<p>Thank you, is one of you applying to one of these two ?</p>
<p>Tomorrow the Common App is released for 2014-15 and the journey really begins! Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>good luck to you too!</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I was scrolling through everyone’s comments and I’m assuming that I’m the only nursing applicant here!</p>
<p>I’m a class of 2018 accepted student (RD) so if anyone wants any help or advice you can message me!</p>
<p>@college3162 did you have an interview? If so, could you describe the nature of your interview? Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Not college3162 but I have interviewed for Penn in both NY and DC. I think the interview is really pretty easy. You’re not going to get someone who is looking to make you look bad; generally most alums want their interviewees to get in and they want to share how great Penn is.</p>
<p>Be prepared. Know your resume and ECs well – line by line; if you’ve disclosed it, it is fair game. It looks bad if an interviewer asks about an activity and you say “oh – right – I did that in 9th grade, let’s see what was that about.” It makes you look unprepared and it also makes the interviewer wonder if you don’t remember details because you’re someone who “pads” your activities. Other than that – be very prepared to articulate “Why Penn” in specific ways. You want to show them that you have visited (if that’s possible – no one holds it against you if you didn’t visit because you live in South Dakota), researched classes, ECs etc. I know that sounds simplistic but I have had more than one interviewee say they wanted to go there because it’s a good school; it’s always been their dream; their sister went there etc. Ask good questions but not brain teasers. No one knows offhand what % of Penn undergrads go to Penn Med and complete their residencies there and as a high school senior, it isn’t something that affects your college decision most likely – so ask relevant questions. </p>
<p>Hey guys I was just wondering what kind of people apply ED to penn? Out of the 4000 or so early applicants how many do you think have an actual chance? And I was wondering anyone know how to get in touch with current students? thanks</p>
<p>@Remi56783 lot of qualified people will apply Penn ED, and almost all will have an actual chance. It is a very competitive pool.</p>
<p>If you want to meet current students, just visit campus and go on tours/info sessions.</p>
<p>Hi! does anyone know some other programs like Jerome Fisher management and technology? I want to pursue a combination of tech and management. Do others schools have this kind of program or is this only at Upenn.?</p>
<p>@sep2015 I’ve spent a lot of time searching, but I couldn’t find one on the same level as M&T. The only other option I see is doing a dual major at other schools. Other programs include ORFE at Princeton and Columbia, but those are very focused and computational, not so much a broad business education.</p>
<p>Do you think that applying ED gives more chances ? Or is it more competitive since only qualified students apply ? </p>
<p>I went to Penn’s information session a few weeks ago and they said the admin board chooses half of their applicants from ed students. def gives you an edge</p>
<p>ED is a huge edge at Penn. Approx 50% of the class is taken ED – and they’re choosing that pool from a much smaller number of applicants than what they will get in RD, so your shot of getting in is MUCH higher ED at Penn; RD is a crapshoot.</p>
<p>@Whartonnothyps Thanks for your answer! I’ve attended the info session and campus tour earlier this summer but found that I did not ask as many questions as I would’ve liked to ask. Since I live in Belgium I am looking for a way to communicate with students either via email, or phone or something of the kind. </p>
<p>Also given on what you have said about the competitiveness of the early action pool, than perhaps although they take about half the class from that pool you do not have a real edge compared to with the regular decision group. </p>
<p>@Remi56783 I believe you do have an advantage. The early acceptance rate is 25%, while the regular is around 7%. I’d go early any day. </p>
<p>While I do believe there is a slight advantage, I think the statistics by themselves are misleading. Keep in mind that the early pool is self-selecting. A lot of the people being accepted early have hooks- legacies, recruited athletes, URMs, etc. For a regular applicant with no hooks, the advantage is very minimal.</p>
<p>@pmmywest – that’s just not accurate. The best time for a “regular” applicant without major hooks to apply is ED. @WhartonnotHYPS is right – the acceptance rate ED is 25-ish% and actually less than 7% RD. This is info being put out by admissions and also heard at a committee that I serve on at Penn. It is untrue that the majority of the early pool is athletes, URMs etc.</p>
<p>I think applying ED is especially advantageous if you go to a competitive school with a lot of kids applying to Penn. It puts you in a smaller applicant pool and Penn will probably accept a higher number of those students than your classmates applying RD.</p>
<p>It’s hard to say whether ED is less selective than RD. Most of my friends got in RD. While I know some very smart kids who got in ED, I also have absorbed that a disproportionate number of the weaker kids did too.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, the average statistics (SATs, GPA, etc.) for applicants admitted ED are virtually the same as for applicants admitted RD. As previously mentioned, however, the acceptance rate is significantly higher in the ED round (25% vs. 7%). Perhaps more significantly, however, by applying ED, an applicant demonstrates a clear preference for and commitment to Penn, which can be a decisive factor for the Admissions Office, all else being equal. Bottom line: if you’re sure that Penn is your first choice, apply ED.</p>