<p>Does wharton have a policy of not accepting many kids from the same school/same town? I am asking because there is an athlete from my school (a really really really strongpublic school) and a kid from my town that goes to private school whos family gives a lot of money to penn.</p>
<p>Neither Penn nor Wharton have an official published policy of setting quotas, as you seem to describe, for admission of students from the same school/town.</p>
<p>Not officially. However I went to a public school in the South and I know that someone in the admissions office told a girl from my school that it would be highly unlikely if they took more than 3 people per year. This is a school, not an entire town, so the situation is a little different, but they do have unofficial quotas. You also have to consider where you live. I think Penn only accepts like 15 people a year from my entire state, so 3 from a school makes sense. If you live in the Northeast or CA though, it shouldn't be a problem.</p>
<p>There is no policy not to take people from the same school/town. Certain "feeder" schools (e.g. some private schools in Phila area) might send 8 kids to Penn out of class of 80 or 100 (not all to Wh.). They are choosing the best of the best, esp. for Wharton, so it's extremely unlikely that in some small town in Wyoming they will find 3 candidates all of whom present an appealing package for Wharton. If, however you are an extremely strong candidate, the fact that there are two others from your town wouldn't make a bit of difference. Each app is looked at on its own merits. </p>
<p>What does go on though is that if there are a bunch of apps. from say a large public schl in NJ, they will choose the ones they like the best. Someone who is marginal who might have gotten in if they were the only applicant from a small town in Iowa will go into the reject pile because they have people who are much stronger from your school who they would rather take. They are not going to like everyone. Since Wh. rejects 90+% of all applicants, the most that will ever get in from that school in any year will be X, just by reason of statistical odds and it will appear like there is a "cap" but there is no "cap" other than the overall # of admission slots for Wh.</p>
<p>in my large, incredibly competitive, highly-ranked, NJ public school...7 people have been accepted to UPenn every year for like 4 years. i think there is an unofficial number they will accept.</p>