<p>I applied EA, was deffered, and submitted my Midyear report about a month ago and am still waiting. Am I the only one? I thought I was supposed to hear back in February...</p>
<p>Still waiting here, too. Same thing: ea/deferred…</p>
<p>Did you do ur CSS? I did not do mine, since it is the only school I applied to that required it. If admitted I will do it. Is that fine?</p>
<p>Found out today that DS was rejected. I have to say that after all the pushing Tulane did to get him to apply EA, then being deferred, the way they handled notification was disappointing.</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear that, but it looks like your S has some nice choices. Which way is he leaning?</p>
<p>obviously you would find the way to which they responded to your son disappointing. Tulane pushes" like 234% of juniors and seniors apply there. You can’t take there seeming eagerness as evidence of a definite acceptance. That’s not fair to say the adcom should be to blame for getting a rejection letter.</p>
<p>Majormajorhelp, the fact that you did not complete the CSS Profile should not effect whether or not you are admitted. If you are applying for financial aid however, you must complete the Profile to be considered for Tulane need-based scholarships and the NOLA grants.</p>
<p>Certainly schools could be more selective about who they encourage to apply. But part of the responsibility lies on the applicant to determine if they have a decent shot or not. Unlike when I was in this process back in the days of Pong and 8 track tapes, there is an abundance of easily obtainable admittance information for almost every college in existence. Today it’s not that hard to figure out if a school is a reach, match or safety outside of cc.</p>
<p>Think about the reverse.
How many students, once they’ve made the decision NOT to go to a school, will actually contact them to let them know? Or will they just let that May 1st date come and go?</p>
<p>I’ve found things much worse in the working world when it comes to rejection. The hiring manager or head of HR always calls to make the offer to the lucky new employee. Those rejected are very lucky if an admin calls them, lucky if they get any kind of communication at all. Usually they’re just left by the side of the road waiting, wondering until they finally call themselves and are told the bad news…if they can get someone to talk to them.</p>
<p>Spot on, AVHS Dad. There have been numerous stories about how many schools are flooding students with easy apps, etc. and this company called Royall is behind a lot of it (I don’t know if Tulane uses them or not). Some people seem to think it feels sleazy, but I think the reality is that it brings some schools to the attention of students that otherwise would never have considered them. There are so many examples of kids that say they only applied to Tulane because it was free and easy, and ended up falling in love with the school when they looked into it and visited, then got in and matriculated. As I have stated before Tulane has consistently improved the quality of the incoming classes using this strategy since 2002.</p>
<p>It is unrealistic to think that schools can filter beyond test scores initially, and since Tulane’s app is free there is little potential harm to the applicant. If they were charging an application fee I think there would be more of an argument, but still it is “buyer beware”, loosely speaking. As AVHS says, it takes 5-10 minutes to see what the stats are for average admitted students in the last entering class and see some quick facts. Another 15 minutes yields a plethora of information.</p>
<p>So not to “kick” acme while they are “down”, but Tulane doesn’t push any more than Wash U and Chicago did with my D (not even counting the dozens of “lesser” schools that just bombarded her such as Oklahoma, UT Dallas, a bunch of northeastern schools, and so on). Frankly I had no expectations that it meant she would for sure get into either of those schools. Heck, she even got unsolicited stuff (although not bombarded) from each of the Ivies and we all know those admissions are crap shoots for almost everyone. Anyway, I am rambling, my point is many of these schools do agressive marketing and I know that is misinterpreted by some, but I don’t think that is a reason to change when it has been so successful overall for the schools.</p>
<p>AVHS Dad, the implication that somehow my son and I should have judged his stats for Tulane more critically before applying is offensive. You know nothing of his stats and believe me he has great ones, including great ECs with leadership positions. We have literature in a big box from many schools that spent their marketing dollars on flyers, postcards, etc., to interest him in their programs. I don’t think Tulane is doing anything wrong or different from many other schools. I’m merely speaking as one individual who found this particular college that so many of you are enamored of lacking in their communications style. The End.</p>
<p>Harvard sent S2 an application, for which he did not ask. Neither he nor I believed this was a promise from Harvard that he would be admitted. He did not apply; not only would it have been a super reach, but it was not appealing to him when we visited, and it is way too cold in them thar parts of the country.</p>
<p>acme: You are right. I know nothing about your DS.
However before we applied to any school we knew the SAT range, class rank stats and usually the average GPA of admitted freshmen (among other info). Sure, we applied to reaches, but we knew they were reaches and hoped but didn’t/don’t expect to get in.</p>