New Student Issue: Your guide to Penn's array of dorms
From the historic, decorated Quad to the brand new College house opening this fall, Penn offers a variety of living options.
From the historic, decorated Quad to the brand new College house opening this fall, Penn offers a variety of living options.
This year, between 68 and 69 percent of students admitted to Penn's Class of 2020 committed to the school.
Plans that hopeful high school seniors write on their college applications rarely end up falling in line with what they actually do at Penn.
The The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with three incoming students to talk about their how they decided to come to Penn.
For the admissions office, these three days are the result of months, even years, of planning, as well as a large amount of money.
The rule was part of the STEM Optional Practical Training program (OPT), and extends the period of time foreign students can stay in the country seven months longer than what was outlined in the last policy, which was passed in 2008.
See how this year's rate of 9.4 percent compares to the other schools in the Ivy League.
Penn received 38,918 applications this year, and 3,661 students were admitted.
The graduate programs at the Wharton School and Penn Nursing both slipped in the 2017 U.S. News and World Report Graduate School rankings, but other graduate schools at Penn fared the same or better as last year.
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.