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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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