<p>what is a likely?</p>
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<p>It's a letter that's mailed before April 1st that says that the person is likely to get in. It's practically an acceptance letter.</p>
<p>do they do it for EA also?</p>
<p>and saibondy - lol so did you get it Before or After you were an athlete? were you recruited or did your coach say anything to you?</p>
<p>Yes. Again, they rarely send it to non-athletic recruits. Virtually 100% of the likely letters Harvard sends are to athletic recruits.</p>
<p>That may once have been true, but it is no longer.</p>
<p>By way of comparison, Dartmouth sends out about 600 "likelies", and Stanford just initiated a program for sending 161 likelies to a group of "desirables" split 50-50 between top academic achievers and top URMs who, they suspected, were being recruited by other top elites. The purpose of a "likely" is, hopefully, to gain a recruiting edge on the competition by being the first to say "we love you".</p>
<p>Stanford, of course, doesn't need to send likelies to jocks, as it gives out more athletic scholarships than any other school in america, and requires a commitment letter in exchange for the right to receive athletic scholarship money.</p>
<p>Harvard didn't send me a likely...:(</p>
<p>Actually, I've never read what the Harvard likely letter says...anyone have it lying around?</p>
<p>what's the average that harvard sends out? and do they ever send it to art and dance "desirables" ?</p>
<p>I believe they send out about 30 to 50 every year. It's not many.</p>