<p>i know someone who got a likely letter from stanford this year. this is after getting accepted Yale EA. he will attend harvard. he's not an athlete. just really really REALLY smart. and URM (although i dont know if he ended up putting his ethnicity on his app)</p>
<p>from what i hear, stanford's likely admit program is far less extensive and widely-advertised than, say, Duke's or WashU's... far fewer people get the letter.</p>