Invited to apply for BFS/Integrated Studies?

dunbar
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:18:57 +0000

To me, it sounds like this new IS program is Penn’s tactic to keep College students in the College to keep internal transfer rates lower.

That’s ridiculous.

Personally I’m still waiting for an RD decision, so I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but when my sister was home from Penn on spring break I read an article about the new BFS/IS program in the DP. Essentially there’s a new director of BFS and he wants to make the program better for the kids who will use it and change the focus from recruiting overall desirable applicants who may or may not be the best people for BFS once at Penn.

[Integrated Studies Program to house freshman scholars | The Daily Pennsylvanian](http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/integrated-studies-program-house-freshman-scholars)