First indication of yield and wait-list data for the Class of 2013

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>In today’s Philadelphia Inquirer:</p>

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<p>[Late</a> sign-ups put Phila.-area colleges near enrollment goals | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/09/2009](<a href=“http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20090509_Late_sign-ups_put_Phila_-area_colleges_near_enrollment_goals.html]Late”>Late sign-ups put Phila.-area colleges near enrollment goals)</p>

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<p>48% are ED?!</p>

<p>That’s nuts.</p>

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<p>^ That’s the way it’s been for YEARS, and it’s worked very well for Penn.</p>

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<p>ditto to wat 45% said.</p>

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<p>By nuts I just meant surprising. I knew they took a lot ED, but not half the class.</p>

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<p>^ You must not have paid much attention to this page:</p>

<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>

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<p>bad news: my parents went to penn, my mom was involved in admissions for a while and she said that over 75 percent of waitlist students who were accepted had been legacy kids who had not given enough money to penn and of course changed their minds once they got waitlisted! THATS CRAZY</p>

<p>why would anyone want a school like that</p>

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<p>So what does this mean? (Sorry I don’t understand the article) They’ll be accepting very few from the waitlist?! How sad. :(</p>

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And also blatantly FALSE. Statistically, most students accepted from the wait list aren’t even legacies, let alone legacies whose parents suddenly made large donations.</p>

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<p>^ Was this possibly a muse for your username? I remember being told that roughly 45% of the class was accepted ED, lol.</p>

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<p>^ Nope. It was inspired by a thread here a few years ago in which a then-current student (ilovebagels, perhaps?) joked that Penn alums who had been admitted when 45% was the acceptance rate, should feel indebted to current Penn students who surmount a much lower acceptance rate and, accordingly, enhance the prestige of the school. I am one of those indebted old alums. :)</p>

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<p>Hah. My dad applied to Wharton (MBA) during the economic slump of the seventies… wonder what his acceptance rate was. :-P</p>

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<p>Hmm that’s not very comforting. I’ve prowled around and apparently they call you if you do get in, but I’m wondering how do you know if you didn’t?</p>

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<p>What do y’all think will happen to the number of Wharton applications next year? I think they will decline in light of the economic crisis. Ironically, now is the best time to go to Wharton because employers are always hiring vigorously coming out of a recession–there’s a lot of money to be made, and they want to be the first ones to make it.</p>

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<p>i wouldnt be too sure 45Percenter, Penn is “famous” for its underground wheeling and dealing with alumni. They do coax large amount of money from strongline Penn Families who have waitlist kids is all im saying.</p>

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<p>Jakeesha, I’ve never even heard anyone say that about Penn, let alone have facts to back it up…</p>

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<p>Penn doesn’t care about legacies now as much as they did even 10 years ago…</p>

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First I’ve heard of it, and I’ve been an extremely attentive Penn alumnus for DECADES, since long before you were born. :)</p>

<p>And if Penn’s admissions program is so corrupt, why did you (1) apply there and (2) choose to stay on the wait list? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>does anyone know what the yield was last year? exactly how much did it increase by this year?</p>

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<p>^ Last year’s yield was 62.89%:</p>

<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>