<p>I've been hearing a lot of weird things about "likely letters" at the Cornell forum. Supposedly the college sends you a letter saying they're interested in you after the application is in.</p>
<p>So i was wondering if any of you Columbians got it seeing that you already know your decision.</p>
<p>Nope. I got no such notice. I've heard that Columbia doesn't send out "likely" letters.</p>
<p>Although I know someone who said that he received one when he was applying to SEAS (four years ago). Maybe it was a different school.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, likely letters are sent to RD SEAS applicants only.
That makes me wonder - Would deferred applicants get likely letters too, since they are reviewed in the RD pool after all?</p>
<p>How come it's only sent to RD SEAS applicants?</p>
<p>b/c it's to help increase interest in the school, but since you're applying under a binding early decision, i don't think it'd be necessary for EDers, but apparently some EDers from Cornell received them</p>
<p>i know this is a major thread necromancy but could deferred seas students get likely letters?</p>
<p>^yes with probability 1/8,000; so no. How would you become an exceptional applicant if you couldn't even get in ED?</p>
<p>Got in ED, did not get a likely letter. Heard on these forums that someone got one during ED (recruited for sports), but other people who got in ED w/ sports didn't get any sort of letter. One of my friends who was recruited for soccer got a free flight to NY to tour the campus and got rejected. So I dunno.</p>
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^yes with probability 1/8,000; so no. How would you become an exceptional applicant if you couldn't even get in ED?
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iunno i didn't mean that i would get it. i was just curious because i heard that deferred students get looked at last in late march. since results come out in april, a likely letter seems impossible?</p>
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iunno i didn't mean that i would get it. i was just curious because i heard that deferred students get looked at last in late march. since results come out in april, a likely letter seems impossible?
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You missed the confidentialcoll's point. Likely letters are only given to relatively exceptional applicants. No relatively exceptional applicant would be deferred early decision. Hence, those who are deferred in early decision will most likely not receive likely letters.</p>
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You missed the confidentialcoll's point. Likely letters are only given to relatively exceptional applicants. No relatively exceptional applicant would be deferred early decision. Hence, those who are deferred in early decision will most likely not receive likely letters.
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no you missed my point. i understood what he meant. i was wondering if it was even possible at all considering the timing of the decisions.</p>
<p>Columbia does send likely letters. My D received one (she was a recruited athlete).</p>
<p>^yes sherlock, we realize, the question was whether deferred candidates can get likely letters.</p>
<p>Go here:</p>
<p>There was like 4 pages about this.</p>
<p>can you please read the posts before replying?</p>
<p>we're talking about likely letters for deferred candidates...</p>