<p>I believe Dartmouth/Columbia do.</p>
<p>Yeah, Cornell does</p>
<p>Would they be arriving around this time then?</p>
<p>what do you mean by likely letters/emails? They send you a letter saying that you'll probably get in?</p>
<p>Cornell does send likely letters. I don't know whether they do it for all the colleges, but I know that they do it for some. But anyway, it's way too early for likely letters. If the admissions office isn't still sorting through applications, it's probably in its early stages of looking at applicants. If I remember correctly, likely letters generally came about 15 days before decisions came out...at most, a month before. I don't really remember, to be honest, so maybe someone else can give you a better idea.</p>
<p>Likely letters say something along the lines of, "You are very likely to be admitted to Cornell University." Likely letters are exactly what they sound like--kind of an early notice of an acceptance. Don't freak out if you don't get one though. Colleges send out very, very few likely letters. The overwhelming majority of applicants find out their decisions on the actual decision date.</p>
<p>I personally never understood the point of likely letters. Obviously, they're nice for the people who get them, but they just bring extra stress for those who don't.</p>
<p>I think likely letters get sent out middle or end of February. The intention of a likely letter is to try to hook an exceptional applicant to Cornell who would otherwise very likely choose a different school in the RD round.</p>
<p>you choice the college in April. This makes no sense. I can see for early notification or ed cause it might prevent you from applying elsewhere. but all the apps are already sent in to all the colleges so getting a ll in Feb makes no sense. you get all of you answers and decide then. I totally agree that schools have gotten way too involved in the mounting stress that goes with college admissions. Why freak kids out that don't get these letters. No point to all of this.</p>
<p>Likely letters go out to recruited athletes and recruited exceptional students in October to basically let them know that if they send in their application, they will be accepted. They will have gone through a pre-screening that includes having somebody look at their tracscripts as well as a pre read of their essay.</p>
<p>Interesting article about this subject from the Wall Street Journal a few years ago. In my opinion, it's a way for schools to work around the common notification date for the most attractive students (athletes and scholars) to build some excitement for their institution.<br>
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CollegeJournal</a> | News & Trends
Schools' 'Love Notes'
Quietly Say, You're In
By ANNE MARIE CHAKER
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal</p>
<p>From The Wall Street Journal Online</p>
<p>Jan. 27, 2003 -- Early-decision admissions policies may be falling out of favor at some top universities, but many schools are quietly using an array of other tools to win over the best students early.</p>
<p>In increasing numbers, colleges are wooing their top choices with notes of praise and hints of acceptance letters and scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them some good news before the competition does. This courtship, which can take place up to several months before formal acceptance letters hit students' mailboxes, comes in various forms: everything from "likely" letters -- which tell students that they're likely to get admitted -- to "love" letters, or handwritten notes from admissions offices complimenting a student's essay or some other aspect of the application. At least one school, Mary Washington College, goes a step further. It outright accepts the student early, even though it recently did away with its formal early-decision policy.
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<p>Another good article from "Ask The Dean" on College Confidential
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What</a> are Likely Letters Like? - Ask The Dean
Question: What are Likely Letters? Are they limited to the Ivies? When are they sent? Do they require an answer? Do most strong applicants get them?</p>
<p>A Likely Letter is good news for the handful of students who receive them but is yet another example of whats wrong with the college admission process for almost everyone else.</p>
<p>Typically, Likely Letters are sent to applicants several weeks before official admission verdicts are slated to go out. This usually means some time in October for Early Decision/Action applicants and late-February or March for Regular Decision students. The gist of these missives is: We fully plan to accept you so you can breathe a sigh of relief, but dont screw up between now and when you get your official acceptance because this one isnt quite official.
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<p>This is like getting that Regents' letter/email from UCB and UCLA...</p>
<p>This on the topic from a University blog...</p>
<p>Phew, it has been busy around here. Trying to finalize decisions and get them all into our computer systems has taken up our time these past few weeks. Anyway, back to your questions…</p>
<p>Many of you have been asking questions about the “likely letter", so I thought I would try to clear up any confusion that might be out there.</p>
<p>As with many schools, Cornell sends out a “likely letter” in mid-March to some applicants that we think would be a particularly great match at Cornell. The students who receive them are highly likely to be admitted. Of course, we haven't finished reading all of the applications when these letters need to go out, so there is a significant population that does not receive letters - i.e. if you didn't receive one, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have not been accepted. In fact, the majority of students we accept do not get “likely letters.” There are plenty of applications that we very much enjoy reading, but we are unable to send likely letters to everyone because of processing time constraints.</p>
<p>One example of the likely letters we sent this year is for our finalists for the McMullen and Jacobs’ Engineering Scholars. These students showed a great engineering connection and/or a real desire to help better the world through engineering. (Check out the Special Awards page for more info on McMullen and Jacobs’ awards.) We also were able to encourage these scholar finalists to complete their financial aid application if they had not already done so. </p>
<p>Likely letters were also sent to some female applicants to encourage them to visit Cornell for our Society of Women Engineers hosting program. We feel the earlier notice will aid them in their travel planning for this limited overnight program.</p>
<p>Apparently a very few likely-letters went out this past week.</p>
<p>to the person ^ , how do u know that some likely letters went out this past week? what's your source?</p>
<p>rsn09 we know someone who got one, saw the letter.</p>
<p>were they an athlete, legacy, urm, international etc.?</p>
<p>DaFunk- I think memphismom's post will answer your question</p>
<p>I mean the specific person who has already received a likely letter. I know what purpose they serve and to whom they are most often sent to, but would like to know whom is getting them this early.</p>
<p>Engineering sent the letter I saw</p>
<p>This is an interesting Yale article on the subject, from April of 2007. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/20938">http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/20938</a></p>