Did the UPS account have to be made before they shipped or will it work if I make one now?
@velmah I donāt know. I would think it would still work, but maybe thereās a delay in the package showing up on the UPS account, since they probably only update periodically.
Nothing for my kid on Gibson. Nothing on UPS either as best I can tell.
Not sure if I have my kidās name exactly right on UPS.
Also donāt know if a UPS account opened AFTER the packages were already in the mail would pick up an in-transit package. Maybe yes. Maybe no. Or maybe yes but not right away. Guess we will find out Wednesday.
MyOldest ā congrats to you and your kid. But next time, how about sharing a little earlier?
: )
@myoldest - please update us after your son comes home to let us know if the award shows up on his Gibson. Iām so curious! Congrats to you and your son!!
No package under my address. Where do I put my s name? It just says no packages to my address.
@northwesty Thank you! I had gotten the info from this thread myself about UPS. I read it a week or two ago in one of the posts from another parent. I was just sharing today because today was the day that something showed on the UPS website. @skeptile I created a UPS account for my son using his name instead of mine. The actual account is in his name, so there is no where to put his name. I log into UPS as him. @G8tr2mom He just checked Gibson. Heās locked out of the award information. It used to have the initial award heād received with admission, but now it doesnāt show him anything in the award section. Iām holding my breath till Wednesday.
When a package is first sent/scanned, presumably the UPS system will see and match the package up with any account name/address that is in the UPS system at the time of the initial scan.
Seems much less likely that the system would see/match an already en route package with a later created account. Maybe that would happen at the next scan point. Or maybe never.
Iād also guess that Gibson would not yet be updated at this point. If Tulane is going to the trouble/expense of sending thick envelopes with two day delivery, presumably they wouldnāt want their electronic system to tip things off 48 hours in advance. For admissions decisions, they did coordinate the electronic and paper notices pretty closely.
So unless/until proven otherwise, Iām assuming a fat envelope is en route to my kid. And yours too!
I find it surprising too that only one student has received the award so far.
Fingers crossed
The lock out on Gibson may be more of a tell than the UPS stuff.
I can still see my kidās initial scholarship award on Gibson. : (
@Harryp17 - my understanding is the one kid hasnāt received the award, but has recvād a UPS notication that a package is in route from Tulane. A early indication that an award is on its way.
@Harryp17 We havenāt gotten the award. We got a UPS notification that a 1 lb package will be delivered to my son from Tulane Admissions this Wednesday. Thatās how parents posted that they found out in past years, Another parent had called them last week, and admissions had told them that the awards would arrive on Wednesday.
I did an Alumni phone interview that went great, got a presidential scholarship with my acceptance letter (which I believe is the max), 35 ACT, FBLA pres, Tennis captain, 4.7 GPA, several APās, etc. I made a UPS account yesterday and have no packages in there. I applied for PTA and am hopeful to get the extra money. I believe what somebody said before is correct- last year they posted an update to the admissions blog before packages were sent out, so it would seem likely they would do the same. It seems strange that only one student would have their package show up on UPS, but if he got it, congratulations to him!
@penguin17 - what admissions blog? Is it on the actual website or cc?
If you just google tulane admissions blog it comes up, I couldnāt find the article from last year (maybe it doesnāt exist and Iām wrong) but in a minute or so of searching I found this one from a few years ago. http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2013/02/dhs-packets-heading-out.html
Do we find out anything about the Community Service Fellowship in the coming days as well?
Hereās what might help shed a tiny bit of additional light at this point.
How about everyone logs onto Gibson and then reports back on whether they can/cannot still see their prior scholarship award listed.
MyOldestās kid says he canāt currently see his prior award. Which might suggest that something else/additional is in the works. Obviously the UPS package info indicates that too.
My high stat kid (35 ACT, 4.0 uw) can still see the original merit award list on Gibson as of right now fwtw.
The absence of a blog post as of now is not very probative imho. Dean Jeff could easily do a post like that on Tues or Wed and still be in advance of package delivery Wed afternoon/evening.
https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/status
Is that the link for the gibson portal?
Nope. Try this:
I could not see my kidās award info when I logged in; the page said it was unavailable at that time. My heart skipped a beat, but thenā¦ I refreshed the page and it re-appeared. So thereā¦ I am just going to wait. If she gets the award, Iām pretty sure sheāll be sold on attending Tulane in the Fall. If not, she has some other options that will cost us at least $20K less a year. Either way, we plan on attending Top Scholars weekend before making a decision. Good luck to everyone. Iām always amazed reading these threads and seeing how many brilliant kids are out there!