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Legislative Scholarship
General Information
Legislative Scholarships are one-year full-tuition scholarships funded by Tulane University in accordance with Louisiana State law. The scholarships are awarded based on academic merit and nomination by a member of Louisiana Legislature. To receive a legislator's nomination, the student must rank in the top 25% of his/her high school graduating class and have a minimum ACT composite score of 27 or combined SAT score (Critical Reading and Math) of 1830.
Appointments are for one year and can be extended if the student submits the annual application form and the legislator nominates the student again. Legislators can nominate a student for up to four years of undergraduate study (five years for Architecture students) provided the student maintains a 2.300 cumulative grade point average, residency in Louisiana , and full-time enrollment in a Tulane undergraduate college.
Students may not receive a Legislative Scholarship in combination with any other Tulane merit scholarship, ROTC scholarship, Faculty-Staff Tuition Waiver or Tuition Exchange Scholarship. Students may combine the award with a partial athletic scholarship. Legislative Scholarships may be combined with the Louisiana Valedictorian Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship, and/or Louisiana TOPS as long as the combination of all financial aid does not exceed the student's Cost of Attendance.
If a student is not re-nominated a subsequent year for a Legislative Scholarship and he/she was initially awarded a Tulane merit scholarship, you must contact the University Financial Aid Office to initiate the consideration of reinstatement of the merit scholarship. There is a possibility that the initial Tulane merit scholarship can be reinstated after careful review. Please note that in order for a Tulane merit scholarship to be reinstated, you must satisfy merit scholarship renewal criteria ( including the cumulative grade point average requirement for the particular merit scholarship program ).
If a student is not re-nominated a subsequent year for a Legislative Scholarship and he/she was not initially awarded a Tulane merit Scholarship, the Tulane Need-Based Scholarship can be applied for to help cover educational expenses (of course, a student must demonstrate financial need to be considered).
Application Procedure
Applicants must submit the Legislative scholarship application to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by the published deadline (usually, this is January 15) and must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and CSS Profile no later than February 15 if they wish to be considered in the open competition. Late or incomplete files cannot be processed.
Exclusions
No person related to an elected official (i.e., child, brother, sister, parent, spouse, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law) shall be eligible to receive a Tulane Legislative Scholarship unless the relationship of the recipient is disclosed on the application form and the recipient is certified by Tulane University as having ranked among the eligible applicants with the highest academic credentials and the highest level of financial need under the federal guidelines used to calculate need.
Elected officials include persons elected to public office in the state of Louisiana, including U.S. Senators and Representatives, state elected officials (including members of the Legislature), state, municipal and parish officials, and persons elected to serve on political party committees.
Notification Process
Legislators usually return students' nomination forms to the university by early April. The Financial Aid Office notifies students in writing of their nomination and the terms of accepting a Legislative Scholarship. Scholarship recipients must notify Tulane University in writing that they are accepting the scholarship
Last Updated: April 23, 2008
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