<p>Miss your call telling you that you are likely to be accepted?
They take back that likely acceptance back and give it to another applicant.</p>
<p>NOT</p>
<p>haha
They will probably call you again or maybe shoot you an email. You’ll get a likely letter mail anyways!</p>
<p>Sorry Murphy: I’m not Emperor Sauron of Yale. I can only guess why you’ve not been called. Most likely option is what I said in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15450211-post55.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15450211-post55.html</a></p>
<p>Good luck though</p>
<p>I cannot believe that Harvard manages to interview all 30,000+ applicants. It would be logistically impossible and logically unsound. As with all top-tier schools, there will be applicants who are immediately eliminated due to weak stats, essays or LOR’s. For instance, at Yale they say that approx 20% of applicants are not qualified. Why would they bother with interviewing everyone?</p>
<p>@robotmom I agree that Harvard does not necessarily manage to interview all applicants, however interviews are definitely not based on qualification. They try to automatically find you an interviewer as soon as they receive your application, without even looking at it first.</p>
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Simple. There is not enough time to quick read and sort the apps before issuing the applicant list to the local alumni groups. Our window is very small.</p>
<p>One piece of advise our local Harvard interviewing committee chair gave out last year - “file your application early because we dont get a lot of time when you meet the deadline.” </p>
<p>When applicants file them early, they start rolling out to the interviewers but when the barely meet the deadline, they become part of this narrow window with a large pool to be interviewed.</p>
<p>I got the call for a likely letter about 3 days ago but have checked my Eli Account and nothing on there has changed and still no email from admissions… should it indicate that I have received the likely letter or should I just wait for the letter in the mail?!</p>
<p>I got a likely letter!!! I am a non-athlete!</p>
<p>Oh and I am not a STEM major!</p>
<p>RobotMom, Harvard does try to interview all <em>35,000</em> applicants, though there are a few areas where it does not happen, especially internationally. In our region, though many students do not fit the classic definition of “qualified,” it is less about evaluating the student and more about leaving them with a positive impression of Harvard and selective East Coast schools in general–I also believe that when a school has a 5.9% acceptance rate this is a good policy. I strongly dislike the idea that it is a “waste of time” to interview students who do not meet a certain set of criteria. As an interviewer, my goal is to make each student feel valuable and to celebrate his/her achievements as well as to convey to Harvard my impressions. </p>
<p>Likely Letter Question: anyone know someone who made a bad impression during the visit and did not end up receiving a RD acceptance? Just curious…</p>
<p>Does anyone know how long it takes for the admitted students site/ Eli Account to work?</p>
<p>Hi, is there anybody who get likely letter and is Asian (Chinese)? We know several get it. All of them are American Girls. Even some Asian kids in same school are stronger, but they didn’t get it.</p>
<p>T26E4, I understand your point, but if some weaker one got the letter and make your kid very upset.</p>
<p>Genetics11-I am AA and I got a likely letter so I am sure various races are getting them; they are not just for one race.</p>
<p>"I understand your point, but if some weaker one got the letter and make your kid very upset. "</p>
<p>No one should be upset about not getting a likely or an admission. It was a lottery to begin with.</p>
<p>Yale admissions are not based on merit but a bunch of criteria. Being ahead of someone else in class is irrelevant.</p>
<p>genetics11: I have nothing to add more than what texaspg said. Once applicants meet a certain criteria, then many other factors come into play. The reality is that your “ranking” of the seniors is irrelevant to how Yale will rank them. </p>
<p>If you did not know that beforehand, then I’m afraid you’re in for a rude shock. I’m Chinese American but stats-wise, I’m POSITIVE there were many, many other white and Asian applicants who were passed over but had better scores than me the year I applied. But my other factors garnered me multiple Ivy admits and no rejections anywhere.</p>
<p>I got a likely letter on Friday. I’m still in shock. My parents, on the other hand, can’t wait until the official offer of admission so that they can send in the deposit.</p>
<p>Congrats Carlton: Y has eliminated the deposit thing.</p>
<p>^ Yup, S was admitted SCEA. No deposit - just a single click on the web to accept.</p>
<p>Are prospective STEM majors still receiving likely letters? I would imagine that they will stop issuing them to STEM majors soon because people need time to make plans to attend YES-W.</p>