<p>So my buddy(same skl) is also applying to Penn, but she is an athlete
The coach likes her and she has legacy, so I'm pretty sure she will get in
Will I stand a chance if I'm also applying ED? I'm not an athlete but I have high grades and all that.
- I'm scared cuz ppl tell me that Ivy Leagues don't give ED admissions to more than 1 person from the same skl; and my skl is a really small private skl...</p>
<p>That’s not true. Two kids from my school applied ED last year and both got in (one in Wharton and one in CAS). They’ll take you if you’re a good applicant.</p>
<p>When admissions officers are evaluating applicants, they do so from a regional pool. Your application will be mixed up with thousands of others from your region and others, and you almost certainly won’t be compared directly against your friend. Top colleges with tens of thousands of applications don’t have time for that. However, if you are both borderline cases in the “maybe” pile during the final round of judging, you may be compared against each other, but also against hundreds of other applicants.</p>
<p>ED are heavily weighted towards legacies, but applying ED at all shows your level of interest. </p>
<p>But frankly, if you don’t have sports, you better have some amazing outstanding extracurriculars, especially those involving teamwork, to make up for it. Sports are almost required unless you are the best of the best and show it not only in your grades and test scores, but also in your essays.</p>
<p>And I hope you didn’t use your “kul” abbreviations in any of your communications with colleges, and won’t in the future.</p>
<p>2 people got in ED from my school last year. I disagree with rhandco about sports/teams though; neither of them did sports and the girl who did do sports didn’t get in ED.</p>
<p>When I applied, there were three people who got in ED from my school (all to CAS), myself, another girl, and a recruited football player. I did not do any sports, the other girl did but she was not looking to be recruited. However, we both had great grades/test scores and had different things we were very involved in. I think it depends on the case, but the standards for athletes can sometimes be lowered quite significantly. The football player would definitely not have gotten into Penn if he hadn’t been recruited. However there are many athletes who are also very smart who apply.</p>