<p>Title says it all. Does Stanford send likely letters/emails to EA applicants?</p>
<p>Yes they do.</p>
<p>BigMike, do you know about how long after the EA deadline those likely letters/emails might be sent? Receiving one of those could certainly save a student from half-heartedly filling out other apps and supplements when Stanford is the clear first choice! Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes I’d really like to know the answer to this as well! (time wise that is)
I mean if likely letters are sent Dec 10th then it’s not much help. :)</p>
<p>Yes, Stanford sends likely letters. No, they don’t send them for EA, only RD (unless it’s an athletic likely). In RD, they start sending them in February and continue until the middle of March.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t seem to make much sense if they sent them out for EA applicants. Likely letters are meant to sway applicants to attend Stanford in the short time period from the RD decision to the time you tell the school your decision. If you applied EA you’d have a long time to think about it. Besides, I doubt the admissions office would even have enough time to process the applications and determine who should get the likely letters. I mean Stanford sends out decisions in like 6 weeks from the application deadline.</p>
<p>I’d be curious to hear if BigMike believes phantasmagoric’s characterization to be accurate… I would LOVE a likely letter, even though I’m not an athletic recruit.</p>
<p>I received a likely letter from Stanford–so I’ve read up on them quite a bit.</p>
<p>What exactly did your likely letter entail – as in what did it say?</p>
<p>it is quite true that they are only send to RD
its purposeless to send then to REA applicants</p>
<p>“We are pleased to inform you that initial reviews of your application indicate that you will be offered admission to Stanford”–or something to that effect. Tells you how awesome you are, about why Stanford’s awesome, not to get in trouble or let your grades slip, etc. Also a handwritten note. Mine was signed by the dean of admissions (I think all have to be), with a “Come to Stanford!” scribbled.</p>