Princeton Likely Letters

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<p>I was just wondering how likely you are to get into Princeton if you sign a likely letter? Is it basically an automatic admission?</p>

<p>Also, how much pull on admissions do Princeton coaches have in general?</p>

<p>To give background of myself, I am a 1st team All-American as a junior, have a 3.6 unweighted with multiple AP classes, and got a 2140 on my SAT. I also got a 800 on Math 2 and 710 on US History on my SAT 2's.</p>

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<p>compare your water polo abilities to these 4 incoming freshman recruits for the class of 2014:</p>

<p>[Men’s</a> Water Polo Welcomes Four in Class of 2014 - GoPrincetonTigers.com - Education Through Athletics … An Unmatched Tradition of Athletic Success.](<a href=“http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46501&SPID=4222&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204954303]Men’s”>http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46501&SPID=4222&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204954303)</p>

<p>your academic stats appear to be good enough to come in as an Athletic Recruit if the Coach believes in your abilities.</p>

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<p>I have played against one of them, Ford Spencer, in which my team won 22-3, we were leading 15-1 at half. I scored 6 goals in that game. I believe that I have skills at least equivalent to that recruit.</p>

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<p>Princeton coaches have a great deal of pull as long as you make it onto his/her official wishlist (which, as stipulated by the admissions office, has a limited amount of spots every year) and possess a decent academic index.</p>

<p>Your GPA is kind of mediocre, but your scores are definitely recruit-worthy. Anyone who receives an athletic likely letter from Princeton can be almost certain of his/her admission.</p>

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You seem a little confused. The applicant doesn’t sign a LL; it isn’t like a NLI.</p>

<p>I you receive a LL, though, you can be confident you will be admitted so long as you don’t screw up your senior year classes, commit crimes, or have academic dishonesty issues.</p>

<p>Perhaps this thread might help you <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/767222-reliability-likely-letters.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/767222-reliability-likely-letters.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So let’s say that you do sign a likely letter. How severe of a crime does one have to commit to get rejected from that college? Not that I plan on committing any crimes my senior year.</p>

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<p>As sherpa explained above, the recruit does not “sign” with a likely letter. S/he receives one, it is a letter saying you are very likely to be admitted. However, admissions can revoke a likely for academic, disciplinary, or legal problems. (Same for a regular acceptance.)</p>

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<p>@h2polo:
Also, since you go to Northfield Mount Hermon which is pretty prestigious, I think that your chances would be pretty strong. Looking at the 2010 recruits, they are all from similar prep schools (some are even worse than NMH).
If you haven’t already gotten in, good luck!</p>

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<p>Panther: you should read the dates of the posts. OP is probably going to be a college freshman in Sept. I doubt he reads CC any longer.</p>