<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I am from Canada, and some people have told me that Penn will compare you to your region, and only select 1 acceptee at most. For example, if one region has five applicants, they will only take 1 even if the other four have very good applications. Is this true?</p>
<p>Also, are CAS/SEAS/Wharton applicants reviewed by the same people and the same process? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Penn will compare you to other international applicants as a pool. As to how much further they will parse the pool, any answers you receive here will be apocryphal at best, although I doubt that they have a limit by region (however one defines region).</p>
<p>Penn’s undergraduate admissions team is structured by region, not undergraduate school.</p>
<p>They took 17 canadians in the early round last year I believe and around 60 overall. Definitely more than one applicant for Canada. And yes you will be compared to applicants from your region.</p>
<p>@Remi56783 Only 17?! Wow that’s harsher than I thought it would be…</p>
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It’s still higher than every other country outside the US; China was 2nd with 16.</p>
<p>yes @HvePassion i’m assuming you are canadian as well, but yeah we’re the international group who have it best.</p>
<p>@Remi56783 yeah it really could be a lot worse. But 17 for an entire country,…</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there are quotas on regions?</p>
<p>No, there are no quotas. I’m currently a Canadian student at Penn and four students were admitted from my high school graduating class two years ago.</p>
<p>@grenoble was your school something like a “feeder” school or just a regular public school?</p>
<p>Penn considers Canada and Mexico students need blind. This is a trope like “only one accepted per school”.</p>
<p>It was a public high school in the Toronto area with the IB program. It’s not necessarily a feeder school for Penn, but generally a few students go to Ivies and other American colleges every year.</p>
<p>@grenoble It must be a top public school! Sounds like bayview </p>
<p>@rhandco what do you mean by a “trope”?</p>
<p>LOL - look it up. The Internet is your friend.</p>
<p>@HvePassion 
good guess haha. Good luck with your application! :)</p>
<p>@grenoble were all 4 full ib diploma candidates? If so do you know what there final scores were?</p>
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<p>Penn IS need-blind for citizens and permanent residents of Canada and Mexico. It’s not a trope, unless you consider the longstanding, explicitly stated policy of the University to be a trope:</p>
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<p><a href=“How it Works | Penn Admissions”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/costs-financial-aid/financial-aid-at-penn</a></p>
<p>@45 Percenter I’m Canadian, and I highly doubt that they are actually need blind. If they see two students - a FA applicant with a slightly better application and one with a slightly worse application but can pay full - guess who they will take? Probably the one that can pay full.</p>
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<p>The same skepticism could also be applied to Penn Admissions’ evaluation of US citizens. But guess what? Penn has been actively promoting it’s need-blind admissions policy for citizens and permanent residents of the US, Canada, and Mexico for many years, if not decades (and I know this because I’ve been a Penn alum for DECADES 
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<p><a href=“How it Works | Penn Admissions”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/costs-financial-aid/financial-aid-at-penn</a></p>
<p>If you don’t want to believe it, that’s your prerogative. But I guess my question, then, would be why do you want to apply to a university if you don’t believe its explicit statements about its admissions policies? </p>