<p>Has anyone on here received a full scholarship to Tulane? I'm a Junior, and I'd like to get a scholarship to this University. If someone has received a full scholarship, please tell me a little bit about your credentials. Thanks!</p>
<p>Lots of people on here have received one, including my D. Until last year there was “only” the Deans Honor Scholarship, and now there is also the Paul Tulane Award. In total about 125 full tuition scholarships.</p>
<p>Generally speaking the credentials are a GPA (UW) of 3.8+ with a challenging course selection, SAT scores of 2250+ or ACT of 33+, and of course a reasonably strong record of EC’s and/or leadership activities. In particular my D had a 3.9 UW GPA with something like 6 AP courses (might have been 7 or 8 I really don’t remember for sure), 2330 SAT, and a few activities that she spent a lot of time on which were a mix of academic clubs and community/mission work (for example, spending time in the Dominican helping to build a school in the rural mountain areas).</p>
<p>Those stats are guidelines, not absolutes but if one is much below them the odds of getting one of those scholarships is exceedingly slim. They are academic merit scholarships, after all.</p>
<p>Just like to add to that the fact that there is an additional application for those scholarships that require a project and/or essays which seem to ultimately be the determining factors in who will be the recipients of those scholarships because the number of applicants with the stats and accompanying resumes that qualify them for those awards seems to increase every year.</p>
<p>Absolutely, kreative, thanks for adding that crucial point. The DHS, for example, is the one that has the project and had generally gotten about 1000-1300 applications for the 75 awards. Pure guess on my part but I bet at least half and maybe closer to 2/3 have stats close to, at, or above the guidelines I mention. I should have also added that the GPA, whatever it may be, should put the student in the top 5% of their class. Even schools that don’t officially rank often have internal tracking that allows them to communicate this to the colleges. But back to your point, even if there were only about 300 with the requisite stats, Tulane still has to use the project, or essays in the case of the 50 Paul Tulane awards, to largely make the final determinations. Cannot be an easy job!</p>
<p>Is there any on campus interview required for these scholarships?</p>
<p>At this point there are no interviews. I think with 125 winners, that would require too many interviews, maybe twice or three times that number.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help! This is very helpful.</p>
<p>Sure thing. You going to go for it?</p>
<p>Absolutely I am!! Honestly, there are some schools I like more than Tulane that would offer me a full scholarship, but Tulane is very close to home (BR), so I think I’d rather go there.</p>
<p>OK, you do know that as a Louisiana resident you are eligible for the Hainkel Scholarship, which is a full ride. Not just tuition but room, board, and I think a stipend to cover books and travel. There are only one or two of those, so hard to get but might as well go for it. I think the application is the same as the DHS but you will have to check on that.</p>
<p>But I feel I must say to you the same as I would say to any student that loves Tulane but is afraid it is too far from home. If you really think there are schools that fit you better (other than distance from home) and are equal to or better than Tulane financially, try not to let geography limit you. The vast majority of students adapt very well to being away from home within a semester. Just keep that in mind. Obviously I like to see talented students choose Tulane, but I like it more that they attend the school that really suits them best.</p>