<p>From todays NYTs:</p>
<p>Tally to date: </p>
<p>Schools 2012 2011 12>11</p>
<p>Brown 20505 19097 7%
Colum 22249 21343 4%
Cornell 32655 30383 7%
Dartmo 15593 14176 10%
Harvard 27278 22955 19%
Penn 22641 22646 0%
Prince 20118 18942 6%
Yale 19323<br>
MIT 13350 12445 7%
Stanfo 24564 23958 3%</p>
<p>Chicago 12267 10408 18%
Duke 20250 19207 5%
Nwest 25000 20649 21%
UVA 18776 4%</p>
<p>I love how penn went down this year. I hope this bruises their over-inflated egos a bit.</p>
<p>But Penn went up! haha</p>
<p>How does the NY Times know what Penn did before Penn knows?</p>
<p>I hope there is a decrease if only to convince the university to get serious about crime and start beating up criminals</p>
<p>@bulldogbull--- I hope your not serious...</p>
<p>Anyways, let's do the math:
If penn got 22646 applications last year...
And got 22641 this year...</p>
<p>22646-22641= NEGATIVE 5!!!!</p>
<p>If my math is too conclusive for you, one could argue that every school should have gone up around 7% (just a rough estimate), and since Penn didn't change, then that means they dropped quite a bit when talking about relative terms. </p>
<p>I think this has partially to do with the crime. But, I think the big reason for the drop is the huge amount of nepotism shown in their admissions practices. A lot of people in my area (including alums) often cite penn as having the biggest joke of an admissions process, because they accept the held back in math rich legacy over the val time and time again.</p>
<p>The article doesn't mention UPenn anywhere.</p>
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<p>It's all right, I misread it also.</p>
<p>okay, okay, everyone chill. all is good.</p>
<p>"22646-22641= NEGATIVE 5!!!!"</p>
<p>wow...nice...lol</p>
<p>^hahaha.</p>
<p>@ 10% increase: oh geez. ><</p>
<p>Great more good news....</p>
<p>I continue to be impressed that NYT can know about Penn's admissions before Penn does. I'll believe it when I see it come from the horse's mouth.</p>
<p>I never even considered applying to Penn. It was just Dartmouth then Brown for me.</p>
<p>same!</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>that makes sense. Penn has more in common with Columbia than dartmouth. Its a big university in a big city. That you considered something other than "omg ivy must apply" then that should be applauded and encouraged</p>
<p>Wow @ Northwestern increase.</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that this is the peak year for college applicants. This sucks.</p>
<p>Interesting that Penn's moved only slightly despite using the Common Application this year to pump the numbers.</p>
<p>Applications are up 11%</p>
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The 15,700 applications received to date for the 1,080 spots in Dartmouth’s class of 2012 has set a College record for application volume. This year’s application total, an 11 percent increase over last year’s, may grow even higher as regular decision applications are processed in the coming weeks, according to Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris ‘84.</p>
<p>This year may be the most competitive in history for applicants to Dartmouth, Laskaris said. Last year, 15 percent of those who applied as members of the class of 2011 were offered admission. This spring, Laskaris predicts, the admissions office will admit a smaller percentage of the applicant pool — likely about 14 percent — in order to reach the target class size of 1080 students.Despite this year’s increase in applicants, Laskaris said that estimates of the College’s ultimate yield are tentative.</p>
<p>This year may be the most competitive in history for applicants to Dartmouth, Laskaris said. Last year, 15 percent of those who applied as members of the class of 2011 were offered admission. This spring, Laskaris predicts, the admissions office will admit a smaller percentage of the applicant pool — likely about 14 percent — in order to reach the target class size of 1080 students.Despite this year’s increase in applicants, Laskaris said that estimates of the College’s ultimate yield are tentative.</p>
<p>This year may be the most competitive in history for applicants to Dartmouth, Laskaris said. Last year, 15 percent of those who applied as members of the class of 2011 were offered admission. This spring, Laskaris predicts, the admissions office will admit a smaller percentage of the applicant pool — likely about 14 percent — in order to reach the target class size of 1080 students.Despite this year’s increase in applicants, Laskaris said that estimates of the College’s ultimate yield are tentative.</p>
<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Class of 2012 applications increase by 11 percent</p>
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<p>Penn switched to the common app the year prior, and got its own big pump-up numbers that year.</p>