<p>Just wondering, why do so many people apply ED to Penn? Other Ivy Leagues of its roughly same status (Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth) receive roughly half the number of ED apps than Penn (around 1,500 for Dartmouth to 3,000 to Columbia). Just wondering.. wanna hear what you guys think!</p>
<p>I’m guessing it’s all because of Wharton, since it’s arguably better than any other school in the world if you want to get into finance.</p>
<p>I was reading somewhere on the web that 2/3 of the ED applicants are trying for Wharton. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s close to that figure.</p>
<p>^ where did u read that</p>
<p>Gtbguy1 : Please don’t post things purely based on speculation, especially when there is factual evidence saying that you are wrong. A few years ago, I think it was 2009, 29% of the class applied Wharton, 57% to CAS, 8% to Engineering, and the rest to Nursing. It’s published in the Daily Penn and if I could be bothered, I can go find the article. Even if finance has become more popular, I doubt this figure has changed substantially.</p>
<p>And to answer original question, I think (just what I think), the large majority is because of Penn saying so blatantly that ED will provide a substantial boost, and many people decide to take advantage of this. Just based off experience.</p>
<p>Penn also has a larger student body than that of the other schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>From 2008: [The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Early decision applications drop 8 percent | Interactive Feature](<a href=“http://www.thedp.com/article/2008/12/early_decision_applications_drop_8_percent_interactive_feature]The”>Early decision applications drop 8 percent | Interactive Feature | The Daily Pennsylvanian)</p>
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<p>^ thanks for finding the article!</p>
<p>No problem! Took a bit of digging though.</p>
<p>what about this year ED how many percent applied to each</p>
<p>My best guess would be that Wharton applications might of risen slightly because the economy is getting back on its feet.</p>
<p>^^ Hasn’t been released for this year, and I doubt the numbers will be released.</p>
<p>A combination of reasons: Penn is bigger than most comparable colleges, and it admits a larger percentage of its class ED than most comparable colleges. So it has a lot of ED admissions to hand out, and the perceived advantage of ED over RD is greater. </p>
<p>In terms of sheer size, Penn and Cornell are the Ivies that hand out over 1,000 early admissions, so it’s hardly a surprise that they get more ED applications than any of the other ED colleges. But Penn admits half of its class ED, and that represents 1/3 of its overall acceptances. Cornell admits about a third of its class ED, but ED is only about 1/6 of its total acceptances. Of the other Ivy colleges with ED, only Columbia admits close to half of its class ED; the rest are around 1/3 or lower.</p>
<p>Also – and this is really important – Penn says explicitly that it will take legacy status into account only for ED applicants. So legacies who want to go to Penn are practically required to apply ED. And Penn has a very expansive definition of “legacy,” which includes the children of people with graduate degrees, so there are a lot of applicants out there who believe they will get a legacy preference if they apply ED.</p>