Showing Interest

Sikorsky
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:47:59 +0000

I think you’re mistaken about that, mamba.

There are schools that track and consider applicants’ demonstrated interest, but I don’t think Penn is one of them. According to Penn’s Common Data Set for 2009-10, an applicant’s interest is not considered in admissions decisions. (http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202009-10.pdf; see p. 10 of the .pdf file, which is p. 8 of the document it contains.)

And, honestly, at a college as selective as Penn, I think they can safely assume you’re very interested–especially if you’re applying ED. After all, it’s Penn.