<p>I got accepted with the expectations of getting into honors, and was really happy to get $25k. But there was no mention of honors at all. </p>
<p>Is getting a scholarship sans honors normal? Maybe getting in harder than I thought?..</p>
<p>Stats.
SAT: 2220, SAT IIs: 760, 750, 740. Total of 10 AP courses. Tons of EC's [play three instruments, NHS, SHS, rugby, all that jazz]</p>
<p>If I got honors, my parents would be so much happier at letting me go down South. :]</p>
<p>What was your unweighted GPA? This might have played a factor.</p>
<p>Same thing w/my ds. Stats similar to yours – rcv’d $20K scholarship but no honors.</p>
<p>And like your parents, I’d be happier to send him if he got honors. :)</p>
<p>My son got the scholarship but no Honor. He did well in the first year and was invited to the Honor program. So, I don’t see it as a big deal at all.</p>
<p>ciaobella - Getting the Presidential ($25K), having your stats, and not getting honors strikes me as extremely unusual. I would very much recommend calling your admissions counselor, and just say based on what you have read from other students virtually all the Presidential winners get invited to the Honors Program, and you are extremely motivated to be in it. Mistakes happen, this might simply be one. The $22K it is some yes/some no, and I am afraid I have never run across a case of a $20K getting invited. Anyway, you would be wise to ask.</p>
<p>Stonebridge is right that one can get invited after freshman year, and one can still take Honors sections of courses. The main advantage of getting invited from the start is that you get some priority on getting into courses and that you are almost guaranteed a spot in the Honors Dorm if you are looking for that kind of environment. Additionally, you can only take the colloquia courses if you are in the program and for freshman year, that is essentially a great books as they pertain to civil society course. If that is something you would really enjoy (LOTS of reading!) then definitely worth pursuing your status.</p>
<p>Somewhere I read that someone who was admitted this year asked her counselor why she didn’t get honors and they put her in it. It may have been on Facebook. So it never hurts to ask.</p>
<p>I read that too, mom222. I think it was on here somewhere. Always good to have direct contact with the admissions group, they are totally overwhelmed sometimes and mistakes do happen.</p>
<p>I would have asked two weeks ago, but I didn’t want to sound like a sore loser.
My unweighted GPA… is good. I’ve gotten 2-3 B’s throughout my 23 high school courses.</p>
<p>You won’t sound like a sore loser if you just approach them calmly and factually. You might just want to say something like “I am thrilled to receive the Presidential scholarship. I just noticed that it seemed like a lot of others that got it also got an invitation to the Honors Program, and i was really interested in that also. Is there anything I can provide that will help Tulane reevaluate this decision?”. Then if there really was an oversight, they will see it without you sounding like you are being presumptuous.</p>
<p>I would definitely contact your admissions counselor. Everyone I’ve seen, on here and facebook, who received $25,000 also received the honors invitation.</p>
<p>ciaobella!: Definitely contact your counselor immediately.
DS got 22K and honors with 2290 SAT / 3.6UW / 3.9W (we were and are ecstatic!)</p>
<p>Received my reply this morning.</p>
<p>Melinda-</p>
<p>Thanks for the e-mail. Students who received the Presidential Scholarship are indeed invited into the Honors Program. Did you review your letter of admission and it made no mention of the Honors Program? Let me know because those two do indeed go hand in hand.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Jeff</p>
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<p>Thank you so much everyone for your responses. I wouldn’t have thought there was a mistake.</p>
<p>SO NOW I guess I’m up for an Honors Weekend. When are those? I know there’s one in March. Is that the only one?</p>
<p>I’m glad that the mistake has been rectified! The two weekends are March 14 & 15 and April 11 & 12.</p>
<p>And once again the Tulane CC Posse comes through! Congrats, that is wonderful news. Jeff is a very nice guy, I hope you get to meet him.</p>
<p>Good to know! I wish we knew it then so DS could have enrolled in Honor program from the beginning. His scholarship is $24K a year so I assume that is Presidential scholarship as well.</p>
<p>Congrats. OP!</p>
<p>Our son got a $15K scholarship, no honors. We were pleased with that but now wonder if there is some sort of “second class” treatment of students based on the amount of merit scholarship they received. Or perhaps not, we’ve been impressed with Tulane’s admissions selling effort so far.</p>
<p>Note that the “weekends” are Sunday and Monday.
At this point ask your counselor to email you the info and links to sign up.
Although DS got his acceptance mid January, we didn’t get the Honors Weekend package until this week. We made our travel reservations last week for the March HW and hotels seemed to be filling up.</p>
<p>Stonebridge - it was $24K last year and the year before, you are correct. They raised it $1,000 this year. That is a shame, but I always think these things happen for a reason. Maybe he met some close friends he wouldn’t have otherwise or something. As long as he is happy, I guess that is all that counts!</p>
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I think I can san safely say absolutely not! Probably the two biggest differences in being in Honors from the start and not being in are 1) the option of living in Butler, the Honors Dorm; and 2) The option to take the Freshman Honors Colloquium course.</p>
<p>With regard to Butler, it is not like it is the plushest dorm or anything. It was there already when I went (was just an all womens dorm then), so it is hardly new nor does it have a lot of amenities. It is just quieter than the other dorms. Wall and some of the other dorms are definitely nicer, IMO. I should throw in here that my D really likes Butler, however.</p>
<p>With regard to the colloquium, that is a “perk” for the Honors kids, they wanted to have a course that was attached to the program. But most of the Honors students don’t take it, actually. It has a ton of reading and for those that are pre-med and loaded with science and math courses, they usually shy away.</p>
<p>Other than that, the honors sections of all other courses are open to all students and Tulane treats all the students the same on a day-to-day basis. In fact, I am not sure the profs or administrators would even know who is in the Honors Program other than the colloquium course. I can also say I have never heard one iota of a comment that would indicate there is any different behavior by Tulane based on whether or not a student is in the HP or what kind of merit money they received.</p>
<p>I hope that eases your mind a bit, and congrats again on the $15K!! $60K extra in the bank after 4 years is always a good thing.</p>