<p>Waitlisted with a 2200 SAT and 3.7 GPA.... huh?</p>
<p>My S was also waitlisted with a 2120, 3.85 GPA, 7 AP’s, National Honor Society and a host of other extras - BTW, he declined</p>
<p>tufts syndrome maybe?</p>
<p>I was also waitlisted, I’m not sure if I want to accept b/c Tulane says that they’ll have a decision no later than June 1, which is waaay too long of a wait. By that time enrollment deposit deadlines for other schools will have passed, and I really don’t think it’s a good idea to take that risk when there’s a chance I’ll be rejected right?
BTW I have a 2000 SAT and 3.8 GPA, however there are a bunch of other students with lower stats that were accepted. I a lot of good applicants got waitlisted b/c of the number of applicants.</p>
<p>Wow…I was accepted with an 1810 SAT and a 4.2/3.9 GPA. I sent in two letters of recommendation, though. Did you guys send in letters?</p>
<p>But no worries, I’m not going to Tulane. I heard the students are horrible. So perhaps waitlisted people will be accepted. =) good luck!</p>
<p>I got waitlisted (after getting deferred). Like jawsxcore, it’s my lowest choice school so I don’t really give a ■■■. Especially since I got into (one of) my top choices.</p>
<p>I suspect the top students get waitlisted because Tulane knows you are very unlikely to choose them. And the way the rankings at USNWR and other, similar publications work (and this is why the ranking systems are somewhat worthless) they use stats like acceptance %, yield, etc. to make those determinations. So think about it. If Tulane accepts you, it makes their acceptance rate go up, which makes them look less selective. And when you turn them down, which you will, it makes their yield go down, which is also a negative.</p>
<p>So don’t dump on Tulane for it. As you freely admit, they were your “safety” and “last choice”. If you are a school trying to move into the top 25 or whatever (because as much as anyone might think those rankings are BS, they are a reality), what would you do?</p>
<p>By the way Ksp791, not sure where you heard that the students are “horrible”, but I guarantee you that is not the case. Like any school of that size are larger, you have all types and Tulane students are pretty equivalent overall to students from Vandy, Emory, Northwestern, etc. etc. I have worked with schools and students all over the country and had plenty of chances to observe them during the day and the nightlife. There are some differences between schools, for sure, but 90% the same.</p>
<p>Haha yeah I got a waitlist notification today too. 2080 SAT, 33 ACT, 4.0 UW 4.7W GPA, 12 AP tests.
Again Tulane was not anywhere near the top of my list… but I applied to it for a reason. I thought I’d have a good chance of getting a scholarship there. and while it wasn’t my favorite school, $$ has a lot to do with where I’ll go… its kinda depressing that one of the schools I Was hoping to get a decent scholarship from, making it possible to attend, waitlisted me. </p>
<p>Do you guys really think it has to do with the acceptance rate, yeild, etc?? If so that is really ridiculous. they need to stop offering a free application fee, then. Manipulating it all for ratings…</p>
<p>All the schools play this game, TTwhite. You guys are too young to remember this, but some years back the Ivies almost got indicted by the Justice Department because they were colluding on applicants. Since most students applying to one Ivy applied to them all, they were just handling the whole thing like they were one big school and deciding who would get which student. Certainly took a lot of the uncertainty out of it! But totally illegal, also, LOL. It may have just been for early decision, but still wrong.</p>
<p>I agree with you to some degree, though. I would rather see some other way of people judging the schools. Any suggesstions? Unfortunately, saying that they just should not be ranked is not an option. With the kind of money involved, not to mention the importance of the decision on the rest of your life, people are going to want some guidance given the ENORMOUS and overwhelming amount of information out there. Pubs such as USNWR like statistics, makes it easier to justify a rank order. You cannot blame Tulane or any other school for adapting to the environment they find themselves in.</p>
<p>As far as the free app, that is not so they can get their acceptance rate looking better, although that did turn out to be an unintended consequence. Tulane was as surprised as anyone when the number of apps basically doubled, or more. But if it was all about stats, they wouldn’t have cut off the app deadline early last year. They could have taken them in and just blindly said no and made their stats even better. No, it was a response to Katrina and getting back on track. You have to put yourself in their shoes (tough to do, admittedly) and try to imagine how much uncertainty there was. Heck, when they opened up for the second semester in 2006 after being closed all fall semester of 2005, they really had no idea if the number of students that would come back would be 50%, 95%, or something inbetween. Things were that chaotic. Turned out they got a little over 90% back, I think it was, which is about average for a normal, non-hurricane year. But they really could not know that, nor could they know how many parents would say “No way in hell you are going to a place where the whole city might be wiped out next time”. So I am only saying there is a lot of perspective to this that has evolved due to time and circumstance. but again, ALL schools play this game to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the quality of the applicant pool and the school’s goals.</p>
