Fall 2016 UPenn Transfer Thread

What is the acceptance rate for SEAS?

Did anyone get a decision yet.

I guess I’ll join the thread as well. So far I’ve been accepted into Michigan and rejected from Cornell. Applying CAS.

Decision for UPenn isn’t rolling right? It all comes out at once on the same day?

Just got rejected by Cornell earlier today. I could really use some good news from Penn.

I wonder that too!

@calvinwong
Same here. Cornell’s admission rate is much higher than Penn, which makes me even more anxious.

But Cas and engineering at Cornell are more selective than Penn CAS and SEAS

Cornell’s acceptance rate is high because of the disproportionately high acceptance rate of ilr, sha and so on

@capemaycrazy There were 13 Wharton transfers this year.

Also, Penn tells you when they’re releasing decisions. No surprises there haha :slight_smile:

@YonceKnowles how do you know how many kids were accepted and the date of release?

UPenn’s website says decisions are released early May and on past years they’ve been released the first week of May on Tuesday. This year the decision should be out on Tuesday May 3rd.

@StillWaitingHere My friend on the TSO board told me there were 13 Wharton transfers and Penn releases an email shortly before they release decisions that has the date. So you should probably get an email soon.

New to the thread!

I’m also really nervous about the admission decisions for Penn. I have a 4.0 in both my college and highschool transcripts, with a 2100 SAT, including leadership and an internship on campus. But I recently got rejected from Northwestern, so I’m not optimistic about my UPenn decision at all. :frowning:

It may increase your chance if you refer it as Penn not UPenn.

But most people I know refer to it as UPenn…

And even more than that, why is one better than the other?

We all say Penn here hahaha!

@TheWindUpBird It’s the official branding of the university. Admittedly, they use things like upenn.edu and it sends mixed messages but every alumnus and faculty member I have met from Penn references the university as “Penn.” It’s like Berkeley calling itself “THE University of California” or “Cal.”

Oh, I see. The title of the thread is even more misleading then haha.

Thanks for the clarification.

I think applicants refer to it much more often as Upenn, as it helps distinguish itself from Penn State. Where we come from (west coast), if people say they applied to Penn then it is automatically assumed it means Penn State; however, when we say Upenn then people know it is the Ivy League university.

I seriously doubt your chances of acceptance are increased or decreased regardless if you refer to it as Penn or Upenn