Good luck to your student. The deferral to Tulane is a red flag. You have a day or so to find some safeties that he could live with. There may be something on the application that isn’t sitting right with admissions but the 4.0 UW is fantastic. He should have great options but try to find a few real safeties today. Since it is Friday, he should meet with counselor about releasing transcripts quickly, getting recs out from the school, going into emergency plan mode, etc. so that the last minute applications will be complete. (Our school has lots of rules!!) Again, good luck.