Chances for University of Rochester?

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Hello all,

just wanted to ask how you might see my chances as an international applicant:

GPA: School does not give a GPA
Junior APs: AP German (5), AP Bio (4), AP Comp GovPol (5), Statistics (3)
Senior APs (+ expected grade): AP Micro (4/5), AP Macro (4/5), AP Euro (5), AP English Language and Comp (5), AP Human Geography (5) - one more probably as self study
ACT: first take - 28C, second take - still waiting for results, hoping for at least a 32C (then submitting my scores)
TOEFL IBT: 115

ECs:

  • have been learning English, Latin, Spanish, Japanese, French, Korean, Chinese and Slovak + my mother tongue
  • Student government for one year in my previous school (10th grade)
  • Led a Chinese club and social affairs club in my previous school (10th grade)
  • PoliSci university study for one semester while in high school (10th grade)
  • Online journalism course (10th grade summer)
  • Member of party (10th, 11th, 12th)
  • Planning several events for my school like balls, parties (11th, 12th)
  • foreign exchange for three months abroad in Asia (10th)
  • Debate team for around 2 years (11th, 12th)
  • Judicial Committee in my school (11th, 12th)
  • Library team member (11th, 12th)
  • Leading a political discussion club (12th)
  • Paramedic for the past three years (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
  • Internship for two weeks at the national parliament (11th)
  • Internship at a hospital for two weeks (10th)
  • Own project with developing my own app for political education, now conducting research (11th, 12th)
  • Summer program in China last year (11th)
  • Right now: planning a Global Affairs Summit in my school with simulations, workshops and discussions

Recs:

  • 1st Recommender: My GovPol teacher, have not read but I think 9/10, I was very curious and did a lot of extra stuff, we had many discussions outside of class
  • 2nd recommender: my former stats teachers, even though I was not the best he wrote about how I always tried my best and never gave up, have not read but probably a 8/10 - Should I submit this one even though it is optional?
  • Counselor Rec: I talked with her for hours and hours about very personal stuff, she knows a lot about me. We always recommend books to each other. She read me some parts of the recommendation and it sounded really like me, but in a really amazing way (10/10)

Intended Major: PoliSci or IR hoping to double major/minor in East Asian Studies
Spike: might be me having studied in three different countries, right now attending an American international school abroad
Financial Aid: needed

I would be very grateful for your help or advice!

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I think your EC’s are very strong. A 31 should be enough to get you a spot because of them, but who knows. They are aiming for a 25% rate this year so there really aren’t any guarantees unless that ACT score is high.

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@student13138 where did you hear that information?

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@kalons they said it in my ed acceptance letter

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@student13138 they’re aiming for a 25% acceptance rate overall? that’s a huge leap back from the 34% acceptance rate from last year…

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@kalons the 34% rate you see online was from several years ago. they never released last years rate.