<p>Today, I got a letter that not-so-subtly hinted at acceptance into UoR, and I bet a number of you got one, too. It's probably because of "your stellar application and strong potential for contribution to [their] community."</p>
<p>I was just wondering if all of the past undergrad applicants who got this letter were accepted. </p>
<p>Anybody have a clue whether or not we should start celebrating yet?</p>
<p>Sounds promising!!</p>
<p>Where are you from? Trying to figure out mailing distance.</p>
<p>Vespair - My son got one too and I think you can definitely start celebrating!!!</p>
<p>@unodosytracy - I live in Arlington, VA, and the letter was dated from the 22nd. Hope that helps.
@dwhite - This is amazing! It’s a little surprised at how direct they were with their wording.</p>
<p>vespair - yes, the wording is very direct. With so many kids receiving early notifications from other schools (and thus getting excited about those schools) I think its a great idea to send out the “likely letter”. I know my son was very excited and can now start to think about Richmond as a real option. Also, it won’t be lumped in with the other schools that notify in late March/early April - which is so late considering the May 1 deadline.</p>
<p>Did your letter talk about travel allowance to visit their campus?</p>
<p>Yeah, they mention a travel grant worth up to $500 for transportation expenses.</p>
<p>Most colleges who do the “likely Letter” dance only send them to their top applicants. For example, Harvard sends out 300 of which 200 are for athletes. Eventually, they accept 2000. I do not know what URichmond’s ratio of likely letters to total acceptances is. </p>
<p>Don’t despair if you do not receive one soon. It may mean a) they have not reviewed your materials yet, or b) you are not at the top of their list.</p>
<p>So, yes, getting a likely letter is a very good sign, but not getting one is not a bad sign.</p>
<p>D1 received letter on 23rd saying “Congratulations! On behalf of the Admissions Committe, it is my pleasure to offer you admission to the UR Class of 2016”. We were not expecting so soon and were surprised by the actual offer of admision from reading CC.</p>
<p>^is she a Scholars finalist?</p>
<p>It sounds like the process has changed a bit this year.</p>
<p>No, she was semi-finalist</p>
<p>My son received his acceptance letter today. The letter was mailed 02/21 but just arrived today in California. He was a Richmond Scholars semi-finalist, but did not move on to the finalist stage. He is just happy to have been accepted. Have any other people from So Cal been accepted?</p>
<p>I live in Southern California and got the same letter just a few days ago as well!</p>
<p>Do you think Richmond sends this to all of its accepted students?</p>
<p>I don’t think so. It’s quite early</p>
<p>Is this the first year UoR has done this? </p>
<p>Also, a someone mentioned in an earlier post about how colleges usually send likely letters to their strongest students, do you think getting one is indicative of any sort of merit scholarships we may receive?</p>
<p>My counselors had never heard of Richmond doing this sort of thing, and either have I. However, we could be wrong.</p>
<p>As far as the letter’s content goes, it didn’t imply anything about scholarships. I’m guessing, if you’re at the top of their acceptance list, they’re more likely to want to offer more scholarships for your attendance.</p>
<p>is there any way to check if i got one on the online portal? my family isn’t very organized about getting the mail and i rarely bother to check if i have any. i feel like its possible that i got one but would they tell you online if they send you one?</p>