<p>I have heard on this thread that there was a "likely" letter sent earlier in the year. Do you guys think that we still have a shot if we didn't get such a letter?</p>
<p>Thx and may you all receive big pacakges.</p>
<p>yes, a very small amount of accepted applicants receive the early admission that Stanford began this year. Supposedly less than 100 will receive this letter and ~2000 will be accepted, so not getting a letter doesn't really impact your odds. But Stanford is Stanford, so it's still tough...</p>
<p>is this the first year stanford is sending those out? i don't remember any mention of them last yr (excluding recruited athletes)..</p>
<p>I believe so. Someone said something about it being a policy of the new Dean of Admissions, but I'm not positive.</p>
<p>I think so. The new Dean of Admissions is from Yale, which has distributed likely letters for many years.</p>
<p>haha stambliark .. thats freaky.</p>
<p>what is this "likely letter" you guys are talking about? is it something that they send to already admitted students or prospective students?</p>
<p>It's a letter for regular decision applicants, telling them that they will "likely" be accepted in the spring...basically a tactic for getting top students to matriculate.</p>
<p>why the change in dean btw? the previous (what was her name again? anna marie something) was only for a year huh? eh?</p>
<p>It was not a "likely" letter they sent out.. it was an actual "earlY' acceptance ;)... and those were sent out in Feb. </p>
<p>GL to everybody in the RD round.</p>