The Unofficial (aka likely letters) Results of UVA RD Admissions

[Proud_Dad_1]

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@dean J

If an application gives us an overall "wow" feeling, we can put it on the list to get a letter. Yes, the stats have to be great, but there's usually something that comes across in the activities, essays, and recs that is truly striking.</p>

<p>For those of you who got a letter, congratulations! For those who didn't, hang in there! As I've said before, don't read into the absence of a letter!

!!! I appreciate what you're implying but what you're saying makes it difficult not to read "less-than-wow" into the lack of a "likely" letter. Though I'm bolstered (and sharing for that reason) by the fact that my oldest never got such a letter three years ago, either, and she was a NMS finalist w/excellent SAT/GPA/etc., and was accepted RD. It seems a bit capricious but I guess it all has something to do with recruitment tactics. Regardless, a "likely" letter says, "You're the one that we want!", and all others are then something less by default. :(</p>