Admissions
School at home to home at Penn
Penn “encourages applicants from a growing number of homeschool students”. Although homeschool has been a growing trend for the last decade, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda estimated that Penn receives only about 20 applications per year from homeschooled students. He stressed that the figure was not exact.
Penn just reversed the new early decision policy it announced over the summer
The change, which was enacted over the summer, restricted students from applying Early Action to private schools while simultaneously applying Early Decision to Penn.
Penn was ranked #8 by US News & World Report — but what do rankings actually mean?
Penn's rankings fluctuate from year to year and across publications.
Penn made a major change to its Early Decision policy over the summer
The new policy aims to ensure that early applicants are as committed to Penn as possible.
Why Penn reversed its standardized testing policy
Penn reversed its position on Score Choice, which obliged students to include all of their recorded standardized test scores on their application.
Sexual assault allegations put admitted freshman's status 'on hold'
An incoming Penn freshman was accused of sexual assault in a legal complaint, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
Universities face rising admissions yields and growing class sizes
Predicting yield is proving challenging as students’ application habits are changing. This past spring, nearby Pennsylvania State University was faced with an unexpectedly large incoming class. Nearly a third of admitted students accepted their offers by the decision deadline, up 30 percent from the year before.
Supreme Court upholds affirmative action
Abigail Fisher, a white woman who was denied admission to the school, brought the case against University of Texas at Austin in 2008.
Penn yield rate hits record high
This year, between 68 and 69 percent of students admitted to Penn's Class of 2020 committed to the school.
How two Penn seniors changed their plans and found themselves
Plans that hopeful high school seniors write on their college applications rarely end up falling in line with what they actually do at Penn.
Penn courts LGBTQ prospective students through email mentor system
In early April, around 200 accepted LGBTQ students and allies received emails from members of Penn's queer community, telling them about the wide variety of LGBTQ resources that Penn offers.
Three incoming freshmen share their paths to Penn
The The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with three incoming students to talk about their how they decided to come to Penn.
Graduate School of Education to investigate implications of declining law school applications
The Graduate School of Education won a $138,000 grant earlier this month to study the law school admissions market.
Prospective students get a taste of Penn's classes during visits
Some classes, especially this far into the semester, may prove challenging for prospective freshmen.
Money and months of planning lead up to Quaker Days
For the admissions office, these three days are the result of months, even years, of planning, as well as a large amount of money.
How Penn's acceptance rate stacks up to those of the other Ivies
See how this year's rate of 9.4 percent compares to the other schools in the Ivy League.
BREAKING: Penn acceptance rate drops to 9.4 percent, the lowest in university history
Penn received 38,918 applications this year, and 3,661 students were admitted.
Finding a path to Penn
Close to home but a world away for many Philadelphia high school students, Penn's high standards make it nearly impossible for many students to apply or to be accepted at the university.
National decline in foreign students coming to the U.S. for college not reflected at Penn
New research from the U.K. Higher Education International Unit shows that in the last decade, the number of international students going to college in the United States has dropped by over 6 percent.