Admissions
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.
Coming soon: The early decision deadline
There is less than a week remaining before early decision candidates for the Class of 2019 have to submit their applications.Penn, unlike peers, rejects Common App competitor
Several selective universities are accepting alternative application options after last year's technical problems in the Common Application, but Penn has not changed its admissions policy.After program shake-up, number of applicant interviews soars
In 2011-2012, 55 percent were interviewed. Last admissions cycle, the number climbed to 86 percent.
Penn Early Exploration Program to invite prospective applicants from underrepresented demographics to campus
Office of Admissions reinforced its effort in Penn’s commitment to creating a diverse community.PEEP – Penn Early Exploration Program – launched its first application earlier this month with the goal of having talented high school seniors from historically underrepresented population learn about Penn and its application process.This equity and access initiative definition “historically underrepresented” population includes first-generation Asian Americans and LGBTQ in addition to its usual minority groups.“This year we reached out directly to prospective students in our database and community-based organizations like Questbridge, KIPP and National Hispanic Institute to promote the program to their students,” Vice Dean of Office of Admissions Yvonne Romero Da Silva said in an email statement.There were previous programs similar to PEEP, but the new program approaches the students more directly than counselor nomination based program before.
Engage the world, Gutmann tells 2018
On Tuesday night, the Class of 2018 gathered on College Green for Convocation.