When do likely letters go out

Thanks for the responses! Grinnell and Smith both do this. Lindagaf before Harvard reinstated its SCEA policy, it sent out likely letters — about to athletes and to top applicants. They did ask him a lot of questions at the audition. He auditioned live at 8 schools including one nonbinding early action where he was accepted in December and so far the first of these schools admitted him this week UC Irvine.

Amherst and Williams send out early writes official acceptance letters in early March. I just got one from Amherst yesterday! If you committed during or before junior year, why wait to apply regular decision? All Rights Reserved. Which schools send or have sent "likely letters" and when do did they send them? College Admissions.

Very random and rare indeed. Poll: Did you get a likely letter Cornell Class of ? Someone from the Harvard thread received one a couple days ago.

Timing of Decisions Ivy League institutions mail admission decision letters twice annually, in mid December and late March. Those who wish a decision in December must apply by early to mid-November and complete their applications with supporting materials shortly thereafter.

Early Evaluation As determined by each institution, admissions offices may choose to advise certain applicants in writing of the probability of admission e. Likely letters will have the effect of letters of admission, in that as long as the applicant sustains the academic and personal record reflected in the completed application, the institution will send a formal admission offer on the appropriate notification date.

One way in which top schools seek to woo particularly desirable students is with likely letters. What is a likely letter? A likely letter is a message sent to select students before an institution makes its official admissions decisions. To learn more about likely letters and what they mean for you, read on. There are a handful of reasons top schools send likely letters to especially strong applicants, the most notable of which is to increase their yield rate, while securing the enrollment of the most outstanding applicants.

Yield rate is simply the percentage of admitted students who decide to enroll. For example, Harvard University Likely letters help selective schools maintain their high yields by keeping top applicants interested and engaged with them, while they wait to make official admissions decisions in late March and early April. Likely letters are frequently accompanied with an invitation to events and programs such as diversity weekends and all-expenses paid campus visits.

These invitations allow colleges to both further ingratiate themselves to the applicants and provide more time to recruit them to their institutions. The difference between a likely letter and an early write is how definite the acceptance is.