Quick Facts about "Likely Letters"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>That does not pass the reasonableness test.</p>

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<p>I got my likely letter for diving in November for reassurance that I would be admitted dec 15 because I was already told by Princeton and UVA that if I applied I would be admitted so I wanted assurance that my top choice Yale was going to admit me because if I applied and didn’t get it I would have lost my recruiting spots at the other two schools so my coach got me one. The big state schools sign students very early in the year and Princeton and harvard start giving out liklies nov 1 for athletes so if Yale didn’t ever give liklies to their athletes alot of them would opt for the good state schools or hp</p>

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<p>Sorry I mean they start giving them out on oct 1 at hp so dec 15 is alittle late to find out. Hence the reason for likely letters for athletes at least</p>

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<p>wjb:
if you were here since 2004, you would have seen this person speaking on the forums. I forgot his name, but he wanted to study BME I am thinking.</p>

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<p>^^You can’t believe everything you read on CC. Unless the applicant accomplished something absolutely extraordinary between December and February (and I can’t imagine what that might be) there is no way Yale would send a likely letter to a deferred candidate.</p>

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<p>How about: deliver presents to all the good children in the world in 24 hours?</p>

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<p>Exactly! 10 char</p>

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<p>oookay if yu say so. Lol.
Hey, are both of you Yale students? Do you rememeber Mal from last year?</p>

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<p>Got this a few days ago. Phew.</p>

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<p>When did you send in your application?</p>

<p>When was your interview?</p>

<p>Thanks . . . </p>

<p>“Bugs”</p>

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<p>I applied regular decision on the last day (dec 31st) and got my interview a couple weeks before I received the letter.</p>

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<p>Thanks . . . would you mind posting stats, EC, etc?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>“Bugs”</p>

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<p>wow, CONGRATS larmonely! :)</p>

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<p>Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Region: Sacramento, California
School: Public School of about 3000 students, occasionally sends 1-2 students to the top tier Ivies. Not by any means a magnet school, but has some fantastic students that drive its success in many of its extracurriculars.</p>

<p>790CR 800M 790WR (4th try though, but my sophomore year I had a 2050, junior year a 2220, senior year a 2280, and then a 2380. I’m guessing my improvements made up for my tenacity in taking those darn standardized tests)</p>

<p>800’s in USH, WH, Math2
No ACT
4.75, ranked 2 out of ~750, unweighted 3.95 (3 B’s freshman year in Calculus AB and Spanish 3)</p>

<p>I have a lot more miscellaneous stuff, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll just list the 7 activities that I used for the common app:</p>

<p>Key Club for 4 years (International Trustee, International Leadership Committee Co-Chair, Home Club President, Vice President)
Academic Decathlon for 4 years (President, gold medal in speech, math)
Science Olympiad for 4 years (Member, gold medal in experimental design at norcal’s state finals, three bronzes at state finals, and so on)
School District Board Representative
Junior State of America (Vice President)
Cross Country (Won some medals, generally finished in the top 1/3rd of races, 18:40 PR before I had to quit due to scheduling conflicts, most inspirational leader)
Tennis (nothing much to say here)</p>

<p>Random 5 Awards:
Salutatorian
AP National Scholar (5 5’s and 4 4’s)
National Merit Semi-Finalist
AP Distinguished Scholar (as a sophomore, 3 5’s and 2 4’s)
Scholar-Athlete School Award</p>

<p>Excellent Letters of Recommendation from teachers (“once-in-a-career student”) as well as counselor.</p>

<p>Pretty well-written essays, probably above the 50th percentile for the average acceptee (yeah, I made that word up).</p>

<p>Honestly though, I did not expect the LL. I was as shocked as you, the reader, probably are. I’m flattered by Yale, but I’m still deciding between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, though I do prefer Yale and Princeton more than Harvard, at least for the moment.</p>

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<p>Congratulations, larmonely!</p>

<p>I hope you will attend Bulldog Days, it might help you make your decision. The “Why I chose Yale” video is good, too.</p>

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<p>larmonely, the webpage is not loading up. whts suppose to be on the web page?</p>

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<p>Congratulations, and thanks for posting your stats!</p>

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<p>is anyone having the same problem as me, bc it says access denied on my computer</p>

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-whispers-
Santa claus is real…and he is me!!</p>

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<p>^ psssssssssst, santa. I want an iPad :)</p>