<p>cwjthree, like I said in my earlier post in this thread, I don’t think it’s big deal to be in the honor program although it is nice to be. For my son, even if he was placed in honor program from the very beginning, he would not choose Butler anyway (he was in Patterson). Also, I don’t think he had any issues registering his classes when he was a freshman. However, I can certainly see that being in Honor program probably will motivate him more…or perhaps not. Two of his friends were in honor program at the beginning but had to drop out after the first year due to lower GPAs.</p>
<p>Bummer to drop out–does this involve loss of scholarship $$ as well?</p>
<p>I don’t know all the details but the GPA requirement for remaining in Honor Program is more stringent than for maintaining the scholarship, so it’s possible that one no longer qualifies for the Honor Program but still gets the scholarship.</p>
<p>What are the stats generally for HONORS?</p>
<p>Check out www://honors.tulane.edu/web</p>
<p>You can see all aspects of the honors program.</p>
<p>GPA portion below
“Honors students are expected to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher. Students admitted into the Honors Program at the beginning of the freshman year will not be removed from the Program during their freshmen and sophomore years as long as they maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.45. Students who do not have a cumulative GPA of 3.6 at the end of the sophomore year will be removed at that time. In order to join the Honors Program after the end of the freshman year, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher.”</p>
<p>To get accepted into the Honors Program, what is the typical stats??</p>
<p>Just to answer the other part of cwj’s question, the GPA required to maintain the merit scholarships is an amazingly low 2.7, except for the DHS which is 3.0. I am not counting Louisiana-only scholarships, I never looked into those. So one can be dropped from the Honors Program without losing the $15-25K, unless the GPA is below 2.7. I also think that is for the whole year, so if one got a 2.5 first semester, for example, I think they would probably send a warning letter, but I think you have another semester to get it back to 2.7+. However, I would check that as I am saying this from memory.</p>
<p>Stonebridge - What did your S think of Patterson? I hear such mixed reviews. I know they did do some updating of the carpet and maybe the furniture too, but I think that was after your S’s freshman year.</p>
<p>I texted him and this is his response: “It’s a fine dorm as long as you get out and get to know the other residents. It’s also OK if you don’t but a lot of it is about community. I am not aware of them changing furniture or floor.”</p>
<p>He stayed there up until this semester. Compared to the other dorms (Sharp, Monroe, Butler), Patterson seems to be roomier…there is also a sink in each room which is very convenient.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the typical requirements to get into the Honors Program? GPA, ACT, etc.?</p>
<p>collegesgirl - I have never seen a statistic list for the honor’s program. It seems that everyone who received the $25,000 scholarship also received an invite.</p>
<p>Just to add to gabby’s post, some (definitely not all) that get the $22K also get invited. There are no hard guidelines regarding stats, but in general it is about 2150+ SAT’s (or whatever the ACT equivalent is), high UW GPA (probably 3.7+) with a good number of AP courses, and then whatever more subjective factors they see. Certainly there will be examples of people that didn’t get in with that SAT score, some that got in with a bit lower. They look at the total record both when making scholarship offers and HP invites. For example, I know one student that had a 3.5 UW, but lots of AP’s and a 2380!! SAT and got a Presidential. Another factor in that case was that the freshman year was poor and then they did great after that.</p>
<p>Hope that helps give you an idea what they are looking for.</p>
<p>i had a quick question, anyone feel free to answer, but fallenchemist you seem knowledgable in this area. how much focus is placed on standerdized test scores? i have a 3.98 gpa unweighted, 7 aps, and a pretty good list of ec’s but my act score was good but not great. I got 20k but no honors. Do you, or anyone for that matter thinnk that it was the test scores which kept me from honors? thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>I really don’t know exactly how to answer the question of “how much” focus, but I know Tulane has always but a fairly high weight on the test scores for admission, so I suspect they might for scholarship/HP decisions also. If your ACT was low enough I would have to say that is the reason, since there doesn’t seem to be anything else. Of course, I cannot see your entire folder.</p>
<p>But as Stonebridge says, it probably won’t really affect you that much in your freshman year, and you can then earn your way in. Just try to take some honors sections in your courses anyway, if they fit your schedule.</p>
<p>thank you so much :D</p>
<p>I would always defer to Fallen’s advice on Tulane. </p>
<p>I’ll add that the vast majority of the school is from hundreds of miles away. According to the admission website: “Students were admitted from 2,270 high schools throughout the world. The incoming freshman represent 931 different high schools.” To attempt to equate how all of the high schools and all of the honors, IB, AP, ect. classes translate and compare to one another, the ACT and SAT are only the tools the overworked admissions people have. I would agree that since test scores carry so much of the weight of admissions, they would be equally important to the Honors Program and financial aid.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>My daughter applied and was not awarded the DHS. Do you think there’s any chance that Tulane would award the DHS to applicants after they see who will apply and who won’t? For example, if 75 students received DHS, and only 30 will actually accept and attend Tulane, will Tulane then go back and award the remaining 45 “unused” scholarships to the next 45 in line? Might be a silly question but thought I’d ask!</p>
<p>Not silly at all but no, they don’t do that as far as I have ever heard. I am sure they build in some factor for non-acceptance of the scholarship just as they do for general admissions.</p>
<p>Didn’t think so but I thought it was worth a shot! Thanks!</p>