Despite the turmoil of last fall and spring over the university’s handling of antisemitism complaints and pro-Palestinian protests, the university received 65,235 applications, the most in its history
, and accepted 3,508 students, Whitney Soule, dean of admissions, told the board of trustees Friday.But Soule did not release information on what percentage of the class is Black or Latino or any other racial demographic, other than to note that 13.4% are international students. Penn has been mum on the racial breakdown of the class.
About 2,400 of those accepted have enrolled at Penn, Soule told the board. That’s more than 68% of those accepted. She said 150 are from Philadelphia and 14.5% are from Pennsylvania. They come from 47 states and more than 90 countries, and 13.7% are legacy students, meaning they are either a child or grandchild of alumni.the admissions office released the number of students it admitted.
Under federal law, colleges eventually must report the racial makeup of their classes, and that’s when it will be possible to compare this group of admitted students with those who were admitted before the court decision. The admissions data came at a quiet meeting of the trustees that lasted less than an hour. It was a departure from the prior meeting when about a dozen student protesters,Also during the session, the board voted to appoint Ramanan Raghavendran to another term as chair and Julie Beren Platt to another term as vice chair. Raghavendran stepped into the role after former chair Scott L. Bok resigned in December, along with former president Liz Magill.
followed a backlash over Magill’s congressional testimony about the handling of antisemitic incidents on campus.
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