<p>Found this on the Penn web site, although not in the admissions section:</p>
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Penn received 22,935 applications for admission to the Class of 2012. Of those applicants, 3,883, or 16.9 percent, were offered admission. 98.9 percent of the students admitted for Fall 2008 came from the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class and scored an average of 1,437 on the SAT. 2,430 students matriculated into this year's freshman class.
<p>Presumably, the "Incoming Class Profile" page in the admissions section of the web site will soon be updated to provide details for the Class of 2012:</p>
<p>"I wonder if UPenn looked down on unranked students, because 98.9% were in their top 10% O_O"</p>
<p>That's a good point. My school doesn't provide rank (I guess it will specify valed/saled on those individuals' apps, but that's all). I hope this isn't going to kill my chances...:(</p>
<p>I'm worried because my school ranks by number, but I'm missing a whole semester and hence my rank is screwed and I want to request to be unranked T_T</p>
Yep, the new figure seems to include an additional 114 applicants admitted off the waiting list, which accounts for the additional .5% accepted. Initially, 3,769 applicants were admitted in March:</p>
<p>initially Penn had given their average SAT stats for incoming freshmen on the 2400 scale. I think 2150/2400; now they are mentioning 1437/1600; does that mean they have de-emphasized the writing section in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Since this SAT average includes Engineering and Wharton, what would be approximate average for the college?</p>
<p>Interesting that my home state of Texas (I live in CA now) is the second most populous state, yet only sent 67 to Penn. Texas trailed New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and of course California (the most populous state). I assume that the strong draw of UT and the lack of knowledge about Penn's prestige may be leading Texas students not to apply in greater numbers, although my family and I have always been aware of it being a great university.</p>
<p>New Penn Admissions Dean Eric Furda previously made a name for himself in the admissions world by dramatically expanding the size and geographic diversity of the applicant pool at Columbia when he was head of undergraduate admissions there, and I'm betting that he's expected by the powers-that-be to do the same at Penn. Former Penn Admissions Dean Lee Stetson did a tremendous job of expanding and diversifying the applicant pool during his 29-year tenure, and I think that Furda was brought in to take it to the next level.</p>
<p>do I read correctly there is exactly one (1) matriculating student from Mississippi? I'm wondering what conversation occurs in admissions if there isn't one qualified candidate from a state... do they relax the requirement just a tad?</p>