<p>@midwestblues same boat…online changed to step 5 but not notification on anything related to merit aid. It has only been a couple days though, so maybe wait for a while longer?</p>
<p>My D was accepted last Friday or Saturday. I was out of town when this happened and she’s out of town now, so I don’t know how she found out. I don’t know if it was an email with an attachment or something she got from my roc. I have an electronic copy of the award letter however. We have no hard copy that I know of. The header of the document says “FAOnline” and then below that “Student Aid Online.” Below that is a button bar with buttons such as “Apply Online,” and one of the buttons says, “Your Awards.” Evidently, this is this button that you click to get the “Awards” statement. The statement lists COA and then lists merit and grant awards, work study and loans. I hope this helps some of you.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2150 – CW: 740 W: 760 M: 650
ACT (breakdown): 29 – English: 32. Math: 29. Reading: 32. Science: 24 (so ashamed).
SAT II: Math II: 690. US History: 720.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.22
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Comp (4). US History (5). Chem (5).
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ. AP Calc AB. AP Physics B. AP Gov. AP Lit. School Newspaper (J2)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School newspaper (creator and original editor of our online branch. Business manager). Chess club (founder and president). Republican club (Vice president). Ballet (ages 9-16. Reached a pre-professional level-- apprenticeship with professional company. Quit due to severe chronic injury / bulimia) Sailing (won 2nd in two regattas)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer camp counselor (taught children to sail / lifegaurd at an overnight YMCA summer camp)</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 9
Why Rochester: 8
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10 didn’t read but he loved me and we had a good teacher-student relationship
Teacher Recommendation #2: 6-8 maybe?
Counselor Rec: 6-8 maybe?
Interview: Yes! 1 hour long. Went particularly well.
Date Submitted App: Early-December
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $200k +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Other schools: Accepted: UofMinnesota - Twin Cities. Indiana U-Bloomington. SMU. Brandeis. UMich (waiting to hear about Honors). Waitlisted: UChicago. Waiting to hear back from quite a few more.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, Essays, Interview
Weaknesses: Math score. Also, I really should have studied for the ACT.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think besides being comfortably within their usual stats, I had a really good interview and my essays reflected my personality nicely. I spent a lot of time on them.
What would you have done differently?: Studied for the ACT.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to the other admits!</p>
<p>I got in Regular Decision </p>
<p>Jamaican, Boarding School student in Massachusetts
GPA 3.57
SAT 1840 ( 690 Math, 550 CR, 600 W)
SAT II - Math Level 2 : 710, Physics 700</p>
<p>Senior Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP US Gov, AP Physics C, AP Stats, Senior English, Honors Spanish 3</p>
<p>AP - Calculus BC - 5, Physics B - 5 Computer Science A - 1</p>
<p>I applied regular decision and I still don’t know if I got in. Should I call them? or should I be patient. It says on their website that most of the mails were sent out March 7th…</p>
<p>@julia012 I would say just be patient. I also haven’t heard, but I am an international. It says on the website that decisions were starting to be sent on the 7th, not most of them. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted RD</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): Reading 680, Writing 690, Math 750 (2120)
[</em>]ACT: 34
[<em>]SAT II: Biology M 800, Chemistry 800, Math II 780
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]UC GPA: 4.36
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11
[<em>]ELC?: yes
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5) Chemistry (5) Calc AB (5) Calc BC (5) APUSH (4) English Lang (3)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Calc D/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Government, AP Physics B, ERWC, AP [<em>]Econ(Micro and Macro), AP Computer Science
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Honor with Distinction, Student of the Month, NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity golf(Captain), Science Olympiad(President), Solar Cup(President), CSF, We the People
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, camp counselor, helping elderly(200+ total)
[</em>}Personal Statement: Solid
[<em>]Supplemental Essay: Good
[</em>] Interview?: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>]School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~100K
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: essay, grades, test scores, classes.
[<em>]Weaknesses:
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[li]Where else were you accepted? UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UCSD, Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good job to those who got in!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 740 M 770 Writ - 2300 total
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 730 Math II, 750 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: all AP core classes + advanced art class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar & National Merit Commended, various school awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
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
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a retirement home and did a variety of stuff there
Summer Activities: see above + some career-oriented/leadership summer programs
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.
Teacher Recommendation: A+ they both really like me
Counselor Rec: Don’t like my counselor but from what I know they wrote a good one
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.
