Just Tweeted by Admissions Dean Furda:
Go Quakers!
Let’s do this!
Ben’s rolling in all the Benjamins from those application fees.
Statistics for the Class of 2019
APPLICANT POOL
Total Applicants
37,268
Total Admitted
3,787 (10%)
Total Enrolled
2,435 (64%)
Early Decision Applicants
5,489
Total Admitted
1,316 (23.9%)
Early Decision Deferred (Later Admitted)
115
If they accept the same amount of students, the acceptance rate will be just under 9.8%
Article in today’s Daily Pennsylvanian:
Penn received record number of applications to the Class of 2020
http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/01/regular-decision-numbers
The surge of international applicants may play a big role here. US Colleges are becoming more and more affordable, and even a bargain to some.