University of Pennsylvania

 

University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, PA 

Acceptance Rate: 12.2% 
SAT/ACT 25th Percentile: SAT 2030; ACT 30 
SAT/ACT 75th Percentile: SAT 2310; ACT 34 

In 1749, Benjamin Franklin expressed his ideas of higher education to prepare students for careers in business and public service. Between 1779 and 1791, the state of Pennsylvania took over Franklin's College of Philadelphia and turned it into the University of the State of Pennsylvania, which would be America's first state school and America's first university. Once the University became private again, it became known as the University of Pennsylvania.
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