University of Pennsylvania Admissions File Review

Originally Published on January 27, 2019: A few years back, Christy Qiu, a then-first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania, was curious to see her admissions file a year after getting into the Ivy League institution. Maybe she thought she’d see a treasure trove of analysis about her coursework, grades, … 

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UPenn Admissions Lieutenant Exits

Longtime University of Pennsylvania admissions staffer John T. McLaughlin, has announced that he will depart UPenn’s admissions office at year’s end to lead Hamilton College’s admissions staff. At Hamilton, McLaughlin will assume the role of the dean of admissions and associate vice president. McLaughlin, who has served in the role … 

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Penn Transfer Acceptance Rate

The transfer acceptance rate to the University of Pennsylvania plummeted to an all-time low this year. Out of the more than 3,500 transfer applicants to the university this past cycle, about 165 earned admission. This marks a transfer acceptance rate of approximately 4.7% — a statistic that compares to 7.8% … 

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New UPenn Dean of Admissions

The University of Pennsylvania has appointed Whitney Soule, currently senior vice president and dean of admissions and student aid at Bowdoin College, to be its new vice provost and dean of admissions. Soule has worked at Bowdoin for the past 13 years and brings three decades of admissions experience to … 

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Gap Years for UPenn Students

Curious how many University of Pennsylvania students admitted to the Class of 2024 opted to go the gap year route this year? Wonder no more! Approximately 200 students who earned admission this past admissions cycle chose to defer their enrollment by a year, opting instead to be members of the … 

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UPenn Goes Test-Optional for Class of 2025

The University of Pennsylvania’s admissions office has announced that the school will go test-optional for applicants to the Class of 2025. This means the school will not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores, though UPenn’s admissions office has made clear that optional means optional…meaning students still can submit … 

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Former University of Pennsylvania Admissions Officer

Are you the parent of an 8th grader? Or maybe you’re the parent of a senior? In either case, of if your child happens to be in 9th, 10th, or 11th grades, we recommend Ivy Coach’s one-hour evaluation, which we offer with our own Jayson Weingarten, a former admissions officer … 

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UPenn Class of 2023 Early Decision Statistics

It was a banner Early Decision cycle for the University of Pennsylvania’s admissions office this fall. In all, the university received 7,110 applications to its Class of 2023 under its binding Early Decision program. Of these students, 1,279 got in. This marks an Early Decision admit rate of 18% for … 

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Penn and Coalition for Access

Ivy Coach has been featured in “The Daily Pennsylvanian,” the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. The topic of the piece, one authored by Sydney Schaedel, is the Coalition for Access, a new platform through which students can apply to various universities (including the University of Pennsylvania) beginning next admissions … 

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UPenn Change in Admissions Policy

Ivy Coach is referenced today on the pages of the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, “The Daily Pennsylvanian.” The piece, written by Tiffany Yau, is entitled “Students, applicants respond to Penn’s changed testing requirements” and it focuses on how the admissions office at the University of Pennsylvania will no … 

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