echoing Dio’s comment above.Be very careful about the aid at Tulane. If there is a need-based grant on top of the Tulane scholarship, remember that Tulane is NOT a 100%-meet-needs school and the % students getting ‘full-need’ package AND the avg % of need met goes down after the freshman year.
Plus there is a min 3.0 GPA component to the PT scholarship. USC, if need-based is likely 2.0 min.
The package at USC not only doesn’t sound like a scam, it sounds quite generous - even though you still can’t afford it. (edited to add this FYI - there are plenty of schools that really do scam you and ‘gap’ you to the tune of 20-30k. USC didn’t do that).,
All that being said … I hope the Tulane award is everything you think it is, just encouraging you to make sure! Same thing with Emory if that is your choice.
You are blessed to have good options, so try not to focus on the one that doesn’t work … put it in your rear-view mirror.