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I always wondered about the US News rankings. I applied to Tulane as a National Merit finalist with a decent-but-not-great GPA (3.6), and they definitely wanted me. They offered me a scholarship that would pay more than half my tuition right off the bat (like, before I applied for financial aid -- this offer came with my acceptance letter in December), more if I was in the honors program, and I probably would have gotten more for being National Merit as well. All in all, I probably would have had at least 2/3rds-3/4ths of my tuition covered by the time I got there, and Tulane is not cheap. It seems like they were probably having a hard time attracting higher-quality applicants if they were willing to spend that much money on me when my stats weren't even that wonderful.
That sucks that students are being forced to play their tuition even without classes being offered (although I understand their dilemma). I know that Wisconsin is waiving this semester's tuition for New Orleans students who ended up here after the hurricane, because of that very reason -- are any other schools doing that?
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