<p>cocotoo - The Ivy’s have an early admission feature commonly referred to as a “likely letter”. These letters, when used for recruited athletes, are only sent out during the early admission process. The letter essentially states that the school will be offering admission in December and the letters go out well before that date. Likely letters are also used for regular admission but not for athletic recruiting. My frame of reference is Yale although the peer Ivy’s probably do the same. I believe at Yale about 25% of the early admits are recruited athletes. Pretty much all of Yale’s athletes come in through early admission. You can assume that your kid will get admitted to his EA choice but is not likely to be admitted as an athlete at the other two schools since they will have completed freshmen recruitment by then.</p>