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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Transformed from a safety to a first choice school virtually overnight.[/quote]

Like Chicago and Wash U, Tulane started to give out lots of merit money and got a huge boost in selectivity and yield.    [/quote]

True.  Also aggressively trying to attract full pay students from the area private schools, who may be B students, but are bright and have deep family pockets.[/quote]

I don't think so.  We live in one of the wealthiest towns in the country and my daughter received a mailing today from Tulane that says she has received priority consideration which among other things means she will get automatic consideration for merit aid and a waived application fee.  She has no interest in the school but I'll assume she got the mail piece because of her high ACT score.   Poor targeting.[/quote]

Why do you say poor targeting?  The more applicants they attract with the free application the more selective they can claim to be, whether your child attends or not. And there are many families like mine and yours who do not qualify for financial aid but might be interested in merit aid/safety schools/additional options to look at ... also even for high income families the app fees and associated costs do add up so we'd consider throwing in an app at a place that waived the fee if there was a moderate possibility of fit.[/quote]

That’s why my DD is applying. She wants U of Chicago but we don’t have 75k/year so if they offer a lot of merit aid off she goes to Tulane instead of the state school she’s trying to avoid.
It looks like a high spirited school with a smart populace and good teachers - why not? [/quote]

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