See entire article here:
http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/12/early-decision-upenn-ivy-league-philadelphia-admissions-rate
They admitted slightly fewer people ED this year. 1312 this year vs 1354 last year.
15% increase in ED apps is rather impressive.
Fast calculation shows that the legacy acceptance rate was 28-29% and the non-legacy, non-athlete rate was ~14%.
So is it possible to log in and find out one’s result now?
I would NEVER have gotten in, in this era. (Class of '82)
anyone know what the deferral or rejection rate was
@Penn95 How many athletic recruits you counted in your calculation? Did you count the 64 QuestBridges?
@f2000sa I assumed 200 athletic recruits. Did a count count on the Penn Athletics website and the number seems to be around 200. No i didn’t count the 64 Questbridge people, good point.
Also the 16% of legacy applicants was based on the preliminary 6,713 number which was first given about a month ago, not the final count of 7,074 ED applications. Still I assumed 16% of 7074 for my calculation.
@Penn95 I think they modified legacy to 20%
How odd. This is demonstrably false.
However, from the Class of 2021 profile:
16 percent are legacies; 7074x16%=1131 or 1076 using old number (6731) applicants
328 accepted
29% (328/1131), or 30% (using old number 1076)
so between 29 to 30% acceptance rate for legacy.
for applicants educated outside USA: (many international students attended US high schools)
1167 (7074*16.5%), or 1110 (6731 x16.5%)
157 Accepted for non-US citizens or permanent residents.
13.45% (new number) or 14.14%
this is just an estimate, as applicants and accepted students are classified using different criteria. The actual number may be around 11% if you counting international students from US high schools.
@Penn95 I think the athletic recruit #s are closer to, if not over 300. If you just look at football you are 25-30, Lightweight Football is another ~20. M Track ~15. W Track 12-15, M Lacrosse ~11. W Lax ~12. F Hockey ~10. You are around 110 with just those 7 teams and Penn has 30 total teams. I realize Basketball, Squash and others field smaller teams but I would be surprised if the total is close to 200. Counting freshmen on each team can get you close but each year there are a few recruits that matriculate but decide to never play the sport. On the other side there is an occasional walk-on that was not recruited.
Actually a few hours ago I received an email that was sent to all Penn alumni interviewers. Part of the email reads:
So it looks like there were 7,500+ ED apps, not 7,074?
17.49% (1312/7500) ??
someone not good at Math, or many are interviewed more than once.
^looks like it. If so it is 22% increase compared to last year.
It’s not. The Ivy League limits the number of recruits each college can have, which I believe is a max of 205 per year. Some colleges, like Yale, target lower numbers (around 177). But for this exercise, 200 is as good as any
ski, you would be mostly correct. From the following link it looks like the exact # is 230 and from looking at the Penn commitment articles they try to come pretty close to that #.
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/04/29/athletic-recruitment-policy-still-undecided/
No one knows the exact number outside of the various athletics departments, and they are less than transparent.
From the linked article:
So the 230 number is the reporter’s estimation, as the 205 is mine. Which is closer? As the Tootsie Pop commercial used to say, “The world may never know.” 