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Hi I havent seen any threads for the class of 2028 UPenn waitlist. I figured we could update each other on here. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full thread ..read more

This is the official discussion thread for University of Pennsylvania Class of 2028 RD applicants. Ask your questions and connect with fellow applicants. 2 posts - 1 participant Read full thread ..read more

NPR Penn President Liz Magill resigns after backlash over testimony about... Magill will stay on as interim president until a new person is appointed. Her resignation comes days after congressional testimony by her and other top university presidents drew fierce backlash. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/penn-university-head-liz-magill-quits-days-after-dithering-on-calls-for-jewish-genocide/ I wonder if the other presidents who testified will also resign. Apparently, all three were unable to outright condemn demonstrators’ chants for the genocide of the Jews of Israel (who of cour ..read more

I have been an alumni interviewer for many years and wanted to update parents/students on changes to the process this season. Some of these are changes and some are clarifications of questions surrounding the process. This comes from a town hall with the relatively new dean of admissions Dean Soule who has been there now a few seasons. 1- Has Penn eliminated interviews? Well not exactly. To begin with the term “interview” has been removed from the vernacular. Penn no longer considers the interaction between students and alumni interviews but rather “conversations”. This is meant to eliminte an ..read more

Each year from 2006 to 2021, Penn disclosed the same student-faculty ratio of 6 undergraduate students per faculty member, or 6-to-1, in the Common Data Set — a report that hundreds of colleges produce each year and which U.S. News relies on for its widely used rankings. In 2022, however, Penn quietly submitted a revised Common Data Set after its original submission — and the student-faculty ratio has increased twice since then, to the current 8-to-1 ratio. thedp.com Penn ‘exaggerated’ student-faculty ratio metrics used by U.S. News rankings,... In 2022, after 15 years of reporting the same ..read more

Dr. Karikó and Dr. Weismann were recognized for their foundational research that led to the mRNA vaccines. Penn Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize 1 post - 1 participant Read full thread ..read more

Trying to figure what happens if after a few months there is a desire to change majors or focus on applied science vs pure physics. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full thread ..read more

This is the official thread for those applying ED to University of Pennsylvania. List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into? Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help! 2 posts - 1 participant Read full thread ..read more

Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule reported that Penn received 59,465 applications to the Class of 2027, a new record, and had an acceptance rate of 5.8%. 3,474 students were offered admission, representing 48 states and 97 countries. Soule stated that first generation college students make up 19% of the admitted class, while 14% are legacy students. thedp.com University Trustees review Class of 2027 admissions statistics, establish new... In addition to hearing the admissions report for the Class of 2027, Board of Trustees approved resolutions to establish a Department of Ci ..read more