| MasterDad
I'm not sure what your point is. Although I think it unlikely that your son was "penalized" for not applying ED (I think that you're reading quite a lot into some fairly normal contacts), it is definitely true that ED applicants are accepted at a higher rate in general. I don't exactly see how that is arrogance. Rather, Penn has made a decision, and it is one made by many other schools, that they will give a slight preference to kids who are willing to commit to them early, whether legacy or not. Since your son did not apply ED, he, along with thousands of other kids, did not receive that preference. Seems pretty straightforward to me and not arrogant at all, unless you believe that all admissions decisions have a touch of arrogance about them. |