Penn admit rate drops to record-low 12.1% for Class of 2017

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**Penn admit rate drops to record-low 12.1 percent</p>

<p>The percentage of self-reported minorities fell to 43 percent in the prospective class</p>

<p>By Michelle Ma · March 28, 2013, 3:32 pm**</p>

<p>This year, 12.1 percent of total applicants were admitted to the Class of 2017, a slight decrease from last year’s 12.6 percent and marks a record low for Penn, according to the Office of Admissions. </p>

<p>The admit rate for regular decision applicants was 9.4 percent. In addition, the total applicant pool size was 31,280, up from 31,218 last year.</p>

<p>According to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, the most significant change in the applicant pool compared to last year’s was the average SAT score of the 3,785 admitted students, increasing 12 points from 2186 to 2198.</p>

<p>“I think this year, even though the applicant pool stayed … basically flat with a small increase, at least [in terms of] testing, the applicant pool grew at the highest SAT scores,” Furda said, noting that the pool was “deeper at the top.”

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<p>See the entire article here:</p>

<p>The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Penn admit rate drops to record-low 12.1 percent</p>

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<p>Any idea what the overall/RD acceptance statistics were for Wharton?</p>

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<p>^They don’t release the acceptance rate for each specific school. In the past, it’s been estimated by certain people on this site that the acceptance rate for Wharton over the past few years has hovered around 7.9%.</p>