<p>i was deferred to yale during the ed round, and i was rejected..
i was waitlisted to washu.
however, i was accepted to university of michigan, nyu, vanderbilt, casewestern, and michigan state.
any ideas on why i didn't get into rochester?
i was put on the "alternate list"...
as far as i know, umich, vandy, and nyu are all ranked higher...</p>
<p>i just wanted some feedback</p>
<p>I was also placed on the AL. If I may, when did you apply to UMich? I'm also an applicant and waiting for a decision (applied Feb. 1--I know my chances are now slim). I've been accepted to my top university, so I'm not shivering, but would still like to know about Rochester's AL.</p>
<p>i applied to michigan by the oct. 31 deadline.
i received my decision within two weeks.</p>
<p>I figured; thank you. Maybe you applied later to Rochester, thus leaving you on the waitlist?</p>
<p>i live in michigan, so i got my state schools out of the way early.
the later you apply, the longer it takes for them to respond.
as far as your chances, you never know. i have some very over-qualified friends who were deferred, as well as somewhat under-qualified friends who were accepted.
just out of some of my classmates, we all feel that umich was much nicer to girls then boys, but that's just within some of my peers, so it could be totally off base.</p>
<p>Thanks for the mild reassurance. I've never heard of gender-based favouritism when it comes to admissions; pretty interesting. </p>
<p>Don't feel inadequate with your waitlisting to a lower-ranked school. I knew from the moment I applied that U of R has grown rapidly in terms of steep admission standards.</p>
<p>Rochester is attracting a lot of applicants due to their generous merit scholarship offerings. Same regarding the University of Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>How is University of Pittsburgh, in terms of popularity and rankings? Is it more known for its graduate programs than anything else?</p>
<p>^Pitt is ranked the same as Boston U if you're looking at US News (both at 57), and Rochester is at 34. I'm not sure if that's what they are this year because I'm looking at the US News from two years ago, but I don't think they changed very much.</p>
<p>Pitt is very highly thought of in academic circles depending on your area of interest-- for example it is known as having one of the best philosophy departments in the country.</p>
<p>I heard that this year the acceptance rate to the U of R has dropped drastically to around less that 10%. Its incredible.</p>
<p>alyssa2008 can you tell me where the stats are for U of R?</p>
<p>For the 2006-2007 year, these are the stats: University</a> of Rochester : Fast Facts</p>
<p>The thing is, when I toured the campus in September, they told me the ED acceptance rate was 39% and the RD acceptance rate was 40%. Apparently from the results of this year, (which is not updated on their website yet) out of the 12000 or so students that applied, somewhere around 1000 were accepted. I don't know the exact numbers, but from what I've been told, the new rate is around 8%. I find this hard to believe, and I definately could be wrong, but thats what my friend said was written in the letter she received.</p>
<p>UR has low yield. They were probably afraid you weren't going to come.</p>
<p>that doesn't sound right, if they accept 1000 and there yield is around 25% that would create a class of around 250 people, which is less than 25% of their usual freshman class</p>
<p>My son got his waitlist letter today.</p>
<p>As I understood it, UR accepts more than 1000 to take into account their traditionally low yield. Two years ago when my ds#1 applied there was an unexpectedly higher yield and they ended up with a larger class than anticipated. Last year they decreased the number of acceptances but there was a change in their staff benefit package late in the applications cycle and more staff families applied. So they ended up with two large classes in a row --> housing crunch, need for more dorms, etc.</p>