Likely Letter!!

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<p>So, I checked my UChicago account today and posted was a link saying that "an update was posted to my application" I hit on the link and it sent me to a page with a likely letter was posted signed by the Dean of Admissions. </p>

<p>I am not an recruited athlete and nor do I have any exceptional "hooks" and my academica performance is good, but I didn't think it was something completely outstanding out eye-opening, but thankfully, it seems that the admissions officers felt differently about that. </p>

<p>Anyways, of course I am thrilled to have received this esp. because Chicago was my first choice school. However, I am wondering if any other students recently got one of these.. and also, does anyone know how many of these letters Chicago sends out. I actually did not think that UChicago sent out these letters, so any info regarding them would be really helpful. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>AAAH! Same thing happened to me! I can’t believe the letter had been posted days ago and I hadn’t seen it! I’m ridiculously happy. I was also chosen as a University Scholar :). </p>

<p>Congratulations, madrigal93! Maybe we’ll see each other at the Admitted Student weekend.</p>

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<p>Congrats to you too! </p>

<p>Would you like to PM me and compare stats? I am really curious what other kinds of applicants got accepted early.
and… what is a University Scholar? I feel like that is something I should know, but I don’t. :-/ </p>

<p>Congrats again!! :)</p>

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<p>I just sent you a PM :).</p>

<p>A University Scholar is a type of merit scholarship. I’m really grateful for it, considering I really depend on aid. </p>

<p>Congrats to you again! This feels so great.</p>

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<p>Congrats! Perhaps I will see both of you at the admitted students weekend. :)</p>

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<p>Makes me nervous that I didn’t get one, but the point of likely letters is that only a few people get them. :confused: I didn’t even know Chicago sent out non-athletic likely letters. I hope it’s just that they haven’t read my application, seeing as they received my mid-year report five days ago.</p>

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<p>There is an ‘update’ for my account for 2/17 but I can’t click it. what does that mean?</p>

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<p>@Delaluna</p>

<p>I just realized that I got chosen for a University Scholar too! I didn’t even realize it because my mind was not working right after I read past the “congratulations” on the likely letter lol. </p>

<p>@lullinatalk
About midyear reports - so they posted this update on my account on 02/17 and I only mailed out my midyear transcripts/report last Friday (02/18) so I don’t think the midyear reports played any role in this decision. Sorry about that.</p>

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<p>@madrigal93: That’s great! I also didn’t see it at first, haha. </p>

<p>@Annetaylor124: That update could very well be the likely letter, as it was posted on that date. Fingers crossed!</p>

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<p>Now I am nervous, what does everyone think this means for deferred early applicants who didn’t receive a likely letter?</p>

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<p>Bump… Does anyone know what this means for a deferred early applicant like me who didn’t get the “likely letter”?</p>

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<p>Likely letters are only given out to a fraction of accepted students.</p>

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<p>I was also deferred. It’s highly unlikely that deferred applicants will receive likely letters because they would have simply accepted us in the ea round.</p>