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Louisiana Applicants
Nine years ago, Tulane University created Focus Louisiana, an admission and financial aid program for Louisiana residents. The program offers several initiatives to encourage prospective students from Louisiana to explore the opportunities available at Tulane.
The result of these initiatives has been a significant increase in the number of Louisiana students enrolling at Tulane. We hope to continue to be of interest to Louisiana's best and brightest students by continuing to offer this program, which includes the following initiatives:
Louisiana Weeks at Tulane – Early in the Spring semester, Tulane hosts "Louisiana Week," a daily program spanning one week that is specially designed for prospective Louisiana high school juniors and their parents to visit the University. Please join our mailing list to receive an invitation with detailed program information.
Guaranteed admission to Tulane for any Louisiana resident graduating from a Louisiana high school with the following academic profile:
- ACT Comprehensive score of 28 or higher (with a 28 or higher on the Writing section) or a combined SAT score of 1870 or higher
- A grade point average of 3.50 or higher (based on an unweighted 4.00 scale) in English, foreign language, science, social science and college preparatory mathematics courses taken while in high school
- Completion, prior to enrollment at Tulane, of a secondary school program consisting of four years of English, three years of social science, three years of lab science, three years of mathematics, and two years of foreign language
- No prior college attendance after high school graduation
- No suspensions or expulsions from school
- Submission of the completed application for admission by November 15th
Information on the Focus Louisiana Financial Aid and Scholarship programs can be found here and include information on the John Hainkel Louisiana Scholars Award, the Valedictorian Scholarship, and the Tulane Book Award.
Please visit this page in order to learn more about concurrent enrollment opportunities for Louisiana high school students.
In addition to these initiatives, Tulane continues to sponsor the Legislative Scholarship and the Mayoral Scholarship (New Orleans residents only) programs. Louisiana residents may also apply the Louisiana TOPS Award (Tuition Opportunity Program for Students) towards the cost of attending.
If you have any questions about this information, or about Tulane in general, please feel free to contact the Office of Undergraduate Admission by calling (504) 865-5731 or (800) 873-9283, or by emailing us at undergrad.admission@tulane.edu. You may also contact our specific Louisiana program coordinator, Valerie Timmers.
