<p>im kind of confused about the likely letter thing. what does the letter say?</p>
<p>Dear XXXX:
As an outstanding student from North Carolina, you might be interested to learn that Senior Aisha Saad from Cary, N.C. just won a Rhodes Scholarship. </p>
<p>not a likely letter. this is just a letter explaining all of the boundless opportunities you'll have at carolina, etc. etc.
also i know her brother :)</p>
<p>so every in-state student received this letter? i thought i was special..lol</p>
<p>you know, actually, when i read it again, i changed my mind. i kind of skimmed the email the first time and missed the phrase that called you an "outstanding" N.C. student and the line "should you choose to join our community..."</p>
<p>the more i read it, i'd say that usually words designating you an "outstanding student" signify a likely letter.</p>
<p>Im out of state and got a letter very similar to it today. </p>
<p>its from Farmer, not the undergraduate admissions department like the others have been, saying:</p>
<p>"I write to thank you for your distinguished application to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although our admissions committee will not complete its work until January, we have already been impressed by your achievements and your potential."</p>
<p>yada yada yada.</p>
<p>sounds like a likely letter to me</p>
<p>Sounds like one to me as well....congratulations!</p>
<p>akl;afljfdkl;ajfk;das i got the same thing as carolina!!!!!! is this a likely letter?????</p>
<p>mine was sent by the unc admission tho, i guess mine wanst one.</p>
<p>Not necessarily, they may have different letters for in state and OOS students.</p>
<p>This one phrase
[quote]
Should you choose to join our community, you may look forward to an exciting future that will extend well beyond your four years on our campus.
[/quote]
leads me to believe it is a bit more than a feel good, we think you're a great kid letter. It's really difficult (and dangerous) to try to read anything into any letters but that one phrase says a lot more to me than "have a nice holiday."</p>
<p>so are we in aggreance that
"I write to thank you for your distinguished application to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although our admissions committee will not complete its work until January, we have already been impressed by your achievements and your potential."</p>
<p>is a likely letter???</p>
<p>but was your letter dated november 18, 2008. mine was and i just got it today. wierd.</p>
<p>for my sake, i would like to think that this is a likely letter</p>
<p>I got the same letter as Carolinaheel from Stephan Farmer, dated 11/18/2009. I am in state and I just got it today also. Talk about a delay</p>
<p>yea mine was dated then too which i also thought was odd. doesn't matter. I'M EXCITED!!!!</p>
<p>i got the same letter..my counselor seems to think it's a likely letter..mines also dated 11/18 and i got it today</p>
<p>Ahh, I just got one as well. I had to come here and check to make sure it was the "right" letter before I could even believe it!
So what does this mean, exactly? I am pretty much accepted? Is it any indication of the honors program?
I'm way more excited than I probably should be.</p>
<p>In my opinion, I think that they sent them out around the December 15 date, when most of the other colleges will be letting their early action applicants know that they have been accepted and so we don't hastily put in that deposit somewhere else</p>
<p>can u guys answer my question:
did u guys get my email beside ur likely letter?</p>
<p>I got the email, but I don't think it has the same indications of the likely letter.
It can't be a bad thing, though, so who knows.</p>
<p>so i heard ppl got their likely letters one day not that long ago. and that day i got an envelope from unc and freaked out</p>
<p>...and they were threatening to withdraw my app bc my rec got fouled up in the mail or something. that WOULD happen...</p>
<p>so i didn't get one of these letters and was wondering if they're solely for in state or if a bunch of oos got them too???<br>
I find it surprising that colleges would distribute these letters for any other reason than to keep unc in people's minds who applied to other schools early.</p>