<p>wow, 16%!! thats awesome. i think it was around 21% last yr, so it must have dropped a lot.</p>
<p>According to today's Daily Pennsylvanian, the admit rate for the class of 2010 is 17.7%.</p>
<p>Hey here is what I figure:
I've heard that the acceptance rate should be between 12-14%= ~13%</p>
<p>13% of 20500 applicants= 2665 Students admitted</p>
<p>say a 67% matriculation x 2665 students= ~1786 students</p>
<p>desired class of about 2400 students - 1786 students admitted= 614 spots available for the waiting list.</p>
<p>If about 4% of their applicants are put onto the waiting list then:</p>
<p>20500 applicants x ~4%= ~820 students on the waiting list.</p>
<p>614 spots available/ 820 students on the waiting list= ~75% acceptance rate from the waiting list.</p>
<p>Remeber there is no guarantee that these numbers will hold true, but lets hope for the best.</p>
<p><a href="http://ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.html%5B/url%5D">http://ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.html</a></p>
<p>here's where I got some of my numbers</p>
<p>u've forgotten to include the 1,180 applicants that were admitted early. here are my calculations:</p>
<p>2400-1180=1220 (spots available for RD)
accepted: 20500 * .13 = 2665
2665 * .67 = 1786 (are likely to enroll)</p>
<p>waitlisted: 20500 * .02=410 (robertson, why'd u use 4% for those waitlisted? the FAQ link on the decision webpage says around 2% are waitlisted)</p>
<p>ok. so my numbers don't add up. according to these, there are already
1786-1220=566 extra students.
someone, please show me i'm wrong and give hope to the waitlisted including myself!</p>
<p>They admitted on the basis of a 66% + yield. (3,622 admits for 2,400 target class.)</p>
<p>It is safe to assume that there will be some melt, so I'd say they will be doing well, in the end, to achieve a 65% yield.</p>
<p>sun88 in my letter it clearly says 4% </p>
<p>How many applicants have been waitlisted?
Approximately 4% of our applicants are waitlisted. Some of these students decline the waitlist offer decreasing the total number of students on the waitlist.</p>
<p>I think that I've found an overlapping gray area- those whom were deffered ED to the RD round- they may count as two applicants. I'm not sure though</p>
<p>just a thought</p>
<p>Here are my new calculations:</p>
<p>2300 applicants total
-4150 ED
16,150 RD applicants</p>
<p>x .13 acceptance rate
~2100 admitted RD</p>
<p>x .67 matricualtion
1407 enroll RD</p>
<p>4148 ED applicants
x .21 acceptance rate
~872 ED enroll</p>
<p>+1407 RD enroll
2279 enroll total</p>
<p>2400 wanted class size-2279 spots filled= 121 spots available</p>
<p>16150 RD applicants
x .04 are waitlisted
646 waitlisters</p>
<p>121 spots available /646 waitlisters</p>
<p>18.73% Acceptance rate for Waitlisters</p>
<p>These are only estimates, nothing is concrete.</p>
<p>wow that really gets my hopes up. do you think that when they look at all of the waitlisted people over again for each available spot that they consider how many people from one region declined their acceptance and give preference to the people from that region? </p>
<p>also what to put in my letter to them!?!?!?
do the 2 pages of additional info have to go with the waitlist card?
also the sooner you send the waitlist card and info the better? </p>
<p>for the above calculations we need to keep in mind the applicants that will not keep their name on the waitlist. </p>
<p>= even better chances!!</p>
<p>sorry, you're right. 4% were waitlisted, but not everyone chooses to stay on the waitlist, so the number of people on the active waitlist will be smaller.</p>
<p>Acceptance rate by school</p>
<p>2010:
Wharton: 475 / 3938 = 12.1%
College: 2,261 / 12,999 = 17.4%
SEAS: 775 / 2924 = 26.5%
Nursing: 112 / 391 = 28.6%</p>
<p>2009:
Wharton Overall: 13.6% (484/3558)
SAS Overall: 21.3% (2455/11474)
SEAS Overall: 32.0% (850/2656)
Nursing Overall: 41.8% (123/294)</p>
<p>I planon staying on the list until The University of Chicago's deadline comes dangerously close-</p>
<p>best of outcomes to all</p>