<p>Hi, I'm an international student applying for the Honors Law Program. </p>
<p>If I only have 1 unit of foreign language, but amazing other credentials, will I still be able to get in?</p>
<p>Please, please, please respond!</p>
<p>Hi Miss Sunshine--</p>
<p>You will probably be fine but I can never know until I've reviewed your actual record. But if English is not your first language, coursework in that area will serve as your foreign language units. Feel free to e-mail us at <a href="mailto:intladm@richmond.edu">intladm@richmond.edu</a> for more particular information for international student applicants. </p>
<p>Good luck, and try not to worry!</p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>thank you so much! bless you, you made my life much less complicated.</p>
<p>i sent an email to both the regular admissions email and the international email a while ago, but haven't received a reply as of yet. should i call instead?</p>
<p>Miss Sunshine--it's possible your messages got caught in our spam filters. Why don't you just private message me through this site just in case. I'm sorry you've had trouble getting an answer to your messages so far. </p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>UR Admissions:</p>
<p>A few quick questions:</p>
<p>How many applications for Early Decision 1 did Richmond receive?</p>
<p>How does that number compare to previous years?</p>
<p>What portion of ED1's, not granted acceptance have customarily been out right rejected versus deferred to regular admissions?</p>
<p>Are any ED1 applications ever rolled over to ED2?</p>
<p>What has Richmond's historic ED1 acceptance rate been? ED2?</p>
<p>Thanks. Good luck on your reading.</p>
<p>Hi Otis--</p>
<p>The numbers for fall ED aren't really firm yet (there are still people out there who checked the ED box on the app but haven't sent contracts etc.), but we think there will be right around 300 applications in the fall round. That's up from last year where both rounds combined had 284 applicants. It's too early to predict how many apps we'll receive in the winter, but under any case we're happy with the increase in this first batch. </p>
<p>For those not admitted, there are roughly 2/3 deferred to regular decision and 1/3 denied. No one has ever been deferred into the E2 (Winter) round. There are a couple of reasons a student might be deferred:
1) there is something about their application that has the opportunity to improve enough for them to become competitive by the time we'd review them in regular decision (i.e. improved grades after a junior year slump, better standardized test scores).<br>
2) we're trying to figure out how the student will stack up in the regular pool, so there isn't a concrete suggestion we can offer these students unlike those in group 1. </p>
<p>If you are deferred, please call to talk to us. We'll pull your file and see if we can give you some suggestions or a better idea of where things stand. </p>
<p>The accept rate for ED is generally higher than in regular decision (mid 50% range compared to low 40% for regular decision)--there are a couple of reasons for that. The first is that in an applicant pool that is a fraction of the size of the whole pool, 1 student represents a greater percentage so there is just more fluidity to the numbers. Another reason is that the pool is pretty self-selected and students gravitate towards applying because their academic profiles are within the range of admissability for the previous years class. If there are people who are right on the margin of who'd we'd have admitted the previous year, we tend to give that student the benefit of the doubt and admit them since they went out on the limb and committed to UR. The profile of admitted students in ED is usually darn consistent with the profile in regular decision. There are usually a handful of students who might not have been admitted if they'd waited till regular decision, but that number is typically small. </p>
<p>Thanks for the good wishes! We need them at this time of year!</p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>Does the University of Richmond have online notification of admission? How is notification done? Do the letters all go out at the same time?</p>
<p>Hi there--</p>
<p>We do not post admission decisions on-line so you will still receive the news the old-fashioned way--in your mailbox. The decisions are all mailed on the same day. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>Are international student decisions exclusively mailed, or are they email ?</p>
<p>International decisions are e-mailed and if they are admit decisions, the paperwork is then sent by Federal Express. </p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>Whose idea was it to have an admissions officer on this forum? I think it's a great idea which other schools should consider.</p>
<p>It was this admission officer's idea when she came on here and saw a million unanswered (or wrongly answered) questions and she couldn't stand watching everyone twist around looking for info! I'm glad that you find it helpful. I would say that if any of you have questions like these and you aren't getting answers here on CC, you really can pick up the phone and call most admission offices and get an answer to many of the kinds of questions that are frequently posted here. The thing I like about this forum is that many people benefit from the questions and replies of a single student. It is an interesting venue but it really does worry me just how freaked out so many people seem to be. But that's easy for me to say, isn't it! I've already lived through being admitted (and waitlisted) back when I was a high school student, and still lived to tell about it. </p>
<p>You guys have a great day!</p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>UR Admissions:</p>
<p>Thank you for your considered response to my November 27th questions.</p>
<p>A few more more quick followups:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Do most Richmond's althleic preferences (applications endorsed by a varsity coach) come from ED1, ED2 or the regular admissions cycle?</p></li>
<li><p>What would be your estimate of the percent of all ED1 aceptances that will be athletic preferences?</p></li>
<li><p>What would be your estimate of the percent of all ED1 acceptances that will be a son or daughter of a Richmond alum?</p></li>
<li><p>What day will the ED1 decision letters be mailed out? [My guess is Monday- Dec 10th.] </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks again. </p>
<p>otis.</p>
<p>I have a question. How much is being a legacy weighed at Richmond? What if you had a parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent who went to Richmond?</p>
<p>Gotta agree ny! This is one of the best forums on the site, simply because the answers are from the one who can ... and does offer them ACCURATELY, PRECISELY, INFORMEDLY. And I should add REFRESHINGLY.</p>
<p>Question: Do students pay, and if so what, to attend athletic events? I know several smaller Div I places do not charge students to attend hoops, football, etc. A great bennie, for sure. How's Richmond do it?</p>
