<p>dude 30% of 29% would be 8.7% silly goose. someone doesn't know statistics...</p>
<p>that would mean of all ED applicants (every school) 8.7% would be admitted to Wharton.</p>
<p>But I don't think us Wharton kids care about the kids who are applying to the other schools, since they don't affect our admissions...right? I'm like 99% sure haha.</p>
<p>So it would still be about 23-29% chance, depending on 250 or 300 students accepted from ED</p>
<p>"dude 30% of 29% would be 8.7% silly goose. someone doesn't know statistics...</p>
<p>that would mean of all ED applicants (every school) 8.7% would be admitted to Wharton."</p>
<p>umm what?... how is this relevant?</p>
<p>The_Chronic: Did you just take your incorrect admission rate for Wharton ED applicants and multiply it by the overall ED admission rate to get the probability of being a Wharton ED acceptee? That doesn't prove anything at all. EPIC LULZ. By the way, your revised math in post 21 sent off a red flag as to your initial calculation of 30 to 31% ED Wharton admission. If we assume the entering class size is 600 as per your misguided (and unproven) assertion, we receive:</p>
<p>48% * 600 = Number of ED Wharton acceptances = 288
29% * 3610 = Number of ED Wharton applicants = 1046
Wharton ED Acceptance Rate (Assuming an entering class size of 600) =
288/1046 = 27.5%</p>
<p>And, relatively speaking, a far cry from the 30-31% you reported. This, my friend, is simple math: no statistics or probabilities needed. And, as I proved with a link directly from Wharton's website, the entering class size is approximately 500, not 600. Please quit while you're behind and stop misleading the members of this forum. Thanks.</p>
<p>Catalysis: Yes, I understand that completely. I was just using the statistics of the other schools to prove that Wharton's admission rate for ED can't be anything near what The_Chronic implied it was.</p>
<p>Millhouse- its chink not chick lol</p>
<p>but your right what I meant was people from different classes might be ******s and use that as a reason in class wars or w/e. not important anyway</p>
<p>sorry, wonder what i was thinking of at the time...</p>
<p>3610 total ED apps, 29% of those are for Wharton ED which is about 1047 applicants for Wharton ED. Then they say Wharton (600 people get in each year) takes 48% of the class ED 48% of 600 is 288 Wharton ED acceptances. 288/1047=27.507</p>
<p>Oh wait...dammit. I apologize, I struggle with episodes of retardation.</p>
<p>Oh wait. the first one was correct but it didnt have anything to do with anything. i thought you meant it wouldn't make sense because 30% and 29%.</p>
<p>Jesus, I'm losing my mind</p>
<p>LOL! I forgive you...we are all a bit overstressed lately... Sorry if I was a bit harsh myself. :)</p>
<p>"it didnt have anything to do with anything"
haha
and chronic even though 600 get in, the more important stat is that 500 matriculate because since penn fills 48% of its class in ED, you can say almost 250 wharton students will be accepted ED (yield is 100% for ED so you know it will be that percentage of the class).</p>
<p>Ahh, I'm even more nervous now.
More CAS kids = more competition ><
And I'm still not sure if I'm in the international bunch ><</p>
<p>Catalysis, can you post that thread (The ED decisions 2012 thread)? I couldn't find it via the search. Thanks!</p>
<p>well if they're still only accepting about 30% of early applicants, does that actually help us?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if they said they would accept around 30% of the early applicants. The only reported statistic on that front was that they would fill 48% of the incoming class with early applicants. Based on last year's number of total matriculants, this means they would accept 1166 students through early decision. Since 3610 people applied ED, this yields a 32% overall acceptance rate (slightly above last year's). So, to answer your question, yes it does help. Slightly...The more important point here, you must realize, is that despite all the hype over top colleges, despite Penn's relatively high US News ranking, and despite the ever-increasing pool of applicants (and really qualified applicants), our chances of being admitted to Penn's Class of 2013 actually got better instead of much worse. And that is something to be VERY thankful for! :)</p>
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As in years past, about 30 percent of this year's early decision applicants will be accepted, said Dean of Admissions Eric Furda. Those admitted will make up a projected 48 percent of the class of 2013, he said.
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<p>Early</a> decision applications drop 8 percent | Interactive Feature - News</p>
<p>Here you go PennHopeful :)</p>
<p>haha PapaChicken thanks...it's funny how the two reported statistics seem to conflict. I guess we're left to assume that "about 30 percent" means it could be 32%? In any case, like I said, we should be happy Penn didn't get more selective this year.</p>
<p>gahhkf;lkasjdl;gkahsdl;rjweijlcfm;asdk....i wanna get in!!!!!!</p>
<p>i dont care if their acceptance rate was 100% lol. (just kidding, maybe 99%) </p>
<p>good luck ya'll.!!!</p>
<p>The 8.5 % drop is potentially meaningless in the long run. The MOST influential numbers are generated during the regular decisions round. When vast numbers of those ED-applicants to Stanford and MIT and Yale are deferred, where do you think they're going to apply next? Penn, and the rest of the middle Ivies.</p>
<p>It's entirely possible that this year becomes another one for the record books.</p>
<p>college is such a game sigh</p>