Do likely letters from elsewhere correlate with Yale acceptance?

lolToasty
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:04:08 +0000

I would think that the plethora comes from our new experience as an applicant, but since you may have more experience on the forum with these new wave of applicants, entomom, I’d think you might be right. I only know from this year because, well, like others, I didn’t know LL’s existed until recently and thought they were for supergeniuses. I’m not even close.
They were from Columbia, Dartmouth, and Fordham. The EW’s were from Williams and Bowdoin. I didn’t say them in the OP but why not? haha.
I wouldn’t say I merit Ivy admission, but it would be nice. I mostly like Harvard and Yale, but not just for prestige. I’d say the prestige factor lures me to Harvard, but Boston might lure me more. I love the city. As for Yale… if Yale wasn’t an Ivy, I’d still love it. When I visited, I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. I wish it was easier to get in to. I hate that I fell in love with a super selective Ivy :/

Thank you for the reassurance, guys. I’m getting anxious but hope the 29th brings good news. I’d love to have a hard decision to make.