What Does This Indicate?

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<p>Hi - I applied Regular Decision to Columbia University. Around a couple of days ago, my school guidance counselor informed me that she received a letter from Columbia with only my name and another applicant's name (there are other students who applied but whose names were not mentioned in the letter). My counselor said that the letter was something about the school still considering us toward admission. She sounded very excited about it when she delivered the news to me. Could this possibly be a positive indicator that I may be admitted?</p>

<p>Upon reading about typical likely letters from Ivy Leagues, the letter that my guidance counselor received does not seem to be one of those. I read on various CC forums that likely letters are mailed to the applicants, not necessarily to guidance counselors. But then - would Columbia take the time to mail a letter to my school if it was not some sort of an indicator? </p>

<p>Help me out CC'ers!</p>

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<p>this is not a likely letter but perhaps a sign of interest and maybe looking for more info on you and other kid from gc. perhaps gc mentioned to you looking to gauge your interest level so they can further advocate for you? do you think you and the other kid are among the stronger applicants from your school? your gc should be able to shed more light based on past experience with similar communications but this was not an LL</p>

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<p>Thank you for your response, lioness4! :slight_smile: In regards to your question, I am pretty certain that another student and I are the strongest candidates within the school. My school does not send too many kids to prestigious schools or Ivy Leagues (only about one, or at most two, students accepted into such schools every year), so I do believe that this may be the first time that my gc received a communication like this. Hopefully, Columbia was expressing its interest!</p>

<p>I also heard from a reliable source that these instances are surprisingly common and that, most of the time, the colleges are actually using this method to make the gcs select which student to be accepted.</p>