Does Tulane pay your tuition if your family makes under 70,000?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>“Surely Tulane could have offered me even a few thousand dollars just to say, " Hey, we acknowledge your family’s interest in our school and your siblings’ contributions.”"</p>

<p>Neither dh nor I attended Tulane, but we have close relatives who did. My children will have a total of 6 relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins) who attended Tulane by the time they are applying to colleges. Should Tulane offer them a few thousand dollars just to say “hey, we acknowledge that you have relatives who have gone here”? How ludicrous. It’s completely ludicrous thinking on your part, that Tulane “owes” you anything.</p>

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<p>What I meant was, sholarships are not only awarded to the top 10 kids in the entering class. I’m sure Tulane offers $5k as well as $10k renewable scholarships to qualified students. BU does this, and it does not exactly have one of the largest endowments.</p>

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<p>You are right, bgizzle. There is money available to offer a small scholrship to a student if the school wants to attract that student. Enrollment management is a very interesting process, and part of the calculation in reviewing all applications is the students demonstrated interest. Tulane is pretty clear with this (I’ve heard the adcomms and Pres Cowen talk about it). So, if you’d shown demonstrated interest, they might have offered you some scholarship $$ to attract you, since if they gave you a few thousand, youd still be paying the bulk OOP, which is nice for their budget. They are less likely to throw a bone, however, to a student who does not show interest in attending. Just curious-- did BU offer you any money to attend?</p>

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<p>Bgizzle, you continue to guess and assume, but unfortunately incorrectly.</p>

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<p>On the first, I can absolutely state that Tulane does have an extremely generous academic merit scholarship program. Many schools give no academic scholarships, and many others give far less than Tulane. And at Tulane, all applying students are considered for the following, ranging from $14K-$24K. They give quite a few of these, but I don’t know the exact number. It is in the hundreds, I do know that.</p>

<p>[Tulane</a> Admission: Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://admission.tulane.edu/aid/merit.php]Tulane”>http://admission.tulane.edu/aid/merit.php)</p>

<p>The only thing that is in the range you mention is the Community Service Scholarship (5K-15K), but you have to apply for that. Then there is the Deans’ Honor Scholarship, which is a competition, and is good for full tuition for 4 years. There are 75 of those this year. All of this makes Tulane one of the most generous private schools out there, especially at its academic level.</p>

<p>Your reasoning and sense of entitlement are simply baffling. You clearly have no clue as to how these things work and what is important to universities like Tulane, but I promise you it isn’t giving even token scholarships to students just because they had family there. They already gave your siblings a significant break on tuition, so while your parents spent a lot of money, they saved a lot too. At many other universities, there would have been no break for academic merit at all.</p>

<p>If Tulane and New Orleans are so bad (one is a substance abuse center and the other a cesspool, according to you) it doesn’t say much for your siblings that they went there and stayed there. Most students are proud of their alma maters. Give me their e-mails in a private message and I will ask them if they agree with you.</p>

<p>Oh and you asked what I am doing on here. I am a Tulane alum, my D is going to be a freshman there in the fall (on a full tuition scholarship, btw), and while my initial interest in CC was based on her, I have been able to use my experience and knowledge to help others. My work over the years has allowed me to become familiar with many universities, and apparently my postings have been useful, in that I have received perhaps 10, maybe even a dozen private messages as well as some posted on here thanking me for my help and information. There have been instances when I have played up Tulane, and others where I have recommended that a student would likely be better off at another school. Finally, I continue to look in on the site from time to time so I can correct people like you that give erroneous and biased information and opinions.</p>

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<p>I thought it was pretty clear from my rambling that Tulane didn’t give me any money, unless you find out about that information onlilne. To be honest, unless they paid for half of my tuition, I had no intention of attending. My sole reason for applying was just to have a school to fall back on, because i was 90% sure that they would accept me. Again, this is not based on my academic merit. But i never really followed up with Tulane after I received my admissions letter which contained no sheet describing any scholarship money awarded. I’m not sure if they post that information online or it’s enclosed in your admissions packet. Either way, I was pretty steadfast in not wanting to attend. You would be too if all of your siblings wen’t, with one still attending.</p>

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<p>Lol, “one is a substance abuse center and the other a cesspool, according to you,” that made me laugh.</p>

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<p>If you still have a sibling in college, then it was a definite mistake not to fill out the FAFSA, since the family’s EFC is cut in half with 2 in school. So, even if you didnt get a penny in scholarship $, you might have gotten need based aid. </p>

<p>Everyone needs a safe school, but as they always say around here, “love thy safety”. If you didnt love Tulane as a safety, and weren’t prepared to attend, then it wasn’t the right safety for you. You sound happier with your BU option. Glad that works for you. BTW, did they give you any $$? How much will it cost to attend?</p>

<p>If you are the youngest of 4 or 5, its probably hard to follow in older sibs footsteps. Many sibs WANT to go to school with their older sibs, but others don’t. It is clearly a good thing you dont have to attend Tulane. I hope you enjoy BU.</p>

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<p>BTW, I tend to leave out the apostrophes when typing contractions on the internet ,so it really catches my eye when one is added. Thought it was a typo at first, but saw it a second time. “Went” doesn’t have an apostrophe, bgizzle. Not meaning to be the spellcheck queen (as I am a terrible typist)-- just thought I’d mention it.</p>