Penn releases numbers: RD applications go up

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<p>Actually, percentage-wise for RD, Wharton and CAS are almost precisely the same every year, hovering around 10%. The difference is for ED, when Wharton posts a lower figure than the College.</p>

<p>It's stupid to get hung up on the percentages, though. Wharton's class will probably remain more self-selective than the College's, even if we get a lower acceptance rate.</p>

<p>Think about it in terms of Princeton and Columbia/Penn. Columbia College's acceptance rate is lower than Princeton's, but Princeton is much more selective. Columbia is equivalent to Penn.</p>

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<p>^^muerte, did you mean to say "Princeton is much more prestigious," rather than "Princeton is much more selective"?</p>

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<p>Nope.</p>

<p>The prestige attracts the best students.</p>

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<p>How much more did Penn accept ED this year than last year?</p>

<p>Last year’s total acceptance rate was almost 17%, so if this year’s RD apps went down by 100, shouldn’t the overal acceptance rate for this year still be around 17%?</p>

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<p>^^^^ No yield is going to be way out of whack this year as kids search for the best financial aid packages.</p>

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<p>CAS…went up…now I can’t get in :(</p>

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<p>CAS applications went up, but so did the acceptance rate… this happened last year, too.
pretty sure on that, but you might want to double check.</p>

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<p>Wish we had concrete numbers…</p>

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<p>If yield is going “way out of whack” wouldn’t they accept MORE because people will be less likely to choose Penn??</p>

<p>this is all just masochistic wishful thinking.</p>

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<p>^^^ Correct on both counts.</p>

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<p>Where do I request a viewbook ?!</p>

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<p>I am getting really frustrated as to how Penn never posts numbers for the specific schools. WHY THE HECK NOT?! I really don’t understand.</p>

<p>Well I for one am glad that applicant #s are down. I applied ED Wharton and got deferred.</p>

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<p>^ Hope you get in, buddy. As for me, I will be waiting on Wharton as grad school</p>

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<p>Catalysis, I’ve heard that Wharton apps are down quite considerably due to the economy and the fact that getting jobs is tough these days.</p>

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<p>That’s Wharton undergrad; Wharton grad apps skyrocketed. There was an article in the DP earlier this semester.</p>

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<p>I have no clue about grad applications, but then again that also makes sense seeing that people want to market MBAs in this faltering economy.</p>