By Harry Trustman (The Daily Pennsylvanian). Almost all current Penn students were admitted through The Common Application, an organization used by 731 colleges that offers a method for students to apply to multiple universities using one application. In the past, students could gain admission to Penn only through the Common App or, for a select […]
Read More »By Harry Trustman ( The Daily Pennsylvanian) Less than a week after the Trump administration announced that it plans to investigate claims of affirmative action discriminating against Asian-American applicants, a former Princeton University admissions officer called attention to another form of “affirmative action” — legacy admissions. Legacy admissions refer to the preference that universities give to students […]
Read More »(The Daily Pennsylvanian) By Julia Bell Penn is looking to expand its online learning to an unexpected demographic: high school students. The Penn Admissions office and Steppingstone Scholars, a Philadelphia-based academic enrichment program that helps underrepresented students, partnered to create a new online course: “How to Apply to College.” The course, which will be offered for free […]
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