Tulane acceptance rate rises to 13%

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Anonymous wrote:That is a bad gender ratio. I wouldn’t be surprised if more colleges start reaching that gender imbalance as well.

That would require rejecting more qualified girls than boys, which doesn't stop right with most adcoms. No one seems to be complaining about these ratios (misogynist much?) so there's no reason to change anything.

Actually, admissions offices care very, very much about gender ratios. Once a college tips past 60:40 (female: male), women stop applying. It's a big problem in admissions for those colleges below the top tier.
-Professor and college administrator

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Anonymous wrote:Did the dog catch the car?

the acceptance rate dog or the gender im/balance dog?

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NYU is also 60/40. Not that unusual.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not surprising at all. In fact, Tulane has been predicting it all year if you have been listening. Tulane has a new Dean of Admissions this year. He announced early on that his goal was to increase the number of first gen, minority, international and local/Louisiana students. To achieve this goal he was going to accept more students EA and RD (they accepted 400 RD this year which is a lot more than previously). I think if you are admitting more first gen or minority students that may need to compare financial aid offers, your admit rate will increase because you are admitting more from non-binding rounds.

Only 400 RD is insane and a complete manipulation of ED. The fact that is supposed to be an improvement is even crazier.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not surprising at all. In fact, Tulane has been predicting it all year if you have been listening. Tulane has a new Dean of Admissions this year. He announced early on that his goal was to increase the number of first gen, minority, international and local/Louisiana students. To achieve this goal he was going to accept more students EA and RD (they accepted 400 RD this year which is a lot more than previously). I think if you are admitting more first gen or minority students that may need to compare financial aid offers, your admit rate will increase because you are admitting more from non-binding rounds.

Only 400 RD is insane and a complete manipulation of ED. The fact that is supposed to be an improvement is even crazier.

but it worked! DCs guidance counselor loves to use Tulane as an example of a fine school that has absolutely manipulated ED to get pumped up in rank --"it's a fine school, but not drastically better than it was 10 years ago"

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Anonymous wrote:NYU is also 60/40. Not that unusual.

that's 2 schools then. it is not typical and not desirable

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU is also 60/40. Not that unusual.

that's 2 schools then. it is not typical and not desirable

Emory as well

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not surprising at all. In fact, Tulane has been predicting it all year if you have been listening. Tulane has a new Dean of Admissions this year. He announced early on that his goal was to increase the number of first gen, minority, international and local/Louisiana students. To achieve this goal he was going to accept more students EA and RD (they accepted 400 RD this year which is a lot more than previously). I think if you are admitting more first gen or minority students that may need to compare financial aid offers, your admit rate will increase because you are admitting more from non-binding rounds.

Only 400 RD is insane and a complete manipulation of ED. The fact that is supposed to be an improvement is even crazier.

The RD isn’t that important when there is EA. It’s the binding vs non-binding. UMD, for example, does most of its admissions through EA. Though I do think Tulane still admits too many via ED, I welcome the change. The story states:

“ Overall, fewer than 800 first-year applicants were offered admission via Early Decision and fewer than 400 via Early Decision II, while nearly 2,400 were offered admission via Early Action and over 400 via Regular Decision. This means Tulane extended roughly 400 additional non-binding offers of admission this year compared to the 2021-2022 admissions cycle.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU is also 60/40. Not that unusual.

that's 2 schools then. it is not typical and not desirable

Emory as well

William and Mary and UVA are both 56/44

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No Tulane is in which state?

Abortion is completely banned in Louisiana because of a new law that went into effect June 24, 2022.

Add that too all the other laws that have gone into affect 2023.

woo hoo go to Louisana for college but you are not coming home....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not surprising at all. In fact, Tulane has been predicting it all year if you have been listening. Tulane has a new Dean of Admissions this year. He announced early on that his goal was to increase the number of first gen, minority, international and local/Louisiana students. To achieve this goal he was going to accept more students EA and RD (they accepted 400 RD this year which is a lot more than previously). I think if you are admitting more first gen or minority students that may need to compare financial aid offers, your admit rate will increase because you are admitting more from non-binding rounds.

Only 400 RD is insane and a complete manipulation of ED. The fact that is supposed to be an improvement is even crazier.

The RD isn’t that important when there is EA. It’s the binding vs non-binding. UMD, for example, does most of its admissions through EA. Though I do think Tulane still admits too many via ED, I welcome the change. The story states:

“ Overall, fewer than 800 first-year applicants were offered admission via Early Decision and fewer than 400 via Early Decision II, while nearly 2,400 were offered admission via Early Action and over 400 via Regular Decision. This means Tulane extended roughly 400 additional non-binding offers of admission this year compared to the 2021-2022 admissions cycle.”

No use arguing with Tulane haters on DCUM. They are irrational and obsessive.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU is also 60/40. Not that unusual.

that's 2 schools then. it is not typical and not desirable

Professor/college admin from above. Unfortunately, the skewed ratio is very typical. Colleges are doing well if they're 55:45. With the exception of the most selective schools, where college admin truly have their choice of whom to admit and can create a gender-balanced class, you'll find that most colleges have more women than men, and that the women need higher stats for acceptance.

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I’m kind of surprised more boys aren’t interested in Tulane which I think of as being good academically but with a pretty unique party atmosphere as well as decent school sports. I guess it’s because I don’t think it’s known for CS, business…and so many boys are going that route.

My jr DS is looking for a LAC and we hope this helps him! Too bad he has no interest in Tulane.

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Gender balance gets worse under test optional (greater reliance of grades, where girls *on average* tend to do better)

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Anonymous wrote:Gender balance gets worse under test optional (greater reliance of grades, where girls *on average* tend to do better)

Not true, this is just a theory being pushed on dcum for some unknown reason because girls do slightly worse on standardized tests. There is no data to support more girls being admitted under test optional,