Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read dc's friend's letter that worked at an Ivy. It was a warm letter about love of the school and it also discussed many truly impressive accomplishments that had happened since submitting the original app.

Who are these students with “many truly impressive accomplishments” that have taken place in the last 2-ish months?

My kid (not a senior, so I can only extrapolate) got another dean’s list and a scholastic gold key. Not nothing, but not “truly impressive” and not “many.”

What kinds of things are seniors doing that there is so much to update on in a LOCI?

My kid got into top 20 with loci that had mostly bullet updates:

- offered 2 diff paid internships for the summer after HS grad (both pointy interests focused)

- writing was published (non humanities intended major)

- several awards (one county wide and one nationwide)

- took college classes that spring semester as a HS senior and was doing really well in them

Did not include anything unhelpful (small potatoes)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read dc's friend's letter that worked at an Ivy. It was a warm letter about love of the school and it also discussed many truly impressive accomplishments that had happened since submitting the original app.

Who are these students with “many truly impressive accomplishments” that have taken place in the last 2-ish months?

My kid (not a senior, so I can only extrapolate) got another dean’s list and a scholastic gold key. Not nothing, but not “truly impressive” and not “many.”

What kinds of things are seniors doing that there is so much to update on in a LOCI?

I posted about dc’s friend’s letter. I get it, my kid is in the same boat with fairly minor accomplishments to mention. But this kid had multiple achievements like winning robotics and debate tournaments and a sports championship and receiving a community service award from a local group and publishing a paper. It was a lot and honestly the college would have been crazy not to take the kid. Not shocked they did.

Most schools release RD decisions around mid/late March, so sending by March 1 or a few days later should be ok. Some release decisions earlier, however, so you’d want to send a LOCI earlier. If they do t say when decisions are released, Google or ask here for what they’ve done the last few years and determine a personal LOCI deadline that way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a deferred school explicitly says the loci deadline is March 1, would it be too late to submit it in mid/late February? What if the school doesn’t mention a deadline? Thanks.

My son was wondering because he has a couple of bigger activities coming up in the second half of Feb.

If the explicit deadline is March 1, then mid/late February is before the deadline and not too late.

If no deadline given, no later than early March is best — you want to get it in while they are doing RD app reviews.

Thanks. Did you mean no later than early February?

Anonymous wrote:If a deferred school explicitly says the loci deadline is March 1, would it be too late to submit it in mid/late February? What if the school doesn’t mention a deadline? Thanks.

My son was wondering because he has a couple of bigger activities coming up in the second half of Feb.

If the explicit deadline is March 1, then mid/late February is before the deadline and not too late.

If no deadline given, no later than early March is best — you want to get it in while they are doing RD app reviews.

If a deferred school explicitly says the loci deadline is March 1, would it be too late to submit it in mid/late February? What if the school doesn’t mention a deadline? Thanks.

My son was wondering because he has a couple of bigger activities coming up in the second half of Feb.

Research paper finished and published
Club founded has won another competition
Attended a conference where presented paper at poster session
Promoted to leadership position at non-profit has been working at for the last couple of years.

Just some examples.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read dc's friend's letter that worked at an Ivy. It was a warm letter about love of the school and it also discussed many truly impressive accomplishments that had happened since submitting the original app.

Who are these students with “many truly impressive accomplishments” that have taken place in the last 2-ish months?

My kid (not a senior, so I can only extrapolate) got another dean’s list and a scholastic gold key. Not nothing, but not “truly impressive” and not “many.”

What kinds of things are seniors doing that there is so much to update on in a LOCI?

I’m curious about this, as well. Our school gives a handful of major awards to to top students at the end of junior year and again at the end of senior year. Nothing in between.

Since applying ED in mid-September, DC has been made co-captain of both their fall and winter varsity sports. But they’re not a recruited athlete, so does this even matter?

What other awards or even “updates” have deferred kids included in their LOCI that weren’t already in their initial application?

Anonymous wrote:I read dc's friend's letter that worked at an Ivy. It was a warm letter about love of the school and it also discussed many truly impressive accomplishments that had happened since submitting the original app.

Who are these students with “many truly impressive accomplishments” that have taken place in the last 2-ish months?

My kid (not a senior, so I can only extrapolate) got another dean’s list and a scholastic gold key. Not nothing, but not “truly impressive” and not “many.”

What kinds of things are seniors doing that there is so much to update on in a LOCI?

I read dc's friend's letter that worked at an Ivy. It was a warm letter about love of the school and it also discussed many truly impressive accomplishments that had happened since submitting the original app.

Anonymous wrote:
hi! does anyone have a letter of continued interest that led to an admittance?! I am not sure my DD has a good idea of this and I would love to preview an example
of someone's LOCI that was successful!
thank you in advance!

Stop creating posts about this.
One is enough

Start with a template online but then you really have to make it personally fit your kid, based on new circumstances, the school and major, etc.

Search loci here

hi! does anyone have a letter of continued interest that led to an admittance?! I am not sure my DD has a good idea of this and I would love to preview an example
of someone's LOCI that was successful!
thank you in advance!