<p>I keep hearing that applying to Penn ED is especially advantageous because they, more than the other Ivies, really want people who really want to be there. Is there any truth to this? I know they fill something like 45% of their class with EDers, but I wondered if the adcom was really more lenient than other ivy schools when it came to ED apps. As I am from a vastly underrepresented state, I have great interest in this. Thanks.</p>
<p>By "really want to be there" they mean will not turn them down for Harvard. So yeah, they accept a large portion of their class early. This doesn't mean that you can waltz in with bad stats though, since the pool will be competitive.</p>
<p>I'd say you'd have a definite advantage with the college and engineering. But not Wharton. Wharton gets so many ED apps.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how ACTs play in with a Penn app? I read on their site that "though the SAT and the two SAT subject tests are preferred, the ACT may be sunstituted in lieu of the SATs". Do you think that my location in an area where the ACT is the predominant college entrance test would allow me to just take the ACT without subtracting from my app?</p>
<p>From the ED page at Penn's site (<a href="http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/early.php):%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/early.php):</a> "Children of alumni also receive some preference under this plan in accordance with standard University policy."</p>
<p>hmm...how much "preference"?</p>
<p>A friend whgo was a Penn legacy was told that if he didn't apply early, his legacy status would basically be discounted because it didn't show "Penn loyalty"</p>
<p>any ideas on the ACT guys?</p>
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<p>it's a little, but it's still not THAT much, judging by how many double legacies w/ pretty good scores are still rejected</p>
<p>They don't think any less of you if you take the ACT instead of the SAT. They know that in the midwest especially (and also on the west coast) the ACT is the predominant test that students take.</p>
<p>webviper, which states are underrepresented?</p>
<p>the usual: alabama, idaho, wyoming, alaska, delaware (?), south dakota</p>
<p>just think "hick"</p>
<p>I doubt Delaware... it's too close to Penn to not send a bunch of apps and students.</p>
<p>I'd add Nebraska, Kentucky, North Dakota. You can actually look on Penn admissions website to find out how many students there are from each state in last year's incoming class.</p>
<p>Better than having us guess :)</p>
<p>uhm I'm pretty sure Early Decisioning to Wharton still gives you a much higher chance. It excludes all the HYPS people who wouldnt ED to wharton and wharton still accepts a high percentage of their class through ED.</p>
<p>That being said, does anyone have the actual admissions statistics to Wharton? (Regarding early decision and regular decisions)</p>
<p>would georgia count too?</p>
<p>When I said underrepresented, I meant Mississippi, as that's where I'm from.</p>
<p>Look at the map to see what's underrepresented. Georgia had 20 last year so I would not consider that underrepresented.</p>