<p>I was waitlisted at Penn, so I'm wondering how many students were accepted off waitlists in previous years.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted too. What school did you apply to? For me, it was CAS. They said the letter that in previous 4 years they accepted 50-200 off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Check out the links in this post from another thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14121442-post4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14121442-post4.html</a></p>
<p>^Thanks but dang doesn’t look good for me… I need financial aid… I hope this isn’t true!!!</p>
<p>The students who are accepted off the waitlist at this point, Singer noted, “are probably the ones who pay full tuition” because “given a tough economy, more colleges have to think that way.”</p>
<p>^ I don’t think that applies to Penn. That was said by a college counselor at a private school (Horace Mann) about colleges in general. Penn is VERY serious about being affordable to all students, and it’s probably the thing that President Amy Gutmann talks about–and raises money for–the most. I can’t imagine that the Admissions Office would suspend Penn’s need-blind admissions policy–about which Penn proudly trumpets all the time–for the relatively small number of applicants accepted off of the waitlist. That just doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>whew! Thanks 45 Percenter! Should I contact the regional admissions professional to ask whether I can send an art supplement and more/updated teacher reccs? or should I just send them anyways?</p>
<p>While some people do eventually get in off of the wait list, it is not that many people. It is more fun to try to get excited about one of your other choices. </p>
<p>Whether you dwell on the fact that you didn’t get into Penn or move forward and fall in love with another school, it won’t change your chances of getting off the WL, but it will affect how happy you are while you wait.</p>