***Official Tulane Class of 2016 Decisions***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Found out on Gibson last week and received my letter in the mail on Friday. I was very surprised that I received the Founder’s Scholarship which is $22,000 a year! I didn’t expect merit scholarships or at least not that large because my weighted GPA is only 3.65. None the less, very excited about it. Tulane is not my first choice, but that is partially because I am reluctant to go back home for college. I moved to California from New Orleans my freshman year but my grandparents and aunt still live in New Orleans, and New Orleans will always be my home. That being said I think I would rather get a new experience during college than go back to the place I grew up. Who knows though with a scholarship offer like that!</p>

142

<p>Accepted with Presidential</p>

<p>36 ACT
4.0 unweighted GPA 4.8 weighted
5 AP’s so far, all 5’s (us history, macro Econ, Lang, gov, psych.)
4 more this year
SAT II:
Math 2 - 770
Us history - 780</p>

<p>Varsity football, lacrosse
School paper
NHS
Volunteering
Soccer Ref</p>

<p>From Illinois
Average essay
Never saw rec</p>

<p>I can really see myself there next year!</p>

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<p>Hey! I posted my decision a while ago, and I just got my letter in the mail. I’ve been invited to Honors with the $27,000 Presidential Scholarship. I am so excited! To see my stats, look at post #92 in this thread.</p>

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<p>Congrats Nicole. Great stuff. Maybe another Tulanian from RI after all.</p>

145

<p>I got my letter today! Presidential and Honors College!</p>

146

<p>ACCEPTED with Presidential scholarship and Honors program</p>

<p>Basic Stats: 34 ACT, 3.9 unweighted and 4.56 weighted GPA, top 5% of my class, 12 APs by the time I graduate. President of the Midwest region for my youth group, on my school’s dance company, approx. 500 hours of community service including exec board of my school’s community service club.</p>

<p>Tulane’s definitely up there on my list, so I am very excited!</p>

147

<p>Accepted! Got the $25,000 scholarship and invited to the Honors College. </p>

<p>Basics: 33 ACT, 3.81 weighted/4.86 weighted, will graduate with 6 APs, captain of my school’s varsity soccer team and work as a paid journalist for the Chicago Tribune, only like 45 hours of community service. Applied single choice early action. Expressed a lot of interest through info sessions and emailing my admissions rep.</p>

<p>Super excited! This is my first acceptance, but that much money makes Tulane a major contender!</p>

148

<p>Got my letter! Presidential and honors!!! :)</p>

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<p>My son got accepted with the Presidential Scholar and invited into the Honors program. He got his letter in the mail about a week and a half ago. However, it said we would get more information about the Honors program shortly. Does anyone know when to expect that information?</p>

150

<p>Not sure when they will send that, but probably they are talking about the invitation to Honors Weekend in the spring. Probably more information too, but almost everything you would want to know is on the Honors Program website, which is pretty good, I think.</p>

<p>[Tulane</a> University Honors Program / Welcome](<a href=“http://honors.tulane.edu/web/]Tulane”>http://honors.tulane.edu/web/)</p>

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<p>Thanks fallenchemist.</p>

152

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 770 CR 780 Math 720 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.7ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/~500
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3) Physics B (4) English (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Gov/Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Latin, AP Psych, AP Euro, AP Art History, AP English
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, Published poem in a national magazine, some state wide Latin awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrote, directed, and produced several films, some award winning, active in around 4 or 5 clubs, took Jewish studies outside of school, wrote a book that I’m hoping to publish, soccer for 8 years, newspaper staff, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor 1 year, ACT/SAT tutor 2 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a little over 200 hours, mostly as an art studio assistant, also recycled at school, animal shelter, tutored elementary school kids
[</em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s School for the Humanities, took Photography Class, Journalism Class
[<em>] Essays: Main one about culture, I liked it and got good feedback. The Why Tulane one was about the Digital Media Major and my visit to Tulane
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not required but I got my AP English teacher, so probably good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (already got Presidential scholarship and invitation to honors program)
[<em>] Intended Major: Communications and Digital Media Production
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Jewish
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: ACT, SAT, extracurriculars, essays, showed a lot of interest early on</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to make my Why Tulane essay very specific to show I was serious about the school and highlight my interest in film and media</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: Rank, AP scores, SAT II scores</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores are above the middle 50% but I’m still serious about Tulane, it’s not a back up by any means. </p>[/li]
<p>[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where yet!</p>

153

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 680 M, 770 W. only took it once
[ *] ACT: didn’t take it
[ *] SAT II: 710 USH, 600 Latin (oops)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Calc BC (5), Lit (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP English, AP Latin, Russian history, Russian language
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam, etc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too tired to fill all this out :stuck_out_tongue:
[ *] Job/Work Experience: guitar teacher, writing internship
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, hospital volunteering, etc
[ *] Summer Activities: internship, ECs, NSLC
[ *] Essays: both were very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: nope
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Russian, psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white, asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: great essays and recommendations
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I just tried to emphasize how focused I am on a career in the military
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>Don’t know yet about financial aid. So happy to be in!</p>

154

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Art History (5), Statistics (5), World History (4), English Lang (5), US History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, Orchestra
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Lots of music stuff, section leader in some ensembles
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
[</em>] Summer Activities: More music stuff
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, talked about a failed audition process, wrote a short paragraph for the optional essay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] School Type: Non-competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, course load, GPA, depth of involvement in music
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Music?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Work and volunteer experience
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academics mostly
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Georgia. Waiting on UChicago, Northeastern, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Rice, and USC[/ul]</p>

<p>My application was marked complete five days ago! That decision was really quick, especially considering most of those five days were Thanksgiving holidays. I’m so excited! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to afford Tulane without winning a DHS.</p>

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<p>Cellist - With a quality box project I would think your chances are as good as anyone’s. Your stats are very similar to my D’s when she won one (3 years ago). I have to say, however, that if your family’s income is really $200,000+, Harvard, Stanford and Yale won’t be throwing any money your way either. My understanding is these schools (not sure about the others) don’t have merit scholarships and I don’t think you would qualify for need based aid.</p>

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<p>@fallenchemist: My siblings will be in college for about three of those years, so need-based aid at the schools that meet full need will actually bring the cost pretty close to what my parents can afford (according to financial aid calculators). I know Tulane doesn’t meet full need, so I didn’t apply for financial aid there.</p>

157

<p>

Cellist - I think that is a misconception, although this is an area about which I am not as familiar as some others. Tulane might not meet full need in every case, but I don’t think that means they never do. Having multiple siblings in college certainly makes a difference, and being strong academically as you are also makes a difference in the FA you might receive, potentially apart from and above what you would get from a merit scholarship. The only exception would be getting the DHS, since that is full tuition and so Tulane would not go above that, generally speaking. If you are filling out the FA forms for other schools anyway, you might as well submit them to Tulane as well, don’t you think? It has zero effect on whether or not you get the DHS.</p>

158

<p>I have a question-
I applied two weeks ago, but have still not received the log-in information to the Gibson site. Does anyone know why this might be?</p>

159

<p>Ok I posted this earlier on another forum:
“It’s fine, I didn’t get one either. What you have to do is go to Gibson and click “Forgot my username/password.” It will ask for your email address that you listed on your application. Put it in and they’ll email you your info in about a day. Same thing happened to me.”</p>

160

<p>Thanks lterry! I got it.</p>