<p>D just received an email noting EA has been extended to Dec.3. Wonder why it was extended, and if the earlier scholarship deadlines are also extended.</p>
<p>Will we all still be notified by December 15th?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Interesting … I wonder if that was part of a targeted email campaign? There doesn’t seems to be any announcement of such an extension on the Tulane Admissions website. If it was targeted, I wonder who is was targeted to? An obvious group would be potential applicants who submitted good test scores but didn’t get an app in by the deadline. </p>
<p>I haven’t heard anything. I am just going off of what NJProParent said.</p>
<p>D had started her app but hadn’t completed it. We also checked the website, and no changes listed there. </p>
<p>Sounds like they made an exception for your D. That was nice of them.</p>
<p>I just saw on the Tulane twitter account that they are extending EA decisions through December 31. I don’t know any more than that.</p>
<p>Dec. 3 or 31?</p>
<p>Mine reads “31 December.” Gibson still says by December 15. Maybe they’ll send an email to applicants extending the date? More time for angst on the EA thread! (smile)</p>
<p>One hour ago they posted:</p>
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<p>It looks like they had some turnover in the Admissions office. Andrew left and it appears Hannah is no longer the rep for PA. (She left the dept completely too) Which would explain some of the delays and the extended deadline. Andrew is a huge loss to the admissions dept. he is now a full time tour guide in New Orleans and apparently he appeared in the second episode of AHS Freak Show! </p>
<p>My first post ever on CC. It is absurd to me that a university would have an “early action” program that guarantees a response by December 15; the applicants comply with the application deadline; and then the university extends their response deadline until December 31. I realize that it’s only two weeks more, but it feels like a “bait and switch” to me. Of all the universities my child is applying to, this one has the oddest admissions process. It’s a real turn off. </p>
<p>I just noticed it appears Earl Retif left too. With the huge amount of applications Tulane receives, being short three Admissions Counselors is a significant loss. </p>
<p>Well, to each their own. If dolphlvr is right and there were some unexpected personnel issues, then I think the word “absurd” is an overreaction. Things happen.</p>
<p>EA applications receive responses on a rolling basis from Tulane. This does not mean that all responses will wait until Dec 31. </p>
<p>Looks like “31 December” tweet was deleted?</p>
<p>Hey Fallenchemist – LTNS.</p>
<p>If I read this thread correctly, Tulane said that although they had previously said that all EA students would know by December 15, they’re now saying that they’ll need a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>Students apply to EA schools, in part because an acceptance means that they don’t need to complete the applications for schools that are lower on their list. With a school as highly ranked as Tulane, it might mean the difference between 3 or 4 applications and 10 or 15. (at $80 or so for most applications – we’re talking $500 or $1000, not insignificant). Also, some students may have chosen to apply to Tulane over some other Early Action school.</p>
<p>Now, of course, as you say, “Things happen”. However, Tulane probably could have handled this better. If they have promised a decision by a certain date, and have to delay it, they should at least provide an explanation (one poster here says it’s because of turn over in the Admissions Office, but has Tulane provided this information to the students who will not hear when they expected to? Has Tulane offered an apology for not meeting it’s goal/promise? If not, Tulane has dropped the ball.</p>
<p>Most important – regardless of whether Tulane’s actions are ‘appropriate’, there’s a more important point. In the previous post, a parent said that Tulane’s admission process is a ‘real turn off’’. Whether you (or more importantly) agree with the parent or not is irrelevant. The parent (and the student) are consumers. This is a consumer complaint. </p>
<p>One ignores or belittles consumer complaints at ones own peril. Better, I think to address the issue (Tulane’s promise will not be kept, for whatever reason).</p>
<p>If enough people feel that the admissions process is a turn off, or is absurd, Tulane’s applications and yield will decline. </p>
<p>It’s only Nov 21 and EA applicants continue to hear daily. They could keep the Dec 15 and defer all the applicants but that wouldn’t serve a purpose. They let applicants know on a rolling basis which is a good thing for the applicants. I wouldn’t get so focused on this potential change to Dec 31, it’s not that they are telling everyone that no decisions will be posted until the last day of the year. Hold on, the decision is coming…</p>
<p>Hi @zephyr15 </p>
<p>You have a good point about the additional applications, especially since many schools have a Jan 1/2/3 deadline for RD applications. So if Tulane were to not notify someone until December 30 or 31, that is a problem. There is no question that this seems to be an issue of transparency, and it would be best if Tulane would make a statement, even if that statement were to say it was all a big mistake and all decisions will be in by Dec. 15. I am not trying to be the Tulane Admissions Department spokesperson here, and I certainly don’t want people placing that function on me.</p>
<p>I am less understanding of your statements
The emphasis in the middle was mine, because for all that is holy I AM NOT TULANE. I don’t speak for Tulane. Everything on here is my opinion, unless I am quoting the web site or an administrator, etc. So thanks for rendering my opinion of their statement irrelevant. By your reasoning all opinions are irrelevant except for the “retailer’s” and the offended consumer. But the latter may be a distinct minority of the consumer base that is bothered by this. Or they may be representative of the majority. Who knows? In any case, I certainly didn’t belittle their opinion, I simply disagreed with the degree to which they described the situation, the word they chose. Or am I not allowed to do that? Again, you are confusing Tulane’s possible reaction to this with mine. They are two very different things, even if we happened to agree.</p>
<p>FYI, in the scenario you describe, applications certainly might decline, but yield would be impossible to predict. I think you meant admission rate.</p>