UPenn 2021 Waitlist

Do not call, they will never tell you your rank.

My guess is that they keep two lists, one real with small number, and one fake one with large number for PR purpose. They will draw from the real list if there is any opening.

Your chance depend on whether they over-estimate the yield. If there is an opening, they will find someone from the real list that meets certain profile they want.

Last year, Penn was fully enrolled. The total acceptance exceeded what they want. They did pick some from WL. My guess is that some school over-enrolled, and some under.

Hate to say, but if you are on the WL, do not pin much hope on it. Try to love the school that accept you and love you. If you get off the WL, consider yourself very lucky and just win a lottery (not literally). !

Any engineering waitlister here… international engg wailist candidate from india.

yes, i’ve also been waitlisted for the engineering school, so thankfully we’re not alone in our fear

What are our chances…

there doesn’t seem to be any concrete way to tell considering how much waitlist acceptances deviate from year to year

I posted this in the regular UPenn discussion, but my question applies more to this discussion thread: Would the Admissions Office be willing to say what our applications lack if we call? I got waitlisted and would like to know what to write about in my application update.

I decided to decline my waitlist because my heart was not set on UPenn as much as a lot of you. Good luck to all of you!

@ArchitectL if you get response pl post here.
@math3matical whr u r gng

My son was waitlisted for Engineering. He said he is going to decline the waitlist.

@mamma1st which engg did he apply

@USUG21 In addition to UPenn, my son applied EA to Georgia Tech (accepted), UVA (accepted) and Princeton (deferred then rejected). RD to Univ of Alabama (accepted) and Virginia Tech (accepted). He’s not interested in Alabama even though they gave him a full tuition scholarship. He only applied there to make my husband happy.

We live in Virginia, so he’s deciding between UVA & Virginia Tech since they are in-state tuition.

@mamma1st all the best to u all wherever he chooses to go

@mamma1st good luck to your son! Do you by any chance live in Northern VA?

@Y2JRedskins Yes, we live in Loudoun County.

No.

You will get the standard “So many qualified applicants…”

@mamma1st nice! I’m from Fairfax County.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/03/penn-acceptance-rate-release

Upenn admitted students statistics this year

Accepted 3699 students… yield 60%. Expected enrollment is 2219

Actual class size is 2445
So if yield does not increase they will definitely take from waitlist…

Where are you getting 60% from? Last year’s yield was closer to 69%, which would mean expected enrollment is 2552, which would kill any chance for them accepting from the waitlist.

@mhillsman last yrs yield was crazy and more. Thts why they had to over enroll… otherwise standard it is 60.