How much disadvantage if not ED?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I realize that Penn places a rather big emphasis that strongly interested students apply ED. If a student were to not apply ED because he or she wanted more options, how much of a disadvantage would he or she be?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>It would be a VERY large disadvantage (or rather applying ED is a very large bump). Penn admits 50% of its class ED or some crazy number like that. However, if Penn isn’t your top choice and/or you don’t know if you’ll like the aid package, don’t apply ED. If you don’t get in, it wasn’t meant to be.</p>

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<p>Its not 50, more like 30 (for 2013). I dont think they have released 2014 stats for ED yet.</p>

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<p>My regional admissions officer said that Penn will never admit over 50% ED. Also, the number is an average for the four schools. Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>I read somewhere on here that Penn is around 50 while Cornell and Duke are around 33. Then again, people on this site are wrong a lot XD</p>

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<p>We’re confusing percentages here. Penn admits close to 50% of its class through ED, but the acceptance rate for ED applicants is about 30%. Be aware, however, that the ED acceptance rate includes legacies, for which there is a bit of an admissions bump during ED, so that the actual acceptance rate for non-hooked ED applicants may actually be a bit lower than 30%. The RD acceptance rate, by contrast, is roughly a third of the ED rate.</p>

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<p>While applying early decision seems to be really helpful if one is truly interested in Penn, I think many people forget to consider that even if one does apply early, that nothing is guaranteed. I personally think that what applying early decision does make the process a little less of a crapshoot for a qualified applicant. But nevertheless, that still doesn’t mean that there are not a lot of unexpected results.</p>

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<p>ED doesn’t help much unless you’re legacy / athlete. I applied regular because I wanted all doors open. Didn’t hurt me.</p>

<p>If you fill the niche they have in mind for you, you’ll get in. If not and you’re legacy, go ED. If you don’t fill the niche despite being a great student, doesn’t matter when you apply.</p>