Admissions
Howard University employees steal nearly $1 million in financial aid
Two days after the scandal was revealed, students began petitioning administrators for the university president's resignation letter and the disarmament of campus police.
Penn admits a record-low 8.39 percent of applicants to the Class of 2022
The drop from last year's acceptance rate — which broke previous record-low of 9.15 percent for the Class of 2021 — is also the most drastic decrease in recent years
Brown students vote on whether to disclose data in legacy admissions
Brown's Undergraduate Council of Students unanimously elected to hold this referendum at their general body meeting on March 14. The election also voted for various student board leaders.
Wharton drops to No. 3 spot for best MBA program in latest U.S. News rankings
Wharton, which tied for first last year, was among several of Penn's graduate schools that fell in the rankings by 2018 Best Graduate Schools list from U.S. News and World Report.
Experts and students raise concerns over long-term consequences of Penn’s tuition increases
Penn's Board of Trustees voted to increase undergraduate tuition by 3.8 percent for the upcoming academic year, with the total cost of attendance exceeding $70,000 for the first time.
A letter against legacy admissions leaves Penn's first-gen., low-income students divided
While Penn First, Penn’s largest FGLI student group, did not sign the letter, Seven|Eight, Penn’s FGLI group specific to Asian Americans, did sign it.
Penn receives a record-breaking 44,482 applicants for the Class of 2022
37,409 applications were submitted in the regular decision application process while the remaining 7,073 were part of the early decision batch.
How Penn's $75 application fee stacks up across the Ivy League
Taking application fee waivers into consideration, Penn made approximately $1,817,730 from application fees during this past 2017 admissions cycle.
For some Penn students, the internship search for summer 2019 is already underway
'I think it’s crazy how I haven’t gotten anything for this summer and I’m already recruiting for summer 2019. It just leads to a lot more stress,' sophomore Thomas Woldermariam said.
Penn's incoming freshmen class got a glimpse of Penn at ConnectED
Every year, the day long programming gives students a glimpse of the life they will experience on Penn’s campus in a few short months.
Penn's new SRFS Executive Director will focus on streamlining information for financial aid
Sessa's appointment comes at a time where SRFS has come into the spotlight regarding some of the changing policies, and especially the degree of varying information students say the receive about the changes.
How Penn matches up: a breakdown of early admissions statistics across the Ivy League
While Penn wasn’t the only Ivy League university that became more competitive this year, it experienced the largest relative decline in percentage of students accepted.
Penn admitted 18.5 percent of early decision applicants — a record-breaking low
Of the early decision applicants accepted this year, 25 percent had a parent or grandparent who had attended Penn and 11 percent are first-generation college students.
Protesters, Trump, and mental health: how tour guides manage Penn's most sensitive topics
“We try to be very up front about these things. Before we get even asked a question on tours, we outwardly mention mental health resources that are available on campus.”
This report has found that there are fewer new international students coming to U.S. colleges
Experts have suggested that this dip in numbers is associated with the rise of President Donald Trump, who has implemented a range of controversial immigration reform policies.
Why this Asian advocacy group is calling the Common Application discriminatory
In a letter, the Asian American Coalition for Education called on the Common App to "stop the practice of subdividing Asian American applicants into 10 subcategories."
Penn received a record-breaking number of Early Decision applicants for the Class of 2022
The University received 6,731 applications, a 9.5 percent increase from last year's record-breaking number of 6,147 applications.
Brown offers free tuition to University of Puerto Rico students affected by Hurricane Maria
Brown has helped victims of natural disasters multiple times in the past, including after Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Penn extends Early Decision deadline to Nov. 10 for students affected by natural disasters
Other schools like Yale and Cornell have also extended early admissions deadlines for students affected by natural disasters.