Did you know your local legislators give away full ride scholarships to Tulane?

Probably why so many Jesuit kids go to Tulane

Yeah I was in line to get it for 3 years, but chose a different school. They can only do 1 at a time so during my freshman year, it was already given to someone else.

My grandpa went to church with Robert adley, a senator from bossier and I got it.

Yeah I was offered one. Decided to go to LSU.

I worked at the Capitol for 3 years of high school.

And there’s less than 144 available every year, because most legislators choose to give theirs to the same student for their full 4 years. Don’t sell me short.

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Everyone on the OT had one offered to them

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Literally 2 people

Kind of a strange tradition given Tulane is a private school. Does LSU have something similar? I wonder how this started?

My wife had one all four years.. never knew the legislature before but interviewed and voila.. full tuition ride

Someone I knew got one but then he got like 10 dwis

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Kind of a strange tradition given Tulane is a private school. Does LSU have something similar? I wonder how this started?

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Tulane was a public school originally. Which is where this “tradition” began.

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They can give it away to anyone. No real guidelines on who gets it.

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I wonder how many of those 144 scholarships end up being given to the kid of a friend, relative or close business associate...or involve some sort of kickback. O/U 140