<p>Just wanted to get an idea of who has been accepted so far and your stats.</p>
<p>Nobody will know until Dec. 15 for ED. Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>I thought some people were notified of their admission before Dec. 15. When you check your application status it says that you will be notified no later than Dec. 15 which I assumed meant on or before.</p>
<p>What they mean is that they sometimes release all of the decision earlier than the set date.</p>
<p>Last year, they were released ahead of time, on the 8th of 9th of December.</p>
<p>Yes, all letters will go out the same day.</p>
<p>oh okay thanks.</p>
<p>The exception to the above is the recruited athlete. The only way that the Ivy league schools can compete for top tier athletes who may be receiving scholarship offers from D1 schools such as UMich etc., is to let them know early on that their acceptance is 99% assured. So if you hear a peer say he is already accepted it may in fact be true. This is different then the likely letters you will see later in the RD round given to academic superstars, URM’s etc. Other than that, I have never heard of any ivy league school giving an early indication to an applicant. I agree with Sybbie that the lack of students writing about ED on CC can not be interpreted in any way to indicate a decrease in the number or a lack of interest in the Dartmouth ED process. I’m sure the wait is killing you kids, but after Thanksgiving the school year really flies by and you will be going to your proms before you know it. Good luck everyone.</p>
<p>KarateDad: you have some facts wrong. The Ivies indeed begin issuing Likely Letters starting October 1. These are not formal admits (which can only be the mid Dec or April 1 issuances) but as you say, formal commitments by the school to the student that an admit is forthcoming barring any disaster.</p>
<p>These are the same Likely Letters used later in the RD round and targeted to the same crowd (athletic recruits and super star academics) for the same purpose.</p>
<p>By Ivy agreement, the only official offers can came in the EA/ED periods and the RD notification period. Everything else is a “Likely Letter”. Nothing else exists.</p>
<p>The answer to the OP question is that no one has rec’d an official acceptance yet (except hold overs from last year who delayed matriculation for a year)</p>
<p>T2, I’m not sure which fact or facts you say I got wrong, but I apologize if I misrepresented anything. The LL in the early decision round doesn’t make sense unless it is for a recruited athlete. The intention of the likely letter is to try and entice a candidate that the school thinks may have several offers to see their school more favorably. This just isn’t necessary for the ED candidate since they are committed. In the case of the recruited athletes that I know, they were told to apply ED and also informed that if they couldn’t get the candidate a LL within X number of days, they could withdraw their ED application so that they would be free to pursue other schools that were recruiting them. Again, I apologize to you and the board if I misrepresented any facts. I should also say that I was speaking with regard to Dartmouth and other schools with an Early period. Yale uses the likely letter the same way. I could see where Harvard and Princeton who don’t have Early periods would also use the LL after 10/1 for the same reason.</p>
<p>ED admissions & October Likely letters are a distinction without a difference. Cornell publishes on its website: “Admissions Offices at each Ivy school may offer some athletic and other candidates a “likely” letter, which has the effect of a formal letter of admission…”</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University - Students Interested in Ivy League Intercollegiate Athletics](<a href=“http://cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/11/Recruiting.aspx?tab=recruiting]Cornell”>http://cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/11/Recruiting.aspx?tab=recruiting)</p>
<p>karate: essentially what you’ve said is correct. I don’t doubt that any pre-Dec 15th LLs are aimed at athletes. However, according to Ivy agreement, the schools are free to issue them to anyone they want. In my reading of your first post, you seemed to indicate that there was a separate class of “likely letters” for ED athletes. I’m saying that an LL is an LL regardless of when it’s issued. </p>
<p>(once I interviewed a young woman who had a handful of LLs – my school wanted me to interview her regardless. She was politely interested. Ended up at H and eventually becoming a Rhodes winner. Her mind was made up before meeting me. Oh well)</p>
<p>T2: I agree, a likely is a likely is a likely… any kid will be happy to receive one! Again, if I misrepresented or caused any confusion, I apologize!</p>
<p>No need for apologies whatsoever in my book. we’re all here trying to help out. </p>
<p>Before anyone asks YES, YOU CAN BE ADMITTED WITHOUT EVER SEEING A LIKELY LETTER!!!</p>