Admitted! - What's a Tisch scholar?

lolabelle
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:18:37 +0000

Oh, wow, Old Prof you really hit it big.

The Tisch Scholarship is a really big deal – it’s new (it was first given to the class of 2010) and comes from the Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service. It is given to students who have shown a demonstrated commitment to active citizenship (community service and such things) and they are students Tufts really want to come to the University due to that characteristic.

I believe that freshmen who are accepted with this scholarship are automatically offered a place in the Tisch Scholars program – which I am in – which is a four-year program explained here: Homepage | Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Normally, students have to apply as freshmen to be accepted to this program which is what I did and what most students still have to do. A handful – three or four – including your son, it seems, are offered the opportunity to not have to go through the application process. The other Tisch Scholars for each class (~20 are selected from each class) apply as first-years. If you have any questions re: the Tisch Scholars program, please let me know!

It is my understanding that Tisch Scholarship recipients are offered this money because they need a good amount of financial aid that they might not get through Tufts’ regular aid office and therefore might go to another school. From my understanding, it’s nearly a full ride, right?

Is your son going to Tufts? Where else has he been accepted?