<p>... and other devices that colleges are developing to one-up the competition and pin down desirable applicants:</p>
<p>"Schools' 'Love Notes' Quietly Say, You're In"</p>
<p>Bam!! Spam Central to the rescue! This is information we've all been dying to know. Way to go, NYCFan.</p>
<p>My friend got a likely letter to Yale and then didnt get in.. so they're really not definite</p>
<p>My friend got a likely letter from Yale a few years back saying that he was among their top 100 RD applicants, and he was eventually formally accepted. He was neither an athlete nor a URM.</p>
<p>Article 3a of the Joint Statement on Common Ivy Group Admission Procedure states:
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As determined by each institution, admissions offices may choose to advise applicants of the probability of admission (e.g., likely, possible, unlikely). Institutions may issue such probabilistic communications only in writing, from the office of admission. Such letters will have the effect of letters of admission, to be confirmed on the common notification date, subject to revocation only on the same terms as letters of admission.
[/quote]
is this the likely letter you are talking about? does every ivy member sends them? when usually do they send this? :)</p>
<p>They can be sent any time in advance of the December 15 (early) and April 1 (regular) formal notification dates. </p>
<p>In the case of recruited athletes, the letters are usually coordinated with the NCAA "signing period" for a particular sport, when the athletes are being asked to "commit" at Div. I schools offering athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>In other cases, the letters are usually sent anytime after Jan 1 and prior to April 1 - with the intent of being the first school to tell the candidate that you love him or her, and hoping that he or she will look kindly on you in consequence.</p>
<p>Some schools send them out in batches, and some send them as soon as the app is read and the candidate is identified as a "clear admit."</p>
<p>do you have a job byerly?
or do you just sit around in your mcmansion in westchester talking about how gay people are ruining our national morals?</p>
<p>o, and i am 100% convinced that futalajon and byerly are one and the the same</p>
<p>NYCFan doesn't have a job. He's set for life. The legal profession has been good to him. A major highlight of his life is interviewing Harvard applicants. He'll be posting again shortly. He does this all day.</p>
<p>i figured as much</p>
<p>wait, how do you know all of this futalajon?</p>
<p>I think it's because NYCFan was outed on pr board a few years ago.</p>
<p>Now, guys, this is a great thread containing very helpful links and information. Whether any of what is being said about people and their personal lives is true, none of it has been done on this thread, so let's not ruin it.</p>
<p>Byerly, thank you for all the great links-- I would have never thought to go to the YDN site myself.</p>