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>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: didn’t state
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper-middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: stats in school’s upper ranges, good recs, leadership, and I’m a pretty good writer.
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.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is my first official acceptance.
General Comments:
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>**Question answered! I just received notification that I’ve been awarded UR’s $12,000 Dean’s Scholarship for overall excellence. Didn’t interview. However if you’re aiming for UR’s full merit scholarships I’d probably interview and apply under priority review - which I didn’t even know existed until I already turned in my app. Whoops!</p>
<p>Hi guys. Has anyone else still not heard? I haven’t heard and I’m starting to get worried that it means I’m not going to be successfull! </p>
<p>My friend got rejected on the 17th</p>
<p>Still haven’t found out yet and also getting anxious…also is it true rejections come out by email instead of mail?</p>
<p>My S is still waiting…He contacted admissions and was told to be patient (by a student intern )- that letters are mailed in batches once a week. It is a little bit of a turn off for me. Why not post on line and notify everyone at the same time! </p>
<p>Still waiting here as well, and it’s more than a “little bit of a turn off.” It has really left a very negative impression of the school, how they handle things, and how they consider the effect of their actions on students. Really, URoc? This is the best you can do? Your competition manages to let all applicants know the results at the same time, efficiently, on line or via email. This trickling out is unimpressive. It makes one wonder if you also review the applicants in batches, so that a stellar applicant who is viewed late in the game, by chance, might just lose out? Not well done at all.</p>
<p>I’m still waiting but on the contrary its not a turn off. Instead of notifying all applicats on say the 27th like most other colleges they can notify half or more applicants before hand. No college-and in this case no committe-can view every application at the exact same time. You just have to deal with the luck of the draw if you the first applicant of the year the committe gets and they dont want to accept the first one or if your the last and there is no space left. That is just how things work. Anyways in what way does how the admissions offices release decisions affect anything else about the college?</p>
<p>I agree with tararuns! At this point, it is a turn off. It makes me ( as a parent )question how UROC treats students once they are enrolled. UROC should get its’ act together and notify student on-line or send out all letters at once. </p>
<p>My daughter has not heard yet either. I’m not that anxious, but I think the mass email approach is better.</p>
<p>I called the UofR admissions office yesterday. My S is also waiting on the results. He had applied RD. They said decision was ready by would be notified by April 1.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Priority Review</p>
<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 710 W 750 M 740 CR; 2200
• SAT II: 790 Chem 760 Math 2 680 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (4.2 W)
• Rank: Top 8%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), AP Lang (4), Gov (4), Ph B (4), Econ (4/5), Calc AB (4)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Stats, AP Bio
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rochester Xerox Award, RPI Medal, Honors
Subjective:
• Extra-curriculars: (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Track 4 years, Various clubs
• Job/Work Experience: Paid Software Internship
• Volunteer/Community service: Teach software classes to adults.
• Summer Activities: Internship, CC classes
• Essays: Good
• Teacher Recommendation: Three solid
• Counselor Rec: One of her best this year.
• Interview: Went great
Other
• State (if domestic applicant): Northwest
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
• Strengths: Geographic?
• Weaknesses: Class Rank, UW GPA
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores, good interview, 11 AP and 4 CC classes.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted RPI, Waiting on Rice, Cornell, Penn, Tufts.
General Comments:
• I applied for engineering, and I received a $14k Xerox Merit Award.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (610 cr, 760 m, 670 w)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank, but looking at the gpa distribution, around 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Physics B, Statistics
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, AP physics, honors English, honors psychology, honors democracy, a bunch of silly electives (lol)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): various clubs and stuff that I’m not interested in listing out… Less than average extracurriculars though
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: none
[</em>] Summer Activities: none
[<em>] Essays: I think they were decent but idk
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read either but both knew me very well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read… new counselor so idk how good it is
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: medium competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: idk how this is determined because of divorced parents.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA (sorta)
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, extracurriculars, senior course load
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my weaknesses, no interview or additional rec
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: so far I have only been accepted to uvm. Also waiting on umass, Hamilton, bates, Colgate, colby</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]General Comments:** this is upsetting because this is my first regular decision I’ve received. I was not prepared to suddenly find a rejection email in my inbox. I really liked rochester, despite being unlike any of my other schools. However, I suppose this will make my final selection easier by having less contenders. Not to mention Rochester was my furthest school so that would’ve been hard anyway.</p>
<p>edit: nevermind</p>