SEAS Acceptance Rate

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<p>What is the acceptance rate specifically for Penn's engineering school (ED and RD if they're available)? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Ed 87%
Rd 52%</p>

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<p>^ He's kidding.</p>

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<p>yeah........Um, is the information unavailable then?</p>

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<p>^ it's unavailable</p>

<p>but truthfully it's probably about ED 30%, RD 15%
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<p>15% RD? No no no. Im guessing its around 18% RD and maybe like 29% ED. The total is 16% and Wharton is probably like 11% and A&S is probably like 17-15% and Engineering is proabably like 18% (a bit higher than the overall).</p>

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<p>Does Penn limit SEAS admits to SEAS or can they also change their major to CAS if need be? I've heard that some engineering schools lock their students in the school and some (UC Berkeley comes to mind) even in the major.</p>

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<p>Lock up choose engieering if you want b/c you aint transfering to Wharton</p>

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<p>If you get admitted into SEAS, I think you can switch after the first year. The requirements for switching depend on the school you're switching to, though.</p>

<p>When I visited Penn, one of the Wharton students said that they basically look at a list of GPAs and pick the highest when people transfer between the schools. I don't know if that's true or not, but that would make transferring from Engineering pretty hard, if it was. :D</p>

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<p>If you want to transfer to SAS you need above a 3.0 GPA. I have many friends who did this after a year. If you want to transfer to Wharton you need a very high GPA because they just look at the number of spots they have and start from highest GPA to lowest until they fill all of the seats. I know enough SEAS students who tranferred to Wharton to say it is very doable, but don't count on it.</p>

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<p>Transferring into the College is fairly easy and straightforward:</p>

<p>Internal</a> Transfer: Policies</p>

<p>Transferring into Wharton, however, does require a minimum GPA that is determined each semester depending on the number of applicants and spaces available:</p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/degree_programs/internal_transfers.cfm%5DThe"&gt;http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/degree_programs/internal_transfers.cfm]The&lt;/a> Wharton School - Undergraduate Division<a href="read%20the%20whole%20page,%20but%20see%20especially%20Item%20#14">/url</a></p>

<p>In general, the requirements for pursuing dual degrees in two different schools are similar to those for transferring. You can, of course, always take courses in the College and Wharton (and Nursing!) as a SEAS student, and you can even pursue an interschool minor in a school other than SEAS.</p>

<p>Penn takes its "One University" policy very seriously, and strongly encourages undergrads to explore courses in schools other than their own.</p>

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<p>The total is 16% OVERALL, meaning ED + RD combined.</p>

<p>Since the ED rate is higher than 16% (29/30%), that means the RD rate is lower than 16%, probably around 11/12%... And with SEAS being a bit higher than the average, I estimated it at 15%.</p>