HS class of 2020. Recruiting experience

cinnamon1212
Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:00:48 +0000

@Mwfan1921 you are confusing me! Now, based on your most recent post I’ve got to go back to my original – the Emory communication was a likely letter, it was definitely not a formal offer of admission. It did say something like “you are a very strong candidate and are very likely to be offered admission”. My son applied RD, and the email came a few weeks before admissions decisions were announced. We checked with two different Deans of College Advising to make sure we hadn’t misunderstood, and they confirmed that short of getting arrested (etc) the email meant my son was in. And he was.

So, it wasn’t issued in the fall, as I understand Ivy Likely Letters are, but did let my son know he was accepted before others.