With the pool increasing 10% and 16% of the pool being legacies (around 1200) do you believe Penn will accept more students (usually around 1350) ed?
I hoped so, but I’ve heard not, especially because penn is under pressure to accept less people ED. Dean Furda actually wrote an article about this that you can probably find on CC. If not, it’s on Penn’s DP, I believe.
@Harrison28 Highly doubt it. I can’t imagine that they would want to increase the percentage of the class they take ED. Penn already accepts a higher percentage ED than the other ivies. Furda said so I think in his blog. The acceptance rate will probably be around 20%.
Keep in mind that while the Admissions Office may have a basic plan, they may be somewhat flexible if the candidate pool is stronger than anticipated. Additionally, some ED candidates may be deferred and then accepted in the Regular Decision round.
"negotiating an increasingly large and well-qualified pool of students with a fixed number of Early Decision places in the class of 2022. This is, in some ways, a self-imposed restriction, as the general opinion is that there is too much pressure on students to apply early, and Penn already admits a higher percentage of the enrolled class under Early Decision (over the last few years, between 50%-54% of the target class) than many peer institutions. "
http://www.page217.org/what-if-i-dont-get-in-early-decision-or-action/
If it makes anyone feel any better, Penn has been expecting a record number of applicants this cycle for months. It’s not unexpected. They are prepared for it and hopefully have a good gameplan.
Does anyone know how many people approximately applied to the Huntsman Program?? Based on how many people have applied in the past???
@rala2018 Tough to say, I dont think any recent numbers are available. I know about 10 yrs ago there was a report that Huntsman had around a 7-8% acceptance rate. About 600 students had applied. Back then the overall Penn acceptance rate was 16%. I think a good estimate for the current Huntsman and other dual degree acceptance rates is somewhere between 3-5%.
I think the hardest thing about the dual degree programs isn’t the acceptance rate, it’s the self-selectivity. Each student who applies to these programs is already so accomplished that you’re not only competiting against a large pool for a small number of spots. You’re competing against a more accomplished pool.
@Burrito12 very true, these programs are extremely self-selected.
A larger point - hats off to the UPenn Admissions Dean for recognizing the general opinion that there is too much pressure on students to apply early.
Just acknowledging this is huge. Did anyone else notice this in his blog post? I’m happy that Penn pays attention here, and isn’t afraid to course correct.
(It did this when it debated NOT allowing ED applicants to apply EA elsewhere - it quickly dismissed this idea.)
A larger point - hats off to the UPenn Admissions Dean for recognizing the general opinion that there is too much pressure on students to apply early.
Just acknowledging this is huge. Did anyone else notice this in his blog post? I’m happy that Penn pays attention here, and isn’t afraid to course correct.
(It did this when it debated NOT allowing ED applicants to apply EA elsewhere - it quickly dismissed this idea.)
@Cue7 Where did you see this?
@777629 as seen in post #4:
"negotiating an increasingly large and well-qualified pool of students with a fixed number of Early Decision places in the class of 2022. This is, in some ways, a self-imposed restriction, as the general opinion is that there is too much pressure on students to apply early, and Penn already admits a higher percentage of the enrolled class under Early Decision (over the last few years, between 50%-54% of the target class) than many peer institutions. "
http://www.page217.org/what-if-i-dont-get-in-early-decision-or-action/
Hi, I attended a meeting for kids of faculty/alumni today and the admissions officer acknowledged the bump in ED applications. Given that Penn only has so much space for housing incoming freshman, and they don’t want to accept too many kids ED, there will still be about 1200 kids admitted. Last year the ED acceptance rate was 23%, and it will probably go down to about 20% this year. I am a legacy applicant, I believe I am qualified, and am still not expecting to get in… but Penn admissions officers have stated that a deferral means that you are definitely still in the running for admission. If they do not believe you are qualified, they will reject you outright, but if they defer you, they will consider you just as they consider anyone else in the regular applicant pool.
Only 1200 kids? Last year, they accepted 1,354 students.
From the projection of the last year’s EA or ED application numbers, Penn is probably just behind MIT and Stanford, but equals to Harvard this year. The upward trend of ED applicants at Penn may continue to increase in the coming years. That may not be good news for a lot of potential candidates, competition for just getting in is too harsh.
I do know that they accepted a record number of QuestBridge applicants this year with 56 being admitted. I’m not sure if that factors into ED statistics but those are seats in the class being filled that can’t be filled RD.