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How To Apply for Admission

Visit the Common Application to start your application for first-year or transfer admission.

Common Application

First-Year Application Information

• Application instructions
• What we’re looking for
• Application status
• Deadlines, forms and submissions
• Portfolios & auditions
• Secondary School Report (School Counselor Recommendation)†

Are you from Louisiana?

Our Focus Louisiana program encourages our best home-grown talent to study here.

Are you a home-schooled student?

Home-schooled students have the same application requirements as students from traditional schools. However, we do have some recommendations for the admission process based on successful homeschooled applicants who have been admitted in the past. These recommendations can be found on our Home-schooled Students page.

Are you an international student?

If you attend school or hold primary citizenship from outside the U.S., the undergraduate admission process is largely the same as it is for domestic students, though there are a few additional requirements and forms.

Are you interested in transferring to Tulane?

Every year, we welcome more than 150 transfer students to Tulane, most of whom have cumulative college/university grade point averages of 3.0 or higher. Details on applying to transfer to Tulane as a full-time undergraduate can be found on our Transfer Students page.

Applying for Financial Aid & Scholarship Applications

After you submit the Common Application, you should submit a CSS Profile and a FAFSA (if you are a U.S. citizen or eligible resident). These two applications will enable us to consider you for all forms of financial aid. Additionally, Tulane has a separate scholarship application, which can be submitted online via your application status portal. Learn more information on merit scholarships.

Need to Send Documents?

We strongly recommend sending any additional admission application documents through your school's counselor, who can transmit them via Naviance, SCOIR, or Slate.org. If necessary, you may send PDFs to [email protected] but only after you have submitted a Common Application. If you are unable to send documents using the above directions, this is our mailing address: 

Tulane University
Undergraduate Admission
210 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118

Social Media Policy

Tulane University strives to make our campus inclusive, safe, respectful, and equitable. While we do not actively view social media profiles, we cannot ignore any inappropriate behavior that is brought to our attention; any such behavior may impact a previously rendered decision.

^†We do not require teacher recommendations (only a counselor recommendation), but we are happy to review additional recommendations submitted on your behalf. Your recommender or counselor may submit additional recommendations in PDF format through Naviance, SCOIR, Slate.org, or via email to [email protected].

Record Retention

The Office of Undergraduate Admission follows the record retention guidelines set forth by AACRAO (the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers). For applicants who enroll, most application materials are retained until three years after graduation. Documents that do not fall into this category are the application, which is retained for one year after the first enrolled term, and letters of recommendation and reader forms, which are retained until the point of admission. For applicants who do not enroll, all documents are retained for one year after the application term.