Merit Scholarships

fallenchemist
Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:02:45 +0000

Well, like all analogies this one has flaws. We are talking about an up or down decision here, not a point grade, and the decision is based on the merit of the student. Of course there has to be an ultimate deadline, but since that ultimate deadline hasn’t happened yet, there is also no reason not to consider the best information available. Comparisons to games or school assignments don’t capture the purpose of the admissions process. How does it help anyone reach a good result to ignore information about the student that is received before the decision was made? Put another way, how does it benefit Tulane to exclude that information from the decision making process, especially since it doesn’t disadvantage other applicants, as I have demonstrated.

I hope you and everyone had a great holiday as well.