<p>In the early process, yes, likely letters are almost always given to recruited athletes. Even if you’re an academic superstar the turnaround for early decisions is so quick that a likely letter doesn’t do you much good. Likely letters are submitted to people they admit quickly regular round to have them thinking about the school 3 months before they get accepted elsewhere. </p>
<p>Likely Letters begin to be sent out 10/1; recruited athletes are generally the only ones that will have had the applications submitted by that date. The sense of urgency for non-recruited athletes is less in the EA round, where the time between application submission and decision is “only” 6 weeks. So it is very rare for a non-recruited athlete to get a LL in the EA round,</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses, @collegeapps2k14 and @skieurope, that’s what I thought!</p>
<p>@Bemusedfyz I read it here! Have a look at it 
I also used to think the same as you!
<a href=“The Harvard Crimson”>http://www.thecrimson.com/admissions/article/2013/11/4/letters-of-intent-and-likely-letters/</a></p>
<p>@PcollegegirlP </p>
<p>Thanks for the link. I have to question one part of the article though, because of this:</p>
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<p>Why would anyone other than an athlete have sent the application before October (assuming, because the adcom would need time to read apps before mailing LLs in mid-October)?</p>
<p>I don’t think interviews indicate anything. I got contacted for it two days after submitting my app and I doubt they had time to review between the two days</p>
<p>@PcollegegirlP Just as a heads up, The Harvard Crimson is not always known for detailed, accurate reporting. The article does not say that the non-athletes receive likely letters in the Fall; it only said that non-athletes can receive likely letters. This article is probably better:</p>
<p><a href=“300 ‘Likely Letters’ Sent to Class of 2015 | News | The Harvard Crimson”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/2/15/admissions-letters-letter-fitzsimmons/</a></p>
<p>While we’re on the subject, the odds of a non-athletic recruit receiving a LL is tiny. Harvard admitted 2023 applicants last year. Roughly 200 are recruited athletes, who have to apply SCEA to get a LL, leaving 1823 non-athletic recruits vying for 100 LL’s…</p>
<p>It’s also a pretty safe bet that if you have applied SCEA and have not received a LL, one is not forthcoming, but that means nothing.</p>
<p>@skieurope </p>
<p>The other question, then, is whether or not any normal applicants (read: not athletes) will get LLs in the SCEA round. I know that non-athletes can get them in the RD round, but sending a LL to a non-athlete in the SCEA round seems to defeat the purpose of the LL?</p>
<p>@skieurope thanks for the article… And yea I see what u r saying! 
@Bemusedfyz I understand u, but the link skieurope provided us with says that :
Pepper said that while the process for recruited athletes is more straightforward, it is less clear why certain non-athletes receive a likely letter.
“The colleges hold the cards and they’re not going to tell you what they do and don’t do,” Pepper said.</p>
<p>So I guess that we can only Speculate, but only Harvard knows the answers to all of our questions! ;)</p>
<p>@Bemusedfyz My guess is no.</p>
<p>I seriously hope that the results are released on 12th. I have an exam on the morning of 12th, covering syllabus of the full year, so results released on 11th will leave me in no state of writing that exam. </p>
<p>@hezekiel bad luck!</p>
<p>Hi all! I just received notification that I won a youngarts honorable mention award. Can anyone tell me how to let Harvard know? I don’t see a place on the portal…do I just email them?</p>
<p>@skieurope </p>
<p>Thanks. I think so too.</p>
<p>@PcollegegirlP
This is true. Come 11th December, people will be accepted. Four years from now, they’ll graduate. Thirty years from now, they’ll be old alumni… They probably still won’t know how H admissions work 
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<p>What is a “likely letter”? Is it the acceptance letter?</p>
<p>Is dec 11 confirmed?</p>
<p>@hezekiel just don’t check your email until after the exam! Simple as that.
Or, prepare yourself right now for rejection. Finish all of your other applications. </p>
<p>every single day i keep thinking about acceptance and rejection oh my god</p>
<p>@harvard00 I feel you! It didn’t get really bad until this week…and now it’s all sinking in.
@Lanie49 The admissions office said that the 11th is the most likely date.</p>
<p>@calliemoon11 thanks! Where do you go to see announcements like that and what the admission ppl are saying?</p>