<p>Im sorry, I dont know how to post the link on here. If you do a search …college data-college buzz-andrew-tulane- it should come right up.</p>
<p>[CollegeData</a> - College Buzz - Andrew - Tulane University - Class of 2011](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_magarticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=30017]CollegeData”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_magarticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=30017) Ah… I think I did it.</p>
<p>Hopefully this will not come out wrong, but I think the farther Tulane gets from Katrina, the more students that apply and the higher the stats of those students, teh more competitive the DHS has become. The student in the link above applied in 2006 for class of 2007, one year after Katrina. The number of students applying to Tulane has doubled, and the stats that merited a DHS then might not apply today.</p>
<p>** Here is a link to an article on the number of applications in the past 10 years or so. THis doesn’t talk about the stats of the students or nuumber applying for DHS (which is usually around 1000 or so) but the raw number of applications is staggering <a href=“thehullabaloo.com”>thehullabaloo.com;
<p>Yikes. That is staggering, but as you say, it really does not say much. As far as the timing for the student winning the DHS, I didnt think of that. Im sure you are right. Oh well.</p>
<p>My DS applied in 2007 for class of 2008. His stats (he took the SATs, not ACT) were higher than the example given by Tulane (ie higher than 2250) for their criteria. That said, I don’t think he was top 5% of his class, but he had a strong GPA, graduated Summa Cum Laude, was from a very competitive private school, had strong grades, lots of APs, all 5s (maybe one 4 his senior year, I forget) and a lot of community service. Apologies if this sounds like bragging-- that was not my intent. Just trying to give some data for comparison, and that you don’t have to meet “all” the criteria to be considered. Good luck! Let her go for it-- she sounds motivated and if she doesnt try, she’ll never know. You are talking about the possibility of over $50k in additional scholarship $$ that increases with any increase in tuition. This is not pocket change.</p>
<p>Ah yes. I remember seeing this some time ago. Actually, it goes to what I said earlier. His GPA is a 3.95, and that could well be unweighted. So coupling that with the 2200 SAT (like I mentioned just ignore the ACT. Tulane would have) and assuming he had a strong record otherwise, that is a very competitive profile for a DHS. And of course jym is also correct that the number of competitors has undoubtedly only gone up. In fact, Tulane only had about 1,000 students enroll that year, the lowest in decades. <a href=“Office of the University Registrar |”>Office of the University Registrar |; Also, being from that area myself, originally, Tulane has always had a strong contingent from the western suburbs of St. Louis, and I would bet money that is where he is from. Probably went to John Burroughs or Country Day, two very elite privates there. It does say he went to a private school.</p>
<p>FC- Can you work your magic and get Tulane to publish Common Data sets!!! Puleeeeze???</p>
<p>I am not sure why they don’t. Of course they are not alone, but I agree it would be a lot more convenient. They must have a reason, I will see if I can find out what it is sometime. Maybe TulaneJeff can tell us. I will write him.</p>
<p>No. Its not bragging, simply solid information. And no. Its not pocket change. I think my issue (which is probably fodder for another type of thread) is that we have a very good state university system. Ranking on par with Tulane. With her accomplishments, she would be eligble for free tuition. My husband and I both graduated from state schools and frankly , it would not have made a hill of beans difference in the long run if we had gone to private universities. For some careers yes. She is going in as an undeclared, and so shelling out a lot of money for and undergrad degree is a bit hard to swallow. If we didnt have such good public schools, my thinking would no doubt be different.</p>
<p>Much as we would love to see her at Tulane, that is really hard to argue with malaml. The only thing I would say in support of some extra money to go to a school like Tulane, well, actually Tulane exactly, are the other factors that make up the experience besides academics. New Orleans, service learning, and the smaller classes. Of course how much that is worth is a highly subjective and complex thing, depending both upon what the student values most as well as the family’s financial circumstances. For some, $50K a year is no big deal. For most, it is a really big deal, and where lesser amounts get to be considered a “good value” similarly varies. Personally, I think no one should come out of undergrad with more than about $25K in debt, and even that is stretching it.</p>
<p>But I think we can all agree that with the DHS the choices are a lot simpler. Even with the Presidential award, we are will seriously consider Tulane. We are going to make plans for her to attend one of the honors weekends. I just havent gotten to that part of life yet!</p>
<p>You are lucky to have good options. Our flagship U and Flagship Tech are also very good schools, but my s’s flatly refused to go to a huge university. It just wasnt a good fit for them. If your dau is happy with a large U, you are a lucky parent. Fortunately, with the DHS and NMS, it costs us about the same for DS to be at Tulane as it would have for him to have attended a flagship U, where he would also have gotten free tuition. We would have been ok with spending the extra 13K or so a year if he’d just had the Presidential and not won the DHS, but I am telling you, writing small college checks, especially as it is s# 2, makes us happy campers. And he loves Tulane, the small classes, access to faculty, clubs/intramural sports, research opportunities, etc. You are fortunate to be in a win/win situation.</p>
<p>Getting the DHS over the Presidential is like getting a year for free.
And Tulane is very big on demonstrated interest. Definitely go to a local presentation when the reps are in town and get thee to a campus honors weekend!!</p>
<p>To be honest we never planed financially for a private school education. Having come from a state with good public schools and now living in one, we thought we should be up for the" parents of the year" award for paying into the pre paid public system. When my daughter was in the 10th grade, the “rut-ro” factor came into play. I realized then that she was above the run of the mill good student. Thats when I started looking into schools that would offer her merit scholarships just so that she would have some choices. The financial aid business seems to be cloaked in secrecy and intrigue but from what I can figure out, thats probably not going to be an issue for us. As far as demonstrated interest…we are waiting for the info for the local rep visits etc.</p>
<p>Ahh-- the scooby-doo mode of thinking :)</p>
<p>Are you in FL perchance?</p>
<p>Yes. UF has a very good rep and even top students are not a shoe-in. We went to visit and during the “talk” they were emphatic about the requirements. Told the kids not even to bother applying if they didnt have the requirements.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s like Michigan and California, a few others. When you have numerous state schools, the flagship can afford to be very selective. Nice for those states. Interestingly, Missouri did it a bit differently. They took one of the Missouri State schools (as opposed to the University of Missouri system) and turned it into a public LAC. Truman State is actually the most selective public in Missouri.</p>
<p>Another question…on the app. for the DHS, they ask if the student is applying for financial aid. Why? I think my daughter put on the common app that we would be applying for financial aid, mainly because as I said above, I really cant get a good idea if we would be eligible for anything and it never hurts to ask. But why do they want to know about FA if you are applying for merit?</p>
<p>malami-
I went to UF for grad school, and I loved it, but I hear that they are struggling with huge departmental budegetary challenges. My grad program’s chairman is a friend/former classmate/intern of mine. He told me he was charges with the task of cutting his departmental budget by a million dollars. How is that possible??? I am hoping I misunderstood.</p>
<p>Not sure why they ask about FA on the DHS, but perhaps they are lookng at different ways to provide scholarship money for some students. With their new policy forfamilies with incopmes under 75K, perhaps they see that they are able to provide aid from a different budget,and might use DHS funds to attract strong students who are not need candidates.This is purely speculation.</p>
<p>Yes. As far as the FA question on the DHS app., I was just asking if it would make any difference in her chances to get it. Prob. from what you are saying, it wouldnt make a difference either way. Thanks</p>