Tulane Class of 2023

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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Decision: Accepted (EA)
Distinguished Scholars award ($30K per year)
Honors invitation
SOOOO EXCITED! Waiting on PT/DHS decisions with fingers crossed!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (790M 750W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank 3/269
AP World History (5)
IB Diploma Candidate
IB classes (total of 13): French 1, French 2, English 1, English 2, History 1, History 2, Bio 1, Bio 2, Math 1, Math 2, Theory of Knowledge 1, Theory of Knowledge 2, Psych
Dual credit: Calc 1, Calc 2, Symphonic band, stats

Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance: 10-12 hours per week; competition dance company, numerous 1st place regional awards; teaching assistant; Band (flute); section leader and first chair, soloist ; Leadership team 1-4; Interact; NHS (secretary); French honor society (VP); Mu alpha theta (secretary) Student council (secretary) Other: Emergency first responder certification; CPR, first aid certification

Job/Work Experience: restaurant hostess 30 hours per week in summer
Volunteer/Community service: Fundraising for nonprofit for dance education; Interact; horse rescue; grant evaluation for philanthropic organization
Summer Activities: restaurant work, dance
Essays (rating 1-10, details): good reviews of common app essay; strong “why Tulane”
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): did not read.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): did not read.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): did not read. Counselor doesn’t know her very well.
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): Skype interview, went pretty well.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Dance/Biochem/Premed. Hoping for Creative Premedical Scholars.
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public International Baccalaureate
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $150,000 custodial parents; noncustodial–? Total too much for financial aid.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

Reflections:
Strengths: Good test scores/GPA and good essays. Showed interest in creative premedical scholars program (mentioned in “why Tulane” essay). Submitted an Arts Supplement for dance. Applied for both PT and DHS.
Weaknesses: Not enough community service—hard to fit it in with dance schedule.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed strong interest; travelled to college fair specifically to meet Tulane rep and followed up with several emails after our meeting, told him Tulane is first choice and will commit if merit aid is sufficient.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Stanford
Accepted: University of AZ (full tuition scholarship), Colorado State University.
Waiting on RD Duke, Colorado College, Pomona, LMU, Santa Clara, University of Colorado, Columbia
General Comments (if any):

522

deferred, 4.64 W GPA, 1540 SAT. Full IB Diploma (all IB classes)
did I get deferred because they did not think I was actually going to enroll?

523

I know my son’s weighted GPA only. It’s 3.56. ACT 34, SAT 1490. Few EC’s and did not request an interview. He had many B’s and only one C-in his sophomore year. Has taken only 2 AP’s.

524

@smarttart So strange, I was deferred from Michigan Engineering but was accepted into Tulane with a 20k scholarship.

525

Was there anyone who got accepted but didn’t write the why essay? lol

526

anyone know how merit aid is determined? I’ve seen people on here with higher stats get less than I did, and vise versa. not complaining, just curious

527

@Jess3381 Probably because of yield protection and lack of demonstrated interest. On Naviance, basically no one goes to Tulane if accepted from my school, but many go to Mich.

528

Does anyone know if there any possibility for increased merit $? My daughter can’t attend unless she gets more. I heard they give a lot more than she got. Does she say that to the admissions counselor?

529

vball2525, I was wondering the same thing. I think it falls in line with why some people with similar or better stats were deferred or even rejected…it’s a big mystery.

530

@openeyesofbrown, yes. D’s stats are close to yours; she showed strong interest, met admissions rep and followed up with him with several emails. She was accepted.

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berk2023, this is why you are seeing fewer people getting the $32K this year. I remember when this article was first published I was wondering if we’d get anything at all.

https://tulanehullabaloo.com/44695/news/money-matters-tulane-reduces-merit-aid-budget-increases-need-based-financial-aid-spending/

My first reaction was “you are not going to attract top candidates if you reduce/eliminate merit”, but now based on the amount of strong applicants they have, it makes sense for them to take a gamble and reduce merit (to our detriment unfortunately).

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I don’t have the direct answer to your question if they will increase it or not. I read on these boards that generally they will not.

533

Decision: Accepted Honors Program offered $27,000 merit scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 32 ( 32 E 27 M 35 R 32 S)
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): world history, us history, psychology ( all 4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: ap environmental, ap calc ab, ap gov, ap micro, college Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3 honor societies, few language awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): really did not do a lot but the only significant one is president of an honor society
Volunteer/Community service: 30 hrs
Jobs/Summer Activities: babysitter, camp counselor, part-time job
Counselor Rec: no clue
Why Tulane question: answered, best supplement I wrote

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
Ethnicity: white
Gender: girl
Income Bracket: high I guess?
Hooks: single-parent household, first-generation college student

Reflection
Strengths: my essay was very good, went to multiple Tulane info meetings, strong courseload/grades
Weaknesses: never visited, not a great act score, minimal extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from Michigan; accepted everywhere else I applied so far (Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State, SUNY Binghamton, and a few others)
Where do you expect you will attend and why? not sure, my top schools are Michigan Tulane and UF so we will see

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@AH1310 yes this exactly ^^. Part of why I even let her apply was I heard about the great merit they give. Especially since Katrina. I guess she’ll write to her admissions counselor and hope for the best.
I am out of work but of course the FAFSA looks 2 years back so I’m screwed…

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deferred OOS from NJ w/ 3.7 GPA & 29 ACT

I thought even w/ lower stats my Why Tulane essay was the factor that could get me in,
also visited and showed all the demonstrated interest I could (interview, online chat rooms, multiple info sessions, emailed counselor, met with counselor, etc.)

it’s okay though! I’m probably gonna do ED II. congrats to everyone who got in!!!

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@berk2023 – oh I think you have a compelling case. At first I thought you were like me and wanting more merit, because you want it :slight_smile: I think you should contact the FA office at Tulane and explain your situation of being out of work now. I am hoping they will work with you! Two years is a long look back. People lose jobs, divorce, death in the family and it changes their financial picture significantly.

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@berk2023 – definitely appeal. Good luck, I hope your daughter can attend.

https://www.fastweb.com/financial-aid/articles/can-you-appeal-for-more-student-financial-aid-in-the-middle-of-the-academic-year

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I got deferred- could my applications to DHS and Paul Tulane help my admission??

539

Deferred. 30 ACT 4.5 GPA. I was accepted into Georgetown 3 days ago

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Deferred!
4.7 W GPA, 3.85 UW
1540 SAT
Full IB Diploma (all IB classes)
I applied for both DHS and Paul Tulane…if I get one of those, will I be accepted automatically? Since those decisions come out before April 1 right?