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According to the Ivy League Statement, some schools not only send out "likely" letters, but may also mail "unlikely" letters. Is that true? Has anyone gotten one of those?

I would think that they would not go through the hassle of sending those out. What exactly is the benefit of mailing out a bunch of "unlikely" letters other than a whole bunch of paperwork and stamp fee?

One more thing, anyone received any type of statement from;

Cornell (CAS)
NYU
Vassar
Brown
Columbia

I didn't get one from Yale, as many of us here did, so I guess I won't be getting in.

By Garland (Garland) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 10:05 am: Edit

You shouldn't assume that; most people who are accepted by these schools won't get likely letters ahead of time.

Where in the Ivy Statement does it mention "unlikely letters?" I'd never heard of that before.

By Driver (Driver) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 10:11 am: Edit

Never heard of unlikely, doesn't make much sense. Cornell's likely letters came out at the end of the first week of March last year (at least the one we got from Engineering did.)

By Spacechic20 (Spacechic20) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:02 pm: Edit

haha could you imagine getting an unlikely letter?

i think thats pretty funny

By Spacechic20 (Spacechic20) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:02 pm: Edit

haha could you imagine getting an unlikely letter?

i think thats pretty funny

By Valpal (Valpal) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:10 pm: Edit

I doubt you'd thank so, if you were the recipient of one...

By Usna_Reject (Usna_Reject) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:12 pm: Edit

I kinda got one :/

By Soulofheaven8 (Soulofheaven8) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:29 pm: Edit

Haha, since you guys don't seem to believe in the existence of "unlikely" letters, I have pulled out the statement on the Cornell application, verbatim:

"Beginning in January and continuing until March 15, some institutions may advise an applicant of his or her chances of admission (e.g., "likely", "UNLIKELY", or "possible)."

By Candi1657 (Candi1657) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 07:38 pm: Edit

Soulofheaven is right, and if you read the Ivy League policy statement, it has a similar description. Whether each Ivy chooses to give all of these types of notification is up to them.

By Daggerlee (Daggerlee) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 08:42 pm: Edit

Although they reserve the right to send out these letters, they don't have to.

I've never, ever heard of an Ivy sending out an unlikely letter - what's the point?

By Ti83plus (Ti83plus) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 02:34 am: Edit

yea. they should send out reject letters instead.

By Cookie33 (Cookie33) on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 12:57 pm: Edit

wellesly gives out unlikely letters. then later they send you the rejection later. so basically, u get rejected 2wice. lol

By Sadeyedlady (Sadeyedlady) on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 04:43 pm: Edit

but for wellesley you sign up for it.

By Brownsugar (Brownsugar) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:54 am: Edit

Now that? Would suck.

When I wasn't a finalist for the UVA Jefferson the guy called me...and sent a letter 3 days later.

By H0neymoon (H0neymoon) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 02:59 pm: Edit

"Dear _______, I regret to inform you that it is highly unlikely you will be accepted to our amazingly fantastic and prestigious adademic institution, but we'll see how it goes eh?? Maybe we will change our minds, but again, that is highly unlikely.

Best wishes, and we wish you the best of luck,

Admissions Bastards,


hahahahahahaha