<p>Sorry if this has already been covered, but Tulane sends weekly emails asking accepted students if they are coming. My son got accepted in to a couple of his top picks and notified Tulane right away that he was not coming. Probably other students are doing the same. Strangely enough, when he clicked that he wasn’t coming, a message popped up saying that he could change his mind until May 1st. (?)</p>
<p>how did you get notification of award?</p>
<p>haha this is silly…</p>
<p>haha sorry about the confusion $56000 is over 4 years ($14,000 a year)
that’s still more than any other scholarship’s i’ve been offered.</p>
<p>the notification was included in my acceptance letter</p>
<p>I agree with fallenchemist. I had similar stats to the OP and I got in and I know people with way lower stats that got in, but we all applied around november/december. So maybe it was the timing. I think they got a bit overwhelmed at the number of people applying (and the number with very good stats) so they gave up all their spots before those people even applied.</p>
<p>I don’t know…but that seems the most logical thing to me…</p>
<p>Yes, now that I see the responses it all makes sense. Catra was a late (relatively speaking) applicant and so got waitlisted because of the high app rate. So as spots opened up by people declining offers, the good stats (and probably other excellent qualities) put them towards the top of the waitlist, which leads into my followup to Enjoy. I am virtually certain people are stratified mostly by the quality of the applicant, with possibly some weighting if they are from an unusual location or some other interesting feature that Tulane feels would be good for the school. I really doubt major has much to do with it. But yes, I was a chem major at Tulane. The fallen part is that I have spent most of my career on the business side of chemistry, but I still get to be involved in chemistry, which is cool. So go for it! And good luck.</p>
<p>My online status changed from waitlist to acceptance on Sunday afternoon. Waiting on mail and hoping to get acceptance letter today. Applied ED and was deferred and then waitlisted. Tulane has been one of my top choices since returning from the preview weekend last fall. Received acceptances for several other schools with scholarships in the 20k range. Hoping Tulane will match $$</p>
<p>skimlatte - Good luck! Treat your request for $$, if you need to make it, like a job negotiation or similar situation. Write a good letter, have it checked by someone you think knows about business letters, and include copies of your other offers if you think it strengthens your case, such as if they are from schools comparable to or higher ranked than Tulane. But especially emphasize why Tulane is your top choice and give the main reason. Make sure that reason is something about how you can bring something to the school or how they can (relatively) uniquely bring something to you, not that you always wanted to go to Mardi Gras, lol!</p>
<p>My daughter also declined her acceptance this past weekend with a large scholarship so hopefully some more folks will be able to come off the waitlist. She too received a notice that she could change her mind if she wanted up until May 1 which we both thought was interesting.</p>
<p>It’s just a nice thing for a school to say. History shows that it is very rare for a person to change their mind after formally declining, so if it happens it is not a strain on the school.</p>
<p>Having just returned from Tulane with my son yesterday for his 2d visit to the school, I’ve read with interest the discussion about the Tulane wait list. Many of those posting seemed to think their SAT scores and grades would assure them of acceptance at Tulane and seem pretty shocked and awed that they were wait listed. Maybe what is needed is a little more insight into the admissions process which is only partly governed by SATs and grades. The NY Times recently ran an article about the admissions process at Tufts and my alma mater, Amherst. What’s clear at those schools, and many, many others, is that the pool of qualified applicants to each far exceeds the spaces available and that grades and SAT scores are not the be all and end all. What no one even mentions here is the essay, for example, the one place on the application where the student really has a chance to distinguish him or herself from the pack of high achievers. So, maybe you excelled on the numerics, but said nothing to truly make an impact in your essay. Those who applied early in the year to Tulane and took advantage of the early action process also probably had an edge: they showed an early interest in the school and had fewer applicants to compete with.</p>
<p>To those whose disappointment has prompted them to diss Tulane itself, I have to say that my visit this week was my first to the school (my son’s second), and I was very, very impressed. Many prospective students and parents were addressed by the University president who made an eloquent case for Tulane. After Katrina the school really needed to regroup and community service became a curriculum requirement. The Tulane students we met were universally gregarious, passionate about Tulane, and very bright.</p>
<p>There are countless stories out there about high school seniors getting into a college with a higher USNews ranking than some of the schools that turned them down. Why? because despite the huge pool of applicants, the admissions process at any serious school is about more than the numbers. It’s about getting a good fit between school and student and a diverse class.</p>
<p>When I applied to college (a long tome ago, admittedly) I was rejected at the University of Massachusetts and accepted at Amherst College which was far more selective. So, to those who felt their SATs and grades qualified them for “automatic” admission to Tulane I’d suggest taking a deep breath and putting this entire process into a larger perspective. You’ll do just fine in your life wherever you go. As the Tulane president said to us, “you can get a great education anywhere; it’s about finding the right fit for you.”</p>
<p>LordJeffZ - beautifully said, thank you.</p>
<p>LordJeffZ, I’m so glad you liked what you saw at Tulane. My son is making a choice beween two schools, and I am not able to make the Tulane trip with my S and husband on the 14th.
