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

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: math I- 700
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62 UW
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4’s, but didn’t send
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap econ, ap lit, ap stat, latin iv honors, pre-calc honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national latin examination awards, college book award for academic excellence and community service
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student government (class president), relay for life (co-founder/co-president/youth entertainment chair), varsity field hockey, prom committee, crew, youth council
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer job at a pool/summer internship at a non-profit
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: youth council/youth ministry
[ *] Summer Activities: job at pool, internship, crew
[ *] Essays: very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: hopefully very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: hopefully very good
[ *] Additional Rec: hopefully very good
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Business- Finance
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: very competitive public hs
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essay, extracurriculars, upward trend in grades
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: not sending ap scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: still waiting</p>

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<p>Accepted with Presidential SCEA</p>

<p>35 ACT
SAT II’s: 790, 790, 760
UW 3.76 W: 4.2something
AP: 6 5’s, 2 4’s,
Senior Course-load: WG Latin 4, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Music Theory, AP Lit
Summer Classes at Community College
National Merit Commended, National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Cross-county, Track, Blackbelt Tae-Kwon-Do, Job, Quizbowl, Piano and Guitar, NHS</p>

<p>Missouri: Half White, Half Indian
Essay: Common App essay
Why Tulane: Heart-felt and informed.
Rec: Never saw</p>

<p>This is a fantastic day! I do have a question, though. Will the Presidential Scholarship increase my EFC? I still may not be able to go unless I get the DHS, if that is the case. Is the DHS deadline based on post-mark or reception-date?</p>

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<p>The DHS is based on postmark, I am 99% sure. It says submit your materials by December 15. To be on the safe side, I would have it arrive by the 15th, FedEx.</p>

<p>As far as the presidential counting as an additional asset, the answer is yes. In other words, it does increase your EFC by the $27,000 you received. Any school will expect your family to pay what it can if there is a difference between the scholarship amount and the cost of attending. So for example, if you family’s EFC was $20,000 before the scholarship, and there is a $28,000 difference between the cost of attending Tulane and your scholarship, you would still be expected to pay $20,000. If you had gotten no scholarship, you would still be expected to pay $20,000.</p>

<p>Some people are confused by this and think it isn’t fair, but of course it is and is perfectly logical. The advantage of the merit scholarship, even if it isn’t enough to decrease or eliminate your EFC, is A) It is guaranteed for 4 years and so no matter how your financial situation changes, this never does; and B) It will almost always decrease the amount of loans you would otherwise be expected to take out, unless of course your EFC is so high that need based aid wouldn’t be offered in any case.</p>

<p>Sorry for the long answer to points you didn’t raise, but this discussion comes up every year and so I was anticipating your or others responses.</p>

164

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (Math 670/CR 720, WR 710)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take the ACT.
[<em>] SAT II: English Lit 560 (didn’t send) U.S History 690 (did send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.18-3.23
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5th Quintile (lowest)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3) English Language (4) Chinese Language (5) English Literature (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take the IB.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, Calculus, Senior English, Senior English, Introduction to Law
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club leader for school’s community service club, head delegate at Model United Nations, assistant head coach for JV Tennis, honorary captain and DE for varsity football, designer/founder at iPhone game company, second violin intermediate strings at California Youth Symphony, class senator of Student Council, ambassador for high school
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Created and ran a free local children’s summer tennis club since 10th grade, member of Tzu Chi Volunteer Foundation (Buddhist community service organization in San Jose), one on one tutoring with students who had autism/asperger’s syndrome, tutor for middle school academic support.
[<em>] Summer Activities: The free tennis clinic and the community service organizations.
[</em>] Essays: Spent months on these essays, consider them my greatest strength.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Had a teacher that I’m close to write one and had my football coach write one - wasn’t allowed to see any of it but I am sure that they’re really good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty average, I didn’t get along with my counselor too well and wasn’t that personal or close to her as other students were.
[<em>] Interview: No interview or additional recommendation letters sent in (pretty sure Tulane doesn’t have interview as an option at all.)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science/Pre-law/Sociology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American (first generation)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):<br>
[/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: Standardized testing scores, which are obviously a lot higher than my grades and a focus and legitimate passion for community service in which I also submitted a two page reflection of my experience tutoring one on one students with autism and asperger’s syndrome.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: How I really made mistakes in middle school and continued to struggle in freshman and sophomore year by prioritizing video games over academics, and managed to get back on track in junior and senior year with the academic upward trend (if you break my grades down year by year, there’s a huge jump from 2.9 unweighed to around 3.6 weighed) and still working and improving to be the best student I can be. Also learning about hard work both in and out of the classroom in that kind of ‘recovery’ and catch up phase in junior year where I had to relearn everything it meant to be a student, even the basics like taking notes. I also took on chances and huge commitments like suddenly joining the football team in senior year despite being one of the biggest Asian nerds in the school.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: Obviously, low cumulative GPA and low quintile, much lower than Tulane’s selectivity and really poor GPA in freshman year. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I put a lot of effort into my application and essays, showed an upward trend in my grades, kind of showed the person past the grades, showed a genuine passion for public service, wrote a Why Tulane essay from the heart and was able to pinpoint the specific features of the school which I loved. I also showed a ton of interest in Tulane in being able to go on a campus tour over October break (long and awful flight I’m telling you) and had attended three of the counselor meetings in the Bay Area (drove down to San Jose Hilton, went to one at school, went to a meet n’ greet) and talked with the counselor a lot about my concerns about applying, like my grades, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was SCEA, so will not apply anywhere else and did not and intend to enroll as soon as possible.</p>

