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<p>Sure it’s “legal” to have more than on LL, but with very few exceptions, there is no way to do that without telling a few fibs along the way.</p>
<p>“Fibs”? As i said, I am new to this and I, PERSONALLY, know exactly where i dream/want to be collegewise; but I was responding to a previous poster’s hypothetical Spring Harvard RD quandry vs a Fall non-ED LL in hand. </p>
<p>So I guess your “fib” comment implies that an LL requires a commitment on the student’s part… before it’s issued in the Fall? Do you think they are asked to commit in order to get the LL without knowing their Financial Aid (which I thought only came in April?)?</p>
<p>Wow, we did have one athlete who I heard got 2 LLs and it was quoted that Ivy rules don’t preclude that, hence my comment above. Though YOUR comment makes more sense! My, it must be a stressful “dance” between coaches saying “they’re ‘supporting’ you” (how much? and, moreover, with what official impact in Admissions?), athlete’s “commiting” without actual NLI signings, etc. Wow. Thanks for your info/insight… not that it will efect me, lol, I’d be thrilled ot get the one LL, lol. </p>
<p>Anyone else have experiences with LLs without ED and/or 2 LLs?</p>
<p>^well, the official Ivy rules state that a recruit can’t be required to make a commitment in order to receive a LL. But in reality a great deal of the process is based on good faith. If a coach has a handful of LL’s to dispense, he’s going to want a pretty strong assurance before parting with one. And yes, the ‘dance’ can get a little stressful, haha </p>
<p>As for the ‘fib’ comment, I don’t mean to imply that everyone who has received 2 LLs is dishonest. It’s just very rare.</p>
<p>re: “Another thought – per your situation outlined above above … if a rower gets “recruited” with a LL (not via formal ED, just LL – say at another top school, which like H, does not have ED) in the Fall, as they wait until April 1 to get the official acceptance to back up that one LL and as LLs are not binding on the student, couldn’t they then pick H if they were accepted at H RD?”</p>
<p>They could, but as varska has pointed out above, generally speaking an athlete is asked to give his or her word that he or she will attend the school if given a likely. My S had OFFERS of more than one LL, as in “we will give you a LL if you commit to coming here” but only accepted and received one.</p>
<p>I know a girl who received three or four LLs. I don’t know if she was casting a wide net for FA purposes or was just undecided, or even if she ended up pulling some of her apps before the final acceptances came out.</p>
<p>I like the honest, open, mutual commitment approach, but I can certainly see that an uncommitted applicant could honestly and ethically navigate the process in a way that resulted in multiple LLs, multiple acceptances and, at the end of the day, nice choices and some resulting hurt feelings.</p>
<p>Coaches have a limited number of LLs, so if a student takes a LL but later does not attend, this slot is lost for the coach ---- especially since the top recruits will have committed somewhere else.</p>
<p>the guy she’s talking about is a monster. Two top Ivy’s wanted him enough to both give him LL’s despite his ambivalence about what school he would attend. I can guarantee that both coaches knew what they were getting into–that they might not get him. It was a risk they were willing to take. </p>
<p>Unlike me, who’s still amazing I got one LL!</p>