HS class of 2020. Recruiting experience

Mwfan1921
Fri, 03 Jan 2020 14:38:22 +0000

one1ofeach:

Likely letters and early notification are two different things but kind of make you feel good either way. Competitive schools that don’t offer LL have started notifying early I believe. People are confusing the two calling everything a LL. Just semantics I guess.

It’s not semantics and it’s important that applicants understand the difference.

An early write is a formal offer of admission.

A likely letter is just that…it says the applicant is ‘likely’ to be admitted when formal offers of admission are released. Some schools also make use of different qualifiers in likely letters…including terms such as ‘likely’, ‘probably’, and ‘possibly’. Every year there are applicants who received a likely letter who are in fact not admitted.

Competitive schools that don’t offer LL have started notifying early I believe

Examples?