<p>I'm going to the first Honors Weekend in March, and as my mom tries to plan it out, she's curious how much parents are involved in this weekend. We have the rough itinerary, but it doesn't say much about parents. She wants to know if on Sunday and Monday she can kind of just drop me off and then go visit around the city, or if parents usually stay throughout the two days.</p>
<p>Any information you have is helpful, thank you in advance!</p>
<p>IMO, she should plan on attending the first 2 hours where President Cowan speaks, and then there are a couple of other speakers including Dr. Luongo, head of the Honors Program. At least that is what happened last year. Then parents and kids separate, and she should sightsee to her hearts content until she picks you up at the end of the next day’s activities.</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering the same thing. Thanks for the question & the response.</p>
<p>I emailed my admissions counselor earlier about this because my dad was wondering the same thing. Here was her response:
Hi Bryan,
The Honors Weekend Program is geared to both students and parents, so your dad is more than welcome to join you! The only event that is not open to the parents is the evening social that we sponsor for current students and prospective admitted students. Otherwise though, the sessions will be informative for both student and parent. I hope this is helpful!</p>
<p>I should have qualified, as I did on another thread, that because I am a Tulane alum and had been back there other times, the rest of the program was not of value to me. That may not be true for others, although I still seem to recall that the initial talks seemed the most interesting aspect for parents. I think exiting the talks there was a campus tour, and I just cannot remember if parents were part of that or not.</p>
<p>What is typical stats of those permitted/admitted this year to the honors program?</p>
<p>collegesgirl - you keep asking the same question. Below is the response given by fallenchemist, who is quite knowlegeable.</p>
<p>“Just to add to gabby’s post, some (definitely not all) that get the $22K also get invited. There are no hard guidelines regarding stats, but in general it is about 2150+ SAT’s (or whatever the ACT equivalent is), high UW GPA (probably 3.7+) with a good number of AP courses, and then whatever more subjective factors they see. Certainly there will be examples of people that didn’t get in with that SAT score, some that got in with a bit lower. They look at the total record both when making scholarship offers and HP invites. For example, I know one student that had a 3.5 UW, but lots of AP’s and a 2380!! SAT and got a Presidential. Another factor in that case was that the freshman year was poor and then they did great after that.”</p>
<p>When I went with my D to the Honors Weekend a few years ago, I found it to be enormously helpful and quite honestly, I enjoyed all the events planned. We learned alot about Tulane and although she didn’t attend, it left a very positive impression. I strongly suggested to S to apply the following year. He did and is a 2009 Tulane grad.</p>
<p>While I’d been a frequent visitor to New Orleans (business and pleasure), I knew virtually nothing about Tulane. We felt the Honors Weekend was well organized, we met many wonderful people, and it was fun! I would recommend other parents consider attending most of the activities (unless a knowledgeable alum like fallenchemist!).</p>