Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid got one from Dartmouth last year.

FGLI?

No. And there are always kid who get them at our HS and they're not FGLl. Not sure where that one poster is getting that

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I interviewed for Yale some of my African American applicants got them. Not sure about current practice of course.

I never witnessed even the most outstanding non minority applicants get one.

Ymmv

I know a bunch of Asian kids that received Yale STEM likely letters (approximately 100 are sent) last cycle. I think some of them are first generation (but not low income) and a few were definitely not first gen. The thing they had in common were science research and/or prestigious STEM summer programs.

Interesting!! I think my understanding was antiquated.

Anonymous wrote:When I interviewed for Yale some of my African American applicants got them. Not sure about current practice of course.

I never witnessed even the most outstanding non minority applicants get one.

Ymmv

I know a bunch of Asian kids that received Yale STEM likely letters (approximately 100 are sent) last cycle. I think some of them are first generation (but not low income) and a few were definitely not first gen. The thing they had in common were science research and/or prestigious STEM summer programs.

When I interviewed for Yale some of my African American applicants got them. Not sure about current practice of course.

I never witnessed even the most outstanding non minority applicants get one.

Ymmv

lol...a likely letter from Emory. The ultimate poseur move.

Princeton doesn't send likely letters to non-athletes either.

Harvard has in the past, but I don't think they sent non-athlete likelies last year (class of 2029)

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who got ones from Columbia and Princeton (where he went). Middle class, URM.

Princeton this cycle?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid got one from Dartmouth last year.

I've never heard of Dartmouth likely letters to non-athletes. When did your kid receive one? Where did they choose to matriculate?

Yes, this is weird. I don't think Dartmouth sent them to no -athletes last year. There were kids tracking this on Reddit.

I have never heard of anyone but athletes get these? When did this start otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:My kid got one from Dartmouth last year.

I've never heard of Dartmouth likely letters to non-athletes. When did your kid receive one? Where did they choose to matriculate?

DC from DMV got a STEM likely letter from Yale. Director of Admissions said it is their way of trying to yield top STEM kids from their main competitors (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and Princeton?). Also received Columbia likely. Ended up at HPSM.

I know a kid who got ones from Columbia and Princeton (where he went). Middle class, URM.

Anonymous wrote:DC got one from Emory.

Um, Emory isn’t Yale. Far from it.

DC got one. They are going to send these letters to those they think might get offers from other HYPSM schools also. This is meant to fall in love with the school before others. They think you this school might not be your first choice. The AO is going to schedule a call and congratulate them. They are also guaranteed a paid internship the first summer.

Anonymous wrote:What's the point? to try to stop kids from accepting EA offers?

From the Yale News:

“We invest a significant amount of time and program energy in our likely letter recipients, because we believe the efforts increase yield with students who may be less familiar with the distinctive elements of the Yale undergraduate experience,”