Likely Letters for RD

Colleges & Universities Dartmouth College
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<p>Does RD applicatns get likely letteres from Dartmouth?</p>

<p>If so, when?</p>

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<p>yes, but i dont know when.</p>

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<p>They don’t start sending those out usually until February.</p>

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<p>Are Dartmouth’s likely letters solely for athletes? Also, does anyone know what percentage of Dartmouth’s RD admits get likely letters?</p>

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<p>what are likely letters?</p>

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<p>no they are not only for athletes. likely letters are dartmouths (although other schools also participate in the practice) way of letting an applicant know they are in before the ivy designated decision notification. it is not a formal acceptance letter, although recipients can usually be fairly sure one is soon to follow.</p>

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<p>Well, the reason I ask is that a Princeton rep I talked to said that Princeton only gives likely letters to athletes.</p>

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<p>There are 2 sets of likely letters:</p>

<p>the first set does go out to recruited atlethes letting them know that their admissions to a specific school is likley (this is usually done so the athlete can lock into applying ED)</p>

<p>the likely letters that the OP mentions happens during RD and one does not have to be an athlete to get a likely letter.</p>

<p>Dartmouth Likely letters run in approximately 3 cylcles for RD candidates starting in mid february and are sent out by the Dean of Admissions and Financial aid. A sample likely letters is as follows:</p>

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<p>If you search likely letters in the dartmouth forum, you will see postings of students who have received likely letters over the past few cycles.</p>

<p>I hope this helps</p>

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<p>the first set of likely letters goes out in early February. As others said not necessarily to athletes. D, not an athlete, got one before end of second week in February. I believe I read somewhere that a total of about 500 go out. If you do a search on the Dartmouth homepage you will find some articles in The Dartmouth about it.</p>

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<p>Yes, likely letters go out; yes, as has been mentioned, they go to non-athletes. But–don’t panic if you don’t get one. I watched two friends get likely letters and decided I wasn’t going to get in, and lo and behold, I am a '10.</p>

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<p>a random question from the princeton board, because someone mentioned it, and im curious about dartmouth letters as well…does pton send likely letters out to nonathletes (to the person that asked), and, if we were to recieve a likely letter, we would receive it in the beginning of Feb…is this right??</p>

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<p>why the hell are you worrying about likely letters??? come on! be glad if you get accepted! acceptance into dartmouth is a great honor in itself. who cares about a likely letter? it’s just a piece of paper…</p>

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<p>it would just be nice to know earlier since personally, i stres out way to much over this stuff</p>

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<p>From the Princeton ALumni Weekly:</p>

<p>October 11, 2006:
Princeton’s action to end early-decision: What it will mean
A Q&A with Admission Dean Janet Rapelye</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/web_exclusives/plus/plus_101106rapelye.html[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/web_exclusives/plus/plus_101106rapelye.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As for the Princeton question, an admissions rep came to my school and I asked her the same question. She said that they’re typically reserved for athletes only.</p>

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<p>I know someone who got a likely letter last year and then didn’t get accepted.</p>

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<p>at Dartmouth?</p>

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<p>do you guys know which other schools use “likely letters”?</p>

<p>I read in a Dartmouth article that only 2 people offered likely letters have been rejected from 1990-2000, so your friend was definitely a rare case…was his mid-year report horrible? It seems as though some of the admissions officers just send these likely letters out prior to receiving the mid-year reports though. I know my mid-year report definitely won’t reach them by early February since my second semester ends in early February…</p>

<p>Here’s the link to the article aforementioned:
<a href=“http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2000030201020[/url]”>http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2000030201020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks for the princeton info…haha now i wont stress come feb when i have no letter, it seems like that might only happen for non athletes next year</p>

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<p>i searched for “likely letters” and I couldnt find any links to a thread that showed some … eh, w/e</p>