<p>Everyone's talking about the rise in ED applications this year but I can't help but question if everyone applying is even on Penn's radar. What do you think? Any personal experiences with any of this?</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck to everyone applying ED!</p>
<p>well of course not all the applicants are extremely qualified. having said that, many wouldnt apply ED unless they thought they had a shot</p>
<p>^ Or unless they’re so desperate that they think applying ED will redeem their otherwise horrible application.</p>
<p>thats what i’m thinking… i cant think of a logical reason why ED applications have gone up so quickly at so many schools… America’s youth is really getting that much smarter in just a year? come on</p>
<p>i dont think they are desperate. i think a lot of people are beggining to think that an ivy will give them success and stability in the future. Penn is an amazing school that is a little less hard to get into then HYPSM so many think that its worth applying ED to get themselves in somewhere rather then nowhere</p>
<p>^ Following that line of logic, can we conclude that all of these newcomers are applying to CAS or SEAS, considering Wharton is up there with HYP?</p>
<p>No! I know a lot of people from my school who applied are not!</p>
<p>possibly. i just know a lot of people who are like i want to got a good school, HYPSM is to capricious, lets apply ED to Penn where we have a better shot and are still getting an ivy league education. it can be to CAS, SEAS, or Wharton. Its just a trend i am seeing</p>
<p>Plus they don’t have the grades/test scores/activites/etc, but have it in their mind that since the early decision admit rates are higher, they will have a better shot, even though they are not qualified.</p>
<p>possibly. from what I have seen though they are qualified, they just think its a safer bet. I mean most everyone applying to these schools has decent stuff if they didnt they wouldnt bother. i just think people are seeing ED as more of a guarentee to getting into an ivy league school and what comes with it</p>
<p>I highly doubt that our 105/~400 are qualified. Definitely after the name.</p>
<p>105 kids from your school applied to penn early? am i interpreting that correctly? ^</p>
<p>105?? Are you kidding me? I thought I was unlucky with 4 EDers.</p>
<p>I really don’t get the concept of just applying somewhere because it’s an Ivy…Penn was the only Ivy I applied to but it wasn’t because I didn’t think I had a shot some where else it was because I truly couldn’t see myself at the other schools. I loved Penn for reasons that fit me, not because it was an ivy at all. </p>
<p>And for the record those who are not applying to Wharton or SEAS are not less qualified students, they are just interested in different fields. As a pre med or pre dental student I wouldn’t apply to Wharton or SEAS. I kind of took offense to EThereality3’s comments that those less qualified may be applying to the other colleges within Penn.</p>
<p>Last Year 3,851 applied Early Decision. Of those 1,200 (31.2%) were admitted, another 1,186 (30.8%) were deferred (10% of whom ultimately got offered admission). Leaving 38% of the ED pool to be rejected outright. While the bump in applications will change the statistics a bit, I don’t see any reason to think the proportions will change dramatically - 1,200 will be admitted, with similar numbers deferred and rejected.</p>
<p>Put another way, based on last year’s profile at least 66% (2 out of 3) of the ED pool won’t make the cut. You are swimming in a very rough pool.</p>
<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>
<p>i’d like to think that the acceptance rate for CC’ers is significantly higher though :)</p>
<p>^I concur.</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Early Apps 2011 4,557</p>
<p>Early Apps 2010 3,851</p>
<p>Percent Chance +18.33%</p>
<p>Wow, for the person who said over 100 kids applied from their school…
Do you attend a school in Philly or a feeder school?</p>
<p>That’s like, 2% of the entire ED pool from one school…I don’t have a calculator so the math could be off, but still even give or take some that’s huge!</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant overall. Only ~30 ED.</p>