International Application Requirements
We are also interested in learning about your interests, community service, and extra-curricular activities—while recognizing that patterns for non-academic involvement vary from country to country.
Prior to the expected date of entrance at Penn, an international applicant should have completed a program of secondary education that would enable the student to enter a university in his or her own country (e.g., A-levels, Abitur).
Because Penn's admissions decisions are made prior to the announcement of the results of many national examinations (such as the A-levels or the French Baccalaureat), applicants are expected to be enrolled in programs preparing them for these examinations. Applicants must also request that their schools send to Penn predictions of external examination results, in addition to the school marks.
Where national examinations are required for admission to a pre-university program (e.g., GCSE, SPM, HKCE, WASC, O-levels, or India's "Std X" examination), students should have received high marks on these examinations and should present certified copies of the examination results with their applications to Penn.
