@trackmbe3 Thank you for the detailed and thorough response! Yes on many of those, but not all. We’ll see…
@ProudWADad i’m anxiously awaiting decisions as well! deferred EA 
it’s going to be a hit or miss type of thing for sure! good luck!
i’m back on this thread! hahaha anyone betting on today? i doubt they’d release on ivy day but idk.
i dont think so. I think they are specifically waiting until after IVy day to see if apllications get withdrawn.
@happytimesforever they won’t be getting rid of me! hahaha i hope people pull their apps. smart idea on tulane actually! awful to have to keep waiting but smart 
@happytimesforever good point! So we’re betting on Friday the 29th?
I emailed my admissions counselor last week and he told me they’re planning for 28th but it might be as late as the April 1st. Seems like Thursday, Friday, and Monday are all possibilities!
@happytimesforever Wait, do people actually pull their apps rather than just declining admission? Also why would they do that?
I think that happytimes is referring to the fact that tulane will release decisions later because they want people to withdraw apps before hearing from tulane (theyll commit elsewhere)
essentially meaning that if you get into an ivy or something and you commit on ivy day, youll withdraw your tulane app before even hearing back from them
then tulane looks more prestigious (lower acceptance rate) and can protect yield
Many students, even if they get in elsewhere on ivy day, will wait until all their applications and FA offers have been received before formally accepting one and declining others.
I agree with @jym626 - I don’t think many, if any, students who get accepted by Ivies or other schools perceived to be better than Tulane will withdraw their applications immediately from Tulane or other schools they were admitted to, but will not attend. They will be focused on other things at least for a few days. So I don’t think by waiting to release decisions to April 1 will increase Tulane’s yield in a statisticallly meaningful way.
You: Tulane rejects too many people.
Also you: Tulane is overcrowded.
Thanks, @CaptainRonnie. And to dress the past episodic overcrowding, it has happened both at Tulane before (when my DS was there) and at many other schools (U Michigan and Rice are just 2 that come immediately to mind, but it has happened at many schools). This is exactly why they try to gauge enrollment/yield as best they can as it affects many things: dorm space, faculty and classroom needs, class sizes and the need for additional sections and space, budget issues, food service etc. When schools over-enroll one year, they will cut back to re-balance in subsequent years. And this (enrollment each year) is also why a school may go deep into its WL one year and then take none the next.
Not sure if there is a current issue with overcrowding at present, but all schools that have had to deal with this due to overenrollment will adjust their admissions the following year (s). When it happened when my S was at Tulane, they let some freshman locals live at home and commute and IIRC let some sophs live off campus, rather than requiring students to live on campus the first 2 years. They have also subsequently built more dorm space.
Not sure what you are referring to @pantha33m. Tulane does not “reject too many people“. Like all schools, it accepts a number of applicants based on availability of space and prediction models of enrollment, creates a waitlist, and denies the rest. Nothing unusual about this.
@jym626 I did not say that Tulane rejects too many people - I said others are saying that. As far as I can tell, every person posting on this board who is rejected by Tulane thinks it’s because of some overarching Tulane strategy and not their personal particulars. Hence, Tulane rejects too many people.
@pantha33m Who is “YOU” in your previous post? Its hard to follow. I think you are saying that some generic posters in this 76 page thread have mentioned that the school has had some overcrowding issues (probably in the past- not sure if thats currently true), and that some random posters seem to think that Tulane is playing “a game” as part of their strategy (they are not), but I don’t understand your point by quoting those generic comments.
As I read it, I think @pantha33m was just trying to point out the irony of some people’s comments
All schools are trying to admit the “right number” of students in order to build a targeted number for the freshman class. They have statisticians that study how many students to accept with the goal that they have offered the correct number of admittances. If the yield is high, there may be “overcrowding” in fhe form of triples. Of course, if the yield is low and the class is under-enrolled, there is an opportunity for students on the waitlist to accept a spot. This is a very trying time for students who are trying to make a decision, those rejected and those on waitlists. It’s just tough all around.