I don’t see any facts here. All I see are alternative rankings that pp prefers. |
Wake is more highly ranked than Tulane. Tulane is a party school that private school kids who can't get into tippy top schools go to. |
This discussion has become irrelevant as B students from Big 3 schools are not getting in to Wake Forest or Tulane anyway. Those days have long gone. I know kids from Big 3 schools this year who applied ED to these schools and were rejected. Times have changed. |
Both are great schools, but the same profile kid is getting into either school in ED. In 2022, Tulane 50% SAT 1410-1500 and ACT 31-34. These are really smart kids that could 100% get into Wake Forest ED. The Tulane kids prefer a bigger school in a vibrant city over a more preppy school in a smaller city. Tulane is not filled with a bunch of idiot drunks. DCUM is so ridiculous sometimes. I agree that it’s much harder to get into either school this year if you are a B student. |
I know B students who got into each of Tulane and Wake ED from our mcps high school this year. I also know A students who did. I suspect both schools are populated with many smart and well rounded kids but for some reason these colleges are easier entry during the ED round (I know most colleges are easier in that round, but these two seem markedly easier in the ED round vs peer schools, see my point re: the B students from MCPS) so they are targeted by full pay students who can get this advice from a college counselor. |
Not Big-3. |
New to this thread and perplexed by the Tulane defender here. It's a fun school and fortunately a big name, so I am sure your kid will do great there and when they graduate. But the facts are the facts. It simply is not as hard to get into as Wake. From our school, for many years, and including this one, the middle of the class to even 60th percentile on down apply and get accepted to Tulane. It is a safety for those who don't get into Wake. Listen, my kid can't get into either, so dog in this fight, but it's the truth. |
I know B students from Big3 (in fact a number of Cs' with those Bs) students who were accepted to Tulane this year. They were guys--probably makes a big difference as Tulane has an almost 60/40 female/male ratio. |
We know several kids who were not super strong students who got into Tulane ED if the accepted a first semester abroad, start in NO in Feb.
I believe the top SLACs give a boost to private school grades because they want more of those families who have a tradition of giving in their alumni. I went to a top 10 slac from public school, all the boarding school kids got to skip the 101 classes - but public schools w/ AP credit did not, by sophmore year, the public school kids who had had higher GPA and SATs did way better than the weighted up boarding school group. |
I know, but Tulane and Wake understand private school grading and if anything both favor private schools, so if I know B students from mcps who got into both it stands to reason that B students from “big 3” (which per this board, is basically equivalent to A students in mcps) would easily get in. |
This is Tulane's trick to having higher reported stats, the CDS reports Freshman Fall first time admission stats only. |
Well, your reasoning is simply wrong. DC - Big 3 student, 3.3 GPA, high 1400s SAT, outstanding ECs Rejected Wake ED. Accepted Tulane ED. What more do you need to know? |
Just FYI, DCUM has officially retired the term "tippy top." You must have missed the memo. |
2023 applicant. My DC at a Big3, same GPA, 33 ACT, great ECs - Rejected Wake ED. Rejected Tulane ED. |
That you should have picked mcps, I guess. And that both you and the PP are spewing anecdotes. |