2015-2016 Tulane University Application Thread

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dannygchen said:
Does anyone know about scholarships? I know that Tulane offers a few full tuition and a few partial tuition scholarships but I don't know how many or when information about those are sent out.
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All of these are "up to," so could be fewer than the published numbers. But generally, it looks like there are:

-5 full-tuition Aron scholarships
-2 half-tuition Hawthorne scholarships
-10 $25,000.00 Aron scholarships
-20 $20,000.00 Endowed and Non-Endowed scholarships
-1 one-time $12,000.00 Lammico scholarship for a first-year student, though funds are provided from a different source to match that amount for the last three years (making it a $48,000.00 total).

These are in addition to any institutional scholarships awarded based on need. I know someone who received a hefty scholarship based on need calculated by FAFSA, but I don't know how much funding Tulane allocates to this.
 
monkeygirl92 said:
I totally had this experience here at Tulane & I have been accepted! I wouldn't worry too much... although it seems like you couldn't give a right answer, they were just playing devil's advocate and really digging deep into your motives. I'm sure you did great & will hear good news soon 🙂
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When did u interview?
I interviewed over 2 wks ago and still nothing....
 
MolonLabe16 said:
Not sure if anyone else had this interview experience, but I was absolutely grilled by my non-student interviewer -- looking back it was definitely a stress interview where I felt like nothing I said would help my cause. Really surprising experience given the positive comments I read on here about the interviews being very casual. I felt really good about my student interview, and about everything else, but I'm afraid that my one interview performance will sink me 🤔

Interviewed mid-October with no news yet.
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Literally felt the same way! Interviewed mid-October as well :/
 
Gem91 said:
All of these are "up to," so could be fewer than the published numbers. But generally, it looks like there are:

-5 full-tuition Aron scholarships
-2 half-tuition Hawthorne scholarships
-10 $25,000.00 Aron scholarships
-20 $20,000.00 Endowed and Non-Endowed scholarships
-1 one-time $12,000.00 Lammico scholarship for a first-year student, though funds are provided from a different source to match that amount for the last three years (making it a $48,000.00 total).

These are in addition to any institutional scholarships awarded based on need. I know someone who received a hefty scholarship based on need calculated by FAFSA, but I don't know how much funding Tulane allocates to this.
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For the record buddy, there's no money for the Aaron scholarships in the future. So those won't be available next year
 
meme12 said:
For the record buddy, there's no money for the Aaron scholarships in the future. So those won't be available next year
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You mean the full tuition ones or the 25k ones? That sucks, how did you find out about this?
 
meme12 said:
For the record buddy, there's no money for the Aaron scholarships in the future. So those won't be available next year
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I was summarizing the powerpoint, didn't know it was outdated. While I have you, do you know anything about the other scholarships mentioned there? Thanks for clearing this up!
 
For the folks who were accepted, did any of you not send a letter of interest to the dean? They mentioned at my interview day that they love to hear that so I'm wondering if they look down on you not sending one
 
Cytokine2014 said:
For the folks who were accepted, did any of you not send a letter of interest to the dean? They mentioned at my interview day that they love to hear that so I'm wondering if they look down on you not sending one
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I would like to know this too. Also, how soon after the interview should you send one? Or rather how far from the interview date is it acceptable to receive one?
 
merryberry said:
I would like to know this too. Also, how soon after the interview should you send one? Or rather how far from the interview date is it acceptable to receive one?
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I did not send a letter of interest and was accepted, so it's certainly not required.
 
Got chopped yesterday! Oh well. Best of luck to those still waiting!
 
Gem91 said:
All of these are "up to," so could be fewer than the published numbers. But generally, it looks like there are:

-5 full-tuition Aron scholarships
-2 half-tuition Hawthorne scholarships
-10 $25,000.00 Aron scholarships
-20 $20,000.00 Endowed and Non-Endowed scholarships
-1 one-time $12,000.00 Lammico scholarship for a first-year student, though funds are provided from a different source to match that amount for the last three years (making it a $48,000.00 total).

These are in addition to any institutional scholarships awarded based on need. I know someone who received a hefty scholarship based on need calculated by FAFSA, but I don't know how much funding Tulane allocates to this.
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Just to clarify, they don't consider accepted students for these until they have filed FAFSA right? or am I wrong?
 
Cytokine2014 said:
For the folks who were accepted, did any of you not send a letter of interest to the dean? They mentioned at my interview day that they love to hear that so I'm wondering if they look down on you not sending one
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I was accepted earlier this month, and I didn't send a letter of interest but I was asked point blank by my interviewer if it was my top choice (which it is) and I said yes. Also made that clear in my thank you emails.

