<p>Ran across this article from 2007. Brown notes that they gave 75 Likely Letters in late March to high potential academic admits. It goes on to say they sent 35 Likely Letters in the Fall of 2006 to high potential athletic recruits.</p>
<p>For that class (2010) they had 1S8,316 student apply and 2,555 admitted. Athletes with Likely Letters represented 1.3% of the admittees.</p>
<p>This year, there were over 30,0000 applicants to Brown.</p>
<p>So much for schools corrupting their standards by admitting high number of underqualified applicants.</p>
<p>[The</a> Brown Daily Herald - Top scholars, athletes get ‘likely’ letters from Office of Admission](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/campus-news/top-scholars-athletes-get-likely-letters-from-office-of-admission-1.1673946]The”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/campus-news/top-scholars-athletes-get-likely-letters-from-office-of-admission-1.1673946)</p>