Early admit rate rises to 32 percent for Class of 2013

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**Early admit rate rises to 32 percent this year</p>

<p>By: Darina Shtrakhman</p>

<p>Posted: 1/22/09**</p>

<p>Penn's early decision acceptance rate increased this year to 32 percent, up from last year's all-time low of 28 percent.</p>

<p>The higher acceptance rate is a result of the fact that fewer students applied early, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said.</p>

<p>This year, Penn received 3,666 early decision applications, compared to last year's 3,912. The University accepted 1,156 this past December.</p>

<p>Those students will compose about 47 percent of the class of 2013.</p>

<p>Although the acceptance rate rose, Furda explained that the admissions committee was no less selective this year than it was in the past.</p>

<p>"If anything," he said, "the quality of the applicants clearly went up."</p>

<p>Average SAT critical reading scores improved 4 points to 700, math scores improved 8 points to 729 and writing scores improved 5 points to 717.</p>

<p>Furda added that average GPA also increased.</p>

<p>He stressed that the increased acceptance rate can be attributed to a number of different factors.</p>

<p>"It could be the economic climate or the lingering effects of Harvard and Princeton getting rid of early decision programs," he said.</p>

<p>Furda explained the admissions committee focused on "recruiting globally and locally this year," which attracted students from all over the world.</p>

<p>The admitted members of Penn's class of 2013 come from 42 different states and countries all across the globe.</p>

<p>The number of international applicants increased by two percent. Of those accepted, the most will come from Korea, Canada, India and China.</p>

<p>The members of the class of 2013 also represent many different ethnicities. Penn admitted 64 black students, 265 Asian American students, 71 Latino students and three Native American students.</p>

<p>Sarah Meyohas, a senior at the Dalton School in New York City, explained why she chose to apply early decision.</p>

<p>"When I first walked down Locust Walk, music was playing and students were signing up for different clubs," she said. "I wanted to be a part of that."</p>

<p>Bridget Ercole, a student at the Bryn Mawr School for Girls in Maryland, chose Penn both because of her family's ties to the school and her interest in nursing.</p>

<p>"I've grown up as a Quaker girl, with my parents who graduated in 1975 and 1976 and my brother, a member of the Class of 2005," she said. "When I discovered that nursing was the direction I wanted to take, I knew that Penn, with the top nursing school in the country, would be the perfect fit."</p>

<p>The members of the class of 2013 are excited for next fall.</p>

<p>"Each day I eagerly anticipate moving into my dorm, starting classes, going to games and in general starting my life anew in Philly," said Nathan Werksman, a senior at the Chadwick School in Los Angeles.

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<p>Early</a> admit rate rises to 32 percent this year | Interactive graph - News</p>

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<p>Looks like the RD pool could be really, really competetive?</p>

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<p>No more than usual, unless there was a REALLY big increase in the number of RD applications.</p>

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<p>23% of the ED class is Asian?
I hope they'll keep that up.. haha or I'm screwed for RD</p>

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<p>Interesting how they only have private school students interviewed.....wonder what the breakdown is there private v public? 45percenter have any info on that?</p>

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<p>For the Class of 2012:</p>

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Secondary School Distribution </p>

<p>Public 55.1%
Private 39.8%
Parochial 4.9%
Home Schooled 0.2%

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<p>Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile</p>

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<p>You have to look at that rise strategically. Penn is likely hoping to post another record admit rate this year. How do they do that?</p>

<p>By accepting more people ED, where the yield is 100%, and then decimating the RD applicants.</p>

<p>Look at it this way: Penn has accepted 1,156 out 2400 total. That means they have another 1,244 spots open.</p>

<p>If they have a total of 22,500 applicants, which is in line with the recent decrease in ED applicants, that means they'll have:
22,500 total - 3,666 ED = 18,834 RD applications, out of which they must fill 1,244 spots. The yield is around 62% for RD, which would means Penn would need to accept about 2,010 applicants to fill 1,244 spots.</p>

<p>(2,010/18,834)100 = 10.6% admissions rate for RD, which brings the total admit rate to:
[32(3,666)+10.6(18,834)]22,500 = 14% acceptance rate.</p>

<p>This assumes that:
1) applications do not fall by more than 500 from last year
2) almost everyone accepted ED matriculates (this is generally true)
3) the yield from last year doesn't drop anymore (this is highly unlikely, given the increased applications to HYP, meaning more rejections there, and thus a trickle down effect that benefits Penn/Columbia/Dartmouth/Brown.)</p>

<p>Now, if there is any increase in RD applications, the admit rate will dive even below that level.</p>

<p>So, watch out people.</p>

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<p>Well, now I feel just terrific about getting deferred, despite everything.</p>

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<p>I'm not looking it up, but I'll eat my hat if Penn's RD yield is 62%.</p>

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<p>I agree with JHS.... Yale's yield is like 75%, I highly doubt Penn's is 62%. I just hope I'm one of those lucky kids who receives a Penn acceptance letter.
This year is INSANE guys, some strong kids with a 92 GPA in mostly AP classes and a 2100 SAT in my class got DEFERRED from SUNY Binghamton EA... that's really disturbing, considering that those stats are definitely very solid for Binghamton.</p>

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<p>I looked it up. Penn accepted virtually the same number of applicants ED last year (1,149, seven fewer) and accepted 2,630 RD. Which basically indicates a 47.5% yield RD. Which is consistent with RD yields at places like MIT, Brown, and Columbia. I don't know of any college with an ED program that has an RD yield over 50%. When Princeton had ED, its RD yield was barely over 50%.</p>

<p>It overstates the RD admission rate, however, not to include deferred ED applicants in the denominator. So, say 2600/19800 = 13%, and an overall acceptance rate of 3700/22500 = 16.4%.</p>

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<p>Sorry, that definitely makes more sense.</p>

<p>However, if RD applications go up, which is fairly likely considering the rise of applicants to peer institutions, the RD admit rate will be much lower than usual. IF they can maintain their yield, anyway, which took a 4% beating last year.</p>

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<p>gyad dammit, i wasnt one of those 32%.</p>

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<p>(62% is Penn's overall yield -- averaging its 100% yield on a little less than half the class and its 48% yield on the rest.)</p>