Can a college send a likely letter as a mistake?

Applying to College
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<p>My bro recently got a likely letter from Dartmouth but he is a bit worried (probably unreasonably paranoid) that it may be a mistake after talking to some friends. Apparently the people who get likely letters have near-perfect SAT scores and GPA’s and stellar EC’s and Rec’s. Well, my bro doesn’t have perfect SAT scores (a very modest number actually - around 2250) and good but not great GPA (3.7 UW, 4.2 W, top 10% of class) and EC’s (don’t know about rec’s). So he is perhaps even puzzled by the likely letter (although, of course, he is very ecstatic). He got the likely letter with invitation to Dimension (some orientation for perspective students) and rough estate of the financial aid package. Does he have any reason to worry or is he just paranoid? Not the fact that he got accepted but got the likely letter, which supposedly goes to the cream of the crop applicants. Any story with a mistake letter or rescinded likely letter? Any input would be great. Thanks.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023117&LTID=1[/url]”>http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023117&LTID=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>according to princeton review, has both average gpa and sat’s scores</p>

<p>maybe that’s it?</p>

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<p>Tell your brother to take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the moment. It is no mistake, he will get the “big envelope” when official decsions come out. Right now if he is interested in attending Dimensions, he should call admissions and express his desire to attend so they can work with him in making it possible.</p>

<p>Hope that he has a great visit to and hopefully a great experience in Hanover and Congratulations.</p>

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<p>^^ agreed.</p>

<p>Although this probably isn’t a mistake, let’s not forget the UNC-CH fiasco…</p>

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<p>Have more confidence in him! Poor guy needs family support and look what his brother is posting on the web about him. A mistake? Ouch.</p>

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<p>jimbob,</p>

<p>haha I think you are misunderstanding my post. My family and I have a lot of confidence in him! It’s just that I see him worried, more than he should be. So I just wanted to see if there were actual stories of people who were accepted/sent likely letters then revoked for some reason. That’s all.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you call the university and ASK?? Then you’ll know for sure:)</p>

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<p>Yeah, 2250 sure is modest. After all, what, .5 percent of students do better? 2250 certainly makes you average rather than putting you above the average score at such top schools as, oh, I dunno, Dartmouth maybe. In fact, here’s the link for the employment page at the McDonald’s web site.
<a href=“http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work.html[/url]”>http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work.html&lt;/a&gt;
Your brother should call it quits now and start learning the ins and outs of the fry machine. 2250. Horrible.</p>

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<p>ferrisbueller,</p>

<p>Didn’t mean to sound like a showoff. I meant he had modest stats compared to others who got likely letters. He realizes now that what matters is the acceptance and he went too far with thinking about the “mistake” and all. He’s really excited about visiting Dartmouth soon.</p>

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<p>haha, my bad radix. I have a slightly warped sense of humor, which combined with a calculus test tomorrow can add up to a rather cranky post. congratulations to your bro, I hope he loves dartmouth.</p>