I am interested in applying to Tulane, but would need help paying the tuition through a scholarship. Am I allowed to apply for multiple merit scholarships (Paul Tulane Award, Dean’s Honor Scholarship,etc.) in one year, or am I only allowed to apply to one?
@sona7662 Apply for them all and see which one offers the most $$! Typically you can receive some merit scholarship money automatically with your application if you have stellar grades and scores. These additional scholarships require separate applications and you should complete them all for the best chances of getting the most scholarship funds.
The way your question is phrased makes me think that you might believe you can apply for these scholarships again in sophomore year, etc. Just to be sure, I thought I should add that you cannot.
But as DebmomNY says, Tulane considers you for partial merit-only scholarships automatically with your application, with approximately 25-30% of applicants getting amounts ranging from $20,000-32,000/year last year. By the time you apply in two years the amounts will probably rise. You are still eligible for need based aid if required.
To reinforce the answer to your question, many students send in the separate applications required for the DHS and the PTA, the full tuition and fees scholarships. The former involves a “thought experiment” involving only a square box and at least one additional recommendation. The PTA “only” involves writing two additional short essays using two of several prompt choices. Tulane also offers 5 full ride Stamps foundation scholarships, and you must apply for the DHS to be eligible for this. One won’t offer more $$ than the other, except in the rare case of getting the Stamps.
Until you have real SAT or ACT scores (not practice scores, not based on PSAT) and your UW GPA after junior year, it is impossible to say how good your chances for these top scholarships are.
@fallenchemist Thank you so much for your info! I’ve seen you everywhere on the Tulane page, and I think it’s so wonderful that you try to help everyone with their questions!
I realize that my college application time is far away, and I have yet to take my standardized tests, but I am just trying to prepare myself and be sure that I know exactly where I want to apply when the time comes.
I have a few more questions about Tulane, if you don’t mind answering them:
- How hard/common is it to double major or minor in something at Tulane?
- What makes the Tulane Honors Program stand out from the regular classes?
- What are the majority of students at Tulane like? Preppy? Nerdy? Or just diverse overall?
Thanks!
Hi @sona7662
Happy to answer your questions. I didn’t mean to imply you were researching too early. This is a great time to start. It is just that some specifics are impossible to deal with until you have the stats required to even be considered, So OK:
This is one of Tulane’s real strengths. At most major research universities, you apply to and get accepted (or not) to specific schools within the university like Engineering, or Business, or Humanities, or Architecture, etc. But at Tulane you are accepted to Newcomb-Tulane College, which contains all 5 schools (Architecture, Business, Liberal Arts, Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and Science & Engineering) and therefore every major and minor Tulane has. This makes changing majors, double majors, two majors and a minor, etc. especially streamlined.
Good timing on this as there have been very recent changes that make the program much better than it was, IMO, and I think it will continue to improve. In short, the classes are the same except for one honors class each semester freshman year (not sure after that) that is required to be in the program. It takes the place of a TIDES class, if you want it to. Those are basically one hour per week classes designed to help ease the transition into college. More detail than you need right now. The point is it isn’t so much the classes as that you live in the Honors dorm, so you are with students who are also in the program, you participate in smaller group activities designed to appeal to those students that are more into pure academics, and you are afforded extra focus when it comes to research opportunities and internships. All the students that get into Tulane are smart, but like any school there are segments with different goals. Some are there with the main goal of the job they will get when finished, others are more interested in maximizing their academic experience. Being in Honors allows you to more easily find your peers with the latter bias.
Tulane is no different than dozens of similar private, highly selective schools. You get preppy (although many students tell me this is less at Tulane than those similar schools), Bohemian, nerds, drama types, “normal” (if there is such a thing), jocks, etc. Everyone finds their tribe, and apparently the tribes get along and mingle pretty well. Economic and racial/ethnic diversity at Tulane is also similar to most of those peer schools, and needs to be improved. But the new administration is well aware of this and seems committed to making that happen. Tulane is well known for being very LGBTQ friendly, if that matters to you.
Keep asking questions!
@fallenchemist Thanks so much 
You’ve been super helpful, and I will be sure to ask you if I have any more questions about Tulane. It’s one of my dream schools!
@fallenchemist hello again! I have another question for you, if you don’t mind:
I have been dancing ballet for over 10 years of my life, and was wondering if there are any dance/ballet programs or activities present at Tulane? Thanks
@sona7662 http://www2.tulane.edu/liberal-arts/theatre-dance/undergraduate-dance.cfm
All the info you need is on the Tulane website. Just type dance in the search bar!
@sona7662 - since you have not posted your question directly to FC, I realize that you do not know the sad news that our beloved Fallenchemist (David Krost) passed away unexpectedly several weeks ago. Please know that there are several Tulane parents and current students on these message boards who are happy to answer your questions as best as we can. There are two students, TulaneMaddie and TulaneBarry who both work in the admissions office and have access to many of your and your fellow future Tulanian’s questions.
oh my god! that’s awful… thanks for informing me. @jozuko
I would like to chime in: I know schooling for university like Tulane is expensive. However, you can find the financial help aka money for school by looking and finding at: internal and external scholarships, doing research, REUs, and working PT only at the library, labs, etc don’t find jobs at retails or restaurants as they are tough and a bit physical in nature.
My son did engineering and physics major. He was able to find the money from Engineering Society in our state, outside scholarships, etc. Also he was able to get REUs (undergraduate research only available in Summer) and the pay is handsome. In addition, he got a PT office job working for the School of Science and Engineering.
Yes, there is always help but you have to find it and talk to your advisor and any of your professors regarding any outside scholarships or departmental scholarships.