<p>The ultimate thread on likely letters: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804816-quick-facts-about-likely-letters.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804816-quick-facts-about-likely-letters.html</a></p>
<p>This really isn’t worth obsessing about. It matters to recruited athletes (who don’t have to be in the top of the top to get them – just being recruited by colleges with athletic scholarships or ED programs). A pretty insignificant number of nonathletes get them as a marketing device. 90% of the students accepted at Yale never see one.</p>