<p>Are likely letters still being mailed out by the Ivies? I got one the other day. Also, is getting a likely letter to one Ivy a good indicator that I'll probably get into others as well? Thankssss </p>
<p>I have to say that I don’t understand the obsession with likely letters. DS was accepted SCEA to Yale. I was happy with that except now I’m wondering if he should feel slighted for not getting a LL. Oh, never mind, he’s not a trophy hunter and didn’t apply to HPSM, etc. in the RD round just to see if he could put one or two of those on the mantle, even though he thinks of Y as his fit. B-) </p>
<p>Sorry for being snarky, but I just don’t get the obsession. Perhaps someone could explain it to me. </p>
<p>@IxnayBob: I know what you mean…My son withdrew his other apps, but his friend who got into Harvard SCEA did not, despite the fact that he plans, with absolute certainty, to attend Harvard. It’s all about ego and bragging rights, I guess. My son doesn’t care at all about those things. I’m pretty sure he would have gotten a lot of other acceptances. I personally might have liked him to keep his other applications in play (to see how it turned out), but he saw no reason to!</p>
<p>@ivymatt: you’re a walking embarrassment of riches.</p>
<p>You have a Brown LL and now are nervously pinging the sites wondering if you’ll get any more. How about toning it down for the +90% of students who will be outright rejected? It’s okay to be curious. It’s rather eiewwwwww to be wondering how many more trophies you’ll collect before this all ends…</p>
<p>@Isaac9: dontcha hate when confirmatory stereotypes of Harvardians invade your space? Yeech. H deserves him.</p>
<p>@Isaac9, I’m proud enough to have wondered, but I’m ultimately prouder to have a son who knows that the other schools weren’t as good a fit. Fwiw, his GC was prepared to send his transcript to HPSMC (had he not gotten into Y, those were his RD schools, early acceptance to UMichigan was the fallback), but the GC hugged him when he told her that he was sure that he had found his school at Y, and told him that he was doing the mature thing. She did not have to mention that some of his classmates did it differently (and everyone knew who they were). </p>
<p>Nice avatar btw :)>- The best of luck to both of our kids. </p>
<p>@IxnayBob: Thanks for your cordial comments!..and I do agree that “fit” is what counts…something that both of our sons apparently feel strongly. </p>
<p>I also believe that the Yale AC consider fit to be paramount in making their selections. I think they look for a certain type of person…it’s certainly not all about SATs, GPAs and other stats…my son’s numbers were very strong (even in comparison to essentially any I’ve seen on Yale results threads on CC), but I feel strongly that the letters of recommendation from his teachers and school college counselor (and the supplemental letter from his research mentor) meant much more to the Admissions Committee, showing the kind of person he is and how he would fit in in the classroom and on campus at Yale. </p>
<p>I’m as proud of his priorities, hard work, achievements, and decision, as I know you are of your son’s! </p>
<p>Best wishes to you and your son!</p>
<p>@T26E4: Thanks for your thoughts! Although my son’s Harvard-to-be friend is a very talented and praiseworthy kid, I think you are absolutely right…he fits that stereotype! </p>
<p>@T26E4 It wasn’t intended to be bragging. That’d be pointless on an anonymous forum. My apologies. </p>
<p>@ivymatt: I wasn’t implying you were bragging. But more erring on the side of insensitivity to others. By all means, celebrate – you deserve to. But just be careful how and where. You’ll be around lots of heartbreak and misery for a bit. That’s all. Good luck on your eventual choosing which college to attend.</p>
<p>To answer the OP’s question, from within my friend circles, I know someone who’s gotten a Yale likely just about 3 days ago. Ivys are still sending them out. That doesn’t mean you should be waiting for one! Likely letter or not, you will find out your results in a matter of 2 weeks. </p>
<p>Also, getting a likely letter to one college does not necessarily mean you will to other Ivys. Likelies are pretty much targeted at addressing a specific need at a specific college. I got a likelies to Yale, but was waitlisted at UChicago and MIT, so definitely Yale had different priorities/institutional needs than the other two. </p>
<p>@IxnayBob @Isaac9 About withdrawing apps , I understand that, but for some people like myself for whom finances will be a factor at this point after getting accepted, we are still waiting on comparing financial aid between colleges. However, I did withdraw my apps from colleges I will not attend for certain, but I’ve still kept my apps into Harvard and Princeton for example, despite getting in Yale RD (I applied SCEA to Harvard and got deferred…had I gotten in at that time, I probably would have not applied elsewhere, since I knew financial aid at Harvard is likely to be the best). </p>
<p>@terminatorp, finding the best balance between school and FA is not what Isaac and I were referring to. Good luck. </p>
<p>@terminatorp, congrats as a Yale likely recipient. You will only be able to attend one college. So I would not make a fuss about other waitlists. I know another Yale likely recipient, who was waitlisted by Wash U. In my opinion, Yale is the best college. I do not believe that there would be true material difference in FA between Y and H. Good luck with which ever college you chose to attend. I visited Yale many times. I would highly recommend Yale.</p>
<p>@IxnayBob Oh alright, I am sorry then! 
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<p>@susan4 Thank you! To be clear, I wasn’t making a fuss about it I was simply posting about the fact that I did get waitlisted to WashU, but I happened to know someone who got in Princeton, but turned it down for WashU (he got a full ride I believe). This was to dispel the OP’s rather weird fears that getting in WashU was a bad sign :p</p>
<p>I appreciate the support! I am leaning heavily towards Yale at the moment </p>
<p>Here’s a dumb question: are likely letters sent by email/mail or posted to portal? My S has not received one from any school and I wonder if that’s a bad sign. </p>
<p>^Please read the thread about LLs on the Resources sticky thread at the top of this forum. All of this anxiety/emphasis over LLs is really unhealthy and unnecessary. A few years ago my D1 was accepted to all of her schools, including HYP, and not a LL in sight.</p>
<p>Will do and thanks for the comforting info, @entomom!</p>
<p>@susan4 washu has a huge waitlist (suposedly). if an applicant didnt tour, interview or show a good amount of interest, getting waitlisted is pretty common from everything i’ve read and heard if your an ivy-level applicant because they dont want to waste an acceptance place on someone who likely will not attend. (once again, that’s based on what i have read about it)</p>
<p>My S was accepted to UF, UNC-CH, got LL to Rice, Penn and Cornell…Waiting for Princeton, Yale, Brown and Duke.
Wait-listed to WUSTL</p>
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<p>According to the net price calculators, over four years Yale would be $25,000 more expensive for our son than Harvard. Just one data point.</p>
<p>Yale was cheaper for me than was Harvard. It was a very slight difference (pretty much full aid vs. nearly full aid), so I guess it just depends.</p>
<p>My daughter’s GC asked her to withdraw her other applications after she got into Yale SCEA. We knew for a fact that she was going since she is a legacy and that has always been her first choice. Now that the letters are coming out for the regular admits, does she wistfully think about where else she may have gotten in - sure. But she also wanted that space to be available for someone who actually wanted the spot, not as a notch on her belt.</p>