<p>Heck! There seems to be a grp who seems to know just about everything and anything happening at admissions of just abt every school on earth! How do you know if 400 L letters have been sent out by Duke? Prove it!</p>
<p>Below is quoted from Hopkins Interactive under Likely Letter.</p>
<p>Mar 13 2010, 06:47 AM</p>
<p>QUOTE (juniormint @ Mar 11 2010, 08:49 PM)
Does Johns Hopkins send likely letters or any form of early notification to select regular decision applicants (non-athletes)?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins does not send out likely letters. All of our admissions decisions are released at the same time, and only a small handful of recruited athletes (lacrosse players) are informed of a likely decision in advance. We do not support any early notification programs</p>
<p>To clear up any confusion re: Johns Hopkins and likely letters – we do not send likely letters. I believe the letter that the previous two posters referred to was a letter we sent out last week to a handful of applicants who have a LEGACY connection to Hopkins. The letters were **NOT **likely letters as in no way did they say the student was going to be admitted. They were outreach letters to a handful of students whose families already have a long-standing connection to our University.</p>
<p>Within a week or two to acceptance notification, it seems that any outreach effort by the U to any student is an indication that the U gonna accept him or her. The contents and wordings can be as articulated as one wants, but to me it is a form of “likely” and the U can be candid on this.</p>
<p>I think that’s a bit of a stretch. I mean, a letter that says that my application “is being viewed favorably,” that is so personalized as to mention my “dedication to forensics,” and that ends with a hope that I will “continue the blue jay legacy”… Well, my parents and I definitely interpreted it as a likely.
I would be very, very surprised if anyone who received one of these letters is ultimately rejected, if only because that kind of silly mind game would certainly incline parents of legacy children to sever any “longstanding ties” to JHU. I mean, the letter arrived one day after a letter asking for alum donations. A follow-up rejection wouldn’t be a good fundraising tactic, imo…
I don’t see why JHU is so set against calling this a likely letter. Many schools of JHU’s caliber freely admit to this practice. There’s no shame in it, and being forthright about the letters, even if they are only addressed to legacy children, would probably make the whole applicant pool feel better.
So… I’m still calling it a likely, albeit a very legacy-oriented one. :P</p>
<p>Hey Elanxxxx…
Not to be paranoid, and i have no dog in this fight, but aren’t you a bit concerned that admissions can easily figure out your identity from this post? How many legacies with dedication to forensics got a ‘likely letter’…If you were my kid, I would have you consider deleting it…a favorable review and an admission are two different items…
And alluding to being “blue Jays” kid is probably the easiest way to identify you.</p>
<p>@ Inigo - I appreciate your concern, and I thought for a little before posting, but I’m not too concerned. If JHU decides not to accept me because of one post on an internet forum, I probably don’t want to go there anyway. And I’m pretty sure a fair number of these went out.
Anyway, I don’t think I said anything terrible. The letter did say to keep the information “close to my chest,” but since the fact of the letters being mailed had already been revealed… Figured it wouldn’t hurt.
(The “blue jay” thing isn’t a name of a relative - blue jay being the school’s mascot… Think you misread. :P)
Anyway, thanks for your concern. And to any possible JHU adcoms who might be reading: didn’t mean to offend - just expressing my opinion.</p>
<p>What’s with the unnecessary argument over semantics? If Elanorci is interpreting it as an LL - and I’d have to agree with the point that if such a letter is followed with a rejection, future ties will be severed - it shouldn’t make a difference to us bystanders.</p>
<p>Elanorci, I’m sure the Admissions Counselors could find out exactly who you were if they wanted to, based off your post. However I highly doubt they would waste time and energy on it, and it certainly wouldn’t affect your decision. While I don’t think it was very respectful of you to detail the letter on a public forum after you were asked to keep it private, it was your choice and since it was sent out to a number of students there’s nothing “secret” in there. In any event, I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>@Elanorci…
Thanks for the reply. I am glad you thought about it before posting. Too often people post then think! Btw…I thought when you wrote the “blue Jay legacy”, that the guy above (bluejay10) was your dad, and you were doing a play on words…like the “montoya Legacy”…hahahahaha.</p>
<p>I agree that you dont have anything to worry about. On the other hand, If I were Caramia, I might go back through my suppliment to insure I didnt write
“John’s Hopkins” in there anywhere… That’s gotta be a deadly sin!
(like forgetting the R in Swarthmore…or spelling Harvard Y-a-l-e…Telling Georgetown you hate religions…</p>
<p>You don’t have to be Catholic to go to Georgetown.</p>
<p>I’m an atheist and I applied with the intention to study religion. My tour guide was Jewish.
AND - there’s a mandatory class you need to take called “The Problem with God” (or something along those lines). </p>
<p>Just wanted to clear that up ( :</p>
<p>And for the record - I for the longest time (back in like the 10th grade), thought it was John Hopkins University. Haha. I quadruple-checked my application to make sure I had the ‘s’.</p>
<p>LOL…I knew as soon as I hit send, G-town would be the one to cause trouble! But, allow me to explain:</p>
<p>Not saying they discriminate against Non-Catholics, or Non-Christians, or even Non-believers…More that they probably wouldnt see someone that “Hates Religions” as a good fit for that school.</p>