The Ultimate Thread on Likely Letters

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<p>Can you guys list all situations in which Yale has sent out likely letters?
I realize most are based on ECs. I just wish to know which ones are recruited most and what level is needed in each.</p>

<p>Add to the list:</p>

<p>The top few in the nation/world in-</p>

<p>A. Athletics
1. Most recruited? (My guess- football/basketball/soccer)
B. Arts
1. Dance
2. Music
a. International Piano Competitions/etc.
3. Painting
C. Academics
1. Science/Math
a. International Olympiad in Chem/Physics/Bio/Math/Programming
2. Humanities/Social Sciences
a. Davidson Fellow
D. ?</p>

<p>p.s. post it on a word doc for better formatting.</p>

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<p>The ultimate thread on likely letters: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804816-quick-facts-about-likely-letters.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804816-quick-facts-about-likely-letters.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This really isn’t worth obsessing about. It matters to recruited athletes (who don’t have to be in the top of the top to get them – just being recruited by colleges with athletic scholarships or ED programs). A pretty insignificant number of nonathletes get them as a marketing device. 90% of the students accepted at Yale never see one.</p>

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<p>Ah, but it is the insignificant number of non-athletes that get them that interests me. Why would Yale market itself to non-athletes? And which non-athlete’s specifically?</p>

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<p>There has been a lot of discussion about SCEA Likely Letters and I know for a fact Yale gives them out. A friend of mine at my school received one ~2 weeks ago. She isn’t a recruited athlete and hasn’t done anything with art or music (she plays piano but no major competitions there). But she did receive a 2400 and is politically involved. She has been a part of MANY political campaigns on the city and state level. She is also very volunteer-oriented, currently helping to organize a community-based nonprofit. So maybe Y gives out LLs to students who are really academically focused in areas other than math/science/ Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>^honestly? if she’s your close friend and knows that you’re applying to yale, why the heck would she wave around a likely letter in your face?</p>

<p>did you actually seee the letter?</p>

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<p>In my previous post, I said that Y sends about 100 LLs to “slam dunk” cases that Yale really really wants. What do these kids look like? I can’t really say. I’ve only met one person who rec’d a Yale LL. She turned us down. She eventually won a Rhodes.</p>

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<p>She didn’t wave it around in my face. She simply told me she received one and was very happy. I asked her to read the letter to me and she did over the phone. I have never seen anyone work as hard as she does or put as much effort into any one activity. Jealous? A little but if anyone deserves it, it would be her</p>

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<p>^ Plinz, your friend sounds like a great person and must certainly be well qualified and worthy to get her letter - so congratulations for her! :)</p>

<p>I am curious though, if she received the letter about 2 weeks ago, that makes it roughly mid-November, and Apps were due November 1st, does that mean that within a week or two they’ve already marked out the best students? As in decisions are made that quickly!? (wow…)</p>

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<p>I had a private chat with T26E4 and they said, “Also, Ivy rules do state that after Oct 1, LLs can go out.” So I assume so. And I don’t know if this matters, but my friend handed in her Y app sometime in mid September.</p>