<p>how many likely letters are sent out?</p>
<p>Dean J has always been elusive on this. If I had to guess I’d say between 500-1000, but I really have no clue. It just seems like they send them to almost all of the 34-36 (ACT) white kids and 30+ URMs [both with good GPAs/Class Rank & ECs to back them up of course]. Due to this wide spread, I would think that they’d have to send a good number of letters. It could be even higher than 1000.</p>
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There’s a reason…we have no target number. As we read, we flag students for the Likely Letters. There isn’t an expectation that we’ll hit a certain number each year. </p>
<p>Just as no single factor determines a decision, no single factor prompts a Likely Letter to go out.</p>
<p>Dean J - do you send likely letters out to students attending overseas International Schools? If so, were they mailed last Friday with the others? I am trying to figure out when it might arrive here ( not that I am counting on it) :)</p>
<p>That one is covered in the comments on the blog post, iluvhs. Scroll down on this page:</p>
<p>[Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Likely Letters 2010](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2010/03/likely-letters-2010.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Likely Letters 2010)</p>
<p>Dean J - Our son received his “likely” yesterday. Is there still a shot at the Echols, since at least some calls have already been made?</p>
<p>Have calls for Echols actually been made?
I was told they had not…</p>
<p>It’s Spring Break here. The students won’t be back until next week. They had two call nights last week.</p>
<p>Scholars notifications are still a few weeks away. Remember the blog post…an LL doesn’t equate an offer into a scholars program.</p>
<p>[Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Likely Letters 2010](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2010/03/likely-letters-2010.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Likely Letters 2010)</p>
<p>Dean J, do scholars notifications come with the admission decision, or earlier. I am applying to SEAS, so the applicable program would be the Rodman Scholars Program.</p>
<p>The scholars programs send notifications themselves. In the past, Echols has sent their letters by US Mail a little ahead our offer letters. Rodman tries to the same, but I believe they emailed last year when they realized they couldn’t get the mailing out in time.</p>
<p>That’s probably more info that you need, isn’t it? :)</p>
<p>Short answer: Echols, Rodman, and CSS have sent their invitations a few days before our offers in the past. There’s no rule that they must do the same this year. As always, I’ll post an entry on the blog when I know what their plans are.</p>
<p>Wow! So I’m in the car with my mom, talking about these “likely letters” and how I’m bummed I didn’t get one. I didn’t even know they existed until I read about it here. We pull up to the mail box and, well, there was the envelope!</p>
<p>I really hope this means I’m in because my parents have already started celebrating for me (lol) and planning a trip to VA!</p>
<p>Yikes. Just saw my typos in the last entry. Sorry, folks. It’s been a long day. :)</p>
<p>No problem. Thanks, Dean J, for all of your time! It’s been really helpful, actually - my parents were pretty skeptical that the letter was a “likely” letter. so it was very helpful to show them your posts.</p>