<p>A few more questions :D</p>
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<li><p>Are you a he or a she?</p></li>
<li><p>If I promise that I'll book you space on my organizations first mission to moon, will you accept me?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you like Chinese food or Continental?</p></li>
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<p>Jokes apart, Kudos to UR Admissions! You are the first admission rep. I have seen so far who answers all questions and even on Sundays! Hats off to you!</p>
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<li><p>I'm not telling! (If I knew where to find the winking emoticon I would include one here). When I started this account I intended to pass it on to other staff members to monitor, so it is possible that the same person won't always be at this wheel. But I kind of like it, so by golly no one else is going to take it for now anyway. </p></li>
<li><p>Sorry, I'm not the least bit interested in going into space BUT if you haven't heard, an astronaut on the Space Shuttle that should land today is a UR graduate--Leland Melvin, UR class of '86! We're pretty excited about that! </p></li>
<li><p>There is very little food that I don't like but since I think you are from India I will confess that I'm not a big fan of curry. </p></li>
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<p>Thanks! It is fun to talk to you guys!</p>
<p>Oh yes I forgot! Leland Melvin! I have a close family friend who took a pic with him before the mission briefing! :)</p>
<p>Ok I THINK I know who you are :p </p>
<p>Cheers!
PS: For smileys <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=showsmilies%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=showsmilies</a></p>
<p>One more question :)</p>
<p>Will it make a difference if I send a letter to UoR stating that its my first choice and I WILL attend if accepted (with required aid :p) ?</p>
<p>I had missed out on the scholars program.</p>
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But for admission, we make a fair decision on your admissability regardless of your ability to afford the University. If you are admissable, you will be offered admission even if we can not offer you aid. Each year, this enables a handful of internationals students to find outside scholarships and funding and they do end up enrolling here.
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<p>Can the students, who have been accepted without aid, appeal for aid if they sure about attending UoR?</p>
<p>I am at a community college now and applied for admission as a transfer student at UR about a month ago! I was just wondering ((I'm sure what every other transfer student wants to know!)) how long does it generally take to receive an admission letter? Thanks you!</p>
<p>Transfers who applied by 2/15 are typically notified by 4/15. Please review your application status on-line to be certain your file is complete. We don't make final decisions until the file is complete. Good luck!</p>
<p>Ajay--</p>
<p>It will not make a difference to write to us telling us you will come if you get enough aid. We know of the level of your interest from your posts on this site. (To others out there in the same situation--if I can't figure out who you are from your screen name, then I can't consider this though, so you have to tell me who you are, OK?)</p>
<p>Can you appeal? Sure. But the issue with international students is the small size of our aid budget, not the excellence of your credentials. There is not enough money to go around--a fact which we deeply regret but don't have the power to change. But letting us know of your on-going interest is fine. If something happens and we end up with additional funding which we haven't awarded, we'd know you were still interested. I will say that the odds of this happening, unfortunately, are slim. </p>
<p>I wish I could be more optimistic but I don't want to feed false hopes.</p>
<p>I called the Admission office and they said that you can not check the status of transfer applications online BUT they did tell me that my file was complete! Thank you so much for all of your help!</p>
<p>I'm so sorry that I forgot the transfers didn't have an on-line status check feature. I'm glad you called to get your answer. Apologies!</p>
<p>To all--feel free to call us! We answer phones all the time and love to talk to people. It's really OK to call.</p>
<p>That was optimistic enough UR Admissions :)</p>
<p>Do you answer the calls, UR Admissions?It might give your name away :p</p>
<p>IF UR will not accept me, I am going to FedEx myself and attend classes anyways. :)</p>
<p>I have another question! If/when an acceptance letter is received is the financial aid package with it or is it sent separately? Thank you so much again!</p>
<p>In some cases financial aid award letters are included with offers of admission but that requires that all the paperwork was in with sufficient lead time. In other cases, award letters go out after the admission offers. Even when financial aid materials were in "on time" it may be that some students got reviewed in a later batch and we weren't able to coordinate the two letters. </p>
<p>Domestic students: If you are admitted but your offer doesn't include an aid award, it is wise to call the financial aid office at that time to be certain that your paperwork is all there. </p>
<p>International students: Your aid decisions are pending and your first notification will normally tell you what's going to happen with aid (unless you were in those who were offered admission but not Richmond Scholars--your aid decisions will come by e-mail in about 2 weeks). We're working as fast as we can.</p>
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<p>We appreciate your effort, UR Admissions :)</p>
<p><a href="cont">size=-6</a>..but can't you announce the decisions already? :D[/size]</p>
<p>Thank you so much again! Have a wonderful weekend!</p>
<p>UR Admissions: How do I appeal for aid? I was accepted without any.</p>
<p>You can write a letter and e-mail it to <a href="mailto:intladm@richmond.edu">intladm@richmond.edu</a>. This is the international admissions account. US students should mail their letters. All should be directed to the Dean of Admission.</p>
<p>UR Admissions: How much of a role do demographics play in the admissions process? I have always noticed that essentially every car in the parking lots at U of R is from up north. How much does being a Richmonder and attending high school literally five minutes away from U of R play in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Hi Neighbor--</p>
<p>UR has more students from VA than any other state. That said, when you add the out of staters together they make up roughly 85% of the student body and the largest portion of those do tend to come from North of us. That is mostly because the northern state legislatures don't give incentives to stay in state the way many of the Southern ones do (the Hope Scholarships, Palmetto Scholarships, Florida's top 10 awards, Louisiana's TOPS, Kentucky's KEYS etc). The nothern states have very dense populations with high college bound populations and insufficient space in their public university systems to accommodate them all. So many of them look South. </p>
<p>That said when we evaluate applications we are looking for the strongest students pretty much regardless of where they come from. We admit lots of local students but in many cases they are less likely to enroll here because students who like schools like UR seriously want to go away from home for college and they perceive that it won't feel like they've gone "away" if they come to UR. I can certainly give you plenty of advice on the deal you need to make with your parents about not dropping in on you, not expecting you home for dinner regularly etc that will make it feel like you are "away" but some students aren't able to be OK with that. So that's why we enroll fewer local students here. </p>
<p>I hope that makes some sense. I'm excited that you're considering staying close to home for college!</p>
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