<p>I think Columbia sends a lottttt of likely letters - comparatively, at least. Maybe it's their way of trying to compete with better finaid from the other Ivies. I'm not sure if they've done this in the past.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone.</p>
<p>"Heh, I didn't get selected for UCB's regents but got likely letters from Columbia, Yale and Stanford."</p>
<p>Rofl, it's Tufts syndrome. Berkeley knows no matter what they can offer you're probably going to end up somewhere better.</p>