<p>Sorry to bother people with more of these, I want more than anything to go to a tier one school but I'm quickly losing hope. Do I even have a shot at Tulane?</p>
<p>I used the personal ap that was sent to me from my ACT scores, so here are my stats </p>
<p>ACT: 28 composite, E 30 M 26 S 28 R 28 </p>
<p>GPA: 3.67 out of 4.00 scale </p>
<p>Course load: All Honors level courses with 6 AP classes (US History 4, Biology 4, Eng Lang 3, Euro, Eng Lit, Latin V: Virgil) </p>
<p>SAT II: Bio 710, US 690</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Loaded with leadership,l vasity letters and captainships, as well as volunteer and religous work. </p>
<p>Do I even stand a chance? Maybe a waitlist?</p>
<p>I think you have a reasonable to good chance. ACT is maybe a bit low for automatic acceptance, but certainly within Tulane’s range (middle 50% is 29-32, so while you are in the lower quartile, obviously it also means 25% of Tulane students have your score or lower). GPA and other things look good. Are you sure they have all your stuff? Does the online info say your application is complete? If not, call your admissions counselor. The other factor is that Tulane got 44,000 apps this year, and the quality of students applying was higher than ever. I am not sure how big a class Tulane can take, but I don’t think it is over 1600. They got about 1550 enrolled last year. My point is they may be delaying some applications to see how things shape up. But that is just a guess.</p>
<p>It’s easier when they only have 13 posts. I was actually just curious as to where he got turned down (UNC) but has apparently been accepted to Pitt.</p>
<p>BTW jym, where is that admissions blog to which you refer in that other thread?</p>
<p>Fallenchemist, thanks for the imput! The 30 for UNC was based on a “superscored” ACT which is what I was told by one of UNC’s admissions officers is what they use if you send multiple tests, most schools don’t superscore the ACT, so unless I know they use “superscore” I use my best composite. </p>
<p>Online it says Gibson Hall has everything (and has for about two weeks) so hopefully I should be hearing soon… </p>
<p>Haha I have to say you are thorough, completely forgot I even posted on the UPitt page! </p>
<p>Just out of curiosity where did you go to school, Fallenchemist?</p>
<p>NewEngland - Thanks for the clarification. I honestly don’t know if Tulane superscores, I will check it out. A lot of schools do, it seems.</p>
<p>If Tulane has only had everything for 2 weeks, then it is not surprising you haven’t heard back. Keep your eye on the Gibson portal starting in another week or two, you might see something then.</p>
<p>I did my undergrad at Tulane, and I have a D there now (freshman, loving it. She had a blast at Mardi Gras). But if you are asking about RI, since you are a New Englander I thought that might be what you meant, I moved here about 7 years ago.</p>
<p>Thank you Fallenchemist. I finally got my decision, and was waitlisted. I was wondering if anyone had an suggestions to improve my chances of getting off the waitlist.
A new req? A letter? Or is nothing better? Any input is welcomed.</p>
<p>Absolutely positive information helps. It helps in 2 ways. First it obviously glosses up your resume. But it also shows you took the initiative to try and sway their decision. Now having said that, getting in off the waitlist is still much less than 50-50, but certainly people do get in off the waitlist usually, so you might as well give yourself every chance you possibly can.</p>
<p>I think what you have to ask yourself, though, is “why Tulane”. If it is just because you want to go to a Tier 1 school, frankly that shouldn’t be a good enough reason to satisfy yourself. If you can really point to aspects of Tulane (or even what you think Tulane is) that you think will make you a better person when you finish in 4 years (hopefully, lol), then make that clear to your admissions counselor. There are lots of great schools that can be a really good fit for you and help you move on to the next stages of your life, and they don’t have to be Tier 1 by any means. Think about that for a day or so, and if you still think Tulane is “the” place for you, write down your thoughts and go for it. You may not get what you want in the end, but at least you will have given it your best shot for the right reasons.</p>
<p>Fallenchemist, When I said “tier one” I simply meant high caliber schools, not USNWR rankings, whihc in my opinion is bunk. I’d consider Syracuse and GWU to be “tier one” if though USNWR doesn’t. I wouldn’t accept a place on the waitlist if I wasn’t seriously considering the school. Sorry if this seems defensive, I just wanted to make that clear. </p>
<p>I remmember reading on Jeff’s blog that desire to go unfortunatly plays a small part, but is still a minor consideration. So to clarify, other than a letter explaing why and how much I want to go to Tulane, (which I’ve already done) I was wondering what in ADDITION would people recommend. I just am paranoid about overwhelming my advisor with new things to the point of annoying her. I am considering having one of my senior teachers write another req, is that a good or bad idea.</p>
<p>Hi NewEngland - I also probably could have made my point better. I was only trying to say that it makes sense to articulate why Tulane is your number one choice beyond its status. Unfortunately, while I completely agree with you about USNWR rankings, when people hear “tier one” they now assume that is what the person means.</p>
<p>Colleges are an unusual dynamic. They love to know both what you bring to the school and what the school brings to you. Very symbiotic. So I think a short (2 paragraph) note expounding on this can’t hurt. I don’t personally think a new req will help unless it says something really new about you, but then they would wonder why you didn’t provide that in the first place.</p>