<p>Does Columbia send out "likely letter" to applicants in March? If so, do people ,who receive these letters, like almost 100% sure they will get in in early April?</p>
<p>Yes, some people get likely letters. I'm not sure what percentage of acceptees get them. I didn't get one from Columbia.</p>
<p>You're 100% likely to get in if you get one.</p>
<p>do only shoe-ins get one(like legacy, recruited atheletes, etc) ?</p>
<p>Legacies aren't shoe-ins, first of all. I don't think many are going to be a shoe-in at Columbia. It isn't like they pick out all the 1550+/4.0's and don't even read their apps.</p>
<p>You've also got to factor in the 18,000 applications. Many of the top applicants won't be "accepted" until late in the game, after likely letters will go out.</p>
<p>yeah, thats what Im wondering. With college admissions being focused on so much intagible factors, especially at a school like Columbia, I am just wondering what type of people they actually send these letters to??</p>
<p>that's shoo-in, not shoe-in</p>
<p>I'm really not sure who gets likely letters. I'd like to see even anecdotal evidence about who gets vs. doesnt get them. I got one from another Ivy but not Columbia. Maybe people who get them happen to be read first in the pile and decisions are made quicker on them?</p>
<p>wow- ive never heard of these things "likely letters"
the concept almost seems ridiculous- what's it purpose?? so top students wont say yes to other competitive schools?
it only makes average students like me feel worse</p>
<p>Because there's the April 1st Ivy moratorium and other top schools (Stanford, MIT, etc.) might start accepting kids a couple weeks before, the Ivies want to get you thinking about them.</p>
<p>Yeah if you get a Likely Letter before hearing back from other schools you're supposedly more likely to develop an affinity for that school, meaning you're supposedly more likely to matriculate in April.</p>
<p>I've seen one likely letter from yale. The kid was an intel finalist, and got letters from nearly all his schools. Generally people who are truly outstanding from the POV of an adcom, who they really really want to reel in, they send a likely letter to. Doesn't mea all schools will see it that way of course. I didn't get a single likely letter from any school.</p>
<p>The theory of course is that first contact = first love. They want a head start, and hey who doesn't want to feel loved and relieved of some of the April 1 pressure early?</p>
<p>Has anyone here had any first (or second) hand experience with likely letter at Columbia?</p>
<p>Only likely letters I've ever heard of have been recruited athletes or, at some universities, students applying to engineering programs.</p>
<p>I've never heard of a likely letter at Columbia College other than a recruited athlete. Anyone else?</p>
<p>Our experience with Columbia was that they were scrupulous about not revealing admissions decisions early.</p>
<p>I've never heard about anyone in "real life" getting one. My only evidence of this comes from message boards -- not directly from the adcoms.</p>
<p>One girl at my school received one; she was recruited for field hockey. Otherwise I haven't heard of any from my friends who go to Columbia and have applied the past few years.</p>
<p>Columbia's likely letters should come out in another two weeks!</p>
<p>I don't think they're all sent out at one time.</p>
<p>I asked my D (currently a junior) and she has never heard of an academic applicant getting a "likely".</p>
<p>it is rumored that a kid in my school got a likely (he's supposedly a great soccer player)</p>
<p>i think they sent out likely for the college of engineering already. are they sending one to columbia college?</p>