<p>I’ve already told all my friends and family that I was accepted at UVA (I received a likely letter a few days ago), if I don’t get in, I have no idea what I’m going to say. :/</p>
<p>^ Don’t even worry about it!!! Trust me, your admission is guaranteed. No point in wasting brain cells and energy worrying about it…</p>
<p>From my original post:</p>
<p>6) How Reliable are Likely Letters? According to anecdote, the LL is the college’s commitment to the student. Only tremendous student foul ups (grades drop off a cliff, criminal activity, fraudulent application materials, etc.) would cause a reversal. But then again, these would cause a college to rescind a regular admissions offer, too.</p>
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<p>Oh good gracious! That’s my WORST nightmare! I can’t even imagine how horrible that would be…</p>
<p>I’m somewhat assuaged though, because I’ve communicated pretty extensively in recent times with my admissions officer, a student at the admissions office and also the financial aid people. </p>
<p>Surely they won’t go to that much trouble only to reject me!</p>
<p>a likely letter is most definitely as @ T26E4 says… its the school “committing” to you… and only if you do something to negate your application (like dropping grades drastically or committing a crime) can you actually be rejected after a LL</p>
<p>it would be the exact same if they gave you a full on application and then you failed your exams, they would most likely reneg on their offer, as they should… all a LL is is a letter from the university that (when reading between the lines) says </p>
<p>“we are not allowed to have early admissions, as our pact says we must wait until april 1. however, we want you at our school, and we wanted to let you know that when the official letters do go out, you will be accepted, barring anything that would make you ineligible to attend X university in the first place. have a nice day”</p>
<p>^ Oh no, I get that!</p>
<p>Probably my tone didn’t come out right (or maybe lack of emoticons available on this forum or something). But the last sentence was intended in a joking tone. </p>
<p>In we don’t even HAVE to read between the lines to get that information. It’s actually said very explicitly in Yale’s Letter:</p>
<p>“We feel confident that as long as you maintain your current level of academic performance, The Admissions Committee will be sending you a formal letter of admission on April 1, 2010”</p>
<p>(exact quote). </p>
<p>Nothing ambiguous about that.</p>
<p>A 2008 likely letter to a recruited athlete read, “The admissions terminology used here-likely-means that you are likely to be admitted to Yale when the full admissions committee formally convenes in November, with official notification mailed in mid-December. History suggests that as long as you maintain your present level of performance and there is no other change in your record, this is, in fact, what will happen.” She was admitted SCEA.</p>
<p>I guess the key here is ". . . as long as you maintain your present level of performance and there is no other change in your record. . . " </p>
<p>Congratulations and relax a little now:)</p>
<p>the rowing coach told me that she would follow my application through admissions and that I would hopefully be included in the class of 2015. While I realize that this is not a likely letter, will she be able to get me in? I have a 31 on my ACT and a 4.3 GPA with rowing and other sports and a little volunteer work as my majority of activities. I applied SCEA to Yale. The wait sucks!!!</p>
<p>These likely letters are only sent to U.S students, right? Or does it include international?</p>
<p>International included.</p>
<p>@ cmrawe</p>
<p>im a swimmer and the swim coach told me the exact same thing… wellonly 4 days to go</p>
<p>So im a siemens semifinalist and plan on majoring in chemistry. I also won the world piano competition and been to carnegie hall. Is this a good chance for a “likely”? Haha</p>
<p>^lol likely is more appropriate to Siemens winner, multiple IMO medalists, Ipho medalists etc
btw. I can’t believe the Siemens winner is a ccer. He got in Caltech EA</p>