<p>@Daddio3 I got the Dean’s scholarship of $13,000 per year in merit</p>
<p>@Daddio3 I also posted before I was notified of merit aid. I got the Bausch and Lomb scholarship for $14000 per year.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from U of R who applied RD?</p>
<p>got an email this morning to ask me to confirm the mailing address</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W 750 M 770 CR; 2320
[</em>] SAT II: 800 USH 770 BioM 690 Math I
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (My high school just does unweighted averages, for which I have a 98)
[</em>] Rank: 2nd out of 300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), AP Lang (5), US (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc AB, AP Lit (all others honors, school offers few APs)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major, but lots of school awards, Bausch and Lomb, National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band 3 years (Section leader), Debate 3 years (Senior Member), National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Busboy, later host at Chinese Restaurant 3 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Musician in church worship service, various community service through NHS
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, Working out
[<em>] Essays: I’ve always been a pretty good writer, and I wrote about my ultimate success in my attempts to lose weight and get into shape. It must have been good since my acceptance letter congratulated me on my efforts.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One solid, one great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Run of the mill, just detailing school policy, etc.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Family Rec from my grandfather in the Army Corps of Engineers
[li] Interview: Went very well, really liked my interviewer, I thought we hit it off on many topics</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think demonstrating interest really helped.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, Umass Amherst Commonwealth College, RPI, and WIT; Waiting on Cornell, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rice</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*] I applied for engineering, and I received a 15k Bausch and Lomb Merit Award. Rochester is a great school, and I loved it when I visited. Congratulations to all accepted!!!</p>
<p>[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted [/color]
Priority Review, Deans Scholarship $12,000</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040, Math: 710, Reading: 610, Writing: 720
[</em>] ACT: 30 (NW), 28 (W): Top Sections: English: 36, Math: 29, Reading: 29, Science: 28,
[<em>] SAT II: USH: 740, Math I: 740, Spanish: 670, Bio: 540
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/358
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Calc AB, Gov, Stats, APUSH, 4 in Spanish, 3 in Biology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All APS: Chem, Calc BC, EnviroSci, Lit, Psychology</p>
<p>[ /list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): language club, design club, academic challenge, environmental club, student council, tennis, scocer.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hospital Internship, soccer ref
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital, nursing home, concession stands, library (250 hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: research internship, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: Good (wrote about love for designing things)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec: No
[<em>] Interview: Yes–went fantastic!
[</em>] Supplementary Material: No</p>
<p>[ /list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): out-of-state
Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: MALE
[li] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Middle Class</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Interview, recs, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT/SAT scores
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good essay, good extrac’s, good leadership</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT: 32composite, 33 English, 34 Math, 30 Reading, 32 Science, 9 essay
SAT II: Math II: 740, Chem: 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats(4), Chem(4), Psych(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Intel Semi, 60 K to CWU, Full ride to OSU and UC, Eagle Scout, Science Fair, State, National, International
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SciNHS (co president), Spanish NHS (technology), Eagle Scout (6 time patrol leader), Six Sigma Club (VP), Build On club member, NHS member, Tennis (JV 9-11), Bethesda North Hospital Volunteer, Physician Shadowing at various hospitals, Research at institution for 3 years
Job/Work Experience: internship at UC Health
Volunteer/Community service: Easily over 1000 hours (mostly through Scouts)
Summer Activities: Extensive research, volunteering, ATP ballboy
Essays: really good
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but I assume they were good
Counselor Rec: ^same
Additional Rec: Rec from my PI from research
Interview: good, very nice lady. kinda cute lol
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public (about 4000 students)
Ethnicity: brown
Gender: male
Income Bracket: about $190,000
Reflection: Kinda top choice but was aiming for the med program
Strengths: Research
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Research, demonstrated interest
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to too many to count but nothing amazing</p>
<p>D was accepted.
Please note that the acceptance came via mail while My Roc indicated Step 3…still.
Will post stats later.</p>
<p>** Regular Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800-W) (740-R) (700-M)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 790 - Math II; 790 - Biology; 700- Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5-AP Calculus BC, 5-AP Psychology, 4-AP Biology, 4-AP U.S. History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP American Government, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Literature, AP Physics B, religion electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Top Student (in my school), National Science Olympiad Champion (school-wide)</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective**[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ambassadors Club (Officer - two years - biggest club on campus); JV Tennis (9); Varsity Tennis (10); Speech and Debate (9,10)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship with dietitian at community clinic - worked with under-served
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India (ever since 8th grade), Volunteering at hospital gift shop (~160 hrs), Assistant medical librarian at hospital, volunteering with registered nurse at community health center (4+ years), Tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Tennis, volunteering
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty strong - I really emphasized the volunteering part because it really is an important part of my life.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Thought they were pretty decent - I’m a strong student and my teachers appreciate my contributions in the classroom. One of my recs was a teacher I worked with closely in one of my clubs because of a leadership position, so she was able to talk a lot about my leadership skills.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor really likes me and we’ve gotten to know each other a lot more than we expected - I suspect the rec was great!
