Anonymous wrote:slightly OT, but DD yesterday received a card from GW saying she's in, and to expect a letter soon. What does this say (if anything) about her chances for merit aid? Do all accepted kids get this card? It asked her to set up a visit to the school, so that sounds fairly definite. She also received a letter from another, more selective school saying she's such a strong candidate that she's getting accepted two weeks before the regular acceptance notification date. What does all this mean?
My undergrad calls those "likely letters." They can't release their results yet, so they send these letters saying, basically "You're in but we can't really tell you that yet, wink wink." My undergrad doesn't offer merit aid, so I can't speak to that.