<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>Just curious about whether international applicants (canada) can get a likely letter too.. does anyone have an answer?</p>
<p>yes, they can.</p>
<p>Yea I got one and I'm an international applicant</p>
<p>jdu when did you get it? are you an athlete?</p>
<p>what's a likely letter?</p>
<p>Apparently it's a letter sent by the university telling an applicant that they'll be very likely to be admitted come decision time. It's like dangling the carrot before the donkey, except it's a pretty big carrot.</p>
<p>anyone get one yet? i really really doubt i'll get one but im just wondering</p>
<p>How common are cases in which people who get likely letters are later rejected?</p>
<p>I got mine at the start of the month. Yea I am an athlete</p>
<p>do people recieve likely letters after they apply Regular Decision? Also, around what time of the year do they come?</p>
<p>from what i understand, unless you are an athlete, you will almost certainly not recieve a likely letter.</p>
<p>Athletes are on a different timeframe than regular applicants, as many schools not in the Ivy League can offer spots to their athlete applicants EXTREMELY early (Think September or October). Therefore, if a coach truly wants an athlete, he or she will have the athlete go through the normal admissions process in September/October, and if the Harvard Admissions Office deems the athlete admissible, he/she will get a likely letter.</p>
<p>Afterwards, the athlete, should he/she receive a likely letter, can decide whether to attend Harvard or not. </p>
<p>The likely letter system as it is in place at Harvard is to prevent top athletes with great academic credentials from having to commit to another school too early, therefore draining Harvard's athletic pool of good talent -- after all, we are a Division I school!</p>