<p>A friend of mine just got into UCLA. So I guess they send out emails early! Wow I thought decisions were all released at the same time. Guess not</p>
<p>nope, i highly doubt your friend got the official letter already. he's prolly referring to his engineering letter.</p>
<p>its called a likely letter/invitation to engineering</p>
<p>It was an email not a letter.</p>
<p>The likely letter is in email and mail form...</p>
<p>I talked to an admission officer. He said that the engineering letter by no means, means that you've been accepted.</p>
<p>@btbam91: i bet they are trained to say that. but based on past couple yr's stats, everyone who got that letter were admitted.</p>
<p>way to get ppls hopes up for nothing!</p>
<p>does anyone know how many likely letters they send out?</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a "likely letter" at the UCs -- it's an east coast term. </p>
<p>At UC, you are either in or you are not. Invites to receptions/honors/scholarship interviews means that you are IN. Every year UCLA Engineering likes to jump the gun (to get ahead of Cal & SD Eng?) and host an open house for people that they (Eng) have approved for admissions. The Registrar just sends out the official letters, bcos that is their job. Eng does not invite folks to thier open house who have been rejected.</p>
<p>But, it ain't over till it's over, so technically and officially, you ain't In until you receive the registrar's letter.</p>
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There is no such thing as a "likely letter" at the UCs -- it's an east coast term.</p>
<p>At UC, you are either in or you are not. Invites to receptions/honors/scholarship interviews means that you are IN. Every year UCLA Engineering likes to jump the gun (to get ahead of Cal & SD Eng?) and host an open house for people that they (Eng) have approved for admissions. The Registrar just sends out the official letters, bcos that is their job. Eng does not invite folks to thier open house who have been rejected.</p>
<p>But, it ain't over till it's over, so technically and officially, you ain't In until you receive the registrar's letter.
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<p>But bluebayou, didn't you basically just describe the essence of a likely letter? If "eng does not invite folks to their open house who have been rejected," then it's "likely" that they're in... just because they didn't use that exact term doesn't mean that's not what it is.</p>