Anonymous
10/18/2025 17:07
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Curious about Tulane essay for those who've been admitted in past years....
how much of the supplemental is really about New Orleans/vibe/culture? Seems like that's a big focus for the school. So less a traditional supplemental (with major, prof, classes) and more about the locality? Does that sound right?
https://www.koppelmangroup.com/blog/2025/9/3/how-to-write-the-tulane-supplement-2025-2026
This link talks about the "vibe check" too.
My kid's why Tulane had to do with the program he was applying to and the school's emphasis on service learning. My reading of the author's recommendations is that they are encouraging applicants to emphasize their interest in the Tulane community and culture, not that they think Mardi Gras, Jazzfest, and the little boutiques and restaurants on Magazine Street are cool.
Having said that the Tulane service learning options are almost all tied to serving New Orleans, residents so an appreciation for the city and its specific challenges and opportunities would almost certainly be welcome.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 16:57
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane, emory, Tufts, BC all take most of their student body ED so it isn't a new thing among that tier of schools.
Emory does not belong with those other 3.
No it does…..haven’t you seen the recent new about not being need blind?
What does this have to do with tiers? The other 3 are not T25 caliber schools, nor is Wake. WashU is also need-aware.
WashU is only need aware for international students
Anonymous
10/18/2025 03:12
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane, emory, Tufts, BC all take most of their student body ED so it isn't a new thing among that tier of schools.
Emory does not belong with those other 3.
No it does…..haven’t you seen the recent new about not being need blind?
What does this have to do with tiers? The other 3 are not T25 caliber schools, nor is Wake. WashU is also need-aware.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 03:05
Subject: Re:Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:No one cares about rando rankings - especially the schools. They do NOT update their profile due to them. Look at WF... that one dropped a lot due to cost and it's still almost impossible to get into.
We've been to several college visits and each presentation has included some kind of cherrypicked stats that either directly talked about rank or implied it. These were T20-T40 schools as we haven't gotten around to T10/T20 schools yet. So not sure they care about it internally or not, but they do seem to use rank as a sales pitch.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 00:15
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tulane, emory, Tufts, BC all take most of their student body ED so it isn't a new thing among that tier of schools.
Emory does not belong with those other 3.
No it does…..haven’t you seen the recent new about not being need blind?
Anonymous
10/17/2025 22:33
Subject: Re:Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No longer prestigious? The obsession with rankings just will not end. Tulane is an excellent school that gets a lot more applicants than it has places. That much isn't changing anytime soon.
Meh...they play the ED game. Whatever though.
This is my take on Tulane, too. Too bad, since I like the idea of it. I am down on Univ of Chicago now for the same reason. We know that all these schools play the game, trying to increase applicant pool and perceived selectivity. But there's something slimy about how Tulane and Chicago are doing it. So that if a good applicant who applies RD to either of them? a snowball's chance in hell.
I have a kid attending Tulane that applied EA, not ED. They have drastically reduced the number of kids they are taking in ED over the last 2 cycles and are committed to taking more in EA and RD. However, this is a school where kids are happy and they love being there. You can feel this on campus. Part of that happiness comes from it being kid’s first choice school. So if you take a ton of kids in ED it definitely gives the school a vibe. I hope that by taking more kids in EA or RD it doesn’t change the feel of the school to a bunch of kids miserable that they had to go to their “safety.”
I am the one irritated at Chicago and Tulane … But this is good to hear about Tulane.. because my kid really wants to go there but we can’t afford for him to ED. We have see what the financial aid package is. I love that kids seem happy there. (And hope my son is among them next year!)
Anonymous
10/17/2025 20:58
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Tulane, emory, Tufts, BC all take most of their student body ED so it isn't a new thing among that tier of schools.
Emory does not belong with those other 3.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 20:43
Subject: Tulane easier?
If a student meets their criteria, what difference does it make if many were accepted ED?
Anonymous
10/17/2025 20:26
Subject: Tulane easier?
Tulane, emory, Tufts, BC all take most of their student body ED so it isn't a new thing among that tier of schools.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 18:39
Subject: Re:Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No longer prestigious? The obsession with rankings just will not end. Tulane is an excellent school that gets a lot more applicants than it has places. That much isn't changing anytime soon.
Meh...they play the ED game. Whatever though.
This is my take on Tulane, too. Too bad, since I like the idea of it. I am down on Univ of Chicago now for the same reason. We know that all these schools play the game, trying to increase applicant pool and perceived selectivity. But there's something slimy about how Tulane and Chicago are doing it. So that if a good applicant who applies RD to either of them? a snowball's chance in hell.
Add Case Western to this list.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 17:18
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:No, because the rankings don’t mean much.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 16:30
Subject: Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Tulane has a 70% admit rate in ED 1. It was never a tough admit if you really wanted it.
This, and Tufts are the same way.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 15:48
Subject: Re:Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A few really unimpressive students at our private HS just got admitted ED. I am talking C's in non-honors classes.
Seriously, what do you get out of making statements like this about other people’s children? It’s so nasty and weird.
+2 DCUM is so miserable these days.
+1 seems like a lot of very unhappy, cynical posters giving opinions about politics, colleges, and family relationships
Anonymous
10/17/2025 15:47
Subject: Tulane easier?
Tulane has a 70% admit rate in ED 1. It was never a tough admit if you really wanted it.
Anonymous
10/17/2025 15:40
Subject: Re:Tulane easier?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No longer prestigious? The obsession with rankings just will not end. Tulane is an excellent school that gets a lot more applicants than it has places. That much isn't changing anytime soon.
Meh...they play the ED game. Whatever though.
This is my take on Tulane, too. Too bad, since I like the idea of it. I am down on Univ of Chicago now for the same reason. We know that all these schools play the game, trying to increase applicant pool and perceived selectivity. But there's something slimy about how Tulane and Chicago are doing it. So that if a good applicant who applies RD to either of them? a snowball's chance in hell.
I have a kid attending Tulane that applied EA, not ED. They have drastically reduced the number of kids they are taking in ED over the last 2 cycles and are committed to taking more in EA and RD. However, this is a school where kids are happy and they love being there. You can feel this on campus. Part of that happiness comes from it being kid’s first choice school. So if you take a ton of kids in ED it definitely gives the school a vibe. I hope that by taking more kids in EA or RD it doesn’t change the feel of the school to a bunch of kids miserable that they had to go to their “safety.”