We live in TX and she is an auto-admit to UT Austin. She is considering Tulane as one of her possible options to apply to. Would Tulane be a good fit for her? Here’s some of her info:
GPA: 4.0 UW/5.2 weighted
Class Rank: 11 out of 700+
ACT: 36
AP classes: more than 10, AP Scholar with Distinction
ECs: Multiple science fairs up to state level, DECA president, DECA global finalist, Interact, Student Council, NASA high school scholar.
Ethnicity: Asian
Cost/Finance: Don’t expect any need based aid. Merit would be nice but not a deal breaker.
Intended Major: Bio/Pre-med/Business
Would she be a good candidate for Tulane? How hard is it to get merit aid?
I would expect $30-32K merit with those stats. There are full tuition scholarships that require additional and application/essay/project…quite competitive but could yield more $. If you haven’t yet read it in the many other threads, Tulane is huge on demonstrated interest and they are pretty good at determining who is actually passionate and interested in attending and those who are just fishing for acceptances and $. She needs to do her research to determine if she truly believes she and Tulane are fit for each other.