accepted 34 ACT, 3.75 GPA $22k per year scholarship.
did anyone apply for the Freeman of Business? i got accepted but does that mean i also got into Freeman or?
Accepted!
32 ACT
3.9 W GPA
$19K/year scholarship
Accepted
34 ACT, GPA 3.7 UW, 4.1W
Biomedical Engineering
22k Founders Award
wait ill do this format
Decision: Accepted
Major: Biological Studies prolly
GPA: 3.00 (school does no technical gpa so this is an approx)
ACT: 34 (took it once))
Other
Full time work over summer
Ton of ECs
Multilingual
1060+ service hours not including senior year
A few leadership positions
8 years of track
Applied: EA on Oct 13
Essay: Work, Why Tulane (it’s not optional)
Aid: $12k
(EA) Decision: Accepted, with Honors Program ($10K/yr)
Major: Art History, International Studies
Objective:
ACT: 34
SATII: 800 World History 720 US History
AP’s: chinese 5; art history 5; us gov 5; comp gov 5; lang 4; world hist 4.
GPA: 3.74 UW
Major Awards: National History Day Nationals 2017, Third Place
Subjective:
Why Tulane: Answered (was really bad though, since I decided to apply literally two days before the deadline)
(highlights)
- Interned at a Syrian refugee center
- Interned at Shanghai Museum
- Co-Chair of International Hackathon Shanghai
- DECA
- MUN
- National Art Honor Society
- Tri-M
Country: China
Ethnicity: Asian
My son was deferred. 30 ACT 3.84 gpa, varsity, lots of EC and service. He’s considering EDII. Congratulations to everyone
Decision: Accepted Honors Program offered $27,000 merit scholarship
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): macro econ 5, micro econ 5, eng lit 4, psych N/A, calc B/C N/A, spanish N/A, stats N/A, chem N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: psych, calc B/C, spanish, stats, chem
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IL state scholar, cum laude, math award, hispanic honor society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volleyball, lacrosse
Volunteer/Community service: appalachian service project. afterschool club volunteer
Jobs/Summer Activities: file clerk, babysitter
Counselor Rec: excellent
Why Tulane question: answered
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant): USA
Ethnicity: white
Gender: girl
Income Bracket: high
Hooks:
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred university of chicago
Where do you expect you will attend and why? not sure depends on best $ offer
Oops I meant accepted
Hi. First post on here. My daughter got in. She is ecstatic. No information on merit though. Is that in the mailed acceptance letter? Does this mean that we got nothing?!!
@woothollaholla try checking the Gibson portal instead of Green Wave for aid info.
Accepted! 20k Founders Award
Biomedical Engineering w Management
1460 SAT, 20 Essay
Applied as an International student with the British curriculum
Predicted 2 A’s and 1 B
Daughter was deferred. 34 ACT, 1520 SAT, 4.2 weighted gpa, lots of EC & service, math major, had a good interview.
Accepted with 30k and honors college!
Objective
Early Action or Early Decision: early action
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 34 english 36 science 35 reading 34 math 31 writing 11
SAT II: did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% out of 610 kids
AP (place score in parenthesis):
o AP World History (3) AP Studio Art o AP English Language (5) AP English Literature o AP United States History (5) AP Government o AP Physics 1 AP Environmental Science
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
AP studio art
Ap environmental science
Ap english literature
Ap us government
Advanced debate
Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Commended Scholar
National Honor Society
AP Scholar
National Chinese Honor Society
Oklahoma High School Honor Society
National Speech & Debate Association Academic All-American
National Speech & Debate Association Honor Society Member of Outstanding Distinction
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Speech and Debate 9th – 12th (president, vp, treasurer)
American Legion Auxiliary Girl’s State 11th (Elected Political Party Chair and County Commissioner)
NeoPolitico Political Journal (writer and editor)
National Chinese Honor Society 10th – 11th (Junior Representative)
Volunteer/Community service: Coffee Creek Riding Center for the Handicapped 9th – 12th 4 years of volunteering, done throughout the school year and summer. A riding center to help children with disabilities gain strength, coordination, balance and self-image utilizing the horse as a motivator in therapeutic riding classes.
Blue Thumb Water Quality Volunteer, Oklahoma County
Youth Leadership Edmond 11th
Youth In Action 12th
Summer Activities: UTNIF debate camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): my common app essay was p good 8/10, about my struggles w crohns disease, my why us essay was not written beautifully but i mentioned my visit often and talked about how much i love the campus and art environment of new orleans
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details)
Teacher Rec #1: ap lang teacher, 7/10
Teacher Rec #2: ap ush teacher 7/10
Counselor Rec: really good and specific 10/10
Additional Rec: the one on my paul tulane was really good
Interview: was not offered one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: studio art
State (if domestic applicant): oklahoma
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public hs
Ethnicity: white and native american
Gender: f
Income Bracket: did not send
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): native american (V URM) , oklahoma has no tulane kids, queer, from louisana but moved to oklahoma
Reflection
Strengths: act score, gpa , applied for paul tulane
Weaknesses: i only took one visit, not a lot of places w community service (only two) and forgot to mention how many hours, didnt submit portfolio
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: scores, ECs
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted to OU honors,
Accepted to LSU honors,
Applied to pitzer and pomona and parsons and SCAD
If you are deferred read this blog very carefully and don’t be discouraged. It’s long, but give specific instructions on what to do next.
http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2011/12/ive-been-deferred-now-what.html
If you have higher scores than someone who was accepted, it likely comes down to demonstrated interest. Tulane wants to know that you will enroll if they accept you.
Accepted! 20K founders award
31 ACT
3.8 Weighted GPA
Attended preview TU and showed tons of interest (amazing why TU essay)
lots of ECs
IB Diploma candidate
Decision: Accepted
Major: Public Health
GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.4 W
ACT: 34
Other
Worked at a summer camp
Varsity Volleyball Captain
Club President ad on the board of a few clubs
Great internship-good letter of rec from director
Applied: EA
Essay: Why Tulane was solid
Aid: 30k a year, got into honors program
when do need-based aid decisions come out
OOS Daughter - Deferred
4.0 UW GPA, top public high school in the state, 8 AP, 1410 SAT (200 pts over HS average)
2 yr varsity swim captain/3 yr MVP, AP Scholar, etc., etc.
Tough week - deferred at BC, Michigan and now Tulane. Merry Christmas!
Sincere congratulations to all!
accepted w/ 15k a year! 1430 SAT, strong extra curriculars are probably what got me in. congrats to everyone!!