<p>Just in case people interested in the DHS award missed it (unlikely since it is mentioned in the same sentence as the DHS on the Tulane Scholarships page) Tulane now has a new full tuition scholarship, the Paul Tulane Award. There will be 50 of these awarded, so that makes the total number of full tuition merit awards 125 (or maybe 126, I was never clear as to whether the Hainkel is a special version of a DHS for Louisiana residents, or an additional award besides the 75 DHS winners). That is a lot of full tuition awards, about 8% of each freshman class.</p>
<p>Unlike the DHS, there is not a project involved, but instead 2 relatively short essays selected from 4 very different topics. Rather similar to the famous University of Chicago essay questions required for all applicants. I would assume the criteria for winning, besides the creativity shown in the essays, are similar strong grades and test scores.</p>
<p>My pleasure. Upon rereading what I wrote, I noticed an incorrect extrapolation. If every offer for a DHS and Paul Tulane scholarship were accepted, then it would be about 8% of the incoming class. In actuality, of course, not everyone that wins the competition ends up at Tulane, so the real number is probably going to be closer to 4%.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, Tulane was already one of the most generous merit award schools in its class, and this makes it much more so.</p>
<p>I have not found a reference that suggests what the parameters for likely winners would be. But I think it is highly likely that all the same suggestions and rules that apply to the DHS also apply to the Paul Tulane Scholarship.</p>
<p>Sure. The general range for an SAT score should be 2250+, although somewhat lower scores have won in the past. For the ACT it would be 33+ I think. GPA should be such that they are in the top 5% of their class. There should also be a challenging curriculum, usually reflected by lots of AP classes. When a high school doesn’t offer many AP’s, then just the most challenging schedule that high school offers. Obviously very strong recs, along with solid EC’s.</p>
<p>Having said all that, there are hundreds of applicants that meet all those criteria, if not even a thousand or so. Then it comes down to the box project for the DHS, and the essay answers for the PTA. Subjective of course, but that is the only way left to make the final judgements at that point.</p>
<p>Don’t forget there is also the Community Service Scholarship, which can range up to $15,000. But the nice thing about that one is that it is added to whatever merit award they might get, so if, say, they get the $20,000 award the total would be $35,000. Almost as good as a DHS or PTA.</p>
<p>I wonder if they will combine PTA winners into the DHS breakfast at move-in, or have something separate, or start doing something else entirely. Trivial point, but just popped into my head.</p>
<p>Absolutely, if they have the stats. And if they have a strong record of community service, apply for the CSS also. The deadline for the CSS is a month later than for these two, so do these first.</p>
<p>When checking out the info on the CSS just to confirm that the deadline is indeed January 15, I saw that they are now saying that it is a partial to full (tuition, I assume they mean) scholarship. If they are starting to award some full tuition CSS, that is new. Personally, I would want a confirmation that whoever wrote that new page didn’t make a mistake. As I mentioned above, up until now the max was always $15,000. <a href=“http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/css.cfm[/url]”>http://tulane.edu/financialaid/grants/css.cfm</a> The number of scholarships (30) is consistent with past statements.</p>
<p>Can the Paul Tulane scholarship be combined with a Community Service Scholarship or need based aid to make it a full ride? What GPA/ACT scores are required to win the Paul Tulane scholarship?</p>
No. Full tuition is as high as Tulane goes with the exception of athletic scholarships and the Hainkel award winners (Louisiana residents only, and only 1 or 2 of these awarded).</p>
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No one knows for sure yet since this is the first year of the scholarship and they did not publish any guidelines as far as I can see, but I remain confident the criteria will be very similar to the Deans Honors Scholarship, which is 2250+ SAT or 33+ ACT, and a GPA that would result in being in the top 5% of the class, which I would think is usually a 3.85+ (UW) with a fair amount of AP courses, assuming the school offers them. These are just general guidelines, people have won the DHS with slightly lower statistics sometimes, but not much lower. For example, I would say anything below a 2200 SAT is very unlikely to win. There are just too many candidates that have those kinds of stats and better.</p>
<p>FC, as usual your post are very helpful for us prospective Tulane students.</p>
<p>What is the criteria for the Community service scholarship/who wins it in general? as you know, im taking a gap year this year and am trying to dedicate myself to a lot of CS in the upcomming months. how many hours do you think ill need/what do i need to do to qualify?</p>
<p>Vitrac may have more insight into that, her D is a CSS winner. I am sure she wouldn’t mind if you sent her a private message, although she may see this and respond. However, I don’t think it is so much the number of hours (although obviously there have to be a fair amount to have done anything meaningful) as it is what you have done and the kind of passion you can show. Also the recs of people involved in your service organizations must play a large role.</p>
<p>I know there was talk of interviewing prospective winners, probably those that make a semi-final cut I would think. I do not know if they actually implemented that, though.</p>
<p>hey fallenchemist, do you know if the paul tulane award can be combined with any other award (like the CSS)? I know the DHS specifically states that it can’t but the PT mentions nothing of it</p>
<p>No, it cannot. Tulane never awards more than full tuition except for athletic scholarships and the John Hainkel Award, which is for Louisiana residents only and there is only one or maybe two of those a year.</p>
<p>They just have not updated the “Scholarships and Grants” page in the Financial Aid section to even include the Paul Tulane Award yet. I will try and bring that to their attention.</p>
<p>FC beat me to it. The full tuition scholarships are not cumulative with others. Others can be combined (eg presidential and CSS) to equal full tuition (though they will be a fixed amount and not increase with increased tuition costs) whereas the full tuition scholarships will increase with any tuition increases.</p>