<p>are you automatically considered for merit?</p>
<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I submitted my application at the beginning of October, but Tulane didn’t receive my transcript until yesterday so my application was just now listed as complete.</p>
<p>How long does it normally take to get a decision? Also, I see all of these posts about merit aid (congratulations johngesa!). If I am interested in that, was I supposed to apply for it or anything? Thanks.</p>
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Your official acceptance letter should inform you of any initial scholarship offers.</p>
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The scholarships that everyone’s receiving right now are ones that applicants are automatically considered for. There are others, worth larger amounts of money, that require separate applications- the DHS, Community Service Scholarship, and the various Louisianian scholarships.</p>
<p>So is it that first, Tulane will post that a student is accepted (or rejected), and then, they will send a letter with initial scholarship offers?</p>
<p>emilyish - exactly right. Online they will only post accepted/rejected, the physical letter will let you know what merit scholarship you received, if any, and if you got into the Honors Program.</p>
<p>Just to clarify butaneVeins’ remark, every accepted student is automatically reviewed for between $7500-$27,000 per year in merit scholarships. The DHS (full tuition) and the Community Service Scholarship ($5000-$15,000 per year in the past) require additional applications. The slight clarification is that while technically the CSS is not worth more than most of the merit scholarships, it can be added to them, bringing a student’s total award to a higher amount, up to full tuition.</p>
<p>those of you who already got your letters when did you guys apply? i submitted all my stuff by oct 12th and then had my SAT rushed on the 20th</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!
Son accepted EA!!</p>
<p>D accepted EA, took 8 days from application!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1860 total
[ *] ACT: 28 first time i took it ; recently took it again & im confident i got a 30+
[ *] SAT II: Literature:700 World History:630 U.S. History: 640
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/240
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History:4 English:3 Psych:3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All honors, 2 AP, & a wealth of dual enrollment classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Smith Book Award ; AP Scholar Award
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder/President of College Bound:A Pre-Collegiate Club ; Junior Member of Precious Pearls Youth Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for 4 years, Pre-Med Club, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked two jobs at CVS/Pharmacy and an ice cream shop in 10th grade
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Abundant ; over 200 hours. Volunteered for Organizing for America under Obama’s campaign ; U.S. Senate Aide John H.Jones wrote a letter of rec for me.
[ *] Summer Activities: Dual Enrollment
[ *] Essays: Wrote about how visiting the city of New Orleans and seeing the various artists, musicians on street corners performing motivated me to persevere through any hard situation that I may have, and metaphorically, even if I have to start from a lowly street corner myself, my dreams will not be deferred.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see them, but my teachers love me and I was the top student in their classes
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but I know it was doting lol
[ *] Additional Rec: U.S. Senate Aide John H. Jones commenting on my volunteering with the Obama Campaign
[ *] Interview: Did not have one, but I would love to!!
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: I definately need all the need-based and merit aid I can get!!! Tulane is expensive!
[ *] Intended Major: Believe I chose Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. I want to be Pre-Med too!
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Floridaaaa
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public Magnet ; IB Program
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Ehhh…not that much. Def under 24k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Letters of Rec, Essay, Extracurriculars
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I let the grades and efforts speak for themselves, and also really tried to show my character in my essay.
[ *] Weaknesses: Ehh, a 28 is a so-so ACT score. I could have done better
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied Early, & expressed a lot of interest in the Why Tulane. I really made my reasons specific.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No decisions as of yet, but I applied to Miami, UF, FSU, Duke, Vandy, Baylor, & Spelman</p>
<p>CONGRATS EVERYBODY ON YOUR ACCEPTANCES!!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED 
</p>
<p>I absolutely love New Orleans. My parents and a ton of my extended family are from there, so I visit a lot (I’m going to Mardi Gras 2012!). Haven’t gotten my letter yet. I’ll post my stats if people want me to.</p>
<p>accepted!
