Likely Letters

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>Will Rice be sending out likely letters this year?</p>

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<p>No idea, but it seems that two years ago Rice sent out likely letters starting Feb 16th. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/462211-letters.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/462211-letters.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>as well as last year…</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/648279-likely-letter-email-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/648279-likely-letter-email-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But I’m sure if they’re mailed out this year someone on CC would’ve posted it already:)</p>

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<p>Interesting that it seems they are so much later this year. Maybe it’s related to the rise in applications.</p>

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<p>I want one</p>

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<p>So has anyone received anything like this yet? Either they are much later than the last two years or perhaps Rice isn’t doing them this year. Whether they are being sent or not is certainly moot for most of us anyway, since so few are sent. It would just be nice to see something happening with admissions, even though we all know that the ducks are paddling madly under the surface.</p>

<p>In a general sense the timing in this process – kids getting their admissions decisions from colleges at or near the end of March and then needing to make their choices by the end of April – is very stressful considering all the factors that play into those choices. Good luck to all.</p>

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<p>Hahah yes it’d be nice to see ANY type of decision action, even if I’m not the one receiving a likely letter. This next month is gonna be killer…I really hope Rice hasn’t done away with likelies!</p>

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<p>Rice had 24% increase in ED/EA applications and 9% increase overall for the class of 2014. I called them and they are swamped</p>

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<p>It seems that every school has its record applicants this year. so MANY applicants! gosh I think it is very likely that they won’t send out likely letters this time. :(</p>

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<p>I’d be kind of surprised if they didn’t, to be honest. More schools are sending them out (Chicago, for example) and I’d think they would want to be competitive with the best applicants.</p>

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<p>Well at this point any such letters would reach the applicants at best about three weeks before the final decisions are posted. I’m not arguing against it, but there wouldn’t seem to be as much advantage any more for Rice doing it.</p>

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<p>Is likely letter THAT helpful? if I remember rightly, my friend, a 2013er, once got a likely letter from Princeton but in the end she got a flat rejection from Princeton and was heart-broke. Hmm. Perhaps each school is different. OOOOO, I remember she bombed her mid-year tests or something like that?..</p>

<p>BTW, does they send likely letter to overseas students, like those in UK, HK??(I live not in US. :frowning: )</p>

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<p>^Um. That is definitely something that would get her rejected from Princeton. The likely letter will usually say something along the lines of, “We expect to offer you a spot at X University IF YOU KEEP UP YOUR ACADEMIC WORK.”</p>