Soon people will be notified regarding DHS notifications and I thought it might be useful to start a new thread on this topic. Last year, the UPS packages were mailed on what would be the equivalent of 2/19/16 and people found out early in what would be the week of 2/22/16 this year. Some students found out that they would be receiving packages as they signed up for UPS accounts that would alert them if they have packages in the system. I’ve set up an account for my son. The anxiety is killing me.
*FC here. With PandaBearMom’s permission I expanded the title to include any information about Paul Tulane Awards as well. I would suggest a simple summary of stats, an assessment of the likelihood of attending Tulane no matter what one may hear by April 1 from other schools, and a comment if you want.
Award won:
UW GPA:
W GPA:
SAT/ACT score:
Were you interviewed by telephone by a Tulane designate?:
Likelihood of Attending Tulane (%):
Comment:
I’ve pinned this thread until the DHS process is complete. Should we make this for Paul Tulane Awards as well or should that be its own thread? If you want to make it for both, @PandaBearMom I can edit the title.
Best of luck to your child and all the other applicants. I just wish every deserving student could win, but there is only so much money in the pot. BTW, for those that don’t know, a major factor in the existence of the DHS was a $30 million donation by David Filo, one of the co-founders of the Yahoo! website. Tulane grad, obviously. At least, that is the story as I understand it. I think originally it was going to just br for engineering scholarships but it got changed to a school-wide scholarship. I never heard any details as to how that change came about.
UW GPA: 4.0
ACT: 32 SAT
LIKELIHOOD OF ATTENDING: 25%
Comment: He currently plans to attend an Ivy League School but the DHS would make Tulane hard to pass up. I’m afraid his project wasn’t strong enough to compensate for an ACT score on the low end. From what I can tell from earlier posts, recipients usually knock one of those two out of the park. Because he’s extremely personable and well rounded, I was hoping for an interview where they might see his more intangible strengths. But unfortunately, no interview and after reading through some older posts, I’m thinking that might be a good indication he (we) might need to start preparing for a letter in the mail rather than a UPS delivery … Your thoughts @fallenchemist would be greatly appreciated
Last year a student who won the Stamps and his family kept me informed each step of the way, so here is what happened to him. This student is currently a very happy freshman at Tulane, btw.
Instead of receiving a UPS package, he got an email and phone call from the head of admissions, where he was informed that he was a Stamps finalist. The Stamps Foundation then sent him a list of times for interviews (these are done by Skype for Tulane as opposed to in person like at Miami and USC) and he chose several that worked well for his schedule. He had the interview on Monday March 2 and was notified that he had won the Stamps Friday March 6. He received the official award letter in the nice folder like the DHS people got shortly thereafter.
For the life of me I cannot remember if the PTA were sent out UPS or USPS (pretty sure it was not FedEx, but could have been). The timing is usually similar to the DHS, although sometimes there seem to be a few notifications that run into early March. But there is no possible interview component associated with the PTA. PTA only applicants are not eligible for the Stamps. That is clear in the Stamps instructions on the Tulane site that people that want to be eligible for the Stamps must fill out the DHS application. http://admission.tulane.edu/aid/merit.php
So if you get a package based on the PTA, it is the award. If no package, then there was no PTA award and that is it for that. I assume they will send letters or emails to those that did not win.
I hope that clears it up for you. If still not clear, ask some more.
Hi so I applied for both scholarships and worked really hard on both projects and think I did a good job. My grades are great and I’m in the 2% of my class. But my writing score on the SAT was only decent. If you were to count my SAT out of 1600 I got a 1420 but out of 2400 it was only a 2050. I realize this isn’t at the level of some of the other applicants. I received the distinguished scholar merit scholarship already. Do you think I have any shot of winning the DHS or PTA?
Hi all. I assume some small number of PTA and DHS recipients ultimately do not attend Tulane and this is known year to year. Does Tulane send out only and exactly 50 PTA and 75 DHS awards, or add a few extra knowing some will not be used? The Tulane website says “approximately 50/75 awarded each year.” And then approximately 5 Stamps on top of those. BTW, the university removed the confusing PTA “on a rolling basis” language and made it consistent with DHS - notified late February.
Good about the language update. As we know they do read this forum.
Actually, it is the “other way around” for the number of awards. Tulane designates 125 total winners knowing that a reasonably consistent number will actually use them (33-50% is typical I think), and they budget accordingly.
Every year someone asks if they “re-award” the scholarships that go unused. Obviously, based on the above the answer is no.
Do you think income is considered when awarding the DHS and Paul Tulane scholarships? Does not filling out the
FAFSA matter? Or is it completely based on stats and then the quality of essays or project?
Definitely not. It is purely based on merit as judged by Tulane, per the factors you mention. I knew winners from both extremes of the income spectrum the year my D won, and in years since both full pay and very low EFC families have posted having won.
@fallenchemist do you know if they ever offer the scholarships to people who turned them down? I was accepted to Vanderbilt ED and therefore had to withdraw from Tulane but I still get emails and letters asking me to change my mind, and I initially applied for both DHS and PT. I’d hate to see a scholarship go to me instead of someone who could actually use it.
That is surprising. Sounds like a communication snafu. Please write immediately to Jeff Schiffman jschiffm@tulane.edu and make it clear that you were accepted ED to Vandy and so are obligated to attend, besides wanting to. Yet you continue to receive communications and you are concerned that your PTA and DHS applications were not withdrawn.
And thank you for being so thoughtful and considerate!
Not sure if y’all saw this on the Tulane 2020 favebook page, but a current student who works in admissions said all acceptances will be mailed in the coming days, and rejections will also be sent out. Everyone should have received something by Friday. Yay! The wait is over.
As we all wait for DHS and PT here is a question.
If a prospective students soon hears that they are invited to interview for Stamps, does this full eliminate then from DHS even if they later don’t win a Stamps being that they did not receive DHS this coming week?
