<p>I found this on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36839142&postID=1544823940724539930&isPopup=true%5B/url%5D">http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36839142&postID=1544823940724539930&isPopup=true</a> via <a href="http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>"Anonymous said...</p>
<p>I am suprised that I got a likely letter, kept my grades up, and still got rejected. I guess its Vanderbilt for me...."</p>
<p>that sux :(</p>
<p>kinda meanhearted, if he was that borderline, they shouldn't have sent him a LL...</p>
<p>I found this on UVA Blog Notes</a> from Peabody II: The UVA Application Process
I hope S'cape does mind having it posted here. May be we get an answer form Dean J. Only thing I can think of is that the admissions committee found something about the student between after the likely letter was sent and decided to hold off the offer.</p>
<p>Blogger S'cape said...</p>
<pre><code>Likely letter - Waitlisted
Dean J, as a parent of a student who received a likely letter and WAS accepted, I am heartbroken for these applicants who are saying they received likely letters and are now waitlisted. Once my son received his likely letter, naively, I was certain he would be accepted. You have been very careful to help manage expectations for all of us during the past few weeks. Sending a likely letter to a student and then waitlisting them feels like "cruel and usual punishment". Can you shed any light on this ?
March 29, 2008 6:51 AM
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<p>I hope anonymous is already accepted to Vanderbilt to make that statement....UVA acceptance rate was higher than theirs!!</p>
<p>Dean J may have answer this:</p>
<p>Blogger Dean J said...</p>
<pre><code>I'm assuming the person posting that they can't see a decision is the same person.
It sounds like your application was either never submitted or never competed. Did you hit the submit button? Pay the fee through the credit card gateway (or follow up with a fee waiver request)? Did you log back in (per the instructions) to verify submission? Get a confirmation email?
You were also supposed to log back in by February 15th to submit mid-year grades. If you did this, you would have seen that you didn't submit back.
Give us a call next week if you have a confirmation email and we'll go from there.
March 28, 2008 9:10 PM
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<p>That's not an answer to the likely letter person. That's a response to someone who couldn't view their decision.</p>
<p>Maybe she's saying they sent out the LL, but the person never submitted MYR, so they technically couldn't admit them, bc they didn't "complete the application"? Idk, it's sad nonetheless...</p>
<p>im not saying that its not cruel or anything but technically its a LIKELY letter, not an acceptance letter so theres like a 2% chance you can get a likely letter and not get accepted</p>
<p>^Assuming that the two are mutually exclusive. Which in this case, they are not.</p>
<p>There are plenty of reasons the LL could have been followed by a rejection. First, no MYR sent in. If this is the case, the person should be smart enough to appeal and send in their grades (this is an ideal appeal situation, naturally, especially if they're grades were kept in the A/B range). Second, the person could have totally bombed their grades and may be lying. Third, LLs aren't auto-admits. Yes, they signal a great, great chance of admission. But things can change. More info is needed on cases like these, other than "my grades were fine, why was I screwed?"</p>
<p>Other reasons could include</p>
<ol>
<li>Caught cheating</li>
<li>Expulsion</li>
<li>Arrested</li>
<li>Misdemeanor?</li>
<li>Teacher withdrew recommendation or said bad things?</li>
<li>Dropped Courses</li>
</ol>
<p>I can't think of any more at the moment...</p>