2014-2015 Tulane University Application Thread

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Hey all!

I just logged into my Tulane app and it says I've been accepted for an interview. It says "Interview not yet scheduled" and when I click the interview tab it says "congratulations!" and lists available dates.

Butttt their screening process says they will email us.

Any clue on how I should proceed? Should I wait for an email?
 
Dr Muz said:
Hey all!

I just logged into my Tulane app and it says I've been accepted for an interview. It says "Interview not yet scheduled" and when I click the interview tab it says "congratulations!" and lists available dates.

Butttt their screening process says they will email us.

Any clue on how I should proceed? Should I wait for an email?
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Out of curiosity what dates are there?
 
Whoa just saw that they interview ~500 out of like 10k lol
 
Dr Turkelton said:
Sorry to hear about the rejections guys. I think anything <31 just gets an auto reject here unfortunately 🙁

I hope this means interviews are coming out soon though...
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I have 29 and I am not rejected...yet.
 
claduva94 said:
Its actually more than that because they hardly have 100% yield!
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So then if they accept say, 1.5x class size then its 60% chance? How would one even know amount of acceptances sent out or general percentage wise trends?
 
Osteoth said:
Dislike! haha

Also, was reading on the Tulane website, 500 interviews for ~200 spots = 40% chance of acceptance post interview?!

Hallelujah!
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That's about right. Actually there's a lot more acceptances, since plenty of people will get accepted and attend other schools. Tulane only gives interviews if they think you're probably going to fit in here. The interview is just to confirm that you're as good as you look on paper. The high post-interview acceptance rate helps make up for the steep secondary fee.
 
Osteoth said:
So then if they accept say, 1.5x class size then its 60% chance? How would one even know amount of acceptances sent out or general percentage wise trends?
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I'd imagine it is around 60-70%. Normally US News has those statistics but since Tulane is technically unranked they don't have them :/ Do you have an invite?
 
claduva94 said:
I'd imagine it is around 60-70%. Normally US News has those statistics but since Tulane is technically unranked they don't have them :/ Do you have an invite?
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what's the story behind them being technically unranked
 
Tulane SOM does not supply data to US News, therefore US News classifies Tulane as unranked. There are several pages of schools in the US News list from all across the country that fall into this category. I see the other two medical schools in Louisiana are also unranked for the same reason.

Unranked is different from the category "Rank Not Published," which represents the bottom quarter of schools that can be ranked.
 
ellul said:
right but why aren't they ranked? do they just decline to report their info
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This is from the US News website.
Unranked means that U.S. News did not calculate a numerical rank for that school. The school did not qualify to be numerically ranked by U.S. News. Schools marked as Unranked are listed alphabetically and are listed below those marked as Rank Not Published.

U.S. News believes that because these schools are unable to report key educational characteristics or because they have certain other characteristics, it would be unfair to try to compare them statistically with the other schools that are part of the rankings.

There is a more detailed explanation above and in the general methodology for why a school is listed as Unranked.
 
I would love to hear if someone knows more details about this! Tulane is a top choice for me no matter what, but it is odd to not be able to have a numerical comparison to other schools. I will say from what I have heard from friends in undergrad (that may be off track) that Tulane has a frustration with the rankings for undergrad because they use retention rates averaged for some arbitrary (and lengthy) amount of years. For Tulane, this would include the Katrina year when there was no fall semester. Although the number of students that came back was admirable, it was not their usual retention rate. I would think the factors to rank med schools would be different, but it might be somewhat of a reason for the U.S. News Explanation above.

U.S. News believes that because these schools are unable to report key educational characteristics or because they have certain other characteristics, it would be unfair to try to compare them statistically with the other schools that are part of the rankings.
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Or it could be something completely different....
 
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Nica56744 said:
I would love to hear if someone knows more details about this! Tulane is a top choice for me no matter what, but it is odd to not be able to have a numerical comparison to other schools. I will say from what I have heard from friends in undergrad (that may be off track) that Tulane has a frustration with the rankings for undergrad because they use retention rates averaged for some arbitrary (and lengthy) amount of years. For Tulane, this would include the Katrina year when there was no fall semester. Although the number of students that came back was admirable, it was far from their usual retention rate. I would think the factors to rank med schools would be different, but it might be somewhat of a reason for the U.S. News Explanation above.
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If you're using numbers to compare Tulane to other medical schools, you're doing it wrong. Tulane's big advantages are awesome early clinical experience, the school is in a unique city that's great to be in if you like the nightlife/bar/restaurant/live music/generally having fun scene, good flexibility on rotations, an emphasis on serving the underserved, P/F grading and a generally friendly and noncompetitive student body. The big disadvantages are the cost of tuition, the school is in a unique Third World city that can be a real hassle for those with grown-up responsibilities, unimpressive buildings and facilities, and the cost of tuition. None of those things can be quantified except for the tuition, and that isn't a factor in the U.S. News rankings. The statistics U.S. news uses shouldn't be significant factors in your decision to come here or not. Student retention is good; the faculty won't let you fail out without providing all the help they can. There's enough research going on here that you'll have no problem finding research opportunities if you want them. Selectivity statistics don't really apply here either because Tulane tends to take a lot of nontrad students with a low cGPA but good recent grades.
 
