<p>Wow, you guys still don't understand that its not only your academic stats that gets you into elite colleges.</p>
<p>You didn't have anything that the college wanted, period.</p>
<p>Elite colleges have to select a class, not a group of just 1600 SAT scorers, but a diverse, passionate group of young scholars.</p>
<p>If you guys don't listen to people who say that you have to show genuine passion and uniqueness, and that your academic stats are not everything, then it will be your fault that you didnt listen.</p>
<p>Revamp your Regular Decision applications to show what's special about you, no, im not talking about your SAT scores or your grades.</p>
<p>It really sucks to be rejected, but I wish y'all good luck during Regular Decision at your other top college choices. I hope I wasn't too blunt, but I genuinely hope you guys get into where you want.</p>
<p>No one from my school got into UPenn early. We are shocked, because we go to a highly competitive magnet school with acceptances already at Harvard, Princeton, and MIT!</p>
<p>Approximately 7-8 got in between RD and ED last year. ED round this year: 3, and this is literally the top of the class. I know grades/SATs/etc. aren't everything, but really, this year's ED applicants are probably going to be stronger than the RD applicants. Not sure what's gone down! O well..</p>
<p>So how many were deferred this year? Knowing the increase in EDs of 21% we all knew that things were gonna be different........it does hurt 'tho.</p>
<p>As far as I know, 5 were deferred, 3 were accepted, and 1 was rejected. The rejectee applied to Wharton, and I assume the rest applied to either CAS or SEAS.</p>
<p>hazmat, in your own personal opinion, do you think the number of deferrals increased this year? What about acceptances and rejections? Do you think the acceptance rate for deferrees will be slightly higher this year assuming an increase in deferred candidates?</p>
<p>A friend of mine, who is currently a student at Penn, told me that because of the significant increase in applications, the admissions board didn't know what to do, so they deferred more than they ever have and I'm under the impression it was a noticeably greater number than in past years. I don't know how substantial his conjecture is or what he based it on, but what do you think?</p>
<p>I don't know why someone would say that the admissions office didn't know what to do. I mean if you think about it there are so many seats and no after market. It is not a sporting event where you can just run a lottery or let the auctions determine a price. When the apps came in and the number had risen I don't think it was a huge surprise and since Penn already takes a large percent of the class ED it makes sense that they would roll more applicants into RD. It is not a bad outcome......it probably makes the RD more competitive but you won't know that until you have an idea what the RD applicant numbers look like. Legacy is only accorded preference ED so the real question to ask is if Legacy ED went up, stayed the same or went down. The other factor will be what yield of RD looks like. In other words.....did kids really want Penn or did they just want the ED bump and will now choose another school?? </p>
<p>How many other applications will deferred candidates submit, how much money may attract them to other schools? Lots of questions. Penn has grown in popularity just as other urban/metro campuses have.</p>
<p>Referring to the Wharton acceptance I can clearly say that "Money Talks" </p>
<p>My cousin was admitted to not only Wharton but the Huntsman program and he clearly did not have, what I feel, the stats. His SAT was a 2200, and his extra curriculars were pretty good but his GPA was a a 3.78ish.
He however attends the prestigous and really expensive Detroit Country Day School. Accordingly, his counselors were in the unique position to sit down with pen admissions reps and essentially present his resume to them. </p>
<p>I am personally not nearly as wealthy as him, and did not apply to wharton. However, I feel remorse towards those out there who I believe put in the necessary work, have the stats, and got deferred or rejected. In the end, however, those that were rejected with high stats willl be the victors as Hard work will pay off. </p>
<p>hey everyone
im not gonna lie getting the rejection from penn hurt
but its a lil better today
i got accepted plus a scholarship to the american university of paris!</p>