<p>Really I have two questions:
1. If I wanted to transfer to Tulane for the fall of next semester, could I transfer into their honors program? I would be a sophomore. </p>
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<li>Could I get any merit based aid as a transfer applicant? I know aid is pretty hard to come by, but any little bit would help. I'm at a school (Tufts) that is the exact same in terms of total fees but gives a lot less scholarship money and is probably a good bit harder to get merit aid from. When I applied to colleges as a rising freshman, Rhodes gave me 16,000 per year. If I got that kind of aid from Rhodes, could I get anything similar from Tulane? </li>
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<p>In H.S. I had a 3.5 overall but I took the hardest classes possible and had a 3.6 before 2nd semester Sr year. I got into Tufts and didn't apply to Tulane, but I probably could have gotten some aid based on the other applicants I've seen who got the honors scholarship.</p>
<p>made a 2270 on the SAT</p>
<p>I had a lot of extracurics. Not going to name them all, but they were probably what got me into Tufts and Davidson. Hopefully those could help me out for applying as a transfer.</p>
<p>In college I'm just trying to do my best. I'll probably end up with a first semester GPA of 3.7. Could this get me any aid??</p>
<p>Let’s do merit aid first. This kind of aid is nearly always much better for entering freshmen. The merit aid for transfer students is usually less, but there is some. Tulane offers 2 scholarships, the Phi Theta Kappa Award for those transferring from Community Colleges [Tulane</a> University - Tulane Phi Theta Kappa Award](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/ptk.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/ptk.cfm) and the Collegiate Achievement Award if you are transferring from a 4 year school [Tulane</a> University - Tulane Collegiate Achievement Award](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/caa.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/caa.cfm). They are worth the same amount, $10,000 per year. With your high SAT you would have a good chance assuming you do well at Tufts this year. So even though you are unhappy there, try to stay really focused and get top grades. A 3.7 at Tufts strikes me as very good, so I would think that would put you strongly in the mix for the CAA. I don’t know if you qualify for need-based aid, but if you do some of that could be grants above the $10,000 scholarship.</p>
<p>With regard to the Honors Program, I am not sure if you can go immediately into it or not, even if you make great grades this year. But frankly it is a non-issue. The HP at Tulane is more of a vehicle to keep students that want to graduate with Latin Honors and possibly go after prestigious post-graduate scholarships and fellowships like the Rhodes, Trumans, Goldwaters, etc. on track to do so. You can take honors courses even if you are not in the program and then apply to get in after a semester as long as your GPA is 3.6 or better. Like the other competitive private schools, it doesn’t make much sense to have an Honors College where the best students are more formally separated from the rest of the students. Students at these (competitive private) types of schools are all pretty bright. But there are students that know they want to be even a bit more challenged, do a lot of research leading to a thesis, and to reach the goals already mentioned. Thus the HP at Tulane.</p>