<p>Does CMU send "likely letters"?</p>
<p>yeah, they do. it may be a school-specific phenomena though, because each one has their own admissions committee.</p>
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<p>What does the letter say? You don’t mean the one they send after the interview do you?</p>
<p>You guys got letters after the interview??</p>
<p>i received an email a few weeks after my portfolio review from one of the professors who interviewed me. i don’t know how common that is for cmu, but it is definitely a thing that happened!</p>
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<p>^ I don’t think that letter is a likely letter. A likely letter comes after you send your app and indicates that you’ll be admitted on decision day. If you get a letter before you send in your app, it isn’t a likely letter at all.</p>
<p>the portfolio review is a component of the application that is done after you’ve sent in the paper portion. I’m under the impression that even though it wasn’t sent via post it is still considered a “likely letter” in the sense that it did indicate that I would be accepted on decision day. :)</p>
<p>I guess it works differently for non-CFA applicants. From previous threads, it seems that CMU doesn’t send out likely letters for ED or RD non-CFA applicants.</p>
<p>volynsal1- yes son received a letter after the interview that was encouraging- stated that his interviewer had recorded several “flattering remarks on his behalf”. It did not state he would be admitted - he had not even applied yet.</p>
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<p>I would venture to say that the letter after an interview is not in any way to be taken as a likely letter nor is it indicative of acceptance possibilities. It’s a polite acknowledgement of your efforts to partake in the interview as it is not something that is required.</p>
<p>However I think that I would place more weight on a letter from a CFA professor sending you something directly (not a form letter).</p>
<p>CFA weighs the portfolio review/audition heavily in the admittance process.</p>
<p>KEYSMASH- wish you the best of luck. Now comes the hardest part- affording CMU…</p>
<p>^ Actually, PA-C is referring to a specific type of letter that hasn’t been seen until this year. Some applicants, myself included, received a letter after doing an interview with an admissions officer stating that he/she recorded positive remarks on our behalf. Although its definitely not a likely letter, I don’t think it was given out to all interviewees. Based on the ED discussion thread I started, it seems that everyone who got such a letter was ultimately admitted into CMU (for either ED 1 or ED 2). I realize that my thread isn’t a representative sample of applicants, but I thought my findings were worth mentioning to anyone who got the “remarks” letter.</p>
<p>Thanks fate - son applied RD so this info about your observations is encouraging!</p>