<p>Am I the only one who’s pretty sure of rejection, and still a little disappointed at not getting a likely? o.O</p>
<p>^Nope. I’m in the same boat :P.</p>
<p>Do you have a spare life-jacket? :P</p>
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<p>Most of those who are eventually admitted do not receive any informal notification of a probable acceptance.</p>
<p>^ haha same here ;)</p>
<p>i’m still waiting for that likely that will never come…lol i think most of us know that the odds of getting a likely when there’s so many good applicants is pretty much next to nothing, but there’s always a sliver of hope :P</p>
<p>^amen. gary7, motion12345: count me in</p>
<p>^ Dude, add me to that list stat.</p>
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<p>Err…we know that, I only meant that as a joke on my eagerness to know the decisions :-/</p>
<p>I wish all the stupid schools had EA IIs (does that even exist?) so I could just stop worrying about this and focus on my board exams (or not focus, as they case may be. Hee hee)</p>
<p>I got a “likely letter” from Yale in 1994-1995 so it doesn’t seem like they are new. I am not an athlete.</p>
<p>My son got his likely letter for tennis last week, but it has really been a year long process. It was about this time 2009 that the coach first contacted him about his interest. He told us that he would need an SAT score of about 2000, and solid grades. He attends a very strong HS in suburban Boston. The coach actually did an early read back in June with his grades, test scores and teacher recs. Then in Oct, he had him come in for an interview. Once the coach had the blessing of their admission liason and the person who interviewed him he requested a likely letter. The day the Admissions Committee met, my son got a call from both the coach and the Admissions Rep from our area to say that the vote was positive. The letter came about 5 days later. I don’t know, however, if it works the same way for all sports. This was just our experience in tennis.</p>
<p>Was he a really competitive tennis player? I really wonder what it takes to be recruited for a sport.</p>
<p>What does it take? Look at the current college athletes. Can you compete with them? If you’re a track runner, do your times match what the collegians are doing? Tennis? How highly ranked are you? Rower? What are your erg times?</p>
<p>What does it take? Your current coaches will be able to tell you if you’re recruitable.</p>
<p>Side note: not only athletes get Likely Letters. Top academics, too.</p>
<p>What’s your definition of “top academics?”</p>
<p>Haha, I don’t play a sport. Well, not competitively. I would never in my mind even think of playing any sport at the collegiate level. I was really just curious because I’ve seen intense and really good basketball players, soccer players, volleyball players, etc. And actually the other day, I told my friend she should attempt to get the Duke basketball coach’s attention for recruitment and she just laughed and told me she’s only “good.” She plays like everyday for several hours as well as during the weekends.</p>
<p>I really can’t tell you what a “top academic” is. I certainly wasn’t one. I just know that the Ivies identify particularly strong scholars and target them and woo them with Likely Letters just like they woo the athletes. I interviewed one who had one from Harvard. She eventually was a Rhodes winner from Harvard.</p>
<p>Haha, yes, you mentioned her in one of your earlier posts. You were happy that she didn’t attend your school because she was noisome.</p>
<p>My son was in the top 30 nationally for tennis. I think coaches look for different things though, not only ranking but potential and if the player is a fit for the team.</p>