"For the first time, almost half of students who will enroll in Tulane University’s incoming class have indicated that the university is their first choice, positioning Tulane as the preferred university for an increasing number of the country’s top students. Early Decision admissions applications at Tulane rose 35% over last year and have doubled since the program was launched in 2016, according to undergraduate admissions data.
‘Tulane’s growing academic reputation, its innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum, its world-class faculty, its unique academic structure and its location in one of the nation’s most culturally rich cities are some of the many reasons that Tulane is becoming the first-choice, dream school for so many students,’ Tulane President Mike Fitts said. ‘We’re also “right-sized.” We’re large enough to support a major research mission, yet small enough to foster one-on-one mentor relationships between students and faculty.’" …
https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-receives-record-early-decision-applications