<p>Could you explain to me the concept of “likely letters” and if Penn gives these out, if so when? I know other ivies do this, I was just wondering if Penn did this for other than athletes? Thanks</p>
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<p>A likely letter means the coach has "gone to bat" for you with admissions, indicating to them that he needs you for the team and feels you can handle the workload. Its not a 100% guarantee, but it has nearly that effect.</p>
<p>I haven't heard of them in anything but athletics, but that doesn't mean they don't use them in other areas for exceptional individuals.</p>
<p>i recently asked a question dealing with likely letterrs and i got some good answers. ivy leagues primarily send out likely letters for the rd pool of applicants in early march/late feb. to let them know their chances of being admitted (either a likely chance, possible chance, or unlikely chance). These letters help students to know which colleges are considering them during the rd round prior to actually attaining admission. if you applied ed dont worry if you dont get one, your not suppossed to.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, SexyYetiBeast. Do all applicants get a likely, unlikely, etc., or randomly?</p>
<p>So does that mean that the adcoms "cut" people away when deciding admissions in a "narrow it down" basis? (unlike most colleges that use the "do they meet the requirement; if so, you're in" basis.)
---Just a thought---</p>
<p>yea, pretty much. they pretty much have the decision made by feb., a likely letter just confirms it for the applicant.</p>
<p>and newyorker, i believe all applicants get a likely letter (dont quote me on that though, i could be wrong)</p>
<p>Does that necessarily mean that if you DON'T get a likely letter, you PROBABLY won't get in? (not necessary meaning if you don't get one you aren't in)</p>
<p>i think if you arent going to get in theyll send you an unlikely letter, which just states that your chances are very unlikely of getting in.</p>
<p>That really sucks though. That's like the devil sending you an e-mail telling you that you're going to die soon.. but worse..</p>
<p>I have never heard of penn using likely letters, but I have for Dartmouth. The way it works for them is that they send out 500 likely letters early, these usually are unofficial acceptances. But most admits won't get likely letters, only the exceptional. But I don't think Penn does that, especially for ED...</p>
<p>(zhang)-I think they were talking about the RD round only.</p>
<p>i didnt get any likely letters but i got in. so dont be discouraged if u dont get any.</p>
<p>penn uses likely letters for athletes</p>
<p>there's no such thing as an unlikely letter. haha. they would never waste their time telling someone they wouldn't get in before the rejection. also, not everyone who gets in gets a likely letter. likely letters are just for the top of the pool that colleges know they'll have to compete for with other schools.</p>
<p>Whats does a likely letter acutally say? Because I have gotten a ton of letters from Penn, but I don't know how I would identify one.</p>
<p>it says that u had great achievements that are reflected in ur app and after reviweing ur app the committee consideres you a "likely" candidate. and that 98% in the past years of "likely" candidates got accepted</p>
<p>my friend got one for wharton and it said 98.5% chance of getting in.</p>
<p>huh... i've never heard of unlikely letters, but i guarantee you only the engineering and wharton uses them... and only about .5% of the people get them, maybe less... if you don't get one it doesn't mean automatic rejection</p>