Chance me for Penn ED

socaldad2002
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:33:03 +0000

For UPenn, last year ED applications went down about 9% and the acceptance rate went up to 19.7%.

I believe that in this current pandemic environment you will have even less students applying ED because they have not had a chance to do in-person visits and families’ finances/jobs could be in jeopardy. It would not surprise me if the ED acceptance rate increases to 25% or more this year.

To this end, I think applying ED will give you your best shot at attending UPenn. You are definitely competitive and a strong applicant.

Make sure you “package” yourself well by telling a compelling story of how you will make UPenn a better place by them accepting you. Your LORs should corroborate this. Spend a lot of time on your essays. The adcoms have 5 - 15 minutes to review your file and will spend most of their time on reading essays and LORs. If you can make yourself memorable and likeable that’s a plus and might just separate you from the other highly qualified applicants.

Good luck and let us know your results in December!