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Penn
Admits 11 Percent Regular, 15.9 Percent
Overall
Penn received
22,634 applications for admission to the Class of 2011. This
number represents an increase of 11 percent. 3,610 applicants, or
15.9 percent were accepted, compared to 17.7 percent last
year. Penn
expects 66 percent of the admits to
matriculate.
454 of the admits
are international students. 401 of the admits are
black. 324 of the
admits are Latino.
20 of the admits are Native American. 42 percent of the
admits are minorities.
The average SAT score was
2137.
Early Decision Admit Rate at 29 Percent
There was a slight decrease of 2.5 percent in the number of
early applications received at Penn this year. Penn accepted
29 percent of early applicants this year, compared to 28
percent last year. The accepted students will represent about
48 percent of the total class.
9.5 percent of accepted
students are international. The number of accepted Latino
students dropped from 89 last year to 71 this year. The number
of accepted black students dropped from 81 last year to 74
this year. 239 Asian students were accepted and four Native
American students were accepted.
Accepted students had
an average SAT critical reading score of 697, math score of
722, and writing score of 705. Last year, the average scores
were 686, 715, and 695.
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