Tulane sees record applications

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is a relatively high stats student who was deferred EA. She definitely did not show sufficient interest directly to Tulane but is somewhat obsessed by their incredible service culture. Since she has been accepted to JMU Honors and UVA, she would need a very compelling offer to convince us to pay for Tulane if she was even to be accepted, which appears unlikely given the admission stats. Congrats to those accepted!

Congratulations to your daughter. I am sure she will bloom where ever she decides upon attending. We toured Tulane last year and the school has a lot of pride and my daughter was also interested in their service offerings, but she would have been completely uncomfortable that far from home. Things have a way of working out.

[Anonymous]

Tulane “bought” better statistics by making the application free and by offering multiple Early plans. Many more applicants, nearly none of whom ID Tulane as a first choice, and most of whom have been deferred. This was a ranking-promotion move by Tulane. Nothing more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulane “bought” better statistics by making the application free and by offering multiple Early plans. Many more applicants, nearly none of whom ID Tulane as a first choice, and most of whom have been deferred. This was a ranking-promotion move by Tulane. Nothing more.

I disagree.

Tulane has a message to tell and they want it to resonate with their perspective students. DD showed genuine interest and was accepted with generous merit. We visited and ultimately decided it was too far from home but in our experiences Tulane did a lot right. They have strong messaging around community and giving back. That’s a nice message for young people to hear these days.

[Anonymous]

Every school says this every year. Because what else are they going to say?

I applied to college 30 years ago. They were saying it back then as well.

[Anonymous]

They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

[Anonymous]

More people than ever, evidently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

Where did you learn to write? Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

Where did you learn to write? Yikes.

On dcum. My fourth language, so don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

My DC gave it a hard NO based on the climate alone.

[Anonymous]

My high stat kid got deferred. She was upset at first as her stats were significantly above the averages in Naviance. But she never visited or showed any real interest. Unless she gets accepted with a phenomenal package, she won’t be going there. I think Tulane admissions had figured all this out when they deferred her.

[Anonymous]

It's all a game to drive up their ED applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

Where did you learn to write? Yikes.

On dcum. My fourth language, so don't care.

Maybe you shouldn’t be talking trash about excellent colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high stat kid got deferred. She was upset at first as her stats were significantly above the averages in Naviance. But she never visited or showed any real interest. Unless she gets accepted with a phenomenal package, she won’t be going there. I think Tulane admissions had figured all this out when they deferred her.

Same to our close friend’s son. They knew what they were to him and weren’t having it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

Where did you learn to write? Yikes.

On dcum. My fourth language, so don't care.

Maybe you shouldn’t be talking trash about excellent colleges.

If it is so excellent, what's with the advertising and e-mails? Plus, just bcs it is not my first language doesn't mean that I am not educated and know plenty about good colleges. When you start reading Latin like I do, give me a call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high stat kid got deferred. She was upset at first as her stats were significantly above the averages in Naviance. But she never visited or showed any real interest. Unless she gets accepted with a phenomenal package, she won’t be going there. I think Tulane admissions had figured all this out when they deferred her.

Same to our close friend’s son. They knew what they were to him and weren’t having it.

Same here for our son who had stats way above their average. Upon deferral, they ask the student to reiterate interest (and they urge you to visit); they are very clear that if you fail to do so, you have virtually no chance of getting in RD. My son had lost interest by that point since he was admitted to other places he preferred EA, so he didn’t reiterate interest and he will be rejected.

Seems to me that Tulane is playing a ludicrous game very well. Along with other “rising” schools in a similar boat, they are offering lots of merit aid while doing anything possible to protect their yield.