Anonymous
03/06/2026 09:09
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Congrats, PPs!
Anonymous
03/06/2026 07:25
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Congratulations! DD is a first year at CC and is having an amazing time. Loves her classes and is involved in lots of activities. Best of luck to your DD!
Anonymous
03/06/2026 03:01
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
The likely letter in the Pick Me of top tier yield.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Anonymous
03/06/2026 01:11
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Anonymous wrote:DS got one! He also was a named scholar with research money and stuff. Really cool and we are over the moon for him.
Congratulations! That is fantastic.
Anonymous
03/06/2026 01:05
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
DS got one! He also was a named scholar with research money and stuff. Really cool and we are over the moon for him.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 23:59
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Congrats to the OP! The only person I know who received a likely letter from Columbia (this is a few years ago) was accepted to and attended Harvard. So, I think Columbia knows that this student extraordinary and is trying to get them excited to attend Columbia and pick it over all other schools.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 23:40
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Anonymous wrote:Why would a university send these? To make sure you don’t accept somewhere else first? Is likely always “accept”?
It is always an accept unless the kid does something that would get their offers rescinded. Likely letters are tactics to boost yield; if a university demonstrates interest and prioritizes a student, they're more likely to accept their offer of admission, as they have time to get excited, do research, and prepare.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 23:31
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Why would a university send these? To make sure you don’t accept somewhere else first? Is likely always “accept”?
Anonymous
03/05/2026 22:49
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Anonymous wrote:Congrats!
Would you mind sharing the stats? Thanks! Congrats again!
OP here; thank you all!
She has a 3.95 from a top private, near top rigor, 1560 SAT, 36 ACT (both submitted). Unhooked. National awards from YoungArts, Scholastic, and others. English/Creative Writing/American Studies major. Her most important EC was a local project she started that tied closely with her major. She decided to keep most essays private, but she worked with an essay coach, who gave overwhelmingly positive feedback. She is still waiting for a few schools in RD but Columbia is one of her top choices.
Good luck to all!
Anonymous
03/05/2026 21:57
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Congrats!
Would you mind sharing the stats? Thanks! Congrats again!
Would you mind sharing the stats? Thanks! Congrats again!
Anonymous
03/05/2026 21:51
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Anonymous wrote:Do all accepted receive the letter? Or, what is the criteria?
Congratulations!
Congratulations, it is an amazing school.
Not all of the acceptances receive them, only a handful.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 21:45
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
Do all accepted receive the letter? Or, what is the criteria?
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Anonymous
03/05/2026 20:49
Subject: Re:Columbia Likely Letters
Congratulations, no likely letter for my DS.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 19:48
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
!! Congratulations to your daughter! She must be a star.. isn't their acceptance rate for RD vanishingly small?!
I don't know whether to ask my son to look at his email now... likely nothing there, but Columbia is at the top of his list.
Congrats again!
I don't know whether to ask my son to look at his email now... likely nothing there, but Columbia is at the top of his list.
Congrats again!
Anonymous
03/05/2026 19:37
Subject: Columbia Likely Letters
DD got one today! I heard others received one too.
To my knowledge, ~200 are sent each year only to RD students.
To my knowledge, ~200 are sent each year only to RD students.