<p>There are two kinds of Regular Decision applicants who get accepted - those that receive a likely letter and those who do not. I've noticed that for a lot of colleges some students have mentioned how they have received one. My question is - in general, how many students get one? Because it doesn't exactly boost my confidence to read about people getting likely letters to colleges I've applied to when I haven't gotten one anywhere (not that I ever thought I would get one, but you know what I mean). Do they give out a lot of them? Or is it just to a select few, creme - de - la - creme applicants?</p>
<p>just to a select few, creme - de - la - creme applicants</p>
<p>that's your answer ^^^^</p>
<p>They send them to kids they know will be accepted at higher rated colleges and people they want to lock up for assorted reasons. Heavily used with athletes that didn't get in EA/ED and URMs. So for example, Dartmouth will send to kids they know will get into HYP..</p>
<p>Ok fill me in - URM/HYP?</p>
<p>urm= under represented minority
and hyp= harvard, yale, princeton (I think)</p>
<p>I thought I got an early write (not a likely letter) to a LAC because I was a minority, but I have no real proof for that assumption...just an example.</p>
<p>Wow I'm really not with the college lingo.. </p>
<p>I'm a URM, still no likely-letter :(</p>
<p>Oh well :P </p>
<p>Anyway - what percentage of applicants get likely letters? I just want to have a general idea of how small the group of applicants is.</p>
<p>I got a letter to UNC-CH</p>
<p>It was nice, just a marketing practice in my belief in order to increase the actual number of students that will enroll...</p>
<p>EX. "Oooo that college must really want me since they sent me that letter, while that OTHER one didn't....hmm where should I go?"</p>
<p>But if that OTHER one is HYP...then I would still go to HYP....lol</p>
<p>"Wow I'm really not with the college lingo.. "</p>
<p>Don't worry I'm new too, I just google whatever words I don't know and hope for the best</p>