Harvard's Unofficial Early Admissions Process

SwatGrad
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:30:04 +0000

The “likely” or whatever to a recruited athlete is tantamount to admission. Were Harvard to later withdraw a likely admission (assuming no material change in applicant status) would have a severe chilling effect on athletic recruitment. To attach some other meaning to the “likely” letter betrays a certain naivete about how these processes work.