<p>Does Brown send them? I keep hearing that a lot of schools do and I’m really confused! And if they do…has anyone gotten one?</p>
<p>I hear that they send them shortly before the RD notification date. I think mid-February would be a bit too early. If you are talking about people before Class of 2013, I read about a couple of users who have gotten the letters. People who get the likely letters are usually athletes.</p>
<p>only athletes get likely letters at Brown. Dartmouth, on the other hand sends to the top people they really want to have.</p>
<p>I don't remember what happened last year, but the year before Brown experimented with likely letters, sending out about 100 in March. They were not to athletes. </p>
<p>Likely letters are an admissions tool to boost matriculation. It's hard to say whether Brown will use them this year, because we don't know how well they worked the last couple years. I haven't heard anything yet about Brown sending them out this year.</p>
<p>fireandrain is correct.</p>
<p>My own opinion is it's unlikely we're going to see them this year due to the increased volume of applicants.</p>