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re: Did you know your local legislators give away full ride scholarships to Tulane?
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
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Did you know your local legislators give away full ride scholarships to Tulane?
Yep. It saved me about $125k in tuition.
This post was edited on 2/2/18 at 6:13 pm
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Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:14 pm to Tiger Prawn
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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
I think the average ACT for admission is a 30, so at least it goes to the smsrt friends and family....
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:19 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Have a friend who got it for one year . Not sure what he did after that. Maybe the only 144 kids from Louisiana who actually go there
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:23 pm to TH03
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Literally 2 people
Already up to 6 people (including spouses/friends) in only 3 pages. Once again, OT is the elite of the elite
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:27 pm to Golfer
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Tulane was a public school originally. Which is where this “tradition” began.
Yep. Specifically, Tulane was (and still is) the University of Louisiana.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:32 pm to MusclesofBrussels
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Already up to 6 people (including spouses/friends) in only 3 pages. Once again, OT is the elite of the elite
In fairness, there have been thousands of these scholarships dished out and the requirements seem reasonable so it's not a shock that it was possible for people here to attain.
The more surprising part is how many people apparently even knew about it in high school. My dumbass counselors barely knew how to apply to LSU, much less knew about some ancient free ride tickets to Tulane passed on through state legislators.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:33 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Tulane was public (The University of Louisiana. Sorry Ooh La La) and when they decided to go priviate, part of the deal was these scholarships would be a trade off of Tulane staying tax exempt. Some Nola officials have them too.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:25 pm to MusclesofBrussels
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Already up to 6 people (including spouses/friends) in only 3 pages. Once again, OT is the elite of the elite
Frankly, I'm more shocked that there are 6 of us smart enough to get in.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:40 pm to Jimmy2shoes
I shoulda got that fricking shite.
Instead, I went to Yale.
Instead, I went to Yale.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:53 pm to BRich
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Yeah, this is old news. Really came out when incompetent New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy (NOLA mayor gets one, too) gave his to his SON and stupidly put it in a listing of all scholarships awarded to Brother Martin grads, as in "Sidney Barthelemy, Jr. - Mayor's Academic Scholarship to Tulane University."
Who you be? I was in Sidney's class. He was an alright dude.... felt sort of bad for him.... should have been a little more discreet.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 8:06 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Are all of our state legislators still getting FREE LSU tickets, too?
Posted on 2/2/18 at 8:06 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Guy I went to high school with (he was a year ahead) got the Tulane Legislature scholarship. He did Biomedical engineering and later went Brown for grad school. Last I heard he is working in Silicon Valley
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:10 am to knuckleballer
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Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:12 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Are all of our state legislators still getting FREE LSU tickets, too?
They get the rights to purchase two tickets, still pay for them
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:21 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Are all of our state legislators still getting FREE LSU tickets, too?
No. They aren’t. Next question.
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:42 am to choupiquesushi
Twenty some years ago, it was a major kerfuffle in New Orleans because so many of the scholarships were going to family members of the guys who chose who to give the schollys to.
So much publicity then, but maybe it didn't go statewide.
So much publicity then, but maybe it didn't go statewide.
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:02 am to TheAlmightySmash
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Probably why so many Jesuit kids go to Tulane
They don't though
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:21 am to Tiger Prawn
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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
Most go to someone for sentimental reasons - kid from the legislator's high school or church, for example.
The recipients are a matter of public record. That was one of the reforms in the 1990s after Barthelemy gave a mayoral scholarship to his idiot son who had to enroll in University College just to get in.
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