<p>My friend's S was just offered admission to Tulane as a Distinguished Scholar with $22K merit aid each year. He got an invitation from Tulane to apply online, no fee, a few weeks ago. Tulane moves quickly; it's not even November!</p>
<p>Maybe the hurricane scared off some applicants and the college needs to get aggressive.:)</p>
<p>your kid probably applied via the priority app which is essentially a rolling admission early action type deal - i did the same thing last year</p>
<p>congrats to the student--sounds like an option worth checking out & getting "in hand" if it's a school he would be interested in attending. nice to have folks "courting" you & giving you nice options before you even apply!</p>
<p>sidenote: Tulane has no application fee.</p>
<p>What is the net out-of-pocket cost after the offered discount?</p>
<p>Tuition room and board is about $42,000 plus - not including books, personal expenses and transportation in these figures.</p>
<p>bfired2, are you sure? Every e-mail I received said "reduced" application fee.</p>
<p>Congrats to the friend, kinshasha. This is the same award DS had at Tulane and he loved the place.</p>
<p>The hurricane did reduce Tulane's yield last year, but they kept their commitment to not reduce admission standards. Median SAT was 10 points one way or the other (I forget which) of the prior year admit class. So I don't think they are running scared, but they certainly are aggressively quick.</p>
<p>I've heard some kids are afraid this will be a tough year for Tulane admission, because it has become higher profile, the hurricane is "past" (don't we wish?)... Just idle worries, I imagine. But who ever knows?</p>
<p>Tulane is now a fallback school for him. He's hoping for Penn. I have tried to steer my friend toward the schools with merit aid. She thinks the $22K is 2/3 of the COA. Actually it's about half. The Tulane website shows COA at about $44K. </p>
<p>Somehow my friend thinks she is going to get a nice chunk of need-based aid. I don't see how. She owns property in Florida, both she and her husband earn good salaries, they own a home, have investments, etc. She is in for a rude awakening.</p>
<p>Your friend thinks $22K is 2/3 the COA and she thinks she's going to get need aid. Sounds like she hasn't been doing much homework lately - just checking the basics of COA at schools of interest and doing an EFC estimator.</p>
<p>Good thing she has you for some sound advice. Hope she's listening - at least a bit ;).</p>