] Summer Activities: A couple prestigious summer camps, homework, informal work, take care of dying cat, baseball, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good. Maybe not amazing, but I’d say they were really strong.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be excellent, I picked two teachers that know me well, have known me for a long time, and in whose classes I excel.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be pretty strong as well.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Social Sciences / Humanities (undecided)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few/some grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low (QuestBridge Finalist)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflections:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, passion, essays/recs, etc
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: None really, Tulane was kind of a last minute decision; I only applied because it was free and I needed a good “match” school that I love.
[<em>] Weaknesses: EC’s, work experience, volunteer work, etc are probably my greatest weakness.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, academics probably?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Truman State University, other decisions pending.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>FallenAngel9,</p>
<p>The admissions office must have had quite a debate over admitting you with that 4 in AP literature. Obviously I am kidding, your stats are amazing. Congratulations on the Presidential Scholarship and best wishes for you at Tulane or whatever school you end up attending…</p>
<p>Indeed, quite an impressive record. I hope you applied for the DHS as well, FallenAngel9. BTW, my S is graduating from Truman State this May. It is an impressive school, quite a bargain as well. Especially for you in-staters.</p>
<p>Still no decision for me
sent in midyear grades
senior year…all IB courses…one B rest A`s</p>
<p>Fallenchemist - did you have to apply by a certain date to be eligible for a scholarship? My son applied the very last day possible… January 15th.</p>
<p>Not for the “automatic consideration” merit scholarships ($7,500-$25,000). The DHS and Community Service Scholarship both have additional applications that had to be in by certain dates, but everyone that applies to Tulane by the application date, which is indeed January 15, are considered for the merit scholarships.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Solid test scores, great ec’s, Super high class rank.
First college acceptance; it feels really good haha. Yay!</p>
<p>I applied to Tulane in Late November/Early December as a Regular Decision applicant and have yet to receive any notice regarding my admission status. I was wondering if this means I got rejected? I’m not a native of Louisiana and my grades aren’t the best (only 5 APs, 3 Cs on transcript, 3.8 unweighted GPA) but I have AMAZING extracurriculars and community service. What are my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>^^ How are your SAT and SAT IIs (or ACT) and ranking?</p>
<p>1730 on SATs
25 on ACTs
ranked top 20%
National Honors Society</p>
<p>Cinema, be patient . . . you may get a good decision soon.</p>
<p>Your stats are not that strong (as you know) but your ECs may very well pull you through. No college wants 100% nerds. LOL!</p>
<p>Not hearing right away is sometimes a very good thing!</p>
<p>Keep us posted.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Son was accepted with $20K scholarship! Very exciting!</p>