Final Admissions Stats for Penn Class of 2015

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<p>The Daily Pennsylvanian has released what apparently are some of the final admissions statistics for Penn's Class of 2015, as it moves onto campus this week:</p>

<p>Incoming Freshmen: 2,467 (compared to 2,416 for Class of 2014)
Overall Admit Rate: 12.4% (compared to 14.3% for Class of 2014)
Yield Rate: 62.4% (compared to 62.8% for Class of 2014)
Students Admitted Off Waitlist: 51 (compared to 55 for Class of 2014)
Students From Pennsylvania: 403 (compared to 381 for Class of 2014)
Students From New York: 279 (compared to 323 for Class of 2014)
Students From New Jersey: 243 (compared to 261 for Class of 2014)
Students From California: 217 (compared to 217 for Class of 2014)
Students From Florida: 134 (compared to 118 for Class of 2014)</p>

<p>And although not Class of 2015, Entering Transfer Students: 129</p>

<p>The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Multimedia</p>

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<p>I left out one stat:</p>

<p>Minority representation increased by 9%</p>

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<p>Applications also went up 18%. </p>

<p>[Penn</a> Offers Admission to 12 Percent of Applicants for Class of 2015 | Penn News](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-offers-admission-12-percent-applicants-class-2015]Penn”>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-offers-admission-12-percent-applicants-class-2015)</p>

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<p>^ And 12% of the entering freshmen are international students (see page 1):</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thedp.com/media/00/00/02/11/21145_wb_issueo.pdf[/url]”>http://www.thedp.com/media/00/00/02/11/21145_wb_issueo.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>These stats should be showing up on the Penn Admissions website any day now.</p>