Admissions
Here’s how Ivy League universities are changing admission requirements for the Class of 2025
College Board and ACT testing agencies canceled and postponed multiple test dates in response to the pandemic, prompting many universities to change standardized test requirements for future applicants.
Penn Admissions and Kite and Key unveil first live, virtual tour in the Ivy League
Each tour is capped at 50 students, and led by two Kite and Key tour guides and up to four admissions officers to ensure all questions asked through the Zoom platform’s chat feature are answered.
While colleges struggle to fill Class of 2024, Penn has not yet increased waitlist admissions
Admissions experts say schools are anxious about international students possibly not being able to arrive on campus for the fall semester, and about domestic students who may choose to take a gap year instead of enrolling amid the coronavirus.
Penn reminds incoming international students of gap year option as coronavirus spreads
Because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services suspended routine visa services at all embassies and consulates due to COVID-19, it is unclear if new international students will be able to secure visas in time for the fall semester.
Hailing from Tennessee to Indonesia, meet five members of the newly admitted Class of 2024
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with some of the admitted students of the Class of 2024. Here are their stories.
Penn admits 8.07% of applicants to the Class of 2024, a slight uptick from last year
Penn admitted 3,404 out of 42,205 applicants for the Class of 2024. At 8.07%, this year's acceptance rate is slightly higher than last year's 7.44%.
Penn Admissions cancels Quaker Days events for admitted students due to coronavirus fears
This year's Quaker Days events, which were planned for April 6 and April 15, and the Multicultural Scholars Preview program on April 14, have been canceled, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda wrote in a press release.
Penn's RD applications drop by nearly 3,000 for the Class of 2024, a year after record high
Penn received 42,191 applications for the Class of 2024, nearly 3,000 less than last year's applicant pool, breaking nearly a decade of steady growth.
Johns Hopkins University says campus diversity increased after ending legacy admissions
Legacy students comprised only 5% of Johns Hopkins University's incoming freshman class in 2014, down from 12.5% in 2009.
Here's how Penn's ED stats for the Class of 2024 compare to the other Ivies
Penn saw a 9% decline in number of ED applicants from last year’s 7,109 applicants. Harvard and Yale also experienced a decline in early action applicants from last year.
Penn's early decision acceptance rate increases to 19.7% for Class of 2024
The 1,269 students offered admission account for approximately 53% of the expected enrolling class. This year, Penn received 6,453 early decision applications, a 9% decline from last year’s 7,109 applicants.
Penn early decision applications drop 14% from last year
For the 2019 early decision deadline, Penn received 6,088 applications, while 2018 saw 7,109 applications.
Wharton expands MBA early admission program to undergrads from any university
The program, called Wharton MBA Advance Access, now allows student in their final year from any university to be accepted early to the full-time MBA program after working for two to four years after graduation.
Dean Furda's Eagles tirade featured on Stephen Colbert's late-night show
“Plot twist: turns out that man is Eric Furda, the University of Pennsylvania’s dean of admissions,” Colbert said to horrified laughter from the audience.
Nearly half of white Harvard students are athletes or children of alumni or donors
The study found that 43% of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy, children of faculty and donors, or athletes.
Class of 2023 yield rate jumps to 70% — Penn’s highest in 10 years
This year, 70% of 3,345 admitted students accepted their offers, the highest yield rate since the 2009-2010 academic year.
Evidence of college admissions scam uncovered by FBI years before Jerome Allen scandal
Authorities discovered the college consultant at the center of the national scandal in 2016 while investigating Philip Esformes, the parent who bribed a former coach to help ensure his son's admission to Penn, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Penn's transfer acceptance rate drops to record-low 5.9%
The acceptance rate of 5.9% constitutes a marked decrease from recent years with an acceptance rate of 7.6% last year and 8.1% in 2017.
A look at the Penn admissions visitor center a month since its move to Claudia Cohen Hall
The admissions center moved to the basement of Claudia Cohen Hall in late May after nine months of construction. The new center offers a bigger space and its design reflects Penn Admissions' recent re-branding.
