Welcome, 2021!

Tonight I head out for 5 days of Greenie Camp, a program with 70 incoming first year students where we'll explore all things Tulane, New Orleans and Louisiana! Stay tuned for lots of photos and videos on our Insta page.

Friday is the big day! We're really looking forward to having this incredible class on campus soon; it's one of the strongest classes we've ever enrolled at Tulane, academically speaking. If you are a member of the class of 2021, don't forget to reference the New Student Orientation (NSO) Guidebook often. The NSO Guidebook is packed with helpful information that will allow you to embrace every aspect of your first year. It will be an especially helpful resource for you as you navigate your first semester.

Let's check out some of the numbers for the class of 2021:

35,622: Number of students who applied to Tulane this year
21%: Percent of students who were admitted to Tulane this year
22%: Percent who are students of color
5%: Percent of the class who are international
779: Students who are the only person from their high school attending Tulane in the class of 2021.

You can read a bit more about our initiatives to support diversity through the Office of Admission in this Hullabaloo article. We're excited to welcome the most diverse class in Tulane's history this fall, but we also know we have a long way to go to create a campus that looks more like the world we live in. We're on the right track!

Top states (and any state with over 100 freshmen):
#1: 222 from Louisiana
#2: 218 from New York
#3: 174 from California
#4: 141 from Illinois
#5: 118 from New Jersey
#6: 113 from Texas
#7: 103 from Florida
#8: 101 from Massachusetts

96: Number of international students (based on citizenship)
Foreign Countries of citizenship: China, India, Panama, Ecuador, Turkey, Vietnam, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Korea, South Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican, Republic, Guatemala, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Venezuela plus The US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The Gold Star High School Awards go to...

Benjamin Franklin High School (LA): 17 first year students
New Trier Township High School (IL): 15
Jesuit High School (LA): 15
Highland Park High School (IL): 14
Adlai E Stevenson High School (IL): 10
Millburn High School (NJ): 10

7: Number of students with perfect 36 on the ACT
9: Number of students with perfect 1600 on the SAT
191: Number of students who never got less than an A their entire high school career

And there you have it! See you all at Move In Day!