<p>Just wondering about Tulane? S is just in the bottom of 25 to75% range. Are they a little more understanding on grades and scores?</p>
<p>They claim to take a more holistic view of applicants. My son has done a lot of volunteer work (including fundraiser for victims of Katrina, Habitat for Humanity, etc.) and would love to be in New Orleans to do some rebuilding there.</p>
<p>He applied EA so we’ll know by December 15th if not sooner. 25 kids from his HS applied there (NY) and about half usually get in. We’ll see. :)</p>
<p>My son received his acceptance letter from Knox today along with a $12k/y scholarship. When I ran the net price calculator, they “gave” him a $9k award.</p>
<p>Maze… UPS does have a music school and gives music scholarships.</p>
<p>^^^ Thanks</p>
<p>UPS is now on his list, Tulane is also now on his list, Tulane may be a reach but let him try it out</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone waiting for admission notifications. Both of my children graduated from Eckerd College. If anyone needs more info, feel free to contact me.</p>
<p>reeinazz,
Congrats on the acceptance!</p>
<p>Congrats Mamdubbs, sounds like she found the perfect fit already?</p>
<p>There are a couple of threads on merit aid, this is a very good one: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52133-schools-known-good-merit-aid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52133-schools-known-good-merit-aid.html</a></p>
<p>There’s another one guaranteed merit for certain stats and another for full rides/full tuition merit.</p>
<p>NPRMom- My D mostly applied in the Albany area (our home territory) for class of '11 so if you find out the name of the college- I can probably give you the low down.</p>
<p>Congrats Reeiniz and Heavy! And happy for you too NPR on those first quarter grades. Still nothing here - started doing some trolling around looking to see when applicants heard back from schools she applied to and looks like we may have a while to wait. The one early response school, Ithaca, switched to a more standard schedule this year.</p>
<p>Mazewanderer, D13 just got back from tours at Loyola New Orleans and Tulane. We’re in a similar position in that Tulane is a reach for us, but D loved N.O. Frankly I did a double-take when I saw the stats regarding applications vs. acceptances. It’s a very popular school here on the east coast, although if you’re from the west, that may be attractive to them I wasn’t on the tour, but Loyola-NO supposedly has great music performance spaces and a decided arts bent. D didn’t want to keep it on her list, but her reasons may be different than your son’s. It’s too bad because it’s also much more of a likely for us than Tulane. If you’re considering Tulane you might want to tour Loyola as well, if the catholic thing isn’t a deal breaker. Is there any better music city than New Orleans?</p>
<p>We just got a call from her counselor while at a dental appointment for my D. I started crying in front of her dentist upon hearing the news, which made me of course laugh at the same time. It was a moment I will not forget (and most likely the dentist will also remember us well lol). </p>
<p>I love this school for her! I am so incredibly proud of her right now…</p>
<p>Welcome to beautiful North Carolina, jkiwmom. Congrats to you D.</p>
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<p>Hello! Not a parent but I am a student. I’m curious, what west coast schools give decent merit aid for a guy with a 3.3 and a 26 act? Ups calculator barely gave 6000…</p>
<p>Oh, jkiwmom, I"m so happy for you and your D! I followed your tour of schools - some the same as ones on the list for my D, and I remember how much your D loved WW! Hooray!!!</p>
<p>Jkiwmom and jkiwdaughter: Fantastic news! So happy for you! Love this thread for celebrating successes like yours!</p>
<p>Congrats to your D jkiwmom :)</p>
<p>Jkiwmom, congratulations to you and your D! Awesome news, and I bet the dentist thought it was pretty awesome, too!</p>
<p>Jkiwmom - Congrats!</p>