<p>So--what are people's thoughts about Tulane in light of Hurricane Katrina? Are y'all still applying? How will the pool be this year in terms of competition?</p>
<p>AND</p>
<p>Does anyone know what people usually do for the Dean's Honor Scholarship? (It's a project, for a shot at full tuition).</p>
<p>If anything, applications will have a big increase, not decrease. I mean, it's in the news big time. I suspect a significant jump in applications.</p>
<p>I wonder if the yield will be quite low.</p>
<p>Why would the applications increase? Who wants to go to a hurricane-ravaged school...?</p>
<p>The applications will increase for several reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li>Easiest free application</li>
<li>Early acceptance ; instant gratification</li>
<li>Borderline students view it is an opportunity to go to a top 50 school </li>
<li>Mid to upper level applicants view it as an opportunity for merit scholarships</li>
<li>They have been aggressively recruiting students via mail, spam and regular reminders to apply "right now with no essay"</li>
</ol>
<p>How many accepted students will actually attend? Who knows? Depends if they can rebuild the school and retain both students and profs.</p>
<p>I agree. I mean I've been tempted to apply even though I've never wanted to go just because I get so much advertising from them. And the thing is, by next year when we're off at college, it will be back to how it was most likely, as it was barely hit in comparism to other places.</p>
<p>In the live chat given by President Scott Cowen on October 20, 2005, here is what he said on the subject of freshmen applications:</p>
<p>Chris Gromek: Has Tulane been getting the same amount of applicants this year as they have previously?</p>
<p>President Cowen: As of last week, applications for next fall are up by about 50 percent over last year at the same time.</p>
<p>But the question remains: will top students actually matriculate?</p>