<p>@meghamind When did you call them ? :O</p>
<p>Well sadly I’m international and my region is over-represented by like ten times of other countries…I don’t think I have a huge chance :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Penn has always been my dream school!</p>
<p>@ivyleaguefan Same here, over represented + international + Asian :(</p>
<p>Well not me calling but a friend who called</p>
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<p>I have to say that I’m very skeptical of this. First, among Penn’s RD admits, there are always lots of cross-admits with Penn’s peers (probably the vast majority). Second, I can’t imagine anyone in the Admissions Office making such a statement to someone who just called in. And third, the reply deadline for accepted applicants still would have been a few days away when this statement purportedly was made, before the final yield could even be determined.</p>
<p>I may be wrong, and Dean Furda might reveal to The Daily Pennsylvanian next week that yield is less than they had anticipated, but at this point, as I said, I’m skeptical.</p>
<p>I agree with 45 Percenter. There are always cross admits , but colleges like UPenn have been able to predict their yields fairly accurately. While it may go up or down, it wouldn’t be drastically different. </p>
<p>@45 Percenter that’s fine, I am not asking you to believe what some stranger on the internet says anyways 
I just passed on information I thought might be relevant to fellow waitlistees, that’s all</p>
<p>Thanks @meghamind ! I appreciate your help! </p>
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<p>I understand, and what you reported might be accurate. But I just wanted folks who read this thread to be aware of factors that may cast some doubt on its accuracy. :)</p>
<p>And why did you first say that YOU had called then Admissions Office, and then change it to say that a friend had called (which also doesn’t help the credibility of what you reported)? ;)</p>
<p>I said myself first because my friend doesnt really care for others to know she is involved. Thats all. Then when it got questioned I asked and she said she didn’t care, so I corrected myself. That’s fine, I understand.</p>
<p>also waitlisted… we’ll see. does anyone have waitlist statistics for this year? has anyone been taken off the waitlist yet?</p>
<p><a href=“Admissions releases Class of 2018 yield rate | The Daily Pennsylvanian”>Admissions releases Class of 2018 yield rate | The Daily Pennsylvanian;
<p>To summarize, the yield was 66%, but they anticipate making offers off the waiting list. </p>
<p>This just had to be the year when the admittance rate dropped 3% and yield rate increased almost 3% :(</p>
<p>Based on the numbers, I’d expect AT LEAST 50 acceptances from the waiting list (if not more), to get the class to–and to maintain–the target size of 2,420 students.</p>
<p>hmm you’re right. After doing the calculations the enrolled number is slightly lower than 2,420. BTW is it worth sending in updates about scholarships I got to improve my chances?</p>
<p>WL students just need to be a little patient. That’s hard, I know - but the deadline for acceptance has only JUST passed so it is still very early. </p>
<p>Once admissions has reviewed those May 1st responses they will be able to determine where spaces still exist in the Class of 2018. At that point admissions can begin to reach out to wait-listed students. The open spaces are in part determined by the desired overall class size, but also by the needs in specific schools, programs and majors. They will also consider where the class is in regards to under-represented communities and/or geographical regions. Historically, only a small number of wait-listed students are offered a place in the incoming class (typically fewer than 100 students) so I agree with 45 Percenter about the number of acceptances expected. </p>
<p>According to information given to alumni interviewers, those offers will begin in the next few weeks, and will likely continue into the summer until the target class size has been achieved.</p>
<p>By my math, there were 35,868 applicants and 10% were admitted, so 3,587 admitted. 66% of the 3,587 committed to attend. So about 2,367 places are taken out of the targeted 2,420 students in a class. </p>
<p>That would leave 52 for waitlist candidates, plus a small number for “summer melt.”</p>
<p>Does that seem accurate?</p>
<p>^ Those were also my calculations (have you been cheating off of my homework? 
), and why I said that at least 50 probably would be accepted from the waiting list (which is within the usual range for the number of waiting list acceptances at Penn, and well within the general range of the numbers of waiting list acceptances at Penn’s peers).</p>
<p>I thought the admittance rate was 9.9 percent which is what I used to calculate and I got 2343 students that enrolled. I know it’s only a 20 students difference so I didn’t say anything :P</p>
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<p>I think that 9.9% figure was a bit dicey–rather than getting it by rounding up from the next decimal place, they just cut the number off after the first place:</p>
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<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-ivy-league-admission-rate-8-point-something-something-percent/2014/03/28/558400de-b67e-11e3-8cc3-d4bf596577eb_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-ivy-league-admission-rate-8-point-something-something-percent/2014/03/28/558400de-b67e-11e3-8cc3-d4bf596577eb_story.html</a></p>
<p>Perhaps they were a bit desperate to get the rate into the single digits, but they may have to wait another year or two (depending on how quickly the applicant pool contiues to expand) for that actually to happen.</p>