Harvard University is not known to send out many Likely Letters. For those unfamiliar with Likely Letters (or, in some cases, Likely Phone Calls), it’s a note an applicant receives that indicates the student will, in all likelihood, be earning admission come the time decisions are released. Our translation? The …
Each and every year, we receive emails from our students or their parents with a question that goes, “We got a Likely Letter. What does this mean?” First, we encourage them to jump for joy because it means they’re getting in! Yes, if a student receives a Likely Letter, it …
Did your child recently receive a Likely Letter? Are you wondering about the meaning of a Likely Letter? Well, wonder no more. A Likely Letter is the dating equivalent of a date writing you soon after your meetup, “I’d like to see you again.” Of course, most aren’t so straightforward …
What exactly do Likely Letters mean? If you’re not familiar with Likely Letters, they’re sent by admissions offices to select students to convey that these students will — in all likelihood — earn admission when the school releases its admissions decisions. When our students at Ivy Coach receive Likely Letters, …
What does a Likely Letter mean? Ivy Coach was cited in a piece in “Business Insider” by veteran education reporter Abby Jackson. The piece, entitled “Hundreds of thousands of college admission decisions drop Thursday – and ‘Likely Letters’ are the first wave,” focuses on how many highly selective colleges try …
What does a Likely Letter mean, you ask? Some of our students have begun receiving what is known in college admissions parlance as Likely Letters. A Likely Letter usually starts with a big congratulations. And why? Because what the college admissions office is articulating to the applicant is that, based …
We wish to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our students at Ivy Coach who’ve been receiving Likely Letters from highly selective colleges over the last couple of days and weeks. Many of our students don’t know what Likely Letters mean so they call us up and they say something like …
Likely Letters are coming in. Congratulations to our students at Ivy Coach who have been receiving Likely Letters to Ivy League and other highly selective colleges (and who email us…”what does this mean?!”! For those not familiar with Likely Letters, the are emails from colleges to students who stand out as …
Brian, the Director of Ivy Coach, is quoted today on the pages of “The Daily Pennsylvanian,” the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. In a piece by Caroline Simon entitled “Likely letters aim to recruit top applicants,” Brian discusses the kinds of students most likely to receive likely letters. If …
Some students might be receiving likely letters from highly selective colleges around now. Now remember, plenty of students gain admission to Ivy League and other highly selective colleges without receiving likely letters so don’t stress out if you haven’t gotten one just yet. If, however, you have received a likely …
