A super-secret source has informed me that there are 60 students in this year’s (large) entering class that received either a DHS, PTA, Stamps or Global Scholarship. These are all full tuition or better. There’s a Hainkel in there as well, which is full ride for a Louisiana resident.
Now since Stamps and Hainkel winners come from the pool of DHS winners as far as I know, (basically an upgrade, if you will), that means there are 75 DHS/Stamps/Hainkel, 50 PTA, and 9 Global =134 offers. So 60 actually attending = 45%, which is a great yield on those. Some years were as low as 30%, I was once told, and I think typical is 35-40%, so this is good news.
I would, of course, love to see a survey of those that said “Thanks but no thanks”. I know some, perhaps quite a few, get similar scholarships at other schools like WUSTL, Miami, USC, etc. When my D was applying, she became friendly with this young woman from the KC area that was applying to most of the same schools and for the same scholarships. This other student got a full tuition offer from WUSTL as well as the DHS and took the WUSTL offer. She is now in med school at the University of Kansas. Others are from families of modest incomes AND get into schools that have no-loan guarantees, like most of the Ivies, Vandy, and no doubt a few of the other high ranking and high endowment schools. Not sure, for example, what Duke or Chicago do but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have similar programs for families that make less than $X/year. So these students opt for one of those schools because they turn out to be equally or very nearly equally priced. And finally there are winners that just don’t have financial constraints so when they get into another school they prefer over Tulane they take it even if it means spending $200,000 more over 4 years. I just wonder how those three scenarios (which are the only ones I can think of) break down numerically.
My son got a large scholarship from Tulane (not one of the full rides), but chose a different school because Tulane does not offer his major (industrial engineering). He visited Tulane, loved it, and applied early before definitively choosing his major. If Tulane had offered it, he would have attended. I suspect that might also be a reason for some of those who said thanks but no thanks.
Excellent point @Chardo. I suspect that would turn out to be a pretty small factor, but certainly could account for a few. It would definitely have to be added to the survey list, if a survey were done.
First, Fallenchemist, Thank you for all your dedication to all the Tulane topics.
I have a rather strange question which you will see is also a possible answer to your question Inn this thread.
My second child might be in a position to be selected as a finalist round for the Stamps Scholarship at more than one of the universities where it is offered (Michigan, Univ Miami, USC (CA), Tulane, Univ of Illinois, and Georgia Tech). Fortunatley one invite has already arrived, and a couple more college visits are upcoming. Have you ever heard of a candidate actually receiving multiple Stamp awards? If so, do you have any insight as to whether the Stamps committee coordinates their offers across universities or whether they want to see a clear ‘first cnoice’ preference?
I have wondered about that also, and I’m with you in thinking that they attempt to match the primary school with the offer to be a finalist. But just because I haven’t heard of one student being a finalist more than once doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. Let us know if you have a different experience or hear of one.
@fallenchemist How do they know the yield for this incoming class when they haven’t even sent the DHS/PTA etc out yet (from what I can tell on this site?) Or is that they yield they are planning on, that 60 will accept? I must be missing something…
Also, any word on the CSS scholarship - how many of those they are offering this year? And expected yield on those?
@twicemama, not @fallenchemist but I think I know the answer as I was initially confused, too. The OP on this thread was from the summer of last year. That was last year’s yield.
Yes, my fault for letting an oldish thread get revived. But confusion is now cleared. I do not know the typical yield of CSF (the newer name for it, with F=Fellowship, maybe to avoid confusion with the financial form known as a CSS), but they award 15 of them for $20,000/year each. The $20K is able to be added to other awards up to the amount of full tuition plus fees.