Objective
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770 reading, 660 math, 800 writing)
[ *] ACT: –
[ *] SAT II: Literature:760 U.S. History: 710 Math 1-690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74/4.5 (my school does it weirdly…)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%ish?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History(4) english comp(5) and im self-studying for psych this year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, AP english lit, AP econ (macro and micro), AP euro, italian 4, human behavior, photo2
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –
Subjective
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): fencing- year round, art club (activities board), photography, church stuff, NHS, national art and italian honors societies
[ *] Job/Work Experience: babysitter, intern at my dads office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: social justice ministry at church- soup kitchen, easter/christmas stuff for families affected by aids; IHN (homeless shelter type thing) overnights, relay for life
[ *] Summer Activities: —
[ *] Essays: good. wrote about how i am one quarter hispanic but had trouble identifying that way because we’re estranged from that part of the family.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good, had my calc teacher write it because i stuggled in her class but pulled off an A on the final
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably fairly generic but good
[ *] Additional Rec: –
[ *] Interview: –
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yepp
[ *] Intended Major: psychology or english
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): jersey
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white/hispanic
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: like 70,000ish i believe
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): technically URM
Reflection
[ *] Strengths: SATs, essays
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: really talked about the thought process involved with choosing what ethnicity i applied as, so it didnt seem like i was just taking advantage of the URM thing
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores. essays- why tulane showed good interest
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied: clark university, tcnj, uchicago. planning to apply- haverford, barnard, kenyon, tufts. no other decisions yet</p>
<p>And my application was just listed as complete about 4 days ago haha</p>
<p>how long did it take for people to get their letter after seeing they were admitted online
( for those who live in the northeast)? I got accepted last saturday and am anxiously waiting for the merit package.</p>
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<p>Oh hey, I’m going too. :D</p>
<p>@butaneveins Haha really? Cool! I’ll surely be visiting Tulane at that time. Maybe I’ll see you there?</p>
<p>By the way, how much merit aid did you receive?</p>
<p>i’m submitting my application tonight or tomorrow for early action. how long did most people wait for a reply?</p>
<p>Accepted! My app was listed as complete a week ago. I got my decision late on Friday, and I got the letter today. 27K, yay! I applied b/c it’s my safety school, but the money is making it look veryyyy attractive! Good luck to all!</p>
<p>caesarea1 - Congrats!! Have you been to visit yet? If you have read through some of the older threads you have probably heard this already, but there are NUMEROUS students at Tulane that went down exactly the same path as you. Tulane was barely on their radar or at best a “safety” (don’t care for that term, but as it is ubiquitous I will acquiesce), got the nice merit scholarship, went to visit, became very enthralled with the campus and the atmosphere, and it moved up to a top 3 choice, often a first choice. Something to consider if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Keep in mind there are Honors weekends in March and/or April that might be interesting for you.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 2090(640 reading, 760 math, 710 writing)
ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History(3) AP Chem (4) taking AP Lit and Language, AP Psych and AP Calculus AB this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit and Language, AP Calculus,Pre-cal (school does a weird 9-week thing, AP Psych, PLTW Biomed Senior thesis, Honors Bio II, Interpersonal Relations, Physics internship, Sociology, High Ability Senior Seminar, Government, Economics. School only offers 5 APs and can’t take outside college classes if AP time is available.</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Theatre-4 years (VP, Treasurer), Key Club-4 years (VP-320 volunteer hours), Senior Student Body Treasurer, Youth and Government Speaker of the House-3 years, Academic Bowl team-3 years, school mentor program-3 years, Psychology Club (Treasurer)-1st year, NHS-2 years, acted in multiple plays outside of school
Job/Work Experience: tutor, work customer service at tax office
Volunteer/Community service: relay for life captain, town organizing committee, tutoring, rebuilding together, nursing home volunteer, help at several walks for charity
Summer Activities: work, honors programs at state school
Essays: Good. Wrote about being a “formerly short kid”
Teacher Recommendations: Great. One compared me to Jon Stewart. All talked about creativity, courage to stand up to unpopular beliefs, work ethic
Counselor Rec: Vice Principal did it. Talked about how I much impact I made in school. First non-athlete Homecoming ing, actor, etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biological Chemistry or Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
School Type: public, lousy, no one in recent years ever applied to Tulane.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $45,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation for graduation</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, GPA
What you tried to focus on in your application -how I would fit in with the culture of service, but tried to stress how I could bring something different, since I came from an area that didn’t send people to Tulane
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA. I didn’t get to visit and only attended one info session. Think recs may have helped too.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied: Wabash, Claremont McKenna, Lawrence, Hanover, state schools, Northwestern. Have heard from a few LACs but this is the biggest deal so far.</p>
<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>ACT: 29 (34, 30, 27, 26)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
AP (place score in parenthesis): United States History (5), Language and Composition (5), Economics (this year), Government (this year), Environmental (this year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics/Government (semester of each), AP Environmental Science, British Literature, Honors French IV, Algebra III/Trig, Advanced Communications
Major Awards : French Honor Society, Headmaster’s List, French III Award, Superior Ratings Theatrics</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I have a lot of extra curricular activity and have held a leadership position in many, as well. (It’s a really long list).
Volunteer/Community service: This is also a long list. I have officially accumulated around 250 hours of community service. This is including missions trips.
Essays: Great essays - or so I’ve been told.
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: I sent recommendations from Tulane alumni. </p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
Intended Major: Marketing/Public Relations, minor in French
State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
School Type: Private, well known
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks: First generation </p>
<p>Strengths: Essay, campus involvement, community service, rigorous schedule at a competitive high school
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I showed a lost of interest in Tulane. I also focused on a few key points: French, community service, and theatrics.
Weaknesses: ACT</p>
<p>I’m so excited!! I was doing a routine check to see if my status was updated and I saw “Congratulations!” I literally started crying - tears of joy, of course! :)</p>