Tulane Class of 2023

@collegemom111111 - I understand. Assuming u have already submission LOCI, You might consider asking ur GC to call the AO for ur state and let him/her know that ur child is extremely interested.

I got in EA
32 ACT
3.98 UW GPA
24K a year in merit
not invited to interview
toured, met with rep, and kept in contact
strong ECs
strong why tulane

I was the only kid at my school accepted. Just to name a few, girl who got in ED at Vandy got deferred, another girl with stronger classes and higher scores also deferred as well as someone with my exact test scores, also note she got invited to interview and did. I believe that there is nothing you can exactly do to guarantee your admission to Tulane. Strongest thing would be to email your admission’s rep and express that Tulane is your first choice but due to financial reasons, you are not willing to commit to EDII.

When are EA deferred applicants supposed to hear back?

@apost12 wouldn’t they hear back with all the regular decision applicants?

Does anyone have an idea of how likely it is to be waitlisted from ED II after being deferred from EA? Since I got deferred from EA and changed my application to ED II, I know Tulane is my top choice but have heard that it’s possible to still get waitlisted from ED II. Is this true? If it is, what are the chances of this happening as opposed to a straight answer?

@zgreen247 Waitlisted basically means rejected for Tulane. They have been over-enrolling for years now and haven’t taken anyone off of the waitlist in years. If you get waitlisted from Tulane, I would consider other options for your own mental sake. Good luck and I hope you get in! Roll Wave!

My son has applied to many schools (15), private and public. My son is a good student, 33 ACT 3.87 GPA UW, Captain of multiple sports teams, all county saxophone etc etc. Just a view from a parent and nothing more, Tulane pushes so hard for ED, it makes me question what they are looking for. Great students that want to got there, or $$$. Its a real good good school but I question their motive and approach.

@conflictedcollegegal6789998212 that’s what I was assuming, I just wanted to know if they waitlist a lot or even at all during ED II or is it mainly just straight up acceptances and rejections. Do you (or anyone else) also happen to know the earliest that they start releasing the ED II decisions? Is there a certain way they release them too, like acceptances before rejections or vice versa?

The university’s website says EDII decisions will be released by 1/24.

Kyledad, I agree. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but my son was admitted ED which obviously we’re very happy about, however he was forced to make it his first choice and missed out on the opportunity to evaluate choices among acceptances, a valuable skill. I don’t think this really benefits our kids at all. They’re asked to “propose marriage”, as ED was described at another school, before even seeing who else might be interested. This isn’t really how most life decisions are made. My son is very happy to go to Tulane, and happy to have the process over with by early November, so no regrets. But there is that sense that it’s all in the service of boosting their numbers (test score and GPA stats and yield) vs. what’s in the best interests of 17 year old kids.

@Ellyn how was your son forced to apply ED? For kids who don’t want to make a binding commitment there is always EA.

@collegemom9, by “forced” I mean, if he applied to the school he originally thought he’d apply to ED (more of a stretch, we thought), there was a greater likelihood of being rejected, then he’d be at a disadvantage applying to Tulane EA or EDll. Based on everything we had read, he’d be likely to be deferred at best, even with his 1540 SAT (his only standout stat, decent essays, most everything else high average compared to what people have posted here). It was like, ED or roll the dice, miss out on Tulane and go to third choice. We also decided that the “culture” at Tulane was probably a better fit than the more highly ranked “reach” he was considering, so in that sense it was a choice, but if not for ED, he could’ve applied to multiple schools and then maybe learned more about them via accepted student visits and made a more informed decision than is possible with ED. Again, no regrets, just not a fan of the ED system.

If he had shown interest at Tulane he would have been easily admitted EA. My son had a 1470 and was admitted with a lot of demonstrated interest (did not visit). No one is ever forced to apply ED. It’s a choice and most kids choose not to do it.

@collegemom9, have you read this thread? Many, many applicants with better stats than my son were deferred EA. Obviously, as one admitted student said here, it’s a crapshoot, there’s no formula. Some say having a job helps - he had that. Others say community service - he had none. His GPA doesn’t match his test scores (3.54), only two AP’s, captain of one team, no other leadership or standout EC. So we have good reason to guess he may not have been accepted EA. My point was, I don’t support the ED process as benefiting applicants. That said, he’s excited for Tulane, and as many have said, it’s what you make of your college experience rather than what college you attend.

My poiint with the Tulane ED process was that Tulane was the only school that my son applied that sold ED hard. My son was defered btw from Tulane but got into U Mich and a few others so far. Waiting On GT, Chapel Hill, UVA, etc. My son HS is very competitive and every EA applicant to Tulane was defered, All ACT north of 33 and high GPA’s. On a side note, last week we were in NOLA and had the opportunity to visit. Really nice campus. Unfortunately we did not have a tour as they were closed but we were still able to sneak into a couple buildings and have a good look. Very good school and congrats to all that were accepted.

@Ellyn I’m well aware of what was posted here as well as have information that comes directly from Tulane about the algorithm that is used for showing demonstrated interest. Regardless, my point is that no one is ever forced into applying ED. People say Tulane pressures students into ED. If sending any email after applying EA informing students that ED is an option if it’s a student’s top choice is pressure invoking then I have to wonder how those individuals face real pressure in life. We all make our own choices. Applying ED isn’t forced on anyone. My son applied ED and was accepted elsewhere. For him it was his best chance of getting in as RD would have been a tougher applicant pool. No one forced us into it. We chose it as the best possible option for his first choice school. In the meantime he showed Tulane as much interest as was possible without visiting and emailed his admissions rep to let him know that Tulane was a top choice (which was true) for him so that he could avoid deferral. It worked and he didn’t end up in the pool of high stats applicants who got deferred. Because he was accepted ED elsewhere he turned down the offer. ED is not your only option of avoiding deferral at Tulane.

Obviously a little late to the party here. My daughter was deferred. 35 ACT (single sitting), 4.0 UW, 8 AP, Lots of EC’s, including leadership and competitive success, large public HS in Midwest. Very good essays.

Don’t know what to say. As others have noted, Tulane must be managing yield, as she has gotten an email every other qday encouraging her to switch to ED II (even though she selected continue w/RD the day she was deferred).

Would love to understand Tulane’s thought process here.

And do you have to be accepted ED/EA to be considered for Paul Tulane/Dean’s Scholars?

@Eyeful_Tower , my son (deferred) has only received one email from Tulane regarding EDII and RD. Have other deferred students gotten multiple emails encouraging EDII?

Do any deferred students who go the RD route get accepted?

I’m sure there are, but the schools aren’t required to provide those statistics.

It’s pretty simple. The very high stat applicants are getting deferred because Tulane knows it’s a safety college for them and is highly unlikely to accept an offer.

I know a kid with a 36 ACT, all 5’s in AP exams , 4.0 uw who got into Harvard, Brown, UPenn, Duke, and UCB regents scholar but was waitlisted at University of Michigan. Do you think UM knew that they were the safety school? AO’s are not stupid.