Chip N Sawbones said:
If you're using numbers to compare Tulane to other medical schools, you're doing it wrong. Tulane's big advantages are awesome early clinical experience, the school is in a unique city that's great to be in if you like the nightlife/bar/restaurant/live music/generally having fun scene, good flexibility on rotations, an emphasis on serving the underserved, P/F grading and a generally friendly and noncompetitive student body. The big disadvantages are the cost of tuition, the school is in a unique Third World city that can be a real hassle for those with grown-up responsibilities, unimpressive buildings and facilities, and the cost of tuition. None of those things can be quantified except for the tuition, and that isn't a factor in the U.S. News rankings. The statistics U.S. news uses shouldn't be significant factors in your decision to come here or not. Student retention is good; the faculty won't let you fail out without providing all the help they can. There's enough research going on here that you'll have no problem finding research opportunities if you want them. Selectivity statistics don't really apply here either because Tulane tends to take a lot of nontrad students with a low cGPA but good recent grades.
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I'm not concerned about numbers/rankings. I just indicated that it was odd to not have a ranking among other schools and provided one possible reason why since people were asking about it. I meant it as more of a further discussion on the difference between the rank not published/unranked thing. Rank not published means it's a low rank, unranked, such as in the case of Tulane, means there may be other factors. That took me a bit of research to figure out and understand what kinds of factors they were talking about. As I said right off the bat, it's a top choice for me no matter what 😉. The use of numbers for me would be more of having an idea of how much hope I should have. There's more detailed admissions info available for the ranked schools that makes it a little easier to understand what your chances may be and the waiting is slowly driving me crazy. Thanks for the additional info though, I do love New Orleans and the comment on selectivity statistics was comforting! :claps:
 
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There seems to be some confusion in this thread about undergraduate versus medical school rankings, with links provided and quotes quoted for the undergraduate methodology. You can read about the US News medical school ranking methodology here http://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ethodology-2015-best-medical-schools-rankings Pay particular attention to page 2.

The only reason a medical school is Unranked is because the school chose to not supply the medical school data to US News.

Rank Not Published means a rank does exist, but it falls into the bottom quarter of medical schools.

Tulane is Unranked, and has been unranked for years. Therefore Tulane SOM (like many medical schools) must have chosen to not provide information to US News.
 
claduva94 said:
Got the email! Looks like I'm headed to New Orleans 😀
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Congrats! I've been getting absolutely no love from any of my schools except my state schools and WVU, and I've been complete since early/mid July for most of them. I really want to explore New Orleans (and other locations) too!
 
Ace Khalifa said:
Congrats! I've been getting absolutely no love from any of my schools except my state schools and WVU, and I've been complete since early/mid July for most of them. I really want to explore New Orleans (and other locations) too!
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I'm in the opposite boat. I've heard nothing from my state school or the state schools where I attend college. I imagine we will start getting some love soon though! 🙂 September seems to be a busy month!
 
ScentOfPeace said:
And so it begins...

Congrats. Comfortable sharing stats?
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Thank you! And congratulations to everyone else! I can't wait to meet some of you in New Orleans.

4.0/34 here. Very very unique EC's.
 
Dr Muz said:
Thank you! And congratulations to everyone else! I can't wait to meet some of you in New Orleans.

4.0/34 here. Very very unique EC's.
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My stats are almost exactly the same as well. My ECs aren't anything super special. A lot of leadership, research, work experience, and volunteering. I do have reasonable ties to New Orleans though.
 
This is absolutely wrong - Tulane does not to send their data/information and it has been that way for years. The qualifications you posted for 'unranked' vs. 'rank not reported' apply to undergraduate universities do not coincide with the medical school rankings. See sazarac's post with the detailed link if there is still confusion.
 
I just checked, I think it's my first rejection of the cycle... Final Decision "Preliminary Reject"

Submitted 07/26, ~3.7/31
 
I just want to state for the record again that those of you who are excited about the interview because you can "visit New Orleans" or are "headed to New Orleans" truly get it. When we evaluate interviewees, there is a place on the form where we evaluate your awareness of / enthusiasm for the city itself. It's easy points on the interview if you can look halfway interested in the environment outside the school buildings.
 
sazerac said:
I just want to state for the record again that those of you who are excited about the interview because you can "visit New Orleans" or are "headed to New Orleans" truly get it. When we evaluate interviewees, there is a place on the form where we evaluate your awareness of / enthusiasm for the city itself. It's easy points on the interview if you can look halfway interested in the environment outside the school buildings.
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I've been to New Orleans quite a few times. But I'm coming 2 days early so I can explore the city more. Do you have any places you recommend looking into?
 
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