I live in Illinois, does anyone have an idea on how long it will take for the letter to get here? Should I be expecting to get the letter first or the online portal update?
Hi everyone! My friend just called admissions and said “When are you mailing it?” and they replied with “sunday”. Knowing that sunday THERE IS NO MAIL, she goes “are you sure about sunday?” and the lady said “yes”. So i guess they will go out on monday because no mail on sunday. I’m calling the admissions office in a few minutes too
@violagirl26 - It will be the same scenario, unless you live in LA and perhaps even there. Standard mail is unpredictable and not speedy. I know this is hard on all of you as my daughter is going through the same thing. I’ve done a ton of research on this notification stuff so I’d be prepared to be supportive. I’d just plan for late afternoon Tuesday/Wednesday for any notification, and be pleasantly surprised if it’s earlier. I know you know that there is nothing you can do now to change the outcome, so I hope you go do something fun to take your mind off of it!
Update: Just called admissions. They’re putting it in the mailbox on Sunday and it will be mailed Monday.
When did they say the portal will update? I heard Tuesday at 6 pm EST. Did Admissions clarify?
For the portal, it’s a little fuzzy. She said the 20th at the LATEST
Ugh, can no one just give a definite answer? It’s nice to at least have some idea of when we’ll find out but it would be really nice to have an exact date and time
There is a set answer – finally had time to find it and share. It comes directly from Jeff Schiffman’s blog page. He is Tulane’s Admission Director. Here is the direct quote from his blog:
Admission Anxiety - And Twelve Steps to Reduce It
Wed, 11/15/2017 - 17:00
Alright gang, EA and ED application deadlines have passed. It’s all out of your control, and now, the waiting begins. We’ve changed things up a bit this year, in previous years we’ve released our EA and ED decisions on a more rolling (and sometimes random) basis. This year, we’re completely shifting to a single release date for both EA and ED. ED letters will leave the Office of Admission on November 27th. EA letters will head out on December 17th. Green Wave portals will be updated a few days after letters are mailed out. No need to keep checking the mailbox or portal until then. Hopefully, knowing exactly when you’ll hear back will reduce anxiety a little bit. Speaking of anxiety…
. . . so, it may actually be Friday, but probably not until Monday that it hits the mail. Regardless, I think it’s safe to say that by the 20th of December you will know one way or another.
To read his whole Blog go to: https://admission.tulane.edu/aggregator/sources/1
Hope this helps. Wishing all you EAs the best of luck!
I think we’ve all seen the blog post for the most part, it’s where the original dates came from. However, people have heard conflicting accounts from admissions. In any case, it’s true that we’ll know by the 20th
that is not true. I applied ED because Tulane was my first choice. It was not a reach. I got a 32 on my ACT
@cwj2000 which comment are you replying to?
The definite answer as told to me by an admissions director herself is the 19th at 4PM central for the portal and they mail letters on the 15th
Let us know if any letters arrive today 12/16! GOOD LUCK!
Who is the admissions director herself? Is that one of the admissions counselors? Just wondering.
This waiting is really difficult for some reason. It is really nice, at least, that Tulane is letting everyone know earlier than other schools that offer early action. The blog does say the letters will be sent out Sunday, so that makes it sound like they are being placed in the Tulane mailbox on Sunday for pick-up Monday. It’s maybe silly to be this impatient, but knowing if he is going to Tulane before Christmas would be really great news
@X22011 I was in Preview TU too and @ctermaat is speaking of Julie Slusky who is an admission counselor at Tulane. As said before, she answered a question in the Preview TU Facebook group about when EA decisions will be released and said “The portals will be updated Tuesday December 19 at 4pm central! Letters will be mailed out Friday the 15.” I know this waiting is hard, but I think it’s safe to say that we will definitely know by Wednesday the 20th at the latest. Hope this helps 
let’s say letters were mailed out today… any chance of them coming before tuesday?
I feel like if this information was just given to the preview TU participants than maybe their decisions are being sent separatly /early since theyre a smaller pool. Right?
Depends where you live. They could be mailed Friday and arrive on Saturday or Monday
What is preview TU?
@wishiknew2022 I don’t know for sure, but I wouldn’t think so. I would assume that they’re all sent out at the same time because it doesn’t make sense for them to be sent out a couple days apart. @chappmom5 Preview TU is Tulane’s multicultural fly-in program which we had to apply and be accepted to, and a group of about 80 seniors were flown in to tour Tulane, sit in classes, stay in dorms, meet with admissions counselors and more as an introduction to Tulane for “diverse” applicants.