Seems like an unusual date for the mailing given the history. If they went out today, most people would receive them by Tuesday.
@droppedit yeah it does seem odd, considering the history. The account is run by students, so they could’ve heard “start receiving on Tuesday” as “sent on Tuesday.” Regardless, portals Friday!
@chrys1 Actually, they get the DHL packages out really quickly for overseas delivery and it is remarkably fast, but anyone overseas will most likely get the portal update first. I have heard of packages taking a few days to few weeks depending on where they are going - but they eventually get there if they are supposed to . Good luck!
If I get the scholarship nomination I’m gonna scream lmao
@Nomorelurker Do you have someone applying to USC this year? I see you are really into UGA with an applicant there and putting out posts on when they are doing their notifications. Have you sent one to college yet? Did yours apply to both schools? UGA is such a great school too, very fun!
Does anyone know if these packages/letters will show on UPS Informed Delivery?
@CADREAMIN, Yes, S is an applicant at USC, already been accepted UGA EA Honors. Still waiting on eight other RD applications. USC is a top choice, as many here no doubt feel the same way.
My Son applied and we live in Southern California (28 miles away from USC to be exact). I will update on this site if we receive anything in the mail. I am also very curious about the stats for someone who has received merit in the past.
@Nomorelurker Very exciting time for you! UGA is such a great spirit school too - love it there, but of course, USC is where we roll. 
Good luck to your son!
@sandiegodad2017 Check out first post in this thread:
@CADREAMIN Thanks - I found it just after posting. I don’t know if this is new, but in my USPS Informed Delivery it has two sections - one for letters which are scanned and one for packages which shows the sender information. We’ll see.
That informed delivery digest is continually evolving, I don’t see packages yet, just letters. But if you peek at that and it shows, then you can secretly set it up for your student to get/find the mail. I just love a good mailbox moment! So much better than sending the student a text or just saying, hey, you got something from USC. I have had a couple mailbox moments and they are the best!
^^^ We of course would have loved that “mailbox moment”. In our case, last year, the USC white box arrived 3 days later to us than all those in our area… and two days after the portal update of good news. It was still of course excellent to finally receive it… but waiting on the portal update and then expecting bad news - due to nothing received in the mail - made for a stressful few days
My understanding is only people notified are those being considered for scholarships. I am not sure if they update the portal at all if you are not selected.
If she’s lucky enough to get a letter it’ll be impossible for me to stage a ‘mailbox moment’. We’ve been in this house since she was born and I cannot recall one time where she got the mail.
While anything is possible, based upon historical data, people in Los Angeles would have been reporting receiving packages if they had been sent out yesterday. That doesn’t stop me from checking this site every ten minutes, though.
@1337MOM See post #72 of this thread:
They did not go out yesterday, let’s kill that rumor before the frenzy starts
Thank you @Shimainu…Maybe my son has a shot! He is in that range…
@WWWard - Where do you see that portals will be temporarily down this weekend? I don’t see that anywhere on the status of my app page.