<p>Has anyone ever NOT been accepted despite the fact he/she got a "likely letter"?</p>
<p>In the other thread on likely letters I believe someone claimed that in the entire history of the letters, only a a few had not received an offer of admission (although I have no clue how valid this claim is).</p>
<p>Realistically, a LL is guaranteed admission. I assume the only way to lose your admission would be to do something that would also cause the school to rescind your admission before your official decision arrives.</p>
<p>I would imagine failing classes or expulsion would definitely cause one to lose their admission.</p>
<p>Umm, well I met this girl at Harvard who got a likely letter from Dartmouth. She was ended up waitlisted at Harvard, and then she got rejected from Dartmouth, but was ultimately taken off of Harvard's waitlist and now that is where she attends... go figure.</p>
<p>I heard they already started sending out the first wave of Likely letters for the '13s! Is this true!!!?!?!?!?</p>
<p>^ Can you get a likely letter without applying? I seriously doubt this.</p>
<p>^ Could it have been recruitment literature?</p>
<p>^ Dartmoose couldn't possibly have been ironic!</p>
<p>^Hahaha. I totally didn't notice who the poster was. xP</p>
<p>When I saw a new thread about likely letters, I was picturing a '13 who might write that. When it wasn't there, I just decided to write it myself.</p>
<p>what is a likely letter?</p>
<p>Because all ivies are bound by a common date to release RD decisions, a likely letter is a way to let a highly qualified student know that they have been accepted prior to that date. A likely letter pretty much says "we're going to take you, don't stress out about it". It's nearly 100% guaranteed acceptance, and Dartmouth has a history of sending a lot of them (some say to try and woo top students from other top school).</p>