<p>Question #2: Does Richmond engage/contract a food service or do it alone?</p>
<h1>3: Is there a fee to use the rec/wellness facility? What building is it in? We missed it somehow on our tour.</h1>
<p>Answer #1 -- No, students don't pay a dime to get into events with the exception of any home games we have during the playoffs in football. Just to note too that our football team is playing in the semifinals tonight against Appalachain State on ESPN2 at 8pm. </p>
<p>Answer #2 -- While I'm not positive, I'm pretty sure UR does it alone. Our chefs have been nationally recognized. University</a> of Richmond Dining Services</p>
<p>Answer #3 -- The Weinstein Rec. Center is absolutely free for students. It's in its own new building, which is connected to the Robins Center. It is a fantastic facility and a huge upgrade over what we previously had.<br>
New</a> Recreation and Wellness Center</p>
<p>Holy smokes! That is about as nice as I've seen anywhere! Maybe U. Tulsa and Berry College compete. Any others? Is there a pool there? </p>
<p>What's the scoop on the on campus football stadium ... when, where?</p>
<p>Site regarding the expansion URichmond's First Market Stadium </p>
<p>RichmondSpiders.com</a> :: Facilities :: The University of Richmond :: Official Athletic Site</p>
<p>General Information [from URichmond website]</p>
<p>The University's Board of Trustees recently approved the concept plan for expanding the existing First Market Stadium to allow our football team to play its home games on campus.</p>
<p>The expanded facility will be located entirely within the University's existing boundaries and will be placed at the site of the current First Market Stadium. There will be no encroachment on area neighborhoods.</p>
<p>Unlike other proposed projects in Richmond, there is no cost to the City or its taxpayers for the University's First Market Stadium expansion. It will be built entirely with private donations and University funds.</p>
<p>Once First Market Stadium is expanded, it will serve as a permanent on-campus home for Spider Athletics. The current off-campus facility used for home football games, which the University leases, was built in 1929. It is outdated and does not meet the needs of our growing football program in 2007.</p>
<p>The expanded First Market Stadium will be a multi-sport venue serving the University's football, lacrosse, soccer and track programs. First Market Stadium currently hosts the University's lacrosse, soccer and track programs.</p>
<p>The proposed capacity of the stadium is for a maximum of 9,000 spectators, To put this in perspective, the expanded First Market Stadium will have a seating capacity less than the current capacity of Robins Center (9,071), which serves as home to our men and women's basketball teams.</p>
<p>The University of Richmond is an important cornerstone of the region's economy and a key contributor to Richmond's culture and quality of life. With more than 1,500 employees, the University accounts for more than $450 million in local economic activity on an annual basis.</p>
<p>As a state-of-the-art athletic venue, First Market Stadium will strengthen the University of Richmond and represent an important new asset for the City of Richmond and the entire region.</p>
<p>Cool ... any idea on timing? This century?</p>
<p>UR stadium project facing possble one-year delay</p>
<p>First game scheduled for 2010; cost overrun nears $9 million</p>
<p>Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 - 12:06 AM Updated: 12:51 AM</p>
<p>By JOHN PACKETT
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER</p>
<p>The University of Richmond is still in the planning stages for a new, on-campus football stadium. A significant amount of money has been raised for the 9,000-seat facility, but a lot of questions remain unanswered.</p>
<p>It appears the first game will not be played in the stadium until at least 2010, rather than 2009 as originally planned.</p>
<p>The projected cost of the facility was estimated at $11 million in 2003 when UR's Board of Trustees voted to pursue expansion of the existing, on-campus stadium. The estimate has jumped to around $20 million and is expected to continue to rise the longer it takes to get final approval of the project from the city and Board of Trustees.</p>
<p>The stadium will be built on the site of the First Market Stadium (adjacent to the Robins Center), where the men's and women's soccer teams play now and the football team practices most of the time.</p>
<p>The Spiders have been playing football at UR Stadium (formerly City Stadium) since 1929. The school pays the city $1 a year to lease the stadium, which seats 21,319 and is located about five miles from campus.</p>
<p>Jim Miller, the Spiders' athletic director, recently discuss the progress of the project.</p>
<p>Q: Where does the project stand at the moment?</p>
<p>A: "We're working to get our request for the special-use permit finalized so we can begin the formal process of getting it before the planning commission and the City Council . Once that's submitted, and all of that information is public record, we'll have more opportunities to talk with the public and meet with them as well."</p>
<p>Q: What is the timetable for submitting this permit and how long should it take for approval?</p>
<p>A: "It won't be formally submitted until the end of November. From what I understand, if we start the process by the end of November, it'll probably be February or March when we have the public hearing of the planning commission. Once we file our documents, the city starts passing that information around and collecting reports back from all the various city entities. So it'll probably be another three months before it goes before the public."</p>
<p>Q: With this process not likely to be on a fast track, will the completion of the project be later than initially believed?</p>
<p>A: "I think it's more likely going to be 2010. I believe that's the more likely scenario now."</p>
<p>Q: Do you anticipate the cost of the project continuing to rise?</p>
<p>A: "It usually is [going to go up from original estimate], but we think we projected ahead to deal with the projected cost, so I think we'll be fine on that."</p>
<p>Q: How much money has been raised for the new facility?</p>
<p>A: "We have $20 million now and we're continuing to raise some funds. Five million of that is from the university and another $15 million is in gifts and pledges. We're happy where we are at $20 million but we think the closer we can get to $25 million, the better off we'll be, as far as paying for it."</p>
<p>Q: When will ground be broken for the stadium?</p>
<p>A: "It's too early to talk about that, because we don't know how long the approval process is going to take. We're still working with the neighbors [around UR] to make sure we have everything tied down, as far as traffic goes. There are still a few that are concerned about [game-day] traffic in the area. That's a major issue and we want to be a partner with the city and the community in helping to resolve that."</p>