<p>I received the waitlist email last night, too. Does anyone know if all of the deferred have received either accept or waitlist, or has anyone even been denied? Also, is it only the deferred that got the waitlist, or were some of the waitlisted RD applicants? </p>
<p>TTwhite, I think their free app got them what they wanted: lots of apps and higher selectivity for USNWR rankings. The problem now will be their yield because they will have a harder time gauging an applicant’s interest like other colleges. Most people apply and pay a fee for colleges they really want to go to, therefore it would be a safer yield gamble for a college to accept a paying applicant. Now, Tulane has so many applicants but how would they know who would seriously attend or used it as a free safety? They very well may have waitlisted their true core of future students in trying to lure higher stat applicants capable of getting into more selective colleges, while the waitlisted might fall in love with comparable colleges not gaming the USNWR system.</p>
<p>I would also add that it is likely that regular decision actions are likely influenced by what they are seeing from early acceptance prospects. Maybe they had an unusally promising group this year, I don’t know. I can only tell you it is a tough, tough guessing game for the admissions department. I am sure all you Ivy qualified people that got wait listed by Tulane have not had your egos bruised too much. If I am right about what I think is going on, then in fact they are simply acknowledging that you are a superior student and that Tulane is an unlikely fit for you.</p>
<p>The whole admissions process is crazy, only made worse by the great unknown factors and sometimes unpredictable outcomes. It’s just my opinion, but I am hoping that they do away with the free app for next year’s applicants. I think they will have an easier time assessing an applicant’s interest in actually accepting their offers of admission.</p>
<p>I was RD and got the waitlist email last night too. I freaking PANICKED because Tulane was my lowest school too but its good to hear people with similar stats as me are facing the same thing there. I literally had a moment of, “If Tulane didn’t want me then nobody else is going to!”</p>
<p>Who is accepting the offer? I’m not sure if I should…</p>
<p>You may well be right, Caroline. Maybe once they are convinced things have stabilized, and if they can get their ranking up (again, just a reality of life for all competitive schools), then maybe they will look at doing that.</p>
<p>I would also add to this discussion, however, that the last couple classes at Tulane have shown marked increases in the quality of students enrolling, as based on average SAT/ACT scores and GPA/class rank. Granted the number enrolling was less that hoped for by about 200 students. But this years class has every indication of being a fairly large jump better yet again, and with the generous scholarships and the economy being what it is… Well, who knows.</p>
<p>So maybe they are indeed doing something right, frustrations of the posters on this and related threads notwithstanding.</p>
<p>Hey mintlemonade, definitely do not panic!!! LOL, hopefully the reasoning poster here makes you feel better also. Who is accepting what offer, though?</p>
<p>Curious as to where in St. Louis you are. I was born and raised there.</p>
<p>I recently moved out of University City into the wonderful world of St. Charles :(</p>
<p>I’m sorry, if they’re accepting the wait list offer.</p>
<p>I think another issue that could be playing out is that many students with good offers from Tulane haven’t made a decision yet so they cannot re-release the offer or the aid. My daughter is RD to several other schools and while Tulane is under consideration, the other schools and their merit offers need to be weighed before anything final is decided. I think that’s why they are now putting people on the deferral list.</p>
<p>I can tell you however, that Tulane sends her emails every week asking if she’s made a decision.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys approached this comepletely different from what I did.</p>
<p>I applied to two public and two private colleges.
Who ever offers most aid wins my vote.</p>
<p>Btw I was also waitlisted by Tulane.</p>
<p>Stats:
3.5 UW
28 ACT
640 SAT Math
630 SAT CR</p>
<p>11 AP Test by the end of this year.</p>
<p>I also got the waitlist email…</p>
<p>2100 SAT, 4.0 UW GPA, ranked first in class of ~300, class president, very involved, etc…very surprised.</p>
<p>I was really interested in Tulane… I heard they give a lot of aid, but I got waitlisted!?
A bunch of people at my school with lower GPAs and SATs got in. Tulane is Toolame.
2100 SAT
3.6UW 4.7 W</p>