Does Stanford do likely letters?

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<p>I’ve heard that some top schools, such as Cornell, Yale, etc, send applicants that make it through the first round of admission “likely letters.” </p>

<p>Does Stanford do this too?</p>

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<p>Yes they do.</p>

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<p>Even for early applicants?</p>

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<p>‘likely’ letters what does this mean?</p>

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<p>Early applicants who are athletes and some in regular round who are great students.</p>

<p>It is a letter that says you are ‘likely’ admitted based on your application but wait for official letter when we announce results.</p>

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<p>If you have to ask it probably won’t affect you in any case. AFAIK most likely letters are sent to athletes or student who satisfy another big institutional need.</p>

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<p>There are RD applicants who receive them for non-athletic non institutional needs.</p>

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<p>Most non athletic likely letter recipients are often known as WOW - “walk on water” kids- like texaspg’s DD.
They are the truly outstanding students whose acceptance is a “no brainer”, even at a top U like Stanford.</p>

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<p>I had never heard about these letters. If you do not receive a letter it doesn’t mean your chance is has grown less than the acceptance rate right?</p>

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<p>mpmmom - thanks for the compliment but she did not receive it! :D</p>

<p>There was a kid on CC this year who got into Yale and HPME at NU who received it. I could not convince him to go to S despite spending time with him in person.</p>

<p>Edit: Here is a thread where people are stating they were received.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/854635-stanford-early-approval-letter-4.html#post15438704[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/854635-stanford-early-approval-letter-4.html#post15438704&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;