@bookiee whats your unweighted gpa?
still nothing, expecting a rejection
Just got accepted EA with an Academic Recognition Award of $17,000 annually!!!
S is In … and thrilled !
I’m so happy I found out today!!! I got deferred from my ED earlier today and was devastated, but now I have Tulane!!! YAY!
Well this sucks
@seabear21 UW: 3.69
ACCEPTED!!
So is there any way that there is another round of admissions? Don’t they have till the 15th for early decision acceptances?
Any ED acceptances tonight?
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Early action
Merit Scholarship, if received: Presidential – $32000
School/major: Chem/Biochem… invitation into honors
Objective:
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[]SAT I (breakdown): Didnt take
[]ACT (breakdown): 33
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): didnt send
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/550
[]AP (place score in parentheses): APES (4) APHUman geo (4) AP Bio (4) AP World (4) AP chem (4) AP US History (4) AP Lang (5) AP Psych (5)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Not available
[]Senior Year Course Load: Art (req), before school weight training, Research class, AP Physics, ap Lit, AP BC, AP Stats, AP US Govt.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lol… AP Scholar with distinction or honors?? whichever one is the “more advanced” one[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
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[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, Key, GSA, Interact, special honors program in school, science program in school, etc
[]Job/Work Experience: Cancer research lab (350 hrs), Dental office (500 hrs), cleaned up the roads, etc.
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer in elementary school for disabled kids, taught elderly people how to use their phones, elementary school carnivals, tutoring, teen line where kids can talk about whatever, volunteered at a hospital… I am definitely missing some but over 1200 volunteer hrs
[]Summer Activities: pretty much what is found above throughout the summers.
[]Essays: Commonapp was my favorite thing I have ever written… I would like to consider it pretty good
EC essay was fun to write, so I hope it was good
Why Tulane? was a stream of conscience and was fun to write so I hope was good.
[]Teacher Recommendations: 2 fm teachers that I have had for many years. Also had the PI fm my lab that I worked with really closely write one (she told me she writes amazing letters)
[]Counselor Rec: She always made an effort to get to know each of the kids from the special program that I am apart of from freshman year & had us fill out a survey so I think it was fairly wholesome.
[]Additional Rec: Whoops… lab PI
[li]Interview: Didnot have because Early Action[/li][/list]
Other:
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[]State (if domestic applicant):
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: fairly large magnet
[]Ethnicity: indian
[]Gender: f
[]Income Bracket: around 100-150k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe girl in stem… uhhhh im fm slightly under rep zone[/li][/ul]
Reflection:
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[]Strengths: Essays for sure! I just love essays and writing and I think that came through
[]Weaknesses: I know everyone will say that my ACT score was good enough, but I know if I had taken it again I could have gotten a better score… Also, wish I would’ve visited before applying you know?
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think the essays.
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: UO, Chapman, Case western, USC, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Yale, Harvard
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Waiting is hard[/li][/ul]
has anyone been defered or rejected yet?
Accepted EA!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (didn’t send)
ACT (breakdown): 32 C (35E, 32R, 29S, 33M)
SAT II: 790 USH, 700 M2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): na
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs + 2 other fun classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold President’s Award, National Hispanic Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor in chief of arts magazine, news editor of news publication, secretary of MUN club, co-founder of journalism summer camp, did three internships in HS
Job/Work Experience: paid intern but no real job
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered ~300 hours but only reported 183 – Interned at BGCP and got most of my hours that way.
Summer Activities: Clemson Summer Scholars, BGCP internship, other summer classes for fun
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9ish. It detailed my struggles w/ speech therapy and how I became more resilient because of it. My “Why Tulane” essay was about 300 words and pretty average. I talked about specific programs/professors.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): didn’t read any of them
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public but prestigious
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: URM, above average scores, good essay
Weaknesses: I guess my ECs weren’t too unique
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: URM, no major weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments:
Congratulations to who got in today! Still waiting but honestly probably going to get deferred. At least it’s still not a hard no.
congrats to everyone who got in 
I hope you all have a weight taken off your shoulders
Got accepted w 17,000$ a year merit scholarship.
Act 34
Weighted gpa 3.68
Good extra curriculars and good essay.
Hey everyone! I got accepted tonight and I couldn’t be happier!! My stats are not near the amazing stats that have been posted so stay hopeful (:
@zca333 please post your stats!
Decision: Accepted
Merit Scholarship, if received: Not stated on my letter, but friend got 32k after waiting 48 hours and checking gibson.
[ b]School/major:** Political Science
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1300, 710 Reading 590 Math
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
GPA: 3.5 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP World (3), AP Lang/Comp (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Stat, AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP Research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Honor Society, National English Honor Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Sailing, Crew (captain), basketball, girls on the Run coach (first junior coach in my area, Als awareness club (president), camp counselor.
Job/Work Experience: camp counselor but the wadge is so low I basically work for free lol
Volunteer/Community Service: food bank volunteer (100 hours), girls on the run (200 hours)
Essays: Personal essay 8/10( pretty good essay but looking back could be refined for message) Why Tulane 11/10(can I say
that? My English teacher wants me to rewrite and publish it, I spend a month in Louisiana every summer so I had a lot to draw on)
Counselor Rec: 10/10 Likes me
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:< $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, double navy brat
Reflection:
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[]Strengths: Essays, Interests, EC’s
[]Weaknesses: Scores, GPA could have been higher
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My Why Tulane essay was great and I showed so much interest (2 visits, emails, ZeeMee page)
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVa, U of R, CNU, UMW, Elon
[*]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I love Tulane and I love Louisiana and I am thrilled! I applied nov 7 but my app was not completed until nov 16 because of a slow admissions office… but I hope my stats are consolation for people that are in the same boat as me or higher that haven’t heard back yet!!!
Accepted with $30,000 a year (premier scholar), honors program, chemical engineering
ACT 34
GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.5 weighted