When they had record yield with class 2020, they still had some opening at some schools. People got called on May 3rd. …
It seemed that no movement at all at any school this year. So which conclusion can you draw??
@CupCakeMuffins – No, I don’t think they extend the torture to the courtesy cases. My understanding is that, as in all things, they do it for their benefit rather than the benefit of the applicants. The large number is so that they can fine tune the class depending on their needs. Poli Sci major from Wyoming? Check! Male pre med from Indiana? Check!! Robotics whiz from Texas, no problem! That’s why they have an initial list of several thousand to fill maybe a few dozen spots, and a list of several hundred to fill maybe a few spots. It’s not because most people on the list ever have a realistic chance of being chosen, although, like the lottery, or Ivy admissions in general, you never know, and some do get in (except, maybe, this year from the Penn wait list!).
Yup. It seems extended list weeds out everyone else and keeps eligible ones to take place of last minute change of heart cases. For all we know, extended list could be any where from 10-200, there is no official information, just random folks trying to guess this number.
My theory is that these few hundreds on EWL are on the real WL,
@f2000sa – I totally agree with you. Our only disagreement is whether, if the class is actually over enrolled at all 4 schools (which seems extremely likely based on the fact that there has been no WL movement from 5/1 to date), it will be used to replace those kids who drop out between 5/1 and August!
I’ve noticed that other schools have just started utilizing their waitlist as of today, so while it doesn’t really mean too much about Penn’s late decisions, it still makes me feel a little bit more hopeful haha
@ElCapitan33 which specific schools are you referring to?
@casewestern00 UC Davis, UMich, a few others that just got to the first wave
Does UPenn have wave system or rolling admissions style?
Haven’t spoken in here for a while. I still have a little hope that Penn will go to waitlist, but it clearly doesn’t seem like they are in any rush to do so. In my opinion, as stated by others previously, Penn has reached their target class and will pick 1-10 students off the list MAX. I think that they will remain true to their word and finalize in mid-June.
@casewestern00 When I called admissions a few weeks ago, they told me the waitlist would be rolling.
Call me crazy, but I still think they’re gonna end up using the waitlist. I’m friends with at least 20 or 25 people in the FB Penn group, and none of those people ended up picking penn. A lot of them ended up choosing UC schools or other great universities. It just takes time. Then again, the FB group isn’t a great indicator.
@Esmith1799 What is rolling?
@ElCapitan33 from my understanding, they just pick people as spots become available. Instead of telling 100 people all at the same time, they tell individual people. I’m honestly new to this whole process though…
@Esmith1799 Same. To be honest, this is so strange. 3 1/2 weeks since May 1, and all we get is a cryptic email from the Dean and little to no other news. And out of all the Ivies, Penn seems to be the only one that is this way. Every other one has either taken some, taken a few, or flat out said they weren’t taking any. At least those other schools gave some info, Penn has kept us in the dark
@ElCapitan33 REALLY hoping we hear something this week. I graduate on Friday and it would be nice to know what college I’m going to for sure before I graduate… come on Penn !!!
@Esmith1799 Congrats, hopefully they call out UPenn when they say your name and give you the diploma
@ElCapitan33 lol that would be pretty amazing… praying it’s good news for all of us this week!! :)))
Penn’s yield in the last few classes
. 2021 67%, 2020 68-69%, 2019 66%, 2018 66%
Target this year: 2445/3731 65.53%
Any one wants to guess the actual yield?
@f2000sa if it was 70% or higher, wouldn’t we have heard about it by now?