I am reading everything I can about Tulane so that if he chooses it, I can rest easy about it.</p>
<p>Soccerfreak - By all means rest easy. As a Tulane alum and now the father of an incoming freshman D, it is a great place to go to school. Wonderful balance between academics, campus fun, and New Orleans fun. Very nice campus, good food, some of the older dorms could be a little nicer in some cases (they are working on it I think. I know Monroe was renovated after Katrina, and I think a few others were too), but hardly slums either. I know some really highly rated schools where they are worse. Nice campus, university center building was extensively redone recently also, renamed LBC. Surveys like the Princeton Review says it ranks high in the students’ eyes, so they must be doing something right.</p>
<p>My son is deciding between Boston College (just 10 minutes from home) and Tulane. There is a lot to be said for living somewhere new and very different; I see it as part of his larger education.</p>
<p>i got waitlisted and might not hear until june 1st. -_-
i asked to remain waitlisted, but unless i hear something on april 30/may 1, i’m giving it up and turning it loose.</p>
<p>LordJeffZ - For what it is worth, I told both my kids that if they were going to stay within 100 miles of home, there had to be a really good reason. I wanted it to be farther, but this is New England, and there were too many good schools that would be eliminated by making it farther. I don’t think there is just a lot to be said for living somewhere new and different (and far enough to require independence), I think there is everything to be said for it. I grew up in St. Louis, and my very first step in my college search was drawing a circle on a map the equivalent of 300 miles around St. Louis, and then eliminating any schools that were in that circle, lol. I ended up at Tulane. Now I am in Rhode Island, and my kids are in Missouri and (soon to be) New Orleans. We are close and I miss having my son around and will miss my daughter, but it is something I feel very strongly about, personally. He has grown up so much on his own, and I know she will too.</p>
<p>That is my long way of saying I think you are very right to see it as a critical part of his larger education.</p>
<p>I am waitlisted at tulane, and have sent them countless e-mails which they have not replied to. has this happened to anyone else? i really want to go to tulane and i just don’t know what to do to get in!</p>
<p>^^ Don’t become a pest…“countless e-mails” could be construed as going over the line. If you have already expressed your full interest and ‘Why Tulane’, then leave it alone and consider your other options. The only other thing that could help is to have your GC call.</p>
<p>soccerfreak, my D and I visited Tulane a few months ago. I had never been to New Orleans although I have travelled quite a bit. Even though my D has turned down her acceptance and large scholarship to Tulane it is not because we didn’t enjoy the campus. She would have been happy there but will be happier elsewhere. I really enjoyed the look and feel of the campus and the greenery. They have an exceptional honors program which was very impressive. The students we met were all super friendly and loved being at the school. I am sure that if that is the choice that your son will be happy there.</p>