<p>I agree with Gabby, but my theory could still be good. I didn’t remember that you were in Louisiana, so the same could be true for those other scholarships. I don’t know much about them.</p>
<p>Fallenchemist, hate to poke holes in your theory, but we got a “no” letter for the DHS and also applied for the CSS. I am really keeping my fingers crossed for the CSS and think my daughter has a pretty good shot. We should know in about 2 weeks!</p>
<p>Thank you for your thoughts FC & Gabby! For some reason, my daughter wants to wait until Monday to email her admissions counselor. I think there must be something to your theory FC because I can’t see Tulane sending “no” letters to some students and not to others. All applicants spent time preparing those projects not to mention the teachers, etc who wrote letters of recommedations for them. To not be acknowledged at all would just be rude and I don’t expect that from Tulane.</p>
<p>Ah well, a good example of the scientific method. We hypothesize, test, and when evidence to the contrary is found, we throw it out and look for a new one. LOL. Pretty short-lived theory though.</p>
<p>I agree with you that Tulane needs to acknowledge the efforts. I always thought that not doing so was a poor decision on their part in the past couple of years, but I just chalked it up to the huge applications increase that they were unprepared for. I suppose some DHS applicants’ letters could still slip through the cracks. I hope her counselor can shed some light on this.</p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing as FC-- that maybe if your dau is still in the running for other scholarship $ that they didn’t watn to tip their hand with respect to other possible pending awards. Little did they realize we’d all be sharing experiences and talking about this stuff!! I imagine how they handle the award letters may be continually tweaked with the advent of all of these bulletin boards, facebook groups, etc.</p>
<p>I think you are both right. I was hoping “no news was good news” but I guess that can only last so long. She will email her counselor Monday and I’ll pass on the news. Btw - this site is very interesting and very informative!</p>
<p>My D was offered a Presidential Scholar award awhile ago. She then applied for the DHS. Other than DHS, she has not applied for any other awards and has not received a ‘rejection’ letter re: DHS. What does that do to the theory?? I did put in a call to her admissions counselor today - out of the office until tomorrow so will wait until then to hear.</p>
<p>Guess my theory is “flat-earth”, lol.</p>
<p>I have a bridge I’ll sell you, fc… ;)</p>
<p>Glad to see they are back to making telephone calls; it was a nice touch and something that mattered to my son as he tried to make a college selection.</p>
<p>And FC, yes Dean Cherrey was DOS then and throughout my son’s tenure. I have great affection for Dean Cherrey and all she did for my son and others during the Katrina year.</p>
<p>Wait, should I have gotten some sort of rejection letter for DHS? I just assumed that the lack of receiving an acceptance letter was in itself the only formal rejection I could hope to expect. Has anyone come to a consensus on what it might mean for someone to have not gotten a DHS “yes” letter, but not have received a “no” letter either?</p>
<p>No consensus. Doesn’t seem consistent at this point. For those of you that got a letter saying you did not receive the DHS, was it signed by your admissions counselor or someone else?</p>
<p>I am in the same boat…I applied for it and never received a rejection letter, even though I know I didn’t get it. It’s a little odd, but maybe they just forgot about me. Or never got my project…? I’m not really sure.</p>
<p>My daughter received the “no” letter last Saturday. I can’t locate it right now but it was not signed by the admissions counselor but by (I think) the Director of Admissions? Same name that sends all correspondences about admission issues.</p>
<p>son’s “no” letter for dhs was signed by Earl Retif, VP enrollment management</p>
<p>Then it really is a mystery as to why some that applied for the DHS but did not win have not received letters.</p>
<p>Mystery solved after emailing admissions counselor. She is “so sorry” that my D hadn’t received a letter yet regarding DHS. All award recipients have been notified as well as the Hainkel award recipients. Legislative awards are notified by the legislator on April 15. She also said they had received a “record number of applications for admission and scholarships” and both were very competitive. We get at least two pieces of mail from Tulane a week advertising Tulane, Destination Tulane, etc. How hard can it be to mail out one “no” letter? Oh well, at least now we know where we stand!</p>
<p>Sorry for the sad news, rachmom, but at least you know. Maybe the legislative one will come through! Good luck!</p>
<p>Signed by Earl Retif.</p>
<p>It clearly seems that all that applied for the DHS should have received a letter. But I suppose for those that did not, other than protocol, it is a moot point. If you were supposed to get a winning UPS delivery, Tulane would have found out by now that it was not delivered and taken action. Still, in the rather unlikely event that UPS delivered to the wrong place or something, it cannot hurt to send an e-mail to your admissions counselor and say that you applied for the DHS and have not received either a UPS package nor a letter from Mr. Retif. You could ask them to confirm one way or the other the outcome of the competition for your case.</p>