<p>Moonmaid - I think there's a good chance he can get the DHS with a 34 ACT, esplly if his project is good. Last year my D got a 35 ACT and was NMF and all she got was the $22k, mostly 'cause she never took the time to do the app for DHS. Sadly, she thought she couldn't get it 'cause she didn't have time to do a "big" project. Others at her hs did get the DHS and none of them had a 35.</p>
<p>Really, I think if D had just put SOMETHING together and got the app in, she would have got the $ (at least based on reading this thread). She decided to go to another school that gave her full tuition.</p>
<p>Really, I think the DHS application weeds out those who don't want to do the extra work to fill out the app, or put another way, it finds the kids who are willing to do the extra work. (not to say D is lazy, but she had a show she was in that was taking up all her time on top of her ap classes, not enuf sleep, etc).</p>
<p>Anyway, good luck to you. Tulane is a special place.</p>
<p>Moonmaid - I went back and looked at your previous post and agree he has a good shot at the DHS. My D got the DHS last year with a 33. I thought her project reflected her very well. They will call the DHS recipients around mid-February.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your encouragement! This waiting is driving everyone in our family a little crazy. Even my 11 year old asks every afternoon, "Did he get a letter yet?"</p>
<p>He spent two weeks straight on that project - really just worked on it day and night. I know I am biased, but it was a really good multimedia presentation, with pictures, text and music, and he wrote a lengthy essay explaining how he put it together and what his thinking was behind the project. It really did show a lot of what he is all about, and most friends and family who saw it found it very moving.</p>
<p>Some days I feel very optimistic about his chances, other days I think no way! At least he knows he gave it his best shot, and I think if nothing else, will help him get the extra $4K in merit aid.</p>
<p>Since we will be moving from NY state to Texas, I love the idea of him going to Tulane and being closer to home than the east coast (his other top choice is GWU - very $$$, and we don't know yet about admission or merit aid). And I kind of fell in love with NOLA when we visited.</p>
<p>ThatMom: how did they notify your daughter? Letter or phone call or both? Just curious, Thanks.</p>
<p>She got a phone call letting her know she had the scholarship with an automatic acceptance into the honors program - and she remembers nothing else they said. The letter came about two weeks later. Based on the discussion on this board, there were several that got the phone calls in about a 3-5 day period and then some who got the call about a week later.</p>
<p>Remember that last year things were a little skewed because of the aftermath of Katrina (for example, last year ALL scholarship notification was done in February, instead of on a rolling basis). </p>
<p>They usually have two Honors weekends for accepted students to visit. Based on what my daughter has said one of the weekends will be the weekend of March 16th this year. It was that Honors weekend that sold her on Tulane.</p>
<p>My daughter has signed up to host someone overnight for honors weekend. If anyone has a daughter going who won't mind a really messy room, please feel free to get in touch and we can hook them up. I've told my d that cleaning her room is a MUST, but my confidence level is not high. :)</p>
<p>Honors weekend is a great time to come down for a visit to campus. It's open only to accepted honors students and takes place on March 11th and 12th or April 1st and 2nd. You'll have the chance to learn everything you could want to about Tulane! Eating in our freshman dining hall, sitting in on classes, attending a student panel, even being hosted by a current student, you will get to do it all. Also, each individual school will host an open house (Business, Architecture, etc) and we conclude the weekend with an honors banquet with lots of our honors faculty members. Hope you can make it!</p>
<p>By the way, if you have not been invited into the honors program, you can still be invited after one semester here at Tulane. It's based on your GPA.</p>
<p>Waiting to hear about this Dean's Honor Scholarship is going to mean a very long week for our family! We are told he will hear by Feb 15. Luckily we will have the distraction of a snowstorm tomorrow evening.</p>
<p>Although I am hoping and praying my son gets it, I would be very happy if he just got his award upped to $22k. </p>
<p>I can answer the honors question. You need a 3.45 to join or stay in the honors program your freshmen and sophomore years and 3.6 your junior and senior years. You can't officially join after the first semester. The policy has changed. You now actually have to wait the entire year to become a member. However, you can apply after your first semester if you have above a 3.45 and then they will check to see if you have maintained that your second semester, but you will actually not be in the program until the completion of the year.</p>
<p>Thanks, ThatMom. The suspense is just killing me. I wish the mid-year grades had been taken into account. He just got his grades last week, and he has a 90 UW average in his 6 academic courses, which include 4 APs. Glad he's not slacking off.</p>
<p>I know - I think the suspense is worse for us - because we read this board!</p>
<p>Take a deep breath. Funny, it seems to take forever and it's over so quickly. I look back now and think, I can't believe how worried we were! But one thing does seem to hold. They end up where they should be. I have my fingers crossed.</p>
<p>At this point, I have 16k, from the Founder's Scholarship.
GPA: 3.1-3.3
ACT: 31
SAT: 1800(baaad.)/1240 (see the reason for the bad?)
EC's: Orchestra & Band, Latin and French club, drama, USB, class council, Speech, School Paper, Literary Magazine, PSEO.</p>