This is what the deferral letter looks like. Some asked about it earlier:
Thank you for your application to Tulane University. After careful consideration of your credentials, it is the Admission Committee’s decision to defer final action on your application until our regular review period this spring.
Accepted! 16K/year award
OOS UW GPA 3.8 W 4.0
1490 SAT (800 Math, 690 Writing)
4 yr Varsity athlete and captain. Many EC and community service
Strong Why Tulane essay
attended some virtual events, unable to visit campus due to COVID
Roll Wave!
Accepted
Honors
$24,000 annual merit scholarship
1530 SAT
4.5 Weighted GPA, 4.0 Unweighted
IB Diploma candidate
Did interview and Tulane essay
Older sibling attending currently, OOS
@fnpony I know it is only anecdotal, but I was thinking the same thing. Also, I haven’t noticed anyone who applied test optional getting in, which my daughter did because she could never get a test date and wasn’t happier with her early test scores. 
Son was accepted w scholarship 14k per year.
1460 , lots of ECs, attended Tulane summer program virtually for credit. GPA 4.2
For the deferred, there was a notice on the website and they encourage ED2 applicants and are driving them to do this.
What a brutal process and I feel for all of you young students. So nerve wracking. You will all end up exactly where you are supposed to be.
Deferred
3.98, 35 ACT, 1480 8/497, Tulane essay, so-so ECs, interview, virtual event
Does anyone know approximately how many or what percent of deferred EA students are typically accepted?
It was in the admissions letter on Green Wave portal.
I scrolled down after the signature line and it said scholarship
It was right in the letter.
Edited to add~ I just looked at the letter and he was asked to send his first semester grades~ I sure hope these schools are sensitive to the kids who are forced to be fully remote and the impact it may have on grades~
OK I don’t see anything like that so I guess its safe to assume she did not get any merit offer. Such a bummer with a $77k price tag. The budgeting begins… Congrats to all who were accepted and to those who received merit! Wow!
No having seen the process last year there were some deferred students who got one of these scholarships. Not many, but it isn’t 0.
My daughter was accepted. OOS. We haven’t toured in person yet, but did do interview, many virtual events including virtual tour. Offered Honors Scholars and $26,000/year.
Okay, thanks for the help! That gives me at least a bit of reassurance 
Yes it would be in the letter.
Anyone get Spring Scholars?
accepted OOS (nj), 22k merit, honors
UW 3.76 W 4.31
SAT 1430
ACT 34
top 20% (school doesnt rank)
did an interview and a ton of virtual events!
Sorry. I was responding to an earlier post. She was deferred. You should read my first post.
Accepted, 23k merit, 3.79 GPA (all honors), 35 ACT, extensive community service ECs, visited in-person in February right before covid and did several virtual events. Applied for the Paul Tulane scholarship.