<p>Did anybody hear from Penn Admissions yet?</p>
<p>…Nope…</p>
<p>Just got accepted off the waitlist!!! Wooh!</p>
<p>Congrats YankeeFanner2013!</p>
<p>@yankeefanner2013 which school?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>@sgsg13 arts and sciences</p>
<p>Accepted into Penn off the wait list! But now I have a tough decision…</p>
<p>Congrats @BleedingGreen! Were you called prior by anyone from Penn to see if you were still interested? Also, what school were you admitted to? What’s your tough decision ;)</p>
<p>Thank you @WeRespectAll! I was called Thursday by a regional admissions officer, but I missed the call so she sent a follow-up email. We spoke on Monday and she just asked if I was still interested in enrolling at Penn because there are a few spots available. Now I must decide between Penn CAS and Duke Trinity…</p>
<p>Congratulations to @yankeefanner2013 and @bleedinggreen ! Is anyone else on the active list for Wharton like I am?</p>
<p>Congrats, @YankeeFanner2013!</p>
<p>I received the acceptance email today, too! Not sure if I’ll be going yet, but this is great news!</p>
<p>I’m CAS as well. Guess that phone call did bode well haha.</p>
<p>Congrats, @YankeeFanner2013!</p>
<p>I received the acceptance email today, too! Not sure if I’ll be attending, though.</p>
<p>I’m CAS as well. Looks like that phone call did bode well haha.</p>
<p>^Sorry for the double comment. Didn’t think it went through the first time.</p>
<p>Woah @BleedingGreen I have the same dilemma. >:( I think I’ll settle with Trinity though. Wharton’s the sole reason behind Penn’s status, as my friends keep on insisting 
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<p>If you guys aren’t 100% convinced of Penn, deciding not to enroll might open up a spot for someone who does, in both your own program and in other programs. I heard that if extra dorms are available, they might take in wait listed applicants to fill the rooms even if their academic program is already full. @bleedinggreen @ssdragon22 @trinity18 </p>
<p>I do agree that the whole reason Penn called you before offering you the spot off the waitlist was to make sure they are offering the few precious spots left to applicants who are serious about taking them. If you are not, you should let it go asap to give the others a chance. It’s the right thing to do. </p>
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I sincerely hope that this was meant in jest on your part. Penn’s CAS is easily the equal of Duke’s Trinity, with as many–if not more–top-ranked liberal arts departments and programs, amazing undergraduate research opportunities, and vigorous on-campus ECs and campus life, as well as a student body of equivalent academic strength. Not to mention the amazing cultural and night-life offerings of Philadelphia at its doorstep. To say that “Wharton’s the sole reason behind Penn’s status,” and especially relative to a liberal-arts peer as comparable as Duke, is kinda silly and, of course, not true.</p>
<p>But again, I’ll hope–and assume–that you weren’t serious when you said that. ;)</p>
<p>@“45 Percenter" 'To say that “Wharton’s the sole reason behind Penn’s status,” and especially relative to a liberal-arts peer as comparable as Duke, is kinda silly and, of course, not true.”</p>
<p>It does sound like a joke to the more informed, but I am pretty sure it is not. Notice that the screen name is Trinity18 and that this is this persons first and only post.</p>
<p>You could not possibly make a rational argument that can hold up against the always conclusive, “…my friends keep on insisting.” ;)</p>
<p>Duke is a good school. However, it is annoying that they try to give the impression that they have an admissions rate and yield that are better than Penn by releasing the regular decision admissions rate instead of the overall admissions rate, for example. I guess that is called marketing. </p>
<p>Cheesy, but as you can see, it fools a few of the less detail oriented individuals.</p>
<p>@Much2learn, Duke’s overall acceptance rate has historically (over the past decade or so) been lower than Penn’s. This slight disparity can be attributed to Penn’s larger size. It’s obviously not an indictment of the university.
As far as Duke’s ‘marketing tactics’ are concerned, I view them as being much less offensive than Chicago’s. The Duke Chronicle never explicitly states that the RD acceptance rate is the overall acceptance rate. It merely publishes questionable headlines. Furthermore, this has nothing to do with the administration at Duke. Headlines are at the sole discretion of the paper’s editors. </p>
<p>Penn does have a higher yield but it also accepts a larger proportion of its class in the ED round. It also has Wharton to (presumably) bolster the yield. Furthermore, I don’t think I would be remiss of me to argue that Duke probably has slightly more cross-admits with HYP because the best students from the entire South will often apply only to Duke and HYP(SM) as their reach schools. Duke also has to contend with having a top 5 state school in its home state. No other elite private (with the exception of Stanford) faces that challenge. </p>
<p>In conclusion, they’re both phenomenal schools, powerful brands and incredible experiences. You can’t go wrong.</p>
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<p>That’s incorrect. Duke’s overall acceptance rate has been historically HIGHER than Penn’s over the past decade or so, although generally by only about 2 or 3 points, and it is again higher than Penn’s this year if memory serves.</p>
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<p>Penn’s RD yield is also higher than Duke’s RD yield, and Penn’s RD yield is actually the same *or higher<a href=“depending%20on%20year”>/i</a> than Duke’s overall yield.</p>
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<p>There’s no statistical evidence of this (at least publicly available). In fact, it could be argued that Penn has as many or more cross-admits with HYP(SM), since Ivies and their peers generally have many cross-admits.</p>
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<p>With this I completely agree. :)</p>