Penn ED

[Anonymous]

Good luck to the applicants! One DC is there now, the other already graduated! It is a fabulous school! We went to a different ivy and a state school; Penn is an incredible school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Read the article, it’s interpreted as downgrading the status of legacy at Penn.

Whose interpretation? The student who wrote the article? If Penn was no longer considering legacy status, it would just say so—similar to what JHU and Amherst have done. Stop assuming.

Hopkins stopped giving a legacy preference for several years before they announced it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Read the article, it’s interpreted as downgrading the status of legacy at Penn.

Whose interpretation? The student who wrote the article? If Penn was no longer considering legacy status, it would just say so—similar to what JHU and Amherst have done. Stop assuming.

Hopkins stopped giving a legacy preference for several years before they announced it.

Nearly a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University, the powerhouse research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, began a quiet experiment: It started to eliminate “legacy preference”—a special boost it gave to the children, grandchildren and siblings of alumni–from its undergraduate admissions process. The move was so sensitive, the school didn’t make the change public until 2020. Last fall, 1.8% of Johns Hopkins’s incoming freshmen were children of alumni, down from 8.5% in 2013.

[Anonymous]

I'm an alum. I've read between the lines and talked to a few in the know and don't think there is any real legacy boost at Penn anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alum. None of the kids of the classmates with whom I’m in touch have been accepted. Mine was rejected ED1. Now attends another Ivy. I don’t think there’s much legacy preference.

You don’t “think” so because your child…and a few other classmates weren’t admitted. Yes, that proves it! Legacy admissions is done at Penn. 🙄

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Read the article, it’s interpreted as downgrading the status of legacy at Penn.

Whose interpretation? The student who wrote the article? If Penn was no longer considering legacy status, it would just say so—similar to what JHU and Amherst have done. Stop assuming.

Hopkins stopped giving a legacy preference for several years before they announced it.

Nearly a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University, the powerhouse research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, began a quiet experiment: It started to eliminate “legacy preference”—a special boost it gave to the children, grandchildren and siblings of alumni–from its undergraduate admissions process. The move was so sensitive, the school didn’t make the change public until 2020. Last fall, 1.8% of Johns Hopkins’s incoming freshmen were children of alumni, down from 8.5% in 2013.

JHU is not Penn. It’s covert elimination of legacy preferences has no bearing on what Penn is doing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an alum. None of the kids of the classmates with whom I’m in touch have been accepted. Mine was rejected ED1. Now attends another Ivy. I don’t think there’s much legacy preference.

You don’t “think” so because your child…and a few other classmates weren’t admitted. Yes, that proves it! Legacy admissions is done at Penn. 🙄

Dp, but the odds your take is right and everyone else with more knowledge who thinks it is gone or significantly weakened is wrong is not high. I am an alum and have a high school junior. I’m not expecting any legacy advantage for him at Penn.

[Anonymous]

LUIGI!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alum. None of the kids of the classmates with whom I’m in touch have been accepted. Mine was rejected ED1. Now attends another Ivy. I don’t think there’s much legacy preference.

You don’t “think” so because your child…and a few other classmates weren’t admitted. Yes, that proves it! Legacy admissions is done at Penn. 🙄

Dp, but the odds your take is right and everyone else with more knowledge who thinks it is gone or significantly weakened is wrong is not high. I am an alum and have a high school junior. I’m not expecting any legacy advantage for him at Penn.

Lol—good for you.

[Anonymous]

These schools never really state how the legacy status impacts the student. Does the student receive an extra check mark or does admissions simply “read” the legacy application vs the preliminary scan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Please identify the part of the statement that makes that clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alum. None of the kids of the classmates with whom I’m in touch have been accepted. Mine was rejected ED1. Now attends another Ivy. I don’t think there’s much legacy preference.

You don’t “think” so because your child…and a few other classmates weren’t admitted. Yes, that proves it! Legacy admissions is done at Penn. 🙄

Throw another data point in from my nephew who was rejected (my brother is a grad).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Read the article, it’s interpreted as downgrading the status of legacy at Penn.

Whose interpretation? The student who wrote the article? If Penn was no longer considering legacy status, it would just say so—similar to what JHU and Amherst have done. Stop assuming.

The dozen or so people the reporter interviewed? And if you read the article, you would also be aware that Penn discontinue special admissions events it had for legacies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an alum. None of the kids of the classmates with whom I’m in touch have been accepted. Mine was rejected ED1. Now attends another Ivy. I don’t think there’s much legacy preference.

You don’t “think” so because your child…and a few other classmates weren’t admitted. Yes, that proves it! Legacy admissions is done at Penn. 🙄

You’re correct that what I think is not proof, that’s why I used the word “think”. The point of a forum like this is to share perspectives and opinions. Why so angry?

[Anonymous]

If you're going to lift this and drop it in here, you should give attribute it to Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rinatorchinsky/2023/08/28/kids-of-alumni-get-special-treatment-at-80-of-americas-top-private-colleges/#:~:text=N%20early%20a%20decade%20ago,'%E2%80%9D

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article from the Daily Pennsylvanian on the wording change. http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/03/penn-legacy-admissions-policy-changes-university

This is Penn’s current legacy policy/statement:

“We appreciate that attending Penn is a tradition for many families. The Admissions Office identifies legacy applicants based on the information provided in a student’s application and defines “legacy” as being either a child or grandchild of alumni. Legacies who apply to Penn—like all applicants—receive thorough consideration in the application process."

It’s clear from this statement that Penn still considers legacy status in its admissions process. What is the controversy?

Read the article, it’s interpreted as downgrading the status of legacy at Penn.

Whose interpretation? The student who wrote the article? If Penn was no longer considering legacy status, it would just say so—similar to what JHU and Amherst have done. Stop assuming.

Hopkins stopped giving a legacy preference for several years before they announced it.

Nearly a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University, the powerhouse research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, began a quiet experiment: It started to eliminate “legacy preference”—a special boost it gave to the children, grandchildren and siblings of alumni–from its undergraduate admissions process. The move was so sensitive, the school didn’t make the change public until 2020. Last fall, 1.8% of Johns Hopkins’s incoming freshmen were children of alumni, down from 8.5% in 2013.