From what I've heard, Tulane definitely want to hear from you if you know that it's the school for you. I think letters of intent would probably have more pull than a letter of interest, but however you want to let them know is probably fine!
 
Is Tulane receptive to pre-interview letters? I can't remember if they say not to do it or if they encourage it.
 
entresuspiros said:
It was helpful for some questions, no doubt about that, but most secondaries were painful to get through. After a while I copy-pasted a lot of it because they all asked the same thing. It's also disappointing when interview questions follow the same vein - really, asking me about a time when I had to work in a group and one person didn't contribute to our project? Questions like these remind me how uncommon it is for adcoms to interact with older applicants.

And don't get me started about schools using parents' income tax information to calculate your financial aid package :/
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Which schools use your parents' tax information? I sincerely hope that is not an actual requirement.
 
Can any current students comment on Deming pavilion?
 
njtrimed said:
Which schools use your parents' tax information? I sincerely hope that is not an actual requirement.
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At another school I interviewed at, I was told that parental tax info was required for subsidized loans (loans that don't accrue interest while you're in school) but not for unsubsidized loans. Not sure if this is true across the board?
 
AgentQuestion said:
This school does, even if you were emancipated as a minor. I asked. 😡
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I really didn't think that for graduate school they can require your parents' information, unless it's for scholarships they give out or something like that. I'm in graduate school now and have my own family and didn't enter anyone's finances but my family (meaning my husband and me) in FAFSA. Now that you mentioned it and I started googling, I found that it looks like it's by school. Harvard Medical School has an infuriating policy that makes absolutely no sense to me that requires parental information for all students, but uses it at a graded rate if you're between age 29-32, and once you're over age 32 reduces it to 20% of the expected family contribution. If Tulane really does something like this, I'm withdrawing my application. I think that this requirement of parents is invasive in terms of privacy, and regardless of their income level is offensive. What's next, requiring my in-laws finances since I'm married? I've been on my own for nearly two decades and my mother should not have to divulge her finances to anyone on my behalf, much less be expected to contribute anything whatsoever to an education I'm choosing to pursue on my own. I'll be over 40 when I graduate, and I know students who have gone into medicine in their 40s and 50s. I'm sorry, but practices like these are just plain wrong. I couldn't find it on Tulane's website; can anyone link me? Thanks in advance.
 
njtrimed said:
I really didn't think that for graduate school they can require your parents' information, unless it's for scholarships they give out or something like that. I'm in graduate school now and have my own family and didn't enter anyone's finances but my family (meaning my husband and me) in FAFSA. Now that you mentioned it and I started googling, I found that it looks like it's by school. Harvard Medical School has an infuriating policy that makes absolutely no sense to me that requires parental information for all students, but uses it at a graded rate if you're between age 29-32, and once you're over age 32 reduces it to 20% of the expected family contribution. If Tulane really does something like this, I'm withdrawing my application. I think that this requirement of parents is invasive in terms of privacy, and regardless of their income level is offensive. What's next, requiring my in-laws finances since I'm married? I've been on my own for nearly two decades and my mother should not have to divulge her finances to anyone on my behalf, much less be expected to contribute anything whatsoever to an education I'm choosing to pursue on my own. I'll be over 40 when I graduate, and I know students who have gone into medicine in their 40s and 50s. I'm sorry, but practices like these are just plain wrong. I couldn't find it on Tulane's website; can anyone link me? Thanks in advance.
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FAFSA does not require parental information. If you never want to divulge it you don't have to.

School-based aid, however, can require it. Every school but one that I've been to has stated they require parental information for school-based aid, regardless of your age or marital status. Not all schools require it but from what I've seen the majority do. Some do say they'll make an attempt to consider your personal situation, but again this varies.

It's ridiculous for sure (I'll be 40 when I graduate, so I understand the frustration), but if you want to cast a wide net in the application process there's little way around it.
 
l.ant.md said:
Can any current students comment on Deming pavilion?
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Deming is generally a last resort for people who were unable to find housing before moving to NOLA. The vast majority of the class lives in uptown or midcity.

The simultaneous pro/con is that you live right next to the med school / hospital. It lets you get to class at a moment's notice, but our lectures are recorded so it doesn't really matter. Besides - with all the work we do, it's nice to pretend we're living normal lives outside of school. Harder to do that when you live at school.
 
