University of Pennsylvania
Application Requirements
Penn's National College Match Requirements
Required Application Materials for College Match Finalists
DEADLINE for all required materials listed below: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
If you have ranked the University of Pennsylvania as one of your choices for the QuestBridge National College Match, the five items listed below must be submitted as soon as you are notified of your finalist status on October 21. Due to the amount of supplementary application materials required for the University of Pennsylvania, it is highly recommended that you begin this process in early October. If you do not submit the required materials by November 1, 2011, UPenn may choose not to consider your application for the College Match.
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Please review the FAQ for QuestBridge Students Applying to Penn.
If you are not selected as a National College Match Finalist, please review the college-specific requirements for QuestBridge students who wish to apply through the Regular Decision process.
University of Pennsylvania requirements for College Match finalists
(All documents due November 1, 2011)
- University of Pennsylvania Supplement to the QuestBridge Application
The Penn Supplement to the QuestBridge application is different from the Penn Supplement to the Common App. This Supplement may only be submitted online by using the link above; without the Supplement, we are unable to consider a student's application for admission to Penn.
**If you are participating in the College Match, please do not submit a Common App to Penn.**
The application fee is automatically waived for all QuestBridge Finalists.
FAQ for QuestBridge Students Applying to Penn
- Official test scores
Request official score reports from the College Board and/or ACT as soon as you are notified of your QuestBridge finalist status on October 21. You should not use the "rush reporting" service.
**Penn requires that applicants submit all testing results from each administration of the ACT, SAT, and SAT Subject Tests. Only the highest of your ACT Composite scores, the highest score on each section of the SAT, or the highest single testing result from multiple sittings of any SAT Subject Test will be considered. Please see more on testing here.
SAT code: 2926
ACT code: 3732
For more information about testing deadlines click here.
- Official transcripts
**Please note: your QuestBridge transcript cannot be used in place of an official transcript.
Please have your school counselor or registrar send an official transcript to the following address:
Office of Admissions, Attn: QuestBridge Finalist Committee
University of Pennsylvania
1 College Hall, Room 1
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6376
- 2012-2013 CSS PROFILE (including Noncustodial PROFILE, if applicable)
CSS PROFILE online
(Available October 1)
Penn's CSS code: 2933
- Financial documents (Must be submitted to as close as possible to November 1. Visit the FAQ for QuestBridge Students Applying to Penn for more information.)
Refer to the University of Pennsylvania Cover Sheet for Financial Documents for a detailed list of required documents.
Complete the cover sheet, enclose required documents, and mail or fax to:
Student Financial Services, Attn: QuestBridge Finalist Committee
005 Franklin Building
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6270
Fax: (215) 573-5428
You may apply to any of QuestBridge's partner colleges via Regular Decision. Admission to Penn through Regular Decision is not binding. Penn's strong financial aid program is "need-blind," "need-based" and "grants-based," meaning that they will not consider a family's income when making admissions decisions, and, once a student is admitted, Penn will meet his or her family's financial need. Further, Penn will not include loans as a part of students' financial aid awards. All dependent undergraduate students eligible for financial aid will receieve loan-free packages, regardless of family income.
You must complete two steps in order to apply to Penn in Regular Decision via QuestBridge:
All additional materials are due by the January 1 Regular Decision deadline, and you will be notified of the admissions decision in late March.
Penn's Testing Requirements
Penn requires one of the testing combinations below. No preference is given to either combintation; however, Penn requires that applicants submit all testing results from each administration of the ACT, SAT, and SAT Subject Tests.
- SAT Reasoning Test and 2 SAT Subject Tests; or
- ACT with Writing
If you're planning to take the SAT...
- Freshman applicants choosing the SAT must take the SAT Reasoning Test and two SAT Subject Tests.
- Candidates to the School of Engineering and Applied Science or the Wharton School taking the SAT are encouraged to take a Mathematics Subject Test.
- Students interested in science-related fields who are taking the SAT, and especially applicants to the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Nursing, are encouraged to take a science Subject Test.
- Registration materials for the SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Tests may be obtained from your guidance office.
If you're planning to take the ACT...
The American College Test with Writing may be used in lieu of the SAT Reasoning Test and two SAT Subject Tests. No preference is given to either test.
Learn more about Penn's testing requirements.
Please see our Standardized Testing page for a complete list of the standardized tests and testing deadlines required by each QuestBridge partner college.
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