<p>I suppose one could, but there are ramifications for that as well. It might look like interest in Tulane has decreased, so when they come back around to making the decision it might appear negative. Sure, the student could say it is about the merit award but who knows if a couple months from now that will be remembered or whatever. Also space in the incoming class could be tighter if admissions have been robust up to that point, and merit money might actually be harder to come by. Just some things to think about.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it just be simplest to apply for the Paul Tulane or Dean’s Honor Scholarships on the 12/15 deadline and submit the updated scores in support of those applications?</p>
<p>Applicants send updated information all the time. It’s at the discretion of the admissions office whether or not to include the updates in their decision.</p>
<p>stringkeymom - Well, I think we are talking about two slightly different things, but you are of course 100% correct that if you are applying for the DHS and/or PTA, you want them to have the highest scores that have been achieved. But since the deadline for those awards isn’t until December 15 anyway, it wouldn’t apply to the debate BigDaddy and I were having.</p>
<p>A little off-topic, but was gonna see if I could get some opinions before I turn this in.
For one of the PTA essays I chose the “Support an antihero from your favorite superhero movie” prompt. I included a little language, because I thought this is how my villain would talk. Thoughts as to whether I should delete that (it’s only two times… the alternative word for Donkey and then something about “go to hell”)? I think it adds a lot to his character so don’t want to unless you guys think that the review board would view this as negative.</p>
<p>I personally don’t see that as objectionable language. I think you are OK, and I like your thinking to be “in character”, at least at a Stan Lee level.</p>
<p>As long as we are off topic a bit, when I was catching my D up on the current state of scholarships at Tulane (I think I mentioned that on another thread), I read her the 5 PTA questions. W had fun with a couple of them, especially the last about the pairs of items where you have to choose which had a bigger impact on society.</p>
<p>Yeah, I had a lot of fun with the essays. I didn’t feel like I was in agony writing anooother college essay. It was cool to be able to show your creative side through these.</p>
<p>Totally agree Annabanana. It was also fun that for a few of the questions, there seemed to be an immediate obvious response and then, upon short reflection and a little discussion, the answers were not as obvious. But since the essay deadlines have not passed yet, we should hold off discussions on here.</p>