<p>I looked around the board and didn't see any other threads about it...</p>
<p>I just checked online yesterday and saw that I was admitted to Tulane! yay!
As far as the DHS goes, though....um...what exactly is asked of for the "Scholarship Project" ?
Maybe I'm just being dense, heh... can the project be ANYTHING?
In the description, it seems that they're looking for something artistic...I possess noooo artistic abilities, but what if I made a collage of things that are significant to me, and explained them all in the written commentary?</p>
<p>Is that something that would be acceptable?</p>
<p>Sorry, I just did not understand the instructions at all!</p>
<p>Yep, I saw the box.
It says use the box , then “Please limit the size of your scholarship project to that of an 8 1
2” x 11” portfolio”.
Does this mean whatever you do with the box is limited to that size, or that you do something with the box and then submit something of that size?</p>
<p>It means whatever materials accompany what you do with the box, if any, should not be larger than 8/12" x 11". Still pretty wide open, they just don’t want lawn sculptures being delivered to their offices.</p>
<p>If you do a google search (tulane box project), you’ll find a couple of youtube videos from prior years that were DHS projects. Of course, we don’t know if those kids got in
Unlimited possibilities for projects: essay, poetry, art, video, song, photo…etc.</p>
<p>I think I remember hearing that one year someone held the box “hostage” and demanded a ransom of one DHS award. LOL. But mommylaw is right, there are no limits on your creativity here, just some physical constraints.</p>
<p>When all is said and done, have you ever seen DHSs go to kids who were <em>not</em> among the top merit scholarship awardees ($25,000/yr) with admittance packets? In other words, can a super DHS application work wonders?</p>
<p>There are 5 linkd to other DHS threads at the bottom of this thread. Probably most will answer the questions above. </p>
<p>The DHS says on the website, that “a typical scholarship recipients rank in the top 5 percent of the class, have a rigorous academic program with honors and advanced placement courses, and have an outstanding record of extracurricular activities and score near the top of the range in a college admission test.” They wanted SATs of at least 2250, IIRC.</p>
<p>madbean -I only personally know of one (anecdotal, not first hand or confirmed) that was a DHS winner while not being a Presidential winner, but a Distinguished Scholar winner instead. I would have to strongly think that it is very rare, but I could see a case where if you just missed the Presidential and the project was just so impressive, it might do it. You just have to be realistic that you are already competing against the few hundred or more Presidential winners that have to be narrowed down to 75.</p>
<p>It is easy for me to say, but I think the effort is usually worth it. Unless you are really being unrealistic (i.e. you really just don’t have the stats), then it might be worse to not have tried and always wonder.</p>
<p>I think my stats are pretty in line with those who usually receive the schol, but that doesn’t mean anything past a certain point, because anyone who’s being seriously considered will have strong GPA’s/scores, etc. ! Guess it depends on that box! Or whatever else we submit.
Tulane sends merit scholarship offerings along with the physical acceptance letter , right? I haven’t received that yet; I just checked online.</p>
<p>Well, I suppose I’ll go meditate on what to submit! Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>rjw - You are right on all counts, and yes Tulane gives $1,000 per semester ($2,000 per year) for NMF winners. Usually get the check in early October and mid to late January. You pick it up at the registrar’s or bursar’s office I think.</p>
<p>As far as Honors program stats, I think the goal is to have about 10-12% of the class in the program, maybe as high as 15%. So that would be about 150-200 per class. Stats wise, I think for the most part top 10% of your high school class or a correspondingly high GPA if your school doesn’t rank, probably 2150+ SAT, 32+ ACT. Just ballpark on those, but should be fairly close. Naturally a really great GPA/class rank will offset a slightly lower SAT/ACT score, and to some degree vice-versa.</p>
<p>How long should the written commentary be that accompanies our project? I have two paragraphs written, but don’t know if I should turn the written commentary into a whole essay.</p>
<p>There are no rules or guidelines here. It all depends on how well it fits in the totality of the project. Trust your instincts. Sometimes less is more, sometimes not.</p>
<p>They notify people President’s Day week or thereabouts. It doesn’t have anything to do with when you sent it in or when you got accepted. This is a competition and, after an initial screening to reduce the number of applicants to a set of finalists, each submission is reviewed by people within the administration, including many (or maybe all) of the Deans.</p>