<p>I have the credentials to apply to Penn. But there are 3 kids who have already committed early to Penn for various sports and 6 other kids who have legacy status at Penn. And 7 other students also applying early to Penn. This is not a large school and the likelihood that Penn will take more than 9 kids from my class seems very small. Am I crazy to waste my early on Penn?</p>
<p>Absolutely, especially if you’re Wharton…
MUST ELIMANATE MY COMPETITION :p</p>
<p>No, dude, go for it.</p>
<p>It really depends on whether you have the grades and stats and you really want to go to Penn.</p>
<p>That said you are probably right that only a certain number will be accepted from your high school (although 20 were accepted from my high school years ago).</p>
<p>No reason why you could not be among those admitted if you have the credentials.</p>
<p>Thanks. I do have the credentials but so do some of the other kids and I’m just worried that starting off with 3 recruits and 6 well qualified legacies, is NOT a good start!</p>
<p>one of my hallmates has literally over a dozen friends from hs in our class. granted he’s from the philly area, but it’s not too uncommon to take multiple kids from one school. also don’t count on them getting in over you just because they’re legacies. athletes meh they’ve got it pretty nice, but legacies can get turned down if they’re unqualified/unlikeable/unlucky.</p>
<p>Yes, the athletes have it made!!!</p>
<p>Might as well give it a shot right?</p>
<p>Out of 714 kids, I’m the only one applying. One other kid is applying to Yale, but that’s it. It’s really disappointing. Everyone just goes to our local state school.</p>
<p>You are one lucky person, believe me. You will stand out and your chances are much better since you are not competing against anyone from your school. They tend to read the applications as a group. You will not have to worry about being compared to your classmates. Good luck to you. Maybe you’ll start a new trend!</p>
<p>im in the same boat as ivystriper. we have like 5 kids applying to ivy league and similar caliber schools and me and one other person are applying to penn which is nice for me haha =)</p>
<p>Does your high school limit the number of schools you can apply to? Are you down to your last $65 in application fees?</p>
<p>Using your logic, not applying will be helping your classmates chances; a nice gesture but probably not one they’ll appreciate. If you believe you’re qualified and want to go to Penn, apply. Leave it to Admissions to decide how many students from one school is “too many”; that’s their job.</p>
<p>If you want to go, then apply. Simple as that.</p>
<p>I think it’s wrong for high schools to limit the number of applications that you can send. After all, it’s you’re future, not theirs.</p>
<p>Your* ahh.</p>
<p>Our school had 10% of last year’s graduating class accepted at Cornell (34 of 337). We had 8 accepted at Penn. Don’t know how many applied, but the point is that these schools will accept many classmates if they’re worthy. If you want Penn, apply.</p>
<p>^thats insane. Lol. How are there so many schools that dump a ton of kids into the ivies. We send a kid maybe once every 1 or 2 years.</p>
<p>If it is a NY HS, then the quasi-inistate nature of Cornell comes into play, and can explain the high # of admits.</p>
<p>The Penn info session I heard specifically said that students are individually evaluated, not by school. Goferit.</p>
<p>Any individual’s strength will trump any supposed “quota” you fear UPenn might have at your school. As others have said, if you really want to go, you’d be rather foolish not to apply.</p>
<p>Penn admissions officers aren’t sitting around saying: We just can’t take another student, no matter how great he/she is: we already have 5 admits there already.</p>
<p>That’s idiocy.</p>
<p>At an info session, my s asked the admissions rep if UP limits the number of acceptances per high school and the rep said absolutely not, the number per hs was irrelevant. The quality of the applicant is what counts.</p>
<p>@ivystriver–I have joked that one of our guidance counselors must be sleeping with a Cornell admissions rep. We routinely send about 10% to the Ivies. It’s one of the top public high schools in the country. </p>
<p>And it is in NY, though the quasi-instate nature of Cornell doesn’t factor much into the admissions percentage there. If anything it makes it tougher to get in. Most of our Cornell applicants are for College of Engineering or Arts & Sciences, which are not “state” schools. Even the “state” schools at Cornell are not true state schools. While about $16K less than the others, they’re still about $40K total per year before aid. Not exactly a cheap state school. However, if you’re a NY resident interested in industrial and labor relations, human ecology, veterinary medicine, or agriculture and life science, then the Cornell “state” schools are a good value. </p>
<p>But I digress.</p>