<p>It clearly seems that all that applied for the DHS should have received a letter. But I suppose for those that did not, other than protocol, it is a moot point. If you were supposed to get a winning UPS delivery, Tulane would have found out by now that it was not delivered and taken action. Still, in the rather unlikely event that UPS delivered to the wrong place or something, it cannot hurt to send an e-mail to your admissions counselor and say that you applied for the DHS and have not received either a UPS package nor a letter from Mr. Retif. You could ask them to confirm one way or the other the outcome of the competition for your case.</p>
<p>No letter or package, besides initial Presidential + Admission to Honors. </p>
<p>Not sure if I care enough about Tulane or if Tulane even cares enough about me to bother anymore.</p>
<p>Did you apply for any other scholarship, questionmark?</p>
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<p>I am sorry, I know I should ignore that, but…That comes across as so whiney and with a sense of entitlement it really bugs me. Of course I can’t comment on you caring enough about Tulane, but to expect a school that got 43,000-44,000 applications, over 1,000 DHS applications, and offered you $25,000/year and a place in the top 10% of the class to then pay even more individual attention to you really just seems wrong. If you want finality regarding the DHS, make a call or send an e-mail. People do sometimes have to take the iniative you know. You are about to enter college, it is a good time to show some maturity.</p>
<p>Ok, well I got that off my chest. I’ll duck now.</p>
<p>I wonder if posters here realize that these threads are perused by college admissions counselors. Whine or show ingratitude about a school and it can come back to bite you in the bottom.</p>
<p>Yes, if they really wanted to in many cases it wouldn’t be too hard to figure out who some students are based on stats and location. Although 99.99% of the time I am sure they have better things to do.</p>
<p>Fallenchemist - let’s face the reality here…Tulane is pretty overpriced for the average student. A huge faction of the regular tuition goes out to paying for other people’s scholarships. Granted, I’m part of that population. But compared to other institutions (USC, UNC, Case Western, WashU etc) that also offer competitive scholarships, Tulane is blown out of the water when it comes to the quality of the institution. </p>
<p>So yes, I’m going to whine, because frankly, I am entitled. Blame me for being judgmental, but admission officers have a job - if they don’t want to spend time reading applications, they shouldn’t be asking for such a lengthy project. Regardless, I don’t think I should have to call them to find out the results. My job here is done.</p>
<p>Thank goodness I don’t need to comment further, you did great.</p>
<p>Yep. Isn’t too hard when you have someone who believes that:
- Admin Counselors don’t have to do their job.
- A college shouldn’t pay more attention to good students.
- Students aren’t entitled to a response to their applications.</p>
<p>Since you persist:</p>
<p>1) This actually has nothing to do with the admissions counselors, they did their job when you got admitted and told you so. This falls under the purview of a special committee that reviews all DHS applications.
2) All Tulane students are good students, and they did pay more attention to you when they awarded you $25,000 and offered you a place iin the Honors Program. To think you deserve even more special attention than that is arrogant beyond description.
3) You are entitled to a response, I have said so many times in other threads, and this year they finally did it, at least with most applicants. The fact that some people didn’t get a “no” letter is not a good thing, but mistakes happen. For you to turn it into a self-absorbed tantrum is just silly, as is making comments like Tulane being “blown out of the water” by those other schools. Amazing for you to be such an expert at such a young age.</p>
<p>FWIW, Tulane has higher average test scores than USC. Just so you know.</p>
<p>1) This is just irrelevant semantics.
2) Yes, applicants deserve a response. If you consider this stance as needing “special attention” or “arrogance” the problem is yours, not mine.