[</em>] Additional Rec: I asked another teacher to write this - I worked with her for organizing school events and she really likes me and I think her’s was great too!
[li] Interview: The interview went on for about an hour - it went great! We talked about things from Quidditch to romanticism to horrible foods. We had a lot to talk about!</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[ list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~400k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[li] Strengths: My community service - I really work a lot outside of school because I really do enjoy the feeling in helping others. [/li][ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores? Maybe the fact I didn’t do research?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my desire to learn and my devotion to community service. I think this was why I was admitted because the Dean of Admissions sent me a personalized letter pointing these out.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UC Irvine, Merced, Santa Barbara, Riverside. Waitlisted at Washington University in St. Louis - waiting for all others.</p>
<p>[/list][ b]General Comments:**[ list] I’m happy for everyone who got admitted! UofR was one of my target schools, but I’m waiting to hear back from others.
[*]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 740 M 770 Writ - 2300 total
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 750 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all AP core classes + advanced art class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar & National Merit Commended, various school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a crap load haha student government, board for 4 service clubs (I’m big on philanthropy), fine arts/performing arts. more details in my previous chance threads
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a retirement home and did a variety of stuff there
[</em>] Summer Activities: see above + some career-oriented/leadership summer programs
[<em>] Essays: I thought my CA essay was risky (had no idea how an admissions committee would evaluate it) and I edited another college’s “Why us?” supplement for UR. Evidently both were good enough thankfully.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: A+ they both really like me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t like my counselor but from what I know they wrote a good one
[</em>] Additional Rec: my friend wrote me a peer rec - it was really sweet. I was pleasantly surprised by the little details they picked up on that I never thought anyone noticed.
[li] Interview: DIDN’T INTERVIEW. Mostly due to difficulties with the UR website. So FYI though the interview’s highly recommended you can still get in without it. We’ll have to see how it affects merit aid though.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: didn’t state
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats in school’s upper ranges, good recs, leadership, and I’m a pretty good writer.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I ventured into the terrifying territory of the “laundry list” of activities. I didn’t plan my way to the top in high school - I just did whatever I wanted to and I’ve always enjoyed testing my skills in a variety of different disciplines. It’s definitely gonna hurt me for the top 10/20 schools, but what’s done is done and I’ve gained a lot from my activities character-wise so I guess no regrets.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths above
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is my first official acceptance.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[list]
[*] Rochester’s one of my safeties so I’m not all that surprised but still quite happy to be accepted. I received a personalized letter in the mail which noted my activities and personal qualities and was hand-signed. My only complaint is that I wish UR was closer to New York, and not so damn cold. Congrats to everyone else who made it!</p>
<p>Post your merit scholarships once they come out!</p>
<p>My S received the “Early Collegiate Scholar” award; $15,000! His stats are posted in an earlier post (2300 SAT, 4.0 unweighted GPA) Congratulations to all!!!</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from U of R who applied RD? I’m desperately waiting for their decision. I just can’t wait! </p>
<p>@julia012 Yes, my D got in regular decision. Her MyRoc still says Step 3. However, the admissions packet arrived by mail. My understanding is that they began sending out responses this month to RD applicants. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1700
ACT: didnt send
SAT II: didnt send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B, AP Studio Art 2D Design
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 4 regular
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): member of csl staff, spanish club, latin club, english teacher
Job/Work Experience: none
[Volunteer/Community service: have over 800 csl hours
[Summer Activities: technology summer camp
Essays: not much of a writer
Teacher Recommendation: 2 recommendations, pretty solid ones
Counselor Rec: awesome counselour rec
Additional Rec:
Interview: didnt have one</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): mexico
School Type:
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: csl hours and love for the sciences
Weaknesses: scores and grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: for being a woman in science and the vast number of csl hours, got a personalized letter from the dean of admissions and all
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UT Austin, UBC, Saint Louis University, Cornell University</p>
<p>General Comments:
congratulations to you all!</p>
<p>My son was accepted RD as well - still waiting on merit money - good luck everyone.</p>
<p>Accepted.</p>
<p>Will the merit scholarship award come after the RD admission letter? If so how many days after this did any other RD acceptees get the merit aid letter or email?
Also does it show up on the MyROC portal?
Thanks.</p>
<p>@tamtiger I think it should show up on the My Roc portal. </p>
<p>My son was accepted - received his letter in the mail on Monday. His MyRoc portal shows him is Step 5. Still not word on merit aid. Would the merit aid show up on the MyRoc portal and if so, where. Do I need to log into the FAOnline site? thanks</p>
<p>Yeah merit shows up in a fairly obvious place in the MyRoc.</p>