Is this a likely email?

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<p>"You might be thinking about how a Brown degree will follow through to Life After Brown</p>

<p>Our alumni exemplify the successful outcome of the University mission to ‘… prepare students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.’ They contribute to a variety of professions including medicine, business, the arts, and the public sector."</p>

<p>From what I’ve heard, not every applicant received this email and I wanted to know if this was a “likely email”.
This seems to be like a way to promote Brown and make sure the applicants choose Brown over any other schools, but why would they do that if decisions for RD aren’t even out yet. I hope this means we are likely to get in and they want us to choose Brown. ^_^</p>

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<p>I got this email. It was actually in my Junk folder before I saw it. Sounded like the other one from a few weeks ago: strictly PR and just wanting to keep in touch.</p>

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<p>The email was definitely selling the Brown experience. It wasn’t worded like likely letters I’ve seen in the past, but I take it as a good sign. :)</p>

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<p>I got this also. What do you think it means?</p>

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<p>I hope this is a likely email. Hopefully likely letters come out soon. I really want one :confused:
I’ve only received two, and they were from Drexel and RIT.
But me <3 Brown. xD</p>

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<p>Brown also sent a letter to one of my supplemental recommenders saying they are considering the letter and thankful…any thoughts?</p>

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<p>That seems like a good sign. Good luck :smiley:
Maybe they are telling them of your good chances before they tell you?</p>

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<p>I don’t know whether it’s auspicious to any degree, but that’s not meant to be a likely letter.</p>

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<p>Likely letters, as far as my experience goes, generally are very clear that, barring completely unforeseen circumstances, you will be admitted. This is not one.</p>

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<p>^ Yes, my Brown likely letter (which by the way did not come via email) communicated along the lines of “We can’t make promises, but expect an acceptance.” Likely letters are not generally coy; so if you have to ask whether something is a likely letter, it probably isn’t.</p>

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<p>My son received the same Life After Brown email, too. Life after Brown? Geez, just let him have Life as a Brown Bear first!</p>

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<p>Then why do some applicants receive when others do not?</p>

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<p>so is it a “likely letter” (didn’t get one and nervous)</p>

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<p>Possibly. They could be narrowing the range (and scope) of applicants with each such email? Hope not though. I haven’t received one either.</p>

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<p>Can we have stats of people who received said letter?</p>

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<p>Agreed …</p>

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<p>Please, please calm down.</p>

<p>A likely letter is really obvious – you will not read it and wonder what it is.</p>

<p>Other than likely letters, which are (believe it or not) designed to help Brown and not the applicant, Brown would never send out generic emails to some “more likely” students than others. It just wouldn’t happen. All applicants will learn their fate at the same time. There is no secret code for you to decipher.</p>

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<p>Fireandrain is right; I still wonder why some received the email and others didn’t, though.</p>

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<p>Perhaps (as I just speculated on another thread) Brown is testing different types of emails to see which ones work best and result in a higher matriculation rate.</p>

<p>Perhaps some admissions officers like sending out emails to applicants from their area, and other admissions officers don’t.</p>

<p>Perhaps the computer generates emails to applicants from New England one day and from California the next day, or last name A-F one day and M-Z the following week.</p>

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<p>I got this email as well and I don’t know if this would be considered a likely email though. I think it is just to keep applicants interested if they do happen to be accepted. At least it seems like Brown admissions officers are still interested in their RD applicants lol.</p>