<p>Do transfer applicants also receive likely letters?</p>
<p>what’s a likely letter?</p>
<p>chasethecarrot - a likely letter is a letter from a college or university that states that they found your application impressive and would urge you to consider attending. basically, that they like you and you are highly likely to get accepted.</p>
<p>however, discussion, i do not know of any schools that offer likely letters or love letters to transfer students.</p>
<p>i know all of them love to send rejection letters tho</p>
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<p>I’ve never heard of a transfer getting a likely.</p>
<p>I see. I don’t know anything about likely letters, but I’ve received a whole heck of a lot of recruitment stuff as a transfer. I’ve been encouraged to apply to Sarah Lawrence, Cornell ILR, Columbia GS, a few schools in Indiana (I think?) that I don’t remember the names of, Simpson College in Iowa (they have sent me A TON of stuff!!), um…New England University or something like that?? And a few more, I can’t remember. It’s been kinda weird because by the time I started getting recruitment stuff I had already compiled the list of schools I planned on applying to, so none of them really ended up swaying me. I was already planning on applying to Cornell ILR, interestingly enough, so that just ended up seeming kind of encouraging, and other than that I added that Simpson school as a safety, since they really, really seem to want me. I got another mailing from them today, actually.</p>
<p>So, since we’re on the topic- I’d asked this in another forum and no one really knew for sure, of course, but does that mean my transfer app to Cornell stands any kind of extra chance, since they sent me personal snail mail encouraging me to apply?</p>
<p>And if that is something like what you guys are talking about with the “likely letters,” I can tell you I started getting a lot more of that stuff after I created a profile on Collegefish.org. I don’t know if that helps, but I thought I’d let you know. The majority of the emails I was already getting seemed to have something to do with my Phi Theta Kappa membership, as almost all of them mentioned it.</p>
<p>Don’t know if that helps, but there ya go! And if anyone out there has any insight into my question, I’d really appreciate the feedback. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think you are getting likely letters confused with advertisements. The latter is something you recieve before you apply while the former you recieve after you applied. Getting an ad in the mail doesn’t mean that they particularly like you or even know who you are. Often colleges want more people to apply because they want to lower their admit rate. Unless they are promising you scholarships, free housing, etc. I wouldn’t give it much weight.</p>
<p>Another poster had mentioned likely letters were based on applications, as in, after-the-fact, so I figured it wasn’t the same thing, but the stuff I received included letters made out specifically to me and contained brochures and stuff asking me to apply, so I thought it was kind of encouraging, anyway. The emails I’ve received and a few of the letters have offered scholarships, but again, just because I’m in Phi Theta Kappa- as in, they all say I should apply and would automatically get 10,000 or whatever for a PTK scholarship. </p>
<p>Well, boo. I thought it was a good sign. 
Oh, well, lol.</p>
<p>Just advertisement I’m afraid. they put your name on letters to make them look personal, not a problem these days with automated junk mail services. They are likely connected to your PTK membership and collegefish, many organizations sell lists to college advertisers.</p>
<p>entomom is right. those are just ads. I was PTK VP at the local chapter and a lot of PTK members received ads from big schools which falsely led them into believing that they were receiving “offers” from Cornell, Columbia, etc. No, those are not. It’s just ads which were made to look like personalized letters.</p>
<p>Although they all mention (PTK) scholarships, ads are just ads :(</p>