3) Besides the irrelevant ad hominem, I also don’t care what standing Tulane has in your head. I don’t think Tulane is as good; as such, I can’t justify paying more money to go there.</p>
<p>For the record, I don’t have anything else in particular against Tulane or its applicants. This mistake, however small you consider it (amounts to thousands of potential dollars from my perspective), is enough for me to make a short internet rant and decision not to enroll. And eerily enough, it seems that I’m not the only one in this position.</p>
<p>Oh, and your clearly mistaken. Tulane is blown out of the water. </p>
<p>USC (Yes, this is the University of Southern California):
[College</a> Search - University of Southern California - USC - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Tulane:
[College</a> Search - Tulane University - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Eerily enough??? It really is no surprise you didn’t win one.</p>
<p>questionmark-
You were suspended from school as a junior for using foul languange and you want to know why schools aren’t showering you with more acceptances and accolades? Huh??</p>
<p>Sounds like you will be happier at USC (known as the University of Spoiled Children to many). Best of luck to you there.</p>
<p>I know. I have seen people that just didn’t get it before, but this guy is in a class by himself.</p>
<p>I did have old stats for USC, so I will grant that Tulane does not have higher test scores, but ACT is identical and SAT hardly “blows Tulane out of the water”. Wash U is one of the highest in the country, but they don’t give as much merit aid as Tulane. Case and UNC have slightly lower average scores overall than Tulane. So his arguments are a bit scattered, and kind of ridiculous anyway. I give him credit for guts to throw a tantrum like that in public though. Someday he will realize what a child he sounds like.</p>
<p>I bet he would have thought Tulane was great if he had gotten a DHS.</p>
<p>@jym626
Good one. The fact that you bothered to search several pages of my posts should be awarded with grand applause. Why don’t you laugh about the one B I had in high school? Or the torn ligament that prevented me from running for a year? Moreover, how does ad hominem add to the credibility of your arguments?</p>
<p>@Fallenchemist
By my position, I don’t mean rejection, but the lack of a response. Any response would have sufficed. </p>
<p>Anyhow, you were the one who brought up scores, not me. Judging by the US News Rankings, all schools aforementioned are superior in rank. I don’t really care much about the numbers, but hey, if you’re particularly interested in making judgments based on such, feel free to go to US News. To add to that, Tulane’s inflated SAT scores aren’t really based on the quality of the school, but the students attracted by the scholarship programs available (back to the part about why Tulane should pay special attention to these students).</p>
<p>Its not an ad hominem to present your history as you report it, question. It is a mere statement of fact. And I didnt do any of what you described. I was curious to see where else you’d applied, and it popped up all over the board. Didnt take but a keystroke or two. You were quite vocal about your applications. Looks like so far, not a lot of luck in the admissions dept. Don’t you think its time to tone down the cockiness and arrogance? There are a lots of strong students with good grades and stats, better SAT IIs and AP scores who dont have a suspension on their record. You should be grateful for what you have been offered instead of looking a gift horse in the mouth. Such a sense of entitlement. Sheesh.</p>
<p>FYI, Ad hominem: is an argument which links the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise. If you didn’t intend to do so, your attack wasn’t really much of an argument at all. </p>
<p>Popped up all over the board? No, you actively searched it. For one, my admittance into other colleges is irrelevant (as is your admittance); secondly, I don’t think you know the extent of my applications or acceptances. Thirdly, you should be well aware that the majority of the decisions arrive on March 31st. Finally, so what if there are “better” students out there? </p>
<p>Going to school means paying up to 50,000$ a year to receive a good education. If it was the other ways around, I might share your sentiments. And for christ’s sake, I’m complaining about the lack of a response, in which case rejection would’ve been preferred. I deserve one; I don’t care if it’s Harvard, Tulane, CU - it doesn’t matter. </p>
<p>I’ll cut the drama and get to my most basics points:
- People deserve a response to their applications.
- A lack of response is just cause for disappointment.
- Tulane isn’t an institution of choice anymore because of the reasons above.</p>
<p>Not interested in a debate with you, question. You are trying to tell me what I did? Thats pretty laughable. </p>
<p>Your stats are strong and you will get admissions. Whats with all the drama here ?(rhetorical question, no need to respond)</p>
<p>US News rankings have any number of issues that have been discussed ad nauseum. Test scores are the only unbiased, consistent measure of students, but I am not saying that one thing measures the quality of a university. But what a desperate argument to say
Not that I think this is true, but then you are saying that is only true at Tulane and not these other schools, which you say also give generous scholarships. LOL. Wow.</p>
<p>You think you deserved a response to your DHS application. Fine, we all agree with that. But because Tulane apparently screwed up on this in some cases (not all) you proceed to run the school into the ground. If you don’t see that as immature I don’t know what else to say to you.</p>
<p>Also, before you keep using the term wrongly, look up ad hominem. You are not applying it correctly at all. “attacking an opponent’s character rather than answering his argument.” We did answer your arguments, and we are not attacking your character, but simply pointing out facts that you posted yourself, as jym says, and trying to tell you what you sound like. But if you don’t want to hear it, then move on and have a good college career somewhere else.</p>
<p>@FallenChemist
Just bleh. Tulane’s SAT scores are inflated compared to schools of comparable rank. And if you didn’t catch my drift from the previous post, I don’t care for the numbers at all. In my eyes, Tulane just isn’t as good of an institution, and this is compounded with the high price of attendance. I’m sure some will disagree, but this is way off course my point, which is that scholarship applicants are 100% entitled to a response. </p>
<p>Both facts and opinions can be classified under Ad hominem. The important question here is relevance, not semantics. </p>
<p>@Jym626
I no longer care how you did what you did, and also realize that further discussion would be fruitless. I don’t think the personal attacks were particularly kind on your part (considering that I hadn’t done the same to you), but it’s the internet and I’ll get over it. Ultimately, I suppose the drama starts when things get personal, which was never my intention.</p>