Penn extends test-optional policy to 2022-2023 admissions cycle
David Katz
February 3, 2022
“If one kid has great test scores and one kid has no test scores, all else being equal, the kid with great test scores will win every time over the kid with no test scores," Managing Director of Ivy Coach Brian Taylor told The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Experts worry that Penn’s test-optional application process will benefit wealthier students
Leanna Tilitei
October 20, 2020
Taylor urges students to do whatever it takes to submit scores despite the cancellation of several SAT and ACT tests this year.
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University of California will end use of SAT, ACT in admissions entirely by fall 2025
Kamille Houston
May 26, 2020
Taylor said there is a clear distinction between test-optional policies and policies that do not allow the submission of test scores at all.
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While colleges struggle to fill Class of 2024, Penn has not yet increased waitlist admissions
Pia Singh
May 11, 2020
Taylor predicts universities may have to add an unexpected round of waitlist acceptances in order to fill their intended class size.
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As the process wraps up, prospective students reevaluate admissions at elite colleges
Isabella Simonetti
March 28, 2019
To solve this problem, Taylor said it's important for admissions officers to be transparent about the fact that although the admissions rate is declining, more people have been applying too.
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College admissions will never be perfect, but we need reform
Christy Qiu
March 17, 2019
Taylor encourages a “trust but verify” approach to admissions and notes the simple verification of athletic involvement through online databases.
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Penn not among schools named in nationwide college admissions scandal
Julie Coleman and Deena Elul
March 12, 2019
The University of Pennsylvania was not among the higher education institutions named in court documents unsealed by the Justice Department on March 12 charging 50 people — mostly parents, including two celebrities — for taking part in a far-reaching bribery scam to get prospective students into elite schools. This news comes only … Read more
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Penn’s Furda and other experts say confidential information revealed in Harvard trial was no surprise
Julie Coleman
November 13, 2018
Belasco and Brian Taylor, managing director of the college consulting firm Ivy Coach, both said they do not believe formally eliminating race from college applications will change much in the way students are admitted.
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Penn’s early decision deadline was Thursday – except for students affected by recent hurricanes
Seth Schuster
November 1, 2018
“The more applicants that apply to a school like Penn, invariably the lower the admission rate will be and the higher the school will be ranked in U.S. News and World Report,” Taylor said.
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When picking the next batch of Quakers, focus on merit, not legacy
Christy Qiu
October 21, 2018
Taylor believes that legacy admissions for the children of alumni donors is a violation of tax law, specifically 26 U.S. Code § 170.
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