<p>wait so
did you actually get a letter from yale?
because if you did not and you're just saying you did because someone said you were going to get in, i think it is far from legitimate</p>
<p>i actually got a letter, and I am waiting to confirm its validity</p>
<p>st. aegis </p>
<p>can you please scan a photo of your letter?</p>
<p>I just find it soooo hard to believe that an Asian male with a 3.65 GPA, a 30 ACT, some piano awards and USABO semis would get a likely letter when there are tons of kids here with 2400s, 4.0s, and Intel awards who haven't. Plus, it isn't even his first choice! If st.aegis had stats like some of the kids here I wouldn't disbelieve him, and I'm not saying he doesn't have any chance of getting into Yale or anything. But...given his stats, guaranteeing him admission over some of the other kids here seems slightly ridiculous.</p>
<p>^ more like extremely ridiculous.</p>
<p>Thus i beckon to st. aegis once again: Show us this letter! Prove our ignorant minds wrong!</p>
<p>Hmm...I got a letter from Yale through another website; they did not send it to my email add.</p>
<p>It said that I was a strong candidate.</p>
<p>Was it a likely letter?</p>
<p>P.S they have sent me that letter like 3 times.</p>
<p>UANOW - Have you even applied? From what I hear, likely letters are written to people AFTER their application is in and also from what I have heard are not done during the early decision round. </p>
<p>If the above does not fit your letter then it may be the same sort of letter that D has gotten from both Harvard and Princeton where they tell her that she is a strong candidate for their school etc, etc. What my D received is not a likely letter just a letter trying to get her to apply.</p>
<p>Yup, I have applied early, and the letter came after I completed my application and sent in all the required documents.</p>
<p>It came around Nov 7. </p>
<p>According to the Common Ivy Statement, the admission office can send out letters only after the app has been completed.</p>
<p>Could we maybe see a scanned copy?</p>
<p>UANOW - You stated that you receive it three times but only mention Nov 7.</p>
<p>The ones before were from the recruitment/outreach committee which basically talked about Yale (at length).</p>
<p>The one that came on Nov 7 was accompanied with a request to download my information from a college profile website.</p>
<p>I don't think it was like a typical likely letter. Actually, I did not even take it much seriously untill I stumbled upon the common ivy statement last night!</p>
<p>UANOW--This might have been one of their mass emailing letters encouraging people to apply that you got because of your standardized test scores or something. That would explain why you got it three times. As riverrunner mentioned, last year's likely letters explicitly stated that they were likely letters. The letter, as I understand it, didn't leave much ambiguity about what it was.</p>
<p>Uanow- I PM-ed you.</p>
<p>AA, I agree.</p>
<p>st. aegis -- You say you applied to Yale RD and have already received an academic likely letter. On another thread, a Yale applicant reports that his/her GC spoke with Yale Admissions, who confirmed that they have not even looked at any RD applications yet. This makes sense. Yale is up to its ears reviewing EA applications now. I don't know what sort of communication you received from Yale, but it's highly unlikely that it's a likely letter. A likely letter leaves no doubt that a place is being reserved for you in next year's class. </p>
<p>Also, I notice that you continue to ask questions on the Yale board about recommendations and resumes. If you have already submitted your Yale application and received an early notification, I wonder why.</p>
<p>well my biggest trepidation is that st. aegis does not have an extensive amount of scientific research or accomplishments under his belt. I mean, yea he does have a couple semifinalist awards and stuff, but i don't understand why yale would give HIM a likely letter for science over the many other applicants who have received the Intel and Siemens award and have done many other more impressive things
it's just doesn't add up!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Are academic likelies just for math/science competition kids, or can scores/essays be enough for more writing-inclined folks?</p>
<p>They're definitely not just for math/science kids. There's no exact metric for these letters. You do have to be truly distinctive, and I imagine truly distinctive members of underrepresented groups have an edge. Last year on CC there was one student who reported receiving an academic likely from Harvard: She was home-schooled, had perfect grades and test scores, had won international harp competitions, and, if I recall correctly, had launched some sort of cool summer drama program for kids. Not a math/science star. I think a few kids reported receiving academic likelies from Yale, too. You might check the archives.</p>
<p>FWI I have noticed a tendency for St. Aegis to put up inflammatory posts. Came across a few by accident and then looked deeper at his posts. I would be inclined to ignore anything controversial. I think we all have been providing entertainment.</p>
<p>Two students I knew who got academic likely letters last year from Yale (in RD round near the end of January, 2008) were very strong in science/math; both were USAMO qualifiers x 3-4 times. Their other Stats and GPAs were near perfect. They also had tons of APs (something like 10 APs at the end of junior year and all scored 5; the APs were mostly in the liberal arts in addition to one math and one physics).</p>