likely letters?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>What is the deal with these "likely letters?" Are they only for regular decision candidates?</p>

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<p>anyone know anything? bump</p>

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<p>yes only for RD</p>

<p>arrive from early Feb until March</p>

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<p>Do any other colleges do this for non-athletes?</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>Yes, Yale and Stanford, (not sure about Harvard and Princeton?)</p>

<p>I heard UVA does that too....</p>

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<p>^ </p>

<p>Are they as widespread as Dartmouth's? (I heard Stanford only sent out 10 likely letters to non RA's last year.)</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>Nope... Dartmouth send out like 500 likely each year... 1 out of 4 accepted students receive a likely letter :)</p>

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<p>so its only for RD? you couldn't get one for ED deferred, right?</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>you can</p>

<p>but the chance for a deferee to get a likely letter is very slim</p>

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<p>Think it this way...</p>

<p>If you are good enough to get a likely letter, why didn't accept you as a ED applicant?</p>

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<p>ugh i figured. oh well...i'm just happy the admissions officer for my area took the time to talk to me on the phone today! i was expecting an email back and he told me to call him. nothing is as good as getting one of those letters though</p>

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<p>We've never heard of a deferee getting a likely. The truth is that they don't even re-read the ED applications until after they have figured out how many spots are taken up by other students who applied RD. So, the deferred apps are re-evaluated 2-3 days before the decisions come out.</p>

<p>So, don't expect to get one unless something hugely significant changes in your application. (You 'forgot' that you won Intel or Siemens, or your parents donate 1million+ dollars).</p>

<p>Also remember that they haven't even read every single application by the time they send out likely letters. I would estimate that they've only gotten through half. You could be one of the best applicants and not get one...</p>

<p>Another thing that I have noticed is that a likely from Dartmouth does not mean or guarantee acceptance to similarly selective schools. A lot of the people that they are using them on is a member of certain demographics that Dartmouth specifically wants . For one, girls will get likelies at a disproportionately high rate. Dartmouth's classes end up being exactly 50/50, but they do work harder to make sure that girls are coming. (For whatever reasons, girls tend to prefer city schools over rural schools.)</p>

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<p>^^or girls prefer to socialize in places other than stank, dark, dirty basements. :D</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>are you implying that Dartmouth is a "stank, dark, dirty basement"?</p>

<p>r u srs?</p>

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<p>actually its quite possible for deferred ED applicants to get a likely letter...
(since I just got mine last week)</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>that's weird...</p>

<p>the first wave of likely letters should be send out on Feb.8th.... </p>

<p>wanna share what it says on your likely letter?</p>

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<p>^^ seriously?? do tell...are you a recruit or a legacy?</p>

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<p>I'm thinking trixie's a troll...</p>

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<p>^ </p>

<p>I second that</p>

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<p>haha, what does that mean?</p>