<p>Please share.</p>
<p>I am also interested in this topic
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<p>Bump.
I have heard of a few sucessful transactions but I'm worried that my chances at acceptance will be drastically cut</p>
<p>Your chances of being accepted into a particular school should not be affected by the fact that you intend to apply for a Tuition Exchange scholarship. These scholarships are not automatically granted to every TE-eligible student who is accepted. Instead, each school decides how many accepted/eligible students it will grant TE scholarships to. </p>
<pre><code> The percentage of accepted students receiving these scholarships can range from under 20% to 100%. For example, USC grants TE scholarships to only 15-20% of accepted students who are eligible. Tulane, in contrast, will grant TE scholarships to all accepted students who are eligible. The amount of the scholarship can also vary from one school to another. Most schools now grant about 70% of tuition, but Tulane adds in a stipend for room and board.
To get details on the percentage of TE award offers at specific schools go on the TE website (tuitionexchange.org) and click on "Conducting a School Search." I would also speak directly to the Financial Aid office of any school you are seriously considering applying to. They can tell you exactly how many accepted students applied for TE scholarships and how many TE awards were granted in the previous year.
Hope this helps.
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<p>If you want the inside scoop on tuition exchange, send me a private note. In general, I will say this, be honest with yourself regarding your child's performance. If you have an 'ivy material' kid, then no problem. He or she will be able to get into a decent LAC.
My son is not (he is a HS senior) the model of the ideal student - not all A's; never a teacher's pet; never great at standardized test. He takes aftert me. I've never been a tenure-track or tenured faculty at acollege/universityl that would have accepted me. Pardon the joke, but the purpose of the 25th HS reunion is to finally validate that decisions based on HS stats predict little. But this aside, so far my son got TE at every school he applied to but he will likely not get it at Boston University. If you read the web site of BU you will find that they are even rigid in granting aid to their faculty in their own school.
I collected data over the past three schools. As the above notes suggest, some schools are stingy, while others generous. But you might find a lot of variation across three years. For example, Centre College in KY, an excellent LAC - it just suffers from the last bias of the more neurotic northeastern faculty - used to grant 90%. This past year they dropped to 10%. You will find similar inconsistenc ies in the midwest and northeast.
In general, you will find that it is easier to get TE in a southern or midwestern school. I assume its simple demographics. I'm a prof at a PA LAC. If you are looking for top quality LAC in the middle atlantic or northeastern schools, its harder. If your child is less homebound, the opportunities are more plentiful.
Steveriono. You are correct about Tulane. Pre-Katrina, they granted less than 10%. Post-Katrina, they first went up to 60%, and recently %100 for all accepted. I talked to a prof there about why, but I would rather not outline the rationale.
There are some good (of course for some of you you are looking at excellent schools) schools that grant 100% - 60%. Also note that some programs pay 100% tuition, while others a bit less. The tuition exchange website is excellent. They update the percentages for 2008 by summer. But when I first started asking question at my college 2 years ago and, last year on CC, few replied. I learned everything by following trend lines on TE. By the way, my S's circumstances are complicated because he is applying to BFA acting programs. The audition may/will outweigh grades, test scores.</p>
<p>I do not think that being a TE applicant influences the chances for admission.
But I do believe the TE process is very competitive... (something I did not know until this year!)
About a week ago our daughter received TE from USC...it pays 80% of tuition. She/we are very happy about this!</p>
<p>Congratulations for your daughter! My son is waiting to hear from USC and BU. He has received a TE offer from Pittsburgh. </p>
<p>Was USC's offer made at the same time as the admission offer, or separately?</p>
<p>Thank you! She received the letter of admission first and about 10 days later the TE letter came.</p>
<p>Could anyone expand a bit more on TE to Tulane? I’m a high school senior that has been accepted there but not heard anything back about TE. Specifically I want to know why TE has risen from 10%-100% w/ stipend?</p>
<p>Hi Bryan, we’ve gone through the TE process (successfully) this year - but not at Tulane. I’d call and make sure they received the certification from your sponsoring school (the one where your parent works). </p>
<p>BTW, the current information on the TE website states the following:</p>
<p>Other Tuition
Undergraduate
Pell and other grants
Initial offers will be announced by April 15, 2013.</p>
<p>Deadline for the receipt of initial TE certification/applications:
In February 2013</p>
<p>Percentage of applicants who received scholarships:
41%-60% </p>
<p>In addition, I found this page that outlines Tulane’s current process.
[Tulane</a> University - Tuition Exchange Scholarship](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/te.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/te.cfm)</p>
<p>It looks like notification was slated for mid March.</p>
<p>Please use old threads for information only. To ask a question, use the New Thread button.</p>
<p>Also, for school specific questions, please post your thread on the individual college forum (ie. Tulane).</p>