Admissions
Penn looking to improve bonds between peer advisors and their advisees
While upperclassmen advisors relish the opportunity to help younger students, some feel that their helping hand is not always reached for. They would like to see improvements in the program that encourage additional interaction throughout the school year.
Recruiting the best without merit-based scholarships
Without the option of merit-based scholarships, Penn cannot lure outstanding athletes or writing prodigies with money — but recruited students do find value in community.
Admissions office floods with requests to view files
As of February 22, the admissions office had received over 140 FERPA requests.
Likely letters aim to recruit top applicants
Each spring, a small contingent of Penn applicants receives a piece of exciting news weeks in advance of regular decision release.
Class rank is low on list of college admissions factors
College applicants who want to round out their application with a high class rank can forget their troubles for a while.
Admissions experts offer tips for deferred applicants
One college consultant encourages applicants to write "love letters" to their dream schools.
Dani Blum | Inviting Quaker pride
The University should work on promoting its Early Decision policies to lower-income communities. Penn should work with organizations like QuestBridge, which works with high-achieving, low-income students, and others that help underserved groups through the college admissions process.
Study links word choices in college application essays to future academic success
The words used in college essays may be more important than applicants expect.
Class of 2019 likely letters to be sent out on Thursday
A second round of likely letters will be sent out in March.
Admissions office gears up for Quaker day host recruitment
Penn’s Quaker Days Program – now in its second year – aims to give prospective students a real taste of Penn.
Early decision applicants fill more than half of the Class of 2019
With over half of the Class of 2019 admitted early decision, Penn’s commitment to forming a socioeconomically diverse class is called into question.
Despite mixed reviews, Penn aims to interview all applicants
While the Admissions Office continues to work towards its goal of interviewing 100 percent of applicants, the effectiveness of the program remains unclear.
'Avalanche' of students request admissions information following Stanford's example
When a group of Stanford students publicized a method of obtaining one's admissions file, Penn's admissions office saw an explosion of requests for access to their files.
Penn likely to join new college app platform, once it's created
The new application platform — which would serve as an alternate to the Common App — intends to increase flexibility for member colleges by reducing the number of required items for all schools.Alumni give back by interviewing applicants
College application does not end with clicking the submit button on the Common App. Alumni interview is another procedure most Penn applicants go through. “Students are pretty nervous about the interviews,” Laurie Weingarten, a Penn alumna and director of One-Stop College Counseling said.
Why do people come to Penn?
Every day, hundreds of students and parents flock in and out of Irvine Auditorium to go on a campus tour.
Penn ED apps increase by 5 percent to all-time high
This is the second year in a row that more than 5,000 applicants have applied early.