Likely letter from Johns Hopkins University

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<li>I opened my email and saw a likely letter from Johns Hopkins.
I'm going to start crying.
now.</li>
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<p>However, I read in these forums that JHU does not send out likely letters at all. So is it fake? What could it be?</p>

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<p>anybody else got this? im not sure how these letters work – there are kids in my school that are infinitely less qualified than others, yet they got the letter but the more qualified ones didnt. any idea why this could be?</p>

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<p>Check the address to see if it’s legit. The signature, the person who signed it. Or give them a call.
Just because they rarely send it out, doesn’t mean it’s fake.
If it’s not, congratulations!</p>

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<p>Congrats nil!</p>

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<p>@nil: Congrats!!!<br>
A question though: are you a urm, by any chance? Just asking cause many schools seem to send likely letters to urms/first generations…</p>

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<p>yes, i 'll admit it. I am. Maybe it now makes sense. I am anxious but maybe I can be tentatively…</p>

<p>Happy!!!:)</p>

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<p>So like what did this email say?</p>

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<p>Congratulations on your news! From what I have seen, likely letters do come out from the elite schools in early March and Hopkins I’m sure, is no exception. See this recent article in the Daily Princetonian:</p>

<p>[Admission</a> news comes early for some - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27843/]Admission”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27843/)</p>

<p>"The students who receive the letters are largely recruited athletes.</p>

<p>“Athletes receive the most by far,” Jeffrey Durso-Finley, director of college counseling at The Lawrenceville School said in an e-mail. “A few Ivies will ‘likely’ super high-flying students, and some use it for under-represented or minority kids who are going to be admitted, but it’s 90 percent athletes.”</p>

<p>Durso-Finley said that about two or three Lawrenceville students receive likely letters from the University every year; the school regularly sends one of the highest numbers of students to the University."</p>

<p>Naturally this article is not specifically about Hopkins but most of the top schools do give likely letters this time of year and function in a similar way.</p>

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<p>Thanks wealth of Information.
It said.</p>

<p>Dear Nilly,
Greetings from Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University! I am writing to inform you that my colleagues and I were very impressed by your application to Johns Hopkins and you have earned designation as a likely candidate for admission. We will review your mid-year grades, but as long as you maintain your current level of academic achievement and good standing, you can expect to receive a favorable decision when admissions packets are mailed later in March.</p>

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<p>!!! LUCKY!!! That is so AWESOME! Congrates!! :smiley: </p>

<p>What are you stats?</p>

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<p>@nil desperandum
See my response to the question you asked me in the “JHU Admissions Officers’ Corner”
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12119843-post340.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12119843-post340.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>congrats!! and I hope you choose Hopkins :)</p>

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<p>It’s real. I got one too. They’re letting us know early in order to visit on Discover Days for multicultural students. Didn’t the rest of your letter say that? Mine said everything you put plus the invitation to Discover Days.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins admission is finally starting to learn from others to increase yield. The next thing that they should learn is to team up with Harvard, Yale, princeton or Stanford for recruiting as Duke and Georgetown do. Last year, JHU teamed up with Berkely and UVa. I don’t think it was a good idea because private and public schools draw different audience.</p>

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<p>AdmissionsDaniel:</p>

<p>In addition to multicultural event, I think JH should also organize an event for the boys. Most families in America have boys and girls and yet boys are under-represented in universities. It is about time for some elite universities to take the lead. It may not be a politically correct thing to do. But we do not have that many jobs for plumbers, mechanics or construction workers. Time has changed. Do not forget the boys!</p>

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<p>@bm2011</p>

<p>I am not sure you are being serious or not, but check your stats. At Johns Hopkins University we have more male students than females students - 53% male / 47% female. It is true that female students outpace male students at some other schools, specifically liberal arts colleges, but not typically national research universities such as Johns Hopkins.</p>