<p>i think you definetly have a great shot at the scholarships, my SAT's are similar and my GPA is a little lower than yours but we seem very alike and the school "unofficially" told me on my interview and overnight that I was a good candidate in the range for a scholarship. i dont know how much that might mean though but hope that helps!</p>
<p>oh and sorry, the Richmond Scholars i think they said will be notified, at the end of January ish? .. then they said that they fly or i guess bring out somehow the semifinalists in like february for interviews.</p>
<p>no one seems to be replying to my thread so i thought id put it on here.</p>
<p>richmond is my first choice and im really trying to get one of the richmond scholars scholarships .. i was wondering if anyone who already got in could let me know what they thought my chances were ..</p>
<p>my sats are 2220 gpa is 3.9 (weighted) so about 3.7 unweighted
CR- 770
M- 720
W-730</p>
<p>Literature- 690
US History- 770
Math II- 660</p>
<p>ive taken mostly all honors since freshman year
AP US History (4)- junior year
senior year- AP Bio I w/lab, AP Bio II w/lab, AP Calc, AP Literature and AP European History</p>
<p>Awards
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
National Merit Commended
Academic Honors all 4 years</p>
<p>Activities
-nationally ranked crew team since freshman year (though Richmond's team is only club! ah.)
-Community Service Core Homeroom Rep (9-11) and Officer (12)
-other smaller community service organizations
-S.A.D.D.
-organized a school supplies drive and fundraiser for a lunch program for an elementary school affected by Hurricane Katrina
-leadership program at Cornell U. last summer
- Part time waitress job in the school year and full time summer</p>
<p>i've been to richmond twice and have stayed over and had an interview. i suggest anyone who is thinking about going there spends an overnight if you can because it totally made me love it! im applying RD so that might hurt my chances so if you have any ideas please reply. thanks!</p>
<p>Roxychild, I think we are in a very similar position. Richmond is my first choice, but tuition is so high that I need the Richmond Scholars Award to be able to go. It's not necessarily a financial aid issue, but I dont want to put myself in incredible debt out of undergrad. I think our scores are similar and GPAs are similar. I hope that both of us can get the scholars award, haha, because with our scores so similar, i think we may be competing. I wish you good luck. Thanks for the rough estimate on the dates. I've visited Richmond once but i havent stayed over night. I think that would be a good idea, but i'm afraid of getting to interested in a college that I very well may not be able to go to. Either way, best of luck to you. Thanks again.</p>
<p>yeah were definetly in the same situation. the scholarship would really help because i feel bad having my parents pay so much money bc i still have two more kids behind me and i dont want to be in debt really either. i would not qualify for any financial aid though i dont think so a scholarship is my only option. the good thing about richmond is they give so many scholarships, like 1/15 incoming freshmen have a full ride. my problem is im already in love so if i dont get the scholarship i may still go there even though financially it may not be my best option! good luck to you too!</p>
<p>roxychild, what state are you from? I've noticed a lot of applicants from NY and NJ. I'm so far in a small crowd from AL and I'm just curious to see where some other people are coming from.</p>
<p>im actually from PA, and i hear that there is a large majority of students from PA NJ NY DE, maybe being from AL will help you .. theyre looking for diversity in any way possible, i think even geographic diversity. so if theres not a lot of people applying from your area it might be a help</p>
<p>Yeah, that'd be nice if it was a help. I'm hoping I can go somewhere where not everyone is from the South, especially Alabama. Its not always the best thing to go somewhere where everyone comes from at least a similar background. Dont get me wrong. There are a lot of great things about Birmingham, but there are also a lot of great things about many other place, namely Richmond. haha</p>
<p>This may sound like a really dumb question but I just need it clarified: Are classes seperated by gender, as in all my classes would have all guys in them?</p>
<p>No, the only thing the coordinate system does is offer programs specifically for your gender and also allows for an all male and all female senate for each college to represent the students.</p>
<p>What about dormitories? Are they coed by floor, room, suites, or single sex or all of the above? Or something else?</p>
<p>Dorms are single-sex.</p>
<p>Well, most dorms (read 90% of rooms on campus) are single-sex. There are a couple of co-ed housing options for "themed" housing, which are coed by floor.</p>
<p>xx13xx,</p>
<p>it is co-ed college.
I knew from official website Richmond has following 4 schools.
·School of Arts and Sciences
·Robins School of Business
·Jepson School of Leadership Studies
·Richmond School of Law
·School of Continuing Studies </p>
<p>which is men, which is women school?
I will apply of course leberal arts and sci schools, majoring Biology.</p>
<p>whata about it?</p>
<p>Hello all--</p>
<p>Every undergraduate student at UR "belongs" to two divisions of the University: an academic school and a coordinate college. The academic schools are:
School of Arts and Sciences
Robins School of Business
Jepson School of Leadership Studies</p>
<p>All first-year applicants come in to the University through the School of Arts and Sciences. Business and Leadership Studies are "upper division" colleges which means that they are mostly populated by juniors and seniors. Students do not need to apply to the business school; they can just declare a major in business (or any field that offers a degree in the school) and they become a member of the B-school. Students do need to apply and be selected for the Jepson School of Leadership Studies if they wish to major or minor in Leadership Studies. This process takes places in the fall of the sophomore year. By and large the lines between the schools are quite permeable and students cross over and between them all the time. Double majors across school lines are very common. </p>
<p>The coordinate colleges are:
Richmond College for men
Westhampton College for women</p>
<p>The colleges are not confined to a particular space on campus, nor are the classes separate (because the academic schools are co-educational as is nearly everything about life at UR). When you have a problem, the person you would go see about that problem would be in the Dean's Office of either Westhampton or Richmond College. There are many more leadership opportunities, traditions that are honored and kept, and programs that are directed at students based on gender because of this system. In that way, we believe the system is more effective at dealing with the "whole" student. Also, the coordinate college dean's are there in some ways to serve as a safety net for students. If a professor were to notice that something wasn't going right for a student in one of his/her classes, they might be very likely to contact the Dean and ask them to check on that student. Not in an ugly or punative way, but in a "is everything going OK?" way. So it personalizes the student experