<p>Wow, it would be like pulling teeth to get our counselors to all anyone. Good for your school.</p>
<p>RBTrix - I wouldn't worry. I just got an email from Yale saying that my likely letter was delayed in processing but that it's on the way. I bet yours is too!</p>
<p>Really? I hope so; I got no such e-mail so I don't know... Once you get your letter, undecided, I congratulate you! I can only hope that my letter will come soon. For some reason, I've received a phone call from their financial aid office and a letter confirming receipt of my application even though I got an email like that as well... is this their way of maintaining contact with me while not sending me a likely letter or is the likely letter just out of the question now. It's not like I'm desperate to get it, but to receive a phone call like that and then be let down like that is nerve wracking! Haha, I'll wait and see</p>
<p>Nice letter.</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Wish I had one :(</p>
<p>I only got the email because I emailed my counselor to ask why I hadn't gotten the letter yet and she talked to our reader at Yale who emailed me to tell me whom to contact at Yale if I were to set up a visit. </p>
<p>I read in the Stanford likely thread that they send out about 60 letters to academic super-stars and another 60 to underrepresented minorities. Do you think Yale sends them out to minorities,too? I'm (technically) a minority, and I'd like to know if that was a factor at all in their decision to send me a letter.</p>
<p>Is Yale still sending more likely letters or are they done by now? Does anybody know?</p>
<p>I think they send them out the last week of January / first week of February, so it should be finished.</p>
<p>well I didn't get one... :(</p>
<p>oh well.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>But maybe I'll still get in!</p>
<p>Someone else said that they do it on an ongoing basis as they read the applications.</p>
<p>Likely letters are after the first initial read-through. After that, which ends after the first week of February, the rest of the applications are discussed normally and notified in March/April. </p>
<p>To the best of my knowledge, the ongoing process applies only during the first read-through.</p>
<p>Ah...that would make sense :-</p>
<p>Hey I got the phone call too and the letter just came today. It's probably taking a while for you guys because it comes in a big baggy envelope with a calender and some other stuff. I actually opened it at the wrong end and all this packing stuff spilled all over......I hope I wasn't the only one to do that!</p>
<p>One of my friends got a likely letter, but it took a long time for his to arrive too. Don't worry if there's a bit of a delay.</p>
<p>how late did his arrive, kwijiborjt?</p>
<p>Mine arrived on Monday, even though I had found out about it a week and a half before, so they do seem to take a while to process.</p>
<p>I guess the phone calls went out to all the likely admits couple weeks ago; it's the letters that are still taking a while to get to the mailboxes.</p>
<p>do you know how many likelies are actually chosen from the pool?</p>
<p>In the letter posted here (<a href="http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/yale1.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/yale1.htm</a>) from 2004 said that under 100 likely letters were sent, and even though this year the likely letters didn't specify a number, an email I received from a student recruiter said that around 100 were sent.</p>
<p>The following have confirmed receiving or will receive a Yale likely:</p>
<p>RBTrix
Kakashi
TheSouthpaw16
Pandora
Cherri
Schroedinger
Undecided07
RalphB</p>
<p>I've heard from "slightly reliable" sources that about 60 letters have been sent to non-athletes. That means over 10% of these students have posted on CC.</p>
<p>That is very interesting... who are these "slightly reliable" sources? (Also, I believe outerworld123 also got a likely letter; s/he posted in a different thread.) </p>
<p>Has anyone else been contacted by a student recruiter? </p>
<p>I figure a bunch of people in this group are on the HYPS (and M or C) track, so I thought you might be able to share your opinions on the respective schools. (Maybe this will help you with your decisions, too...)</p>
<p>I really like Yale - it has the academic programs that I want and when I went to visit I felt like I fit in really well. I like the residential colleges (though I'm not so sure about Morse and Stiles) and the a cappella scene (and the fact that it seems like more parties are organized by them than by the frats or sports teams). H or P probably give better financial aid, but I don't think that's too much of a problem. </p>
<p>I didn't apply to Harvard because 1. it doesn't offer architecture to undergraduates and 2. I liked Yale better, and I was afraid that if I got into Harvard my parents might pressure me to go there instead. Also, several of my friends who are currently sophomores there seem disappointed, especially with the lack of contact with professors. (My friends who are freshman seem to be enjoying it much more, although their expectations may not have been as high.) Also, I love Boston and Cambridge, but I live nearby, so I wanted something at least a little bit different. </p>
<p>I applied to Princeton, but I spent a weekend there and got a really strong impression that I would not fit in. I didn't mind the eating clubs, but it seemed like there was nothing else to do on campus. I like that the administration is trying to bring back some of the social life on campus, but the fact that the student body has largely been protesting this says a lot about the school. </p>
<p>My other top choice is Stanford, since I think it probably has slightly better programs in the areas where I'm looking. I only visited during the summer, though, so I'm not sure how well I would fit into the social scene. (Can anyone who's familiar with it compare the social scene to those of HYP?) Also, I think I may want to stay on the East Coast since most of my friends are going to school on the East Coast, and I would really like to stay in touch with them. (Any thoughts on that?)</p>
<p>I think this may have been more appropriate to post in another forum, but I'm not sure where. Advice/help is always appreicated.</p>
<p>P.S. I have a bunch of friends at MIT and I love visiting them because the school seems like a ton of fun. A lot of people think the campus is ugly, but I think it is fairly attractive and pretty humorous. If you're intense about math and sci I think it's a really great place that will give you an amazing education. I've never been to CalTech, although I imagine it's a similar situation, although I think MIT has much more of a balance in terms of also having really good humanities programs.</p>