Early Decision Apps up 21%

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<p>I couldn’t figure out how to edit my thread title, so I decided to just repost. Thought this title would be more eye-catching…</p>

<p>From today’s Daily Pennsylvanian (<a href=“http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com%5B/url%5D”>www.dailypennsylvanian.com</a>)</p>

<p>"Early applications surge 21%</p>

<p>More international, minority students apply; all four undergraduate schools see big increases</p>

<p>Applications for early admission to Penn rose dramatically this year, officials announced yesterday. The University received 4,148 undergraduate applications to the Class of 2010, a 21 percent increase from last year’s 3,420.</p>

<p>All four schools saw an increase in applications.</p>

<p>“I sensed during the fall that we would be seeing an increase,” Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson said. “Needless to say, these are … record numbers for Penn.”</p>

<p>Stetson expects students admitted early to make up about 47 percent of the Class of 2010, a number similar to that of previous years.</p>

<p>Under Penn’s early-decision policy, students apply by Nov. 1 and find out if they have been accepted, rejected or deferred a month and a half later. By applying early decision, students commit to attending the University if accepted.</p>

<p>Penn was among the first of its peer universities to release early-application data. While Harvard officials would not release their university’s numbers, The Harvard Crimson reported that “nearly 4,000 students” applied to the university early, marking a slight decrease from 2004. Columbia University reported a 5.5 percent increase, with 2,275 students applying to Columbia College and engineering school, according to the Columbia Spectator."</p>

<p>Good luck to all of you who applied ED.</p>

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<p>I seriously hate my life :)</p>

<p>I mean, other schools dropped! like god almighty harvard
and columbia's like less than 3000</p>

<p>and then you have penn</p>

<p>with a</p>

<p>21% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>increase</p>

<p>god,</p>

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<p>@!#!@#%^@!@</p>

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<p>woohoooo! More snob appeal for me.</p>

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<p>Does this mean that their acceptance rate for ED will drop? I mean this seriously, how does this affect the acceptance rate? :confused: Does anyone think it'll lead to an upping in deferrals or an increase in rejections?</p>

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<p>Yes, it will. Penn will still want to fill the same 48% of its class, which will be the same size as (if not smaller than) last year's class, which was larger than desired due to an unprecedented and unexpected high yield rate.</p>

<p>Too many students! What a glorious embarassment of riches!</p>

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<p>Interesting. I'm anxious to see the results for the EDers now. What is the notification date for ED? (I'm RD if these questions seem oblivious lol).</p>

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<p>Exact data by school:</p>

<p>College: 16% increase
Wharton: 26% increase
SEAS: 42% increase
Nursing: 32% increase
Overall: 21% increase</p>

<p>Good luck to you all!</p>

<p><a href="http://media.dailypennsylvanian.com//pages/images/news_front.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://media.dailypennsylvanian.com//pages/images/news_front.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Wharton: 26% increase</p>

<p>Wow... that really blows... I thought I had a tough shot before... now it's like close to nothing. The odds with those numbers is real hard. Anyone know if they fill Wharton with about 47% ED students?? If so, we can figure out the number of applicants and true ED acceptance of Wharton in past years (something we have struggled with and argued about figuring out)</p>

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<p>So basically I'm not getting in now... </p>

<p>I need to work really hard on my other applications.</p>

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<p>Not to add stress or anything, but I would assume that Wharton accepts less than 47% of the class size. One of the tactics involving ED is that ED helps protect yield rates. Wharton has never had trouble with yield. Engineering, on the other hand, probably accepts more than 47%, but as you can see, the rate will be difficult this year.</p>

<p>On the other hand, 21% doesn't mean 21% more difficult to be accepted.</p>

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<p>That's a good point. I guess how much more "difficult" is in relation to each school. :p</p>

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<p><em>*... *</em><em>... *</em>... seas... why would you do that...</p>

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<p>Flavian (or anyone else), do you know any statistics for the increase in ED pools for any of the joint-degree programs, such as Huntsman or M&T?</p>

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<p>To all early applicants: I know this news may be dissapointing, but it does make a lot of sense. Harvard/Yale/Cu's numbers stayed constant/declined because people have realized how absurd the whole early admissions process is there. At Harvard for example, there is no advantage in applying early. If anything, you are at a disadvantage because you are going up against the most talanted applicants in the pool. It seems to me that people started picking up on this this year. Penn, on the other hand, goes out of its way to tell you that your chances are much greater if you apply early. While the early acceptance rate will still go down, it will still be higher than most other ivys. I wouldn't worry about this news at all-numbers are numbers, there's nothing you can do to change them. Gl, and feel free to pm me with questions/concerns.</p>

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<p>s h it....</p>

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<p>yeah i'm dying inside. I think what hurt the most was that ~50% increase in California applicants (although the 26% Wharton increase was close) :(</p>

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<p>Well, this is a nice kick in the stomach to come home to. I agree with Keynes, that some of this is due to the strategizing that goes on at the HYP level. As it got to be a super human thing to get in there, ppl may have decided to use their one chance at ED at Penn. Some of the increase is also from recruiting abroad and around the country.</p>

<p>This is really disappointing. I still think that this is worse news for some than for others - the article shows that the increases are worse for certain states, ethnic groups, schools etc. I especially wonder how they are going to handle the increase in apps from international and other states that they have said they want more representation from.</p>

<p>Not that it's going to do us much good, but I see this as the death blow for ED. Penn, more than any top school has always relied on ED to boost selectivity. Once it is as difficult to get in ED as RD, ppl might get fed up with the concept altogether, like some did with Harvard this year. But if that happened at Penn it would be alot different, since so much of the class is filled with ED compared to anywhere else. </p>

<p>But for now, can anyone spell "d e f e r r a l ".....? :(</p>

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<p>**** ...</p>

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<p>do u have the breakdown by applicants per state-- any info on FL please?</p>