Merit?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Ok, here's the scoop. I'm a senior in high school this year, and am wondering what my chances of getting into an honors program and/or receiving merit scholarships are.</p>

<p>GPA=4.0 unweighted
I'm pretty much guaranteed to be the valedictorian
SAT I=1500 With writing=2190 (730 math)(770 verbal)(690 writing)
ACT=34
I'm going to be a National Merit 'something'
I'll graduate with 6 science credits(AP Chem. and Bio. the rest are honors)
5.5 Math credits (AP Calculus, College Algebra, rest honors)
3 yrs foreign language (1 yr honors)
4 yrs english (2honors, 1 AP, 1 yr college english 1301,1302)
4 yrs social studies</p>

<p>My school lets us take dual-credit courses through an area college, so I'll graduate with college English 1301 and 1302, Economics, Government, Psychology, Algebra, and US History.</p>

<p>I also participate in athletics and have made it to regionals in cross country and track.</p>

<p>In addition, I do UIL academics. I've made it to regionals in a host of events every year, and this year I got third place at state in Science, my team was second, and i was second in chemistry. I've also made it to state in debate for the last three years.</p>

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<p>You look like a strong candidate not only to be accepted but also to get some merit aid, based on our experience applying last year.</p>

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<p>You should be a strong candidate for one of the automatic scholarships. You should also be a good candidate for the Dean's Honor Scholarship which you have to apply for and have a "project".</p>

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<p>I agree...my stats were nearly identical to yours when i applied (i'm starting this fall at Tulane, and i got the Deans Honor Scholarship). The entire project thing isn''t difficult at all, I wrote in a bunch of fun facts and described them at the bottom of the page - it took me one night to complete, basically, and i ended up mailing it the day before the deadline. Considering how it covers full-tuition (33Kish, i believe) and an annual housing waiver of 3K, there's most def. a good reason to fill out that DHS application!</p>

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<p>My son had similar stats to yours and received the Deans Honors Scholarship last year. This is a wonderful scholarship, full tuition. It was very hard to turn this down, but he is now in the honors program at the University of Florida. This scholarship is well worth the effort of doing the project.</p>