<p>One of the older threads posted an article, The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: Likely Letters on the Rise </p>
<p>According to this article, Harvard will be sending out many more non-athletic likely letters within the next two weeks. I'm just wondering if anyone has received one. Please post. thanks.</p>
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<p>I guess no one's gotten them yet.</p>
<p>that was before the crimson article. i am also very curious to see when/to whom the likelies will be handed out.</p>
<p>has anyone read the NY Times article about how colleges like Harvard are lowering their admissions standards (& possibly engaging in unethical/illegal practices) to recruit athletes? I bet those athletes are the ones they hand the likelys to.</p>
<p>"Harvard will be sending out many more <em>non-athletic</em> likely letters"</p>
<p>most of harvard's initial likelies were to athletes, but, ostensibly, these new ones will go to those who are not recruited athletes.</p>
<p>Great news! It's a bit late lol to really calm the nerves of students who have been waiting months for a likely letter. But sooner is better than never of course. :p.</p>
<p>has anyone gotten one?</p>
<p>do you guys think these will only go out to people with awesome hooks like 1st in international competitions or research?</p>
<p>or also to normal applicants with stellar academics and strong everything else?</p>
<p>normal well-rounded applicants with stellar academics and wonderful (not super uber amazing) ECs receive likely letters too. It's not just the international #1 hook thank god. =)</p>
<p>I think anyone 'waiting' for a likely letter might be acting a little presumptuous...</p>
<p>from what i've read, i think likely letters will be given to those who least expect it, like those who are home-schooled or come from disadvantaged backgrounds, etc. the uber amazing probably already expect to get in, so it won't realli be a big deal to send likelies to them.</p>
<p>nobody "expects" to get in to harvard. or, at least, nobody should. it's way too random.</p>
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normal well-rounded applicants with stellar academics and wonderful (not super uber amazing) ECs receive likely letters too.
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<p>Considering the overabundance of the "well-rounded" applicants Harvard has seen this year, I'm guessing that a likely letter recipient will have to be unique in his pursuits. Likelies are meant for students who are too precious to be lost to some other school; and I don't think a "well-rounded" applicant is unique. Frankly, there are too many of them and they look the same on paper.</p>
<p>"has anyone read the NY Times article about how colleges like Harvard are lowering their admissions standards (& possibly engaging in unethical/illegal practices) to recruit athletes? I bet those athletes are the ones they hand the likelys to."</p>
<p>i take offense to that.</p>
<p>haha, it's funny how no one here has received one since the harvard crimson article. :)</p>
<p>yah...but i think those that received it are probably not ones that go on this site.</p>
<p>or, perhaps, they haven't been sent out yet.</p>
<p>let's hope so =)
but don't they call ppl first to let them know before sending out the official likely letter?</p>
<p>Haven't been sent out yet? Why would they send them out now?</p>
<p>It's two weeks to decisions anyway, would seem like a waste of time to me with official decisions so close at hand.</p>