<p>Hello,
I was deferred ea and recently received a few likely letters and early writes. In total, I have five, two from Ivy League universities and two from top ten lacs. Is this any indication of my strength at Yale or Harvard?
Thank you! </p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC</p>
<p>Logic would lead one to believe that since, other Ivies tend to value the same features in their acceptees, and that you indeed possess some of them, that you’re a viable contender for Yale or Harvard. Or not. What else can one say? </p>
<p>Regardless, congrats.</p>
<p>Yes, it indicates that you’re a qualified candidate.</p>
<p>What it doesn’t tell you is exactly where you fit into the fr class that is being composed at these schools, and therefore doesn’t get you any closer to whether you’re A/D/WL.</p>
<p>It it just me or does there seem to be a plethora of likely letters this year??</p>
<p>lolToasty:</p>
<p>I’m in the same position as you, also a Yale deferee, also wondering if/hoping that LLs from a couple (roughly) peer schools foreshadow good news come April.</p>
<p>entomom:</p>
<p>I joined CC last year, and as a junior I rarely heard anything at all about likely letters, I thought they were just formalities for a few athletes. As a senior going through the process this year, yes, it definitely seems like LLs dominate much of the talk in Feb-March, and they seem fairly widespread even among non-athletes. I don’t know whether this is indicative of a larger trend, though, or it is just because of my perspective as an applicant.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on which Ivy you received the letters from. If any were from Cornell or Penn probably not as they have double digit acceptance rates. My son was flat out rejected at Harvard but waitlisted at both Brown and Yale so I don’t know if you can read much into what the other schools may or may not be looking for to make up their class.</p>
<p>T26E4,
Actually, what often strikes me is that Harvard and Yale rarely cross-admit. Much less frequently than, say, Harvard and Princeton, so it seems that, unless the two schools have some evil covert plan which I doubt, they do value somewhat different qualities when accepting students. 
Or maybe it is only my observation…</p>
<p>To the author - congrats. You obviously merit Ivy admission…whether Yale or Harvard admits you though is still a mystery. :)</p>
<p>I would think that the plethora comes from our new experience as an applicant, but since you may have more experience on the forum with these new wave of applicants, entomom, I’d think you might be right. I only know from this year because, well, like others, I didn’t know LL’s existed until recently and thought they were for supergeniuses. I’m not even close.
They were from Columbia, Dartmouth, and Fordham. The EW’s were from Williams and Bowdoin. I didn’t say them in the OP but why not? haha.
I wouldn’t say I merit Ivy admission, but it would be nice. I mostly like Harvard and Yale, but not just for prestige. I’d say the prestige factor lures me to Harvard, but Boston might lure me more. I love the city. As for Yale… if Yale wasn’t an Ivy, I’d still love it. When I visited, I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. I wish it was easier to get in to. I hate that I fell in love with a super selective Ivy :/</p>
<p>Thank you for the reassurance, guys. I’m getting anxious but hope the 29th brings good news. I’d love to have a hard decision to make.</p>
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<p>A strange observation, and not one I think can be backed up. They might tend towards different extremes but the vast majority of HYPS admits will be impressive in a universally attractive way.</p>