<p>do top tier colleges (ivys, HYPS) ever give out likely letters for musicians? i know they do for athletes, and i wish they did for musicians as well...</p>
<p>probably not though</p>
<p>for athletes yes, for musicians no.</p>
<p>I would call these recruitment letters.</p>
<p>Some schools do mail out "likely letters" before admission results are out. From last year, i think Rice, Cornell, USC, Dartmouth, and Columbia? did this.</p>
<p>Penn and Stanford also sent out likely letters.</p>
<p>My son received a likely letter from Yale last year. He is not an athlete. I believe Brown also sends out likely letters.</p>
<p>I believe it is an "it all depends" kind of thing for non athletes. If you are very special in some way you may get a likely letter, but it would be very rare. For smaller school I have heard likelys are more likely.</p>
<p>Check last year's threads in the individual college's forum to see who sent what last year</p>
<p>Yes, H and S do send likely letters for musicians. I am not sure
about Y but heard it does too like H. P does not.</p>
<p>Music however cannot be the only criteria for the applicant.
Usually nonathletic likely applicants would have got admitted
on the strength of their other ECs and academics alone.</p>