Tulane Class of 2023

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@momzilla2D - totally empathizing with you! This was our first time through the process (our oldest child) so we were a bit naive re: how much more of a benefit EA is for the colleges vs the student - despite how it’s marketed/positioned.

With our next daughter, the strategy message won’t be “apply EA and you can enjoy your senior year because you’ll know where you’re going to college by end of 2nd semester” but rather “get your applications out of the way and submitted by October so you’re not stressing into December and plan on having decisions by April of your senior year…and there’s a POSSIBILITY that you might find out sooner, but count on April”.

I think that shift in approach would probably have been easier for a still-developing 17-year old in navigating this process.

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Lmao accosted. 3.7 weighted gpa. 1440 SAT. Probably not attending but good luck to everyone else!

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@123Class2023parent - I’ve read the same rumors/accounts about UoM admissions being overwhelmed so everyone got deferred because they hadn’t gotten to them yet. I suppose it’s possible…and perhaps that’s partially why there are different versions of the deferral letters in circulation: not looking to unintentionally start a debate about which deferral letter template kids received is “good” or “bad”, but presuming (perhaps incorrectly) that if the letter text states “we’re impressed with your achievements” it means they’ve at least done a cursory review of its content vs not getting to it by the deadline (obviously doesn’t mean she’ll ultimately get in or not).

On the other hand - my daughter and 3 other Top Ten students in her class (top ranked public school in her state) as well as her friends at the top prep school in the state (nay, country - alumni include governors, senators, a former SCOTUS justice, ex-Secretary of State) who also applied EA to Michigan all got deferred. Not saying she’s in their ballpark academically (certainly not SAT-wise) or that UoM didn’t lock them out because they assume they’re Ivy ED candidates as well, but the fact that not a single one of this group got accepted does make you wonder about your “ran out of time” theory.

I’ve seen a growing number of similar-sized schools to Tulane offer “EDII” and I expect it’s exactly why you suggest: to protect (ensure) yield.

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Deferred! SAT 1470, GPA 4.4, strong ecs and common app essay
Reasoning: I didn’t really demonstrate interest, no alumni interview and I didn’t fill out the additional merit essays I qualified for. Also, Tulane has never accepted students around my score range from my school, usually a little lower and they still don’t go. Would of been nice to see an acceptance! Got into UMich yesterday, if I had gotten this info sooner I would of been crushed.

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I didn’t submit a portfolio for architecture, is it possible that’s why I got deferred? I think I have decent stats

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Deferred

SAT: 1450 superscore 730EBRW/720 Math
SAT II: 700 USH, 650 Lit

UW GPA: 3.98
W GPA: 4.471

Rank: 4/307

AP Scores: 4 World, 4 Lang, 3 Lit, 5 USH, 5 Seminar

Senior schedule:
Aphg
AP stats
Econ
Intro to American politics (dual enrollment IU)
Business law (dual credit CC)
Cadet teaching
World Lit I (online CC)
Intro to World Politics (online CC)
AP Psych
Independent research study

Varsity track and field all 4 years
Academic teams (spell bowl & decathlon)
March For Our Lives chapter founder

Work:
Local little league (spring job)
Local restaurant (closed down)
Target team member (since August)

Girls state delegate, senator and platform committee member

Wrote optional essay about passion for helping the underserved and underprivileged

Submitted recs from Spanish, USH/Sociology, and AP Lang teachers

Interview was more of me asking them questions than them actually interviewing me so I don’t think it had influence

Student poll worker
Independent research study on school safety

Applied for financial aid: yes
Intended major: political science
State: IN
School type: rural public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income bracket: 130K
Hooks: none

Reflection: I thought my app was strong for Tulane.

Strengths: essays, activities
Weaknesses: test scores, leadership

Why was I deferred: lack of interest I suppose, I just can’t get to New Orleans that easily. I definitely think I showed my passion for service and helping others though, which my interviewer said was a big part of Tulane

Where else was I accepted:
Butler, Valpo, UIndy, Spring Hill, Adelphi

Deferred:
UChicago, Georgetown

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@projectmgr Yes, am seeing the same thing here. Top ranked school in our state. Students with much lesser credentials, lower SAT (1100) and GPA (3.2) applied ED and were accepted. The top students in the school and perhaps the state applied EA and were deferred. To be fair to all concerned, schools should just eliminate this subjective admittance process based on yield (trying to judge will they, won’t they attend) in EA and introduce ED1 and EDII

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yeah I would apply ED II but it all depends on financial aid/merit and idk if I’m going to get anything !!

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what is the best way to demonstrate interest after being deferred??

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@aurora2016 - we had this same discussion at the dinner table tonight…my daughter said that if Michigan had ED, she (and several thousand others) would have chosen that route/made such a commitment up front.

If you think about it - UoM or similarly large schools with huge application #s have the ability to eliminate all risk-related yield from the equation by offering ED (ie - even if there were 10K in-state kids and 20K OOS kids who chose this route, they could easily select what they thought were the Top 6,500 and have their incoming class wrapped up by January).

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Has financial aid come out for anyone? or is it only merit scholarships?

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@projectmgr Absolutely. Any school with application numbers north of 50,000 owes its applicants a clear, objective, transparent way to show interest. Just seeing the sheer number of deferred students on this thread (and other threads) with spectacular achievements and grades who did everything humanly possible for a 17-year old to do to show their commitment (visit, emails to rep, interviews) deserves an honest, straightforward response. The arbitrariness of the process is damaging to students who have worked hard for this. This oneupmanship on the yield game practiced by the business minds at large universities (so called “enrollment managers”) is damaging.

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Excited to say that I was accepted! Hispanic male from DC also receiving 30K a year distinguished scholars award! Also got offered Honors College! Weighted GPA of 4.5 and ACT of 34 composite! I was also accepted to Boston College, Notre Dame, Clemson, and Rutgers!

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@projectmgr Are there different versions of the Tulane deferment letter? My son’s was pretty generic.

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@SWestMom - Not sure (?) - haven’t heard or multiple emails nor read my daughter’s deferral letter from Tulane yet (she just told me she was deferred)

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accepted with 20k scholarship! 34 ACT, my school doesn’t calculate GPA but mostly A’s/A-'s and a few B+'s, I visited campus and one admissions guy came to my school so I got to talk to him. I do a lot of community service and I think I wrote a very convincing Why Tulane essay.

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Just got deferred from Tulane. Honestly pretty shocked right now. 34 ACT. 4.2 GPA. 3 out of 385 class rank. Very strong extra curriculars. Not really sure why I wasn’t excepted. Obviously Tulane is a good school, but I would have thought I would have been accepted with those stats.

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SAT 1390
GPA abt 4.3
Great Extra curriculars(like very very great)
Deferred!
Pretty sad!

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Does anyone know how they select students for the honors college (other than what the Tulane website says)? My son was admitted and offered a scholarship and admission to the honors program, which is great but I wonder about their selection process. Or is it as mysterious as the college application process in general?

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Accepted w/ 15k per year scholarship. 1480 SAT (790 M, 690 V)/~3.65-3.7 UW GPA. My mother working at Tulane and being from LA obviously made me pretty much a lock. Still visited (no interview) and tried really hard on the essay. I verbally committed as an athlete to another school and was given their tuition waiver through the tuition exchange program. Hopefully me not accepting Tulane’s offer lets a highly qualified deferred applicant in and another student able to get the tuition waiver!