<p>For the Tulane 5 year program, do I have to take the GMAT? If so, does Tulane give preference to its undergrads before other incoming applicants? Thanks! Also, do merit scholarships carry over into the 5th year?</p>
<p>Yes, you have to take the GMAT. <a href=“http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/AAC_documents/Templates/Accelerated%20Study.pdf[/url]”>http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/AAC_documents/Templates/Accelerated%20Study.pdf</a></p>
<p>While they don’t say so, Tulane usually gives preference to its own undergrads. Merit scholarships would not carry into this program as far as I know, and I feel 99% sure I am correct on this. I think the only reason they extend the scholarships to 5 years for architecture is because there is no bachelor degree in architecture at Tulane.</p>
<p>FC - we were told that the scholarship does extend to the 5th year - my son wants to do the accounting program. Specifically, we were told that the 5th year would be 1/2 the tuition of what you paid undergrad - so if you paid 40k (that includes a 20k scholarship) then the 5th year would be 20k (1/2). The rep told the group this information when we went to an info session in NJ last year.</p>
<p>Bloomy - That is right about the tuition reduction for the 5th year, but that is the case for all students choosing to do this, not because they have extended a merit scholarship. <a href=“http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/AAC_documents/Templates/Accelerated%20Study.pdf[/url]”>http://admission.tulane.edu/documents/AAC_documents/Templates/Accelerated%20Study.pdf</a> So even a student that never had a merit scholarship gets this tuition break.</p>
<p>For every merit award, both the “automatics” and the separate application ones (DHS, PTA, etc.) Tulane is very careful to state they are good for 4 years except for architecture majors, which is 5. This really means 8 semesters (10 for architecture) since you are allowed to take a leave of absence up to a year and then resume the scholarship, not 4 (5) calendar years.</p>
<p>I am in the business school and i know at least 50 people in the program personally. Once you decide to enroll in the program, you will set up a meeting with the adviser, Christine Smith, usually during your freshman or sophomore year (sometimes even early junior year). She will give you an outline and path for the courses you have to take each year. During the spring of your junior year, you will start interviewing for your busy season internships. These internships take place during spring of your senior year. These internships should take place in the city you wish to work in after graduating the MAACT program, because the company you intern for will 100% hire you (100% placement rate average, this is the facet of the program the school boasts about most). If selected to interview with one of the big four firms (which most students do get selected for), they will take you and the other tulane candidates out to fancy dinners in nola and in a sense, wine and dine you (yes they do allow, almost encourage, you to drink alcohol at dinner, which is probably a test to see if you act professionally). You hear back from the firms in late spring, and go into summer with an internship (and future career) secured. During that summer, however, you are required to take the GMAT. The MAACT program only requires a relatively low score to remain in the MAACT program, most people far surpass it without even studying. The summer before senior year you get your “official” acceptance into the MAACT program. During the spring of your senior year, you live in whichever city and complete your busy season internship. You come back to Tulane in May and take 3 accelerate business courses (for about ~3 weeks) and then its summer break and you only have a year left of the program and tada you have a masters degree!</p>
<p>FYI- the encouraging you to drink at dinner is most certainly a test! I work in Career Services and that is one point we really stress with our students going out on interviews! DON’T DRINK! It is NEVER appropriate to drink in an interview situation.</p>
<p>This is great info - I been wondering about a timeline - thanks for making it clear.</p>