<p>So pretty much I am sending a letter of intent to my too choice college because I really want them to see my interest in being admitted to the University.
Who should the recipient be?
Or should I just send it to the Office of Admissions?</p>
<p>What’s a letter of intent?</p>
<p>It’s a football/basketball/etc letter used to commit to schools (my experience with the terminology, at least). From what I’ve seen on National Signing Day at Auburn in the past, students typically either hand-deliver their LoIs or just fax them in to the school. If I were you, I’d just call tomorrow or within the coming weeks and ask where to send it (try the admissions office first and they’ll hopefully redirect you). Also, out of pure ignorance on my part, if you’re football and are still in high school are you actually able to send in your letter before the deadline?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering everyone! Well my teacher actually was the one who told me to type a letter of intent… It is a letter that shows your interest and qualifications for a college. Let’s say you want to get into their Journalism program (such is my case), I listed all my qualifications and awards I have received for Journalism and you state all the unique characteristics you will bring to the campus: dedication, commitment, etc… It is a letter that you type pretty much making them admit you and like you.</p>
<p>I am not doing any athletics by the way. And I sent it way after the deadline because I just learned about this letter today. I’m going to send it tomorrow! I applied for UM (University of Miami) on Nov.1 and will get my admission info on Feb.1 but I still sent it anyway.</p>
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<p>Your teacher is not using the correct terminology. A letter of intent is a specific letter concerning the commitment of recruited athletes, as discussed in post #3.</p>
<p>While sending a letter telling a school how much you like it is unlikely to hurt, only some schools care about the level of interest of an applicant, and often this is shown by applying early, visiting, etc. To determine how much interest is factored into a college’s decision, go to their common data set; eg. for UMiami:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www6.miami.edu/planning-research/CDS1112.pdf[/url]”>http://www6.miami.edu/planning-research/CDS1112.pdf</a></p>
<p>i wouldn’t send a letter of intent if you are not an athlete</p>
<p>Wow! Thank you so much for all the info! Great website!
And thanks for giving the correct name! I’m not even sure if that’s what my teacher really said, I can’t remember now. I guess it was just what I saw on Google.</p>
<p>@entomom ^</p>
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But wasn’t that all in your application in one form or another? Unless you have some new information to provide (an article published somewhere, for example) or need to correct an omission, which can always be done by sending a communication to the admissions office, this seems to be just…paper. I don’t see how telling I school you really, really, really want to go there adds a thing to your application.</p>
<p>I forgot to add a resume and did not list most of the awards (since there are only like 5 spaces in the commonapp for this) and work as a Journalist</p>
<p>Anyway I just want to try it out. If it doesn’t help I just wasted my time. Big deal. If they actually take it into consideration, I would have saved my future adding a letter.</p>
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<p>For future applicants: this is what the Additional Information section of the CA is meant for.</p>