<p>I've heard varying reports.</p>
<p>Unless you mess up really bad; fail to graduate from high school, come to dimensions and get arrested , you will be part of the Dartmouth class of 2010 if you choose to accept the offer of admission</p>
<p>:D woohooooo.</p>
<p>Yeah, they're about as definite as a regular admissions letter: it can still be retracted if you fail your classes or kill somebody, but they won't double-cross you for no reason.</p>
<p>so how many ppl get likely letters and does it mean that i am at the top of their applicant pool? also if you get it in the first round as opposed to the second round does the college favor you more or is it just a matter of when your application was processed?</p>
<p>Michelle Hernandez is correct. Anybody who doesn't understand the letter shouldn't have received one. How much clearer can the statement: "Without question, you will be admitted" be?</p>
<p>hmm well DocT maybe if you could stop being a douche for just one second (I know it'll be hard but just try) you'd realize it doesn't say "without question you will be admitted" (maybe you don't know because you haven't recieved one). It says your admission is "very likely" hence the title "likely letter"... </p>
<p>Get a clue....</p>
<p>My daughter received it from Dartmouth and that is exactly what it says.</p>
<p>If you get a likely it does not necessarily mean that you were at the top of the pool or the best candidate or you were better than any one else. There will be a lot of great students who will be admitted along with some equally great students who will be denied based on the sheer fact that there are not enough spots to take everyone . letters are sent out as applications are processed</p>
<p>It just means that for some reason or another the school feels that you have something to offer the class of 10 and the school is giving you early notice so that you could wrap your mind around attending dartmouth in the fall. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the majority of the students admitted RD will not receive likely letters.</p>
<p>suggested reading: the Dartmouth Mirror (weekly magazine) articles about self call.</p>
<p>did you get a likely letter mike9x</p>
<p>yes in fact i did, recieved it this saturday. pretty good considering the fact that I submitted my app on Jan 1 at 11:30 PM.</p>
<p>I rechecked the wording of the letter my son got a couple of weeks ago. It says-to quote-"There is no question that when the final decisions are mailed at the end of March, you will be offered admission." </p>
<p>IMO, it sounds more like a "definite letter" than a "likely letter." And how definite is it? The ill-will generated by NOT offering admission would be a million times worse than not sending it at all. I just have to believe it's a done deal unless, as Dylan said above, you kill someone. (I bet getting arrested at Dimensions probably isn't even enough to deny you admission!)</p>
<p>hmm wierd my likely letter seemed to have different wording. I don't have it with me at the moment however as my mom is making copies... don't ask why shes making copies, altho i suspect it has something to do with the fact that the rents never went to college.</p>
<p>Getting arrested, caught drinking during Dimensions is enough to get your admission rescinded because it has happened (very quietly because the student still has until may 1 to accept admission so they get to save face and matriculate somewhere else). </p>
<p>There was a student in my D's class who got Parkhursted (suspended) 2 days into freshman orientation (drinking) I think they just let him come back this past fall. </p>
<p>Mike, </p>
<p>Don't worry, you will get the big envelope and it will have a certificate stating you have been admitted into the class of 2010 along with a second certificate at convocation which wraps up your freshman orientation stating that you are now a member of the class of 2010.</p>
<p>getting Parkhursted</p>
<p>Getting a likely does mean that you're at the top of the pool. As has been mentioned before, it's a subtle yield tool. The rounds of letters doesn't mean anything, it just means that they read your application earlier or later in the process.</p>