<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>