Hispanic Students Class of 2016 Official Results thread

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I must say that I was surprised about the likely letters. He is a top student at a very tough school and he has received some national level recognition. But still, are top Hispanic students still that rare?

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<p>While I think the level of Hispanic students is rising, there are still relatively few who are competitive for the most selective colleges.</p>

<p>As I posted on a thread on the Admissions forum, likely letters are definitely up this year as never before. Several years ago D1 was admitted to Y EA and into all of her RD schools, including HP, Brown & Amherst, and several schools with merit aid. Zero likely letters. And it was no big deal because no one expected them, they went to recruited athletes and a very few tippy top academic applicants. </p>

<p>They are definitely being used as a recruiting tool this year, analogous to EA/ED in telling candidates “We really like you” ahead of RD in order to try and sway their allegiance.</p>