Merit Scholarships at Tulane?

Paying for College
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<p>I have heard that Tulane is very generous with merit scholarships, with scholarships ranging from $7,000 to half-ride. But I'm not exactly clear on what kind of grades match up with what kind of scholarship. I can't afford Tulane without aid and probably scholarship money so this is a pretty important deal-breaker. With a 3.6 unweighted GPA and a 2050 SAT, could I get some kind of merit scholarship? </p>

<p>I'm pretty new and completely uneducated about financial aid so I'm trying to read up on the schools I'm interested in and the type of aid and scholarship money available. It's all so scary, haha! Thanks for everyone's help.</p>

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<p>When my kids applied to Tulane with 4.0+ GPAs and much higher SATs several years ago, they were given $25k per year scholarships.</p>

<p>What is your M + CR SAT score?</p>

<p>In recent years, I’ve seen kids get rejected with sub 2100 SATs, so it would seem that the scholarship awards may now require higher stats. </p>

<p>There are other schools that will award you merit money. </p>

<p>How much do you need? How much will your family pay?</p>

<p>What is your intended major or career goal?</p>

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<p>My M+CR SAT score is not that high, a 1300, because math is not my strong point.
My intended major is international relations. </p>

<p>When you say rejected with sub 2100 SATs, do you mean rejected from the school? Or rejected from scholarship applications? From the research I’ve done it looks like Tulane is a match school so I’m hoping it’s the latter! Yikes</p>

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<p>You will never know if u don’t apply. Application is free, at least was last year. However, don’t fall in love with a school …have financial safeties. even with a decent merit scholarship, Tulane is an expensive school. Take the SAT again to get your CR & M up to at least 1330 or try AcT to at least 30…which will open more merit scholarship…if money is a big issue, check out Univerity Alabama, Honors…we were impressed by the school and my daughter almost went there…great automatic scholarships even for out of state students.</p>

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<p>Tulane’s scholarships go all the way to Full Tuition, but like most such scholarships they are highly competitive. </p>

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<p>Tulane is very generous with merit aid, but you need to be >1400 SAT or so.</p>

<p>With a 1300 SAT, you will need to broaden your search to find substantial merit aid. See the Merit Aid section of the FAQ at the top of this forum.</p>

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<p>My daughter got 20k merit with a 30ACT, but 3.9 GPA unweighted and good ECs…so it’s possible even if you don’t get over 1400…you never know…try to improve on your scores, Tulane super scores, and check out the thread BobWallace started…very helpful…since there are more likely options where you may get merit.</p>

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<p>Make sure to try the Net Price Calculator to see what type of need-based financial aid you might get there. They’ll have a link on collegeboard and you’ll need to have your parents provide their financial data but even if you get just a little merit aid you might get a fair amount of grant money as well.</p>