Cytokine2014 said:
For the folks who were accepted, did any of you not send a letter of interest to the dean? They mentioned at my interview day that they love to hear that so I'm wondering if they look down on you not sending one
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I was accepted. I didn't send a letter of interest necessarily but I sent an email that basically said "thanks for an awesome day I'm in love with your school" and said how I loved interview day and gave specific reasons for why I thought Tulane would be a good fit for me. I sent it a few days after my interview.
 
moc1025 said:
I was accepted. I didn't send a letter of interest necessarily but I sent an email that basically said "thanks for an awesome day I'm in love with your school" and said how I loved interview day and gave specific reasons for why I thought Tulane would be a good fit for me. I sent it a few days after my interview.
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I was accepted and did the same... sent an email saying how much I loved the school and how I could see myself going there.
 
Novackm13 said:
Accepted! interviewed 9-28 and was enamored by the city and the school - even going so far as to watch first two seasons of Treme subsequently - good luck out there!
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That's the first I've heard of an admissions decision taking longer than 3 weeks!

Congrats!
 
GoatMachine said:
Deming is generally a last resort for people who were unable to find housing before moving to NOLA. The vast majority of the class lives in uptown or midcity.

The simultaneous pro/con is that you live right next to the med school / hospital. It lets you get to class at a moment's notice, but our lectures are recorded so it doesn't really matter. Besides - with all the work we do, it's nice to pretend we're living normal lives outside of school. Harder to do that when you live at school.
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Alternatively, it's for people who don't mind dorm living and want the flexibility of month-to-month housing while figuring out the neighborhoods of New Orleans, whether to rent or buy.
 
njtrimed said:
I really didn't think that for graduate school they can require your parents' information, unless it's for scholarships they give out or something like that. I'm in graduate school now and have my own family and didn't enter anyone's finances but my family (meaning my husband and me) in FAFSA. Now that you mentioned it and I started googling, I found that it looks like it's by school. Harvard Medical School has an infuriating policy that makes absolutely no sense to me that requires parental information for all students, but uses it at a graded rate if you're between age 29-32, and once you're over age 32 reduces it to 20% of the expected family contribution. If Tulane really does something like this, I'm withdrawing my application. I think that this requirement of parents is invasive in terms of privacy, and regardless of their income level is offensive. What's next, requiring my in-laws finances since I'm married? I've been on my own for nearly two decades and my mother should not have to divulge her finances to anyone on my behalf, much less be expected to contribute anything whatsoever to an education I'm choosing to pursue on my own. I'll be over 40 when I graduate, and I know students who have gone into medicine in their 40s and 50s. I'm sorry, but practices like these are just plain wrong. I couldn't find it on Tulane's website; can anyone link me? Thanks in advance.
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Even the AMCAS asking your parents' salary during your childhood- why would we know that? My parents said that it wasn't my business, so I just took a guesstimate. FIU is the only school I interviewed at that doesn't use parent info for financial aid or scholarships
 
Krupke said:
Even the AMCAS asking your parents' salary during your childhood- why would we know that? My parents said that it wasn't my business, so I just took a guesstimate. FIU is the only school I interviewed at that doesn't use parent info for financial aid or scholarships
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It's to do two things 1) assist schools in determining your background and path to school - did you come from a low income family or community 2) help AAMC gain data about who is applying to medical schools
 
CyrilFiggis said:
It's to do two things 1) assist schools in determining your background and path to school - did you come from a low income family or community 2) help AAMC gain data about who is applying to medical schools
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I don't want to back-and-forth too much since this isn't the right thread for it. I understand why they want the info, but I find it annoying that there are no accommodations for anything outside the assumption that your parents are open about their finances and are willing to help.

Edit: And I think there's enough in the rest of the app to tell adcoms what your background is
 
Krupke said:
I don't want to back-and-forth too much since this isn't the right thread for it. I understand why they want the info, but I find it annoying that there are no accommodations for anything outside the assumption that your parents are open about their finances and are willing to help.

Edit: And I think there's enough in the rest of the app to tell adcoms what your background is
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Totally agree, and I'm not advocating or defending the practice just answering the question at hand... even if it was rhetorical.
 
Been complete since 8/13 and only silence so far. Is that a good sign? 🙁🙁
 
I was rejected earlier today, a shame because Tulane is a really cool school in a vibrant city with a great service mission, but anyways, best of luck to those still in the running. I was complete 9/3.
 
Rejected just now, complete 8/20. 3.85/3.94s 504 mcat

Worked full time for new orleans ems for years, and acadian ambulance in new Orleans, as well as a police officer. Over 5000 hours of volunteering. I was really hoping for at least chance!

Best of luck to the rest of you, I went to Tulane for part of my undergrad and it's a great place.
 
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