<p>what sport master? maybe i should take a crack at it. please tell me its eating mass quantities of haagen dazs in record time.........</p>
<p>Thanks for that link, 2blue. But what I'm still unclear on is whether, once that likely letter is confirmed with an SCEA acceptance, a recruited athlete at Yale must withdraw all pending applications. The Cornell piece doesn't address that point.</p>
<p>wjb, what you are asking is one of the issues that NCAA is concerned about. Students, their parents, and GCs want the student to retain some control over commitment for as long as possible in the process because nothing about the likely is binding. From the coach/admissions point of view, they would like the likely to feel binding on the athlete so that they have assurance that the roster is complete. For our family, in the face of lots of anecdotal stories of people who got likelies, and then were rejected, we chose to trust the process, and it worked out the way we hoped it would.</p>
<p>"people who got likelies, and then were rejected"</p>
<p>that's the most terrible thing I have ever heard!!</p>
<p>Hi ali,
If you search "likelies" on the main admissions thread, you'll find these stories. I read them back in September when I was scrambling to figure out what likelies were, whether they were real, and what they meant. The longer I'm on CC, and the more parents of athletes I talk with (usually by PM, cause we're kinda private about some things) the more I think if a student REALLY gets a likely letter from an Ivy, athlete or not, admission will follow. The stories that worried me in September were mainly unsubstantiated rumors like, "I heard that the coach was going to send a likely to this one kid, and the kid applied and didn't get in." What probably really happened was the kid was on the bubble, wasn't sent a likely, and didn't get in. I and other parents have tried to follow up on these likely letter rumors and haven't come up with an instance where a likely letter was issued to an athlete, and then admission didn't follow. Many parents this fall asked for personal experiences along those lines, and came up empty. Hope I didn't freak anyone out with that last post....</p>
<p>thanks for clearing that up riverrunner.</p>
<p>but unfortunately, i'm not worried about it b/c i don't have a letter :(</p>
<p>I got a likely! I'll post stats later. For the record, I got the likely letter on Thursday and a call about 2 days before that, so this all occurred after I applied.</p>
<p>i think i remember reading about someone who was deferred EA and then got a likely. that totally blows my mind (i thought academic likelies were sent to the people they want to recruit...yet, they still deferred the person even though they applied EA, which technically should convey their interest in Yale). Regardless, i would LOVE to get one anyway!</p>
<p>Got call and letter last week. 1560/1600 SAT 2390 SAT II Combined(MATH II< PHYSICS< CHEM) My BIO SAT II was 750. It wasn't my scores that really made a difference though. TRI-STATE REGION HERE =)</p>
<p>congrats!! that's wonderful!</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone with their apps. [I'm still going to wait for Harvard but Yale is my #1 right now =) ] [3 more months of high school. After May, it's barbecue every period in my AP and IB classes]</p>
<p>You must be something special then because it is highly unusual in my experience (limited as it admittedly is) for the HYP coaches to issue a likely letter unless they are pretty certain that you will attend. Seems they issue the letters so you will chose them, not another Ivy. It appears especially competitive between HYP. They don't seem as concerned about the other Ivys when recruiting IMO. I know many Ivy recruits in my sport including all the top Ivy recruits and no one got a likely to more than one school. As I said above, admittedly, my experience is limited, but I'm not sure I believe you.</p>
<p>Sorry, my last post was addressed to Masters 2010 if that's not obvious.</p>
<p>bigman, good point. You may not want to answer this question, Masters2010, but do you really have three likely letters? This flies in the face of common mythology about likelies and athletes.</p>
<p>Could a likely letter be in the form of a phone call only?</p>
<p>You have to be pretty well wrapped up as a recruit before you are actually sent a letter. The coaches will tell you all kinds of things as far as getting you admitted, but the letter won't arrive until you've made the vocal commitment. Until the letter comes it is all a game. From my experience in the recruiting process I sincerely doubt bigman as well.</p>
<p>HYP=Likely letters from all three is rare=I think he is either mistaken, lying, or super special athlete. Letters for non-athletes means that they are typically top 100 of the full applicant pool.</p>
<p>So, I didn't get a likely letter from Yale...But I got a phone call from a student...And just now I got an email from Yale talking about Bulldog Days Travel Voucher and it said "Greetings and once again, congrats on your acceptance to Yale" as though I've already been told that I've been accepted (which I haven't been). So, will I be getting that official likely letter, or am I supposed to assume that it got lost in the mail?</p>
<p>lol that's pretty funny but I assume it means you're going to (or have already been) accepted! Congrats!</p>
<p>It does sound like there may have been a lost letter. What did the student who called you say?</p>