<p>if this helps to lower anyone's stress, I read that "About 20 percent of applicants are so uncompetitive, typically with a B-minus average or below and a combined SAT of under 1150, that the readers reject them out of hand."</p>
<p>Hey princess that's me you're talking about! Well not quite that low, but I'm pretty much assured to be an auto reject</p>
<p>I guess it should lower my stress, but really, it just makes me a little sad for those hopeful applicants who don't even get a chance.</p>
<p>Is that for UPenn?</p>
<p>And is that for Early Decision (I very much doubt it)</p>
<p>I'm not really too concerned about the applicants nation/worldwide per se, but rather I'm worried about the number of applicants from my school and the fact that less than 5 are admitted ED. There has to be more than 15 applicants (who I feel are more qualified than me), and I'm going to guess that 5 will get admitted--max. Typically, when there are a lot of white applicants, usually only 1 (or 2 at most) Asian is admitted. I'm one of 5 Asians applying ED. Yeah, it pretty much sucks.</p>
<p>KRabble, I just posted this message on another board, but I'll repeat it for your benefit;)</p>
<p>A friend of mine who is applying ED to Penn just had an interview yesterday. He asked the admissions officer if the fact that 12 or more people are applying ED from our school will affect his chances. She explicitly said no. Applicants are compared on a national level. She said that if 20 people apply from a school, and they are all good applicant, Penn will take all 20 of them. </p>
<p>In essence, just worry about where you stand compared to the national pool. If you deserve to get into Penn, you will not be rejected because Penn only has accepted 5 applicants from your school in the past. </p>
<p>Your chances remain the same whether 2 or 20 people are applying. </p>
<p>Hope you feel somewhat better! I did after findind out about this:)</p>
<p>I've heard similar things about Penn (and other schools of course), but I'm hesitant to trust something like that. I know it really doesn't make a difference whether 10 or 20 people are applying from my school, since it's the entire region that they base everything on, so that number probably stays pretty consistent from one year to another anyway. It just seems that statistically, the chances of every ED or even more than 5 applicants getting accepted in Dec. is unrealistic. We all feel qualified, but Penn will decide who is and who isn't. O well..</p>
<p>You're right to an extent: I just meant to say that if you are good enough and deserve to get in, you will not be rejected because they can only take 5 people and you are number 6 on the list. </p>
<p>Just trust your abilities;)</p>
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<p>welcome back, 26e, haven't heard from you in days....</p>
<p>Im probably applying to penn regular decision...does this mean I <em>have</em> to have an interview? I was thinking of submitting it only after december 15, if i dont get into my ED school.</p>
<p>I think you can have a interview in january. It's not really an interview for penn, it's more of a chat. No hard questions and the mood is light-hearted. I haven't had mine yet, but I'm hoping the interview wouldn't be serious. xo akhila, did you get my PM?</p>
<p>welcome back, 26e. I tip my hat to your Southern accent:)</p>
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<p>no spazallan, i did not get your pm.</p>
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