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<p>eshbeast - congrats! You are obviously a very bright person who was off track academically until last year, then righted the ship and put in a super effort. It’s great Tulane recognized this and I am sure they will be lucky to have you.</p>

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<p>Some may consider this a bit premature, but EA decisions should start rolling out soon!</p>

<p>Good luck to all who applied.</p>

<p>The format is as follows:</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 600CR 790 M 780 WR
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 2 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.3 ish
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): didnt submit
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap human geo, eng 12, physics 1, advanced sports marketing, ap calc bc, ap stat, ap gov
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): unique. had many leadership positions
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities: went to georgetown
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didnt send one to tulane
[ *] Counselor Rec: solid. should be very good
[ *] Additional Rec:didnt send one
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] Intended Major: finance IR accounting
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Va
[ *] Country (if international applicant): korea
[ *] School Type: public. about 600 in my class. competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: idk
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived in 6 differnt countries
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: extracurricular activities, essay, rigor, unique background
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa, low CR score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk but it feels great haha
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waiting for Claremont McKenna Early Decision!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (CR:770, M:740, W:800)
[</em>] SAT II: French, World History + English Lit, all in 700s
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 4’s and one 5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: four APs and one honors
[</em>] Strengths: URM, International</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted, Honors College, $27,000 Scholarship[/size</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (740 CR, 720 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (probably top 5, but not sure)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Italian, AP Physics C, Economics H, Developmental Psychology</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Various sports- mainly lacrosse, various clubs, animal rights petitions
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor, pet/house/baby-sitter
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at local animal shelter, 75+ sports clinics
[</em>] Summer Activities: I do most of my commservice over the summer
[<em>] Essays: Decent quality, unique topic
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One should be really special, the other should be strong as well
[li] Counselor Rec: Strong, we’re very close</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Pre-Med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, unfortunately</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Overall academic performance, my ECs keep me busy
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to emphasize my involvement and passion for animal rights
[<em>] Weaknesses: I put little effort into the app… Didn’t do “Why Tulane”
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic performance
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted, 22,000 scholarship [ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2100
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 660, 710
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.02
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3, 4, 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, AP Art, AP Gov, AP Econ, AB Calculus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council, Choir, school magazine, Chamber Singers, peer adviser, tutor, swim team
[ *] Job/Work Experience: babysitter, secretary
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: LOTS!
[ *] Summer Activities: Working!
[ *] Essays: Creative.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:no
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): SC
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: mixed
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: writing
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere so far.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (710 CR, 710 writing 620 math)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: i didn’t send mine to them but 650 US 700 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t submit, but 5’s on gov, lang, and psych and a 4 on world
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap spanish lang, ap euro, hon english, tech (haha), forensic science, newspaper, this random class i have to do for my program
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Online newpaper (entertainment editor, Girl Scouts, Buddhist organization, NHS, some random other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: ran my pool’s snackbar for 2 years, interned at international organization, i work at/used to run a babysitting business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of stuff with girl scouts, worked at an international film festival, i’m a gold award candidate
[</em>] Summer Activities: basically all of those jobs haha
[<em>] Essays: i used my common app which i thought was really good, it’s about how my name has made me who i am
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: well we had a replacement counselor cause mine is on maternity leave, but i’m sure that it was fine
[</em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[li] Interview:n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yupp
[</em>] Intended Major: history
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, about 690ish in my class
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100kish? im not sure
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hahaha none. my grandfather went there?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: extracurricular activities, essay, my Communications program I am in,
[</em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: In my “why tulane” essay I had a really personal connection to the school and to the city
[<em>] Weaknesses: low math score, GPA, probably wont get much in academic scholarships[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because Tulane is my dream school :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere yet!
[/ul]</p>

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<p>b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1990
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770, 670
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (one test)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science AP French AP Government Honors English Calculus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nada
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Paper Editor, Student Government, Various school clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Religious School Assistant Teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 140 Hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Community Service Trip, Summer School, other program
[ *] Essays: Creative
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 2
[ *] Counselor Rec:1
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:no
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet
[ *] Intended Major: Poli Sci/History
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: writing sat, good extra curriculars not mentioned here, and “why tulane” essay
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They like people from the northeast and I wrote a solid why tulane.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! I guess all my worrying was for nothing for all those freaking out about having to wait, I had my application completed October 27th and only heard back today. That’s a 36 day wait so don’t give up hope!</p>

173

<p>Decision: Accepted; Presidential Scholar</p>

<p>[ul]Objective:[/ul]
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/27
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language and Composition (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Honors Physics, AP Psychology, Honors English IV, Civics, Free Enterprise, Religion IV, Creative Writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student of the Year, 2x Louisiana State FBLA Current Events Competition Winner</p>

<p>[ul]Subjective:[/ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council (President - 11, 12, President Elect - 10, Honorary Member - 9)
4-H (President - 12, Vice President - 11, 10, Secretary - 9)
Beta Club (Vice President - 12)
FBLA (Vice President - 12)
National Honor Society (Charter Member)
11 Years playing piano; sing and play piano at school masses; started Immaculate Conception Praise and Worship Youth Group
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours as Hospital Volunteer; Natchitoches Humane Society Volunteer
Summer Activities: HOBY, A-HEC Hospital Volunteer, Traveling (US Open Golf Tournament, Chicago, etc.)
Essays: I wrote it in about two hours, and had 200 words over the limit; after some editing I was very pleased with it - was about how I discovered the best way for teenagers and adults alike to find true happiness in life (sounds cheesy but I feel very strongly about that specific topic).
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: It was decent, although it did have some grammatical errors.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

  • Other*

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[ul]Reflection[/ul]
Strengths: Extra-curricular activities, essay, awesome attitude</p>

<p>What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: None.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: Not the highest ACT score on the planet; lack of major national awards or recognition. </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it had a lot to do with the fact that Tulane guarantees acceptance to Louisiana applicants who apply for EA and meet certain requirements. However, the fact that I was awarded the annual $27,000 scholarship tells me that the adcoms saw a lot of strength in my application (maybe in my essay, with which I was particularly pleased for having spent such little time on it).</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to LSU; Applying to Notre Dame, Stanford, Boston College, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Virginia, Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT 1: 1970 (710 M/ 620 R/ 640 W)
SAT 2: N/A
GPA UW: 3.48/ 4
Class Rank: N/A</p>

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<p>What kind of ECs did you have, dar?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (730 CR, 740 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math I, 680 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), US History (4), English Lang/Comp (4), European History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, French IV, AP English Lit/Comp, Economics, AP Stat, Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Political Club (Vice President)
National Honor Society
Various Campaign Work
Flying (Pilot)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Cashier at pizza restaurant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
~200 hours through tutoring, volunteer run bike shop, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Flying, Working
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay + Why Tulane?
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I’d assume one was very good, the other pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay I expect, don’t really know each other that well
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering (Chemical or Biomedical)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90,000 - 100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, Volunteer work
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Wrote an essay on volunteering and the Tulane community
[</em>] Weaknesses: Did not have a boatload of ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid essays, GPA and test scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Still waiting on Dartmouth, UVA and Purdue</p>

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<p>I applied November first and it’s December third:/</p>

<p>I’m ranked 7/524 in a competitive Texas high school, applied EA with 4.0 W 5.33 W, worked 45 hours a week all through high school and still do, NHS, Latin Club member/ historian/academic team captain and JCL competitor, Student Council member, volunteer tutor and 140 hours of service in the school athletic concession stands… </p>

<p>SAT 780 math 670 reading 720 writing, really strong counselor rec and essay about how having a sister deal with addiction made me more accepting of others flaws… </p>

<p>I’m just nervous Gibson says my application has been complete for pretty much a month now…</p>

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<p>my bad 4.0 unweighted</p>

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<p>hkcraft5 - have to say you seem like a strong admit with Presidential scholarship type numbers. There are a few apps that fall through the cracks every year for no reason other than human error. I would definitely e-mail your admissions counselor (you can find out which is yours on the Tulane web site if you don’t already know) and just politely ask if they have everything they need, regardless of what the Gibson portal says. It is also possible you accidentally applied RD instead of EA. That also happens a few times every year. If that is the case just tell them it was an inadvertent slip on your part and that you intended to apply EA.</p>

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<p>I received my actual letter today, and was happy to find that I received a Presidential Scholarship ($27K/yr) and an invitation to the Honors College.</p>