<p>^ Last year results came out at about 5 in the afternoon if I remember correctly. You get your decision here <a href=“https://www.admissions.upenn.edu/decisions/mydecision.php[/url]”>https://www.admissions.upenn.edu/decisions/mydecision.php</a> and I think you get that link via email or something a week or so in advance.</p>
<p>^ Indeed, last year, the ED results were released at 5 PM EST on Friday, December 9th, and applicants were notified of that date and time by email around December 1st (and also on the decision page to which dfree124 linked above).</p>
<p>So chill out, folks! 
You should be learning the date and time for your decisions within the next several days (and maybe even by the end of this week).</p>
<p>And yes, they HAVE started reading ED applications, and most likely are well into that process. They try to have the decisions pretty much finalized by 2 or 3 days before they release the decisions, according to an interview of Admissions Dean Eric Furda that was linked in this forum last year.</p>
<p>No matter how competitive you might think ED to be, RD is bound to be MUCH MUCH worse. Here, you have all the academic superstars applying with HYP as first-choices and Penn literally as back-ups. In ED, other than legacies + athletes, it’s unlikely you will be in competition against any superstars who have all set their horizons higher.</p>
<p>@deathblade127 you make a good point but I think no matter what the application pool will be very competitive. There are brilliant high schoolers who love Penn and are applying early decision.</p>
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<p>Except, as JennyLeann has implied, that logic is a bit flawed. Statistically (average SATs, GPAs, etc.), the ED admits are generally at the same level as the RD admits. And, believe it or not, there are a significant number of Penn ED admits who might also have gotten into an HYP school, had they applied. At this level of admissions, the vast majority of applicants are objectively well-qualified to be admitted to any of these schools. In many ways, it’s just a matter of chance as to which applicant gets accepted to which school.</p>
<p>Now of course, in terms of raw numbers of total applicants and acceptance rates, Penn’s ED round is statistically less selective than RD (i.e., 25% acceptance rate in ED vs. 9-10% acceptance rate in RD); but, as anyone who’s read the ED and RD decision threads here on CC over the years has observed, it’s really a bit of a crap-shoot as to who gets accepted to Penn in either the ED or the RD rounds, objective stats such as SATs and GPAs notwithstanding.</p>
<p>Anyone ever wonder what exactly goes on inside that admissions room? It kind of gives me the creeps thinking about it lol.</p>
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<p>There actually has been a lot published about that over the years. For example, this article from 1998 is quite informative about how Penn (and other top schools) makes admissions decisions (although the stats cited in it are obviously quite out of date):</p>
<p>[High</a> drama in the office of admissions / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com](<a href=“http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/1215/121598.feat.feat.2.html]High”>High drama in the office of admissions - CSMonitor.com)</p>
<p>And here are some examples of recent interviews and panel discussions in which Admissions Dean Furda has discussed Penn’s admissions process:</p>
<p>[Q&A</a> with Eric J. Furda | Penn Current](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3496]Q&A”>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/3496)</p>
<p>[How</a> Admissions Directors at Penn and Michigan Think About Test Scores - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/knowledge/]How”>How Admissions Directors at Penn and Michigan Think About Test Scores - The New York Times)</p>
<p>[Forbes.com</a> Video Network | Intelligent Investing: Behind The Curtain Of College Admissions](<a href=“http://video.forbes.com/fvn/inidaily/college-admissions-penn-michigan-intelligent-investing#]Forbes.com”>http://video.forbes.com/fvn/inidaily/college-admissions-penn-michigan-intelligent-investing#)</p>
<p>I know there are others–if you do some Googling, you might find some. :)</p>
<p>^Haha those were the days, right? I can’t even imagine the kids mentioned in those articles getting accepted today. It’s really crazy how much the admissions game has changed over the years.</p>
<p>I don’t think pushing the deadline should have too much of an effect on the decisions date. It shouldn’t make to much of a difference as the admissions officers probably had a ton of applications already in before the deadline.</p>
<p>Unless they were unable to do much because of the storm, I don’t think we should expect a delay. I, for one, sent mine in on the 6th because I lost power for a few days; hopefully it doesn’t set my decision back a few days!</p>
<p>I sent my SAT scores by rush delivery a week before the ED date, and today when my Penn portal finally opened up I noticed that it said my scores were missing. I went back to check my college board order and it said that i sent it to a different upenn program–not undergraduate admissions. I just went to college board and rushed a delivery to the right one this time but I’m freaking out! Does anyone know if this will drastically impact my scores? I’m planning on calling the admissions office first thing in the morning tomorrow to let them know…</p>
<p>Sorry if this is the wrong place for this BUT I’M FREAKING OUT :O</p>
<p>i don’t even have my penn portal, i should be freaking out…</p>
<p>It scares me, just how much Penn’s decision is going to elate or crush me on the inside.</p>
<p>If that Dec. 12th date is accurate we have 2 weeks to go everyone!</p>
<p>Does anyone know anybody who was accepted ED CAS without an interview?? </p>
<p>I thought that i didn’t get one because i live in a small town. But now since i’ve been called for an interview for my other early school, I’m worried :(</p>
<p>Well, 2 more weeks to go. I need to prepare myself for the reality.</p>
<p>^ pennyoony, many accepted applicants are never interviewed. At this point, only about 50% of applicants are interviewed, and my understanding is that the determination of who (whom?) gets interviewed is pretty random, since it’s primarily coordinated by the regional secondary school committees of the alumni association, and NOT the Admissions Office.</p>
<p>However, as a recent article in The Daily Pennsylvanian noted, Penn is now moving toward interviewing 100% of applicants over the next few years, more as a recruiting tool than anything else (accepted applicants who had an alumni interview often feel more of an affinity for Penn than those who did not have an interview, no doubt because of the personal connection).</p>
<p>At this point, however, it’s purely random and you shouldn’t worry about it. :)</p>
<p>does anyone have any idea of the percentage of ED applicants who get deferred? i’m having a hard time trying to determine this info.</p>
<p>^ Last year, about 20% (888/4527) of ED applicants were deferred, and about 11% (99/888) of the deferred applicants were accepted during the RD round:</p>
<p>[Incoming</a> Class Profile - Penn Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/incoming-class-profile]Incoming”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/incoming-class-profile)</p>
<p>To 45% Do you believe Penn frowns on anyone who took SAT more than twice. Penn requirea all scores to be sent.</p>
<p>@45Percenter I also have a question for you. I took both the ACT and the SAT, I didn’t do so good on the SAT but I had a high score on the ACT. Of course I sent both, how do you think that Penn will view my SAT score?</p>
<p>it sucks that they want all the scores. Subject Tests are going to mess up my application</p>