<p>Hi everyone! I’m a Cornell EDer '09 but I saw this article today on the Daily Pennsylvanian about RECORD HIGH ED APPS.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/08/41b6b6060f931[/url]”>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/08/41b6b6060f931</a></p>
<p>Oh ****. International applicants jumped to 400? ..bad news..</p>
<p>wow, still deciding and 45 percent.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>The news ain't too bad, at least it didn't increase manyfold.</p>
<p>ugh. 60 more whartonites -- bleh</p>
<p>how many is 45 percent? </p>
<p>2 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes, and 19 seconds left until Penn decisions come out</p>
<p>Works out to about 1,100 early decision acceptances and about 200 Whartonites...?</p>
<p>How very depressing.</p>
<p>Has anyone else had the "THIS IS REALLY BAD!!!!!!!" reaction yet.... ? Well, I did, and then I did some math. If you look at last year's profile (<a href="http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php</a>), divide the number ED accepted by total enrolled (b/c accept ED == enroll), you will find that the ratio is almost exactly 45%. If their total ED admit holds true for this year (there is no reason why it would change, they already said it is 45%, which would suggest the same number as last yr (1120)), then 1120/3420 equals a 32.7% admit rate, down from 34%.</p>
<p>You can also look at the data and figure that b/c the 45% mark stayed the same, that the increase in apps will be the amount that are not accepted because it got more competitive: there are 80 people who could, based on stats, have gotten in last year but who will not get in this year.</p>
<p>Now, some more bad news for my fellow Wharton ED'ers, Wharton apps increased by 59 people, which accounts for 73.75% of the increase... in otherwords, for every one college applicant who could have gotten in last year, there will be three from Wharton. To calculate that out, last year, assuming Wharton also takes 45%, 225 kids were admitted ED out of 801 who applied: that is a 28.09% accept rate. This year, it will be 225 out of 860 or a 26.16% accept rate. </p>
<p>Someone once said "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics." Lets hope that he was right.... Good luck to everyone on Friday!</p>
<p>It's not that bad I guess...I mean, meh, if you are gonna get accepted, I think you'll get accepted regardless of how many more or less ppl applied.</p>
<p>Hm. how true is the statement that most applicants were in the top 2 or 3 percent.</p>
<p>savage1881: at least you're not from the international pool. My chances just decreased fourfold.</p>
<p>YAY decline in engineering students.
blah. don't know if that would actually help my chances.</p>
<p>yeah that sux for international peeps</p>
<p>whoa. good for penn, i guess.</p>
<p>found this in the reader's forums.</p>
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<p>It's good to hear that the SAT scores are going up...hopefully the math section especially. It would be nice to have some people at the DP that can add.</p>
<p>College: +35
Wharton: 860-801 = +59
Nursing: No change
Engineering: 342-401 = -59
NET CHANGE
My Math Says: +35
DP Says: 3420-3343 = +77</p>
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<p>lol I read that too...</p>
<p>damn! i'm international too...but its weird for canadians since we use the same domestic application as americans...omg i'm so scared!!!</p>
<p>Remember, the math doesn't add up because of the joint degree programs...</p>
<p>I assume it's prob the people who applied to a joitn degree program and did not pick a single choice program.</p>
<p>so how many percent do they accept for EDers??</p>
<p>whatever 45% of 3000-whatever comes out to.</p>
<p>no, 45% of the total class will be from Eders...i mean what percent of the ED applicant pool will they accept?</p>
<p>oh yeah i totally meant to say 2300! sorry.</p>
<p>roughly 30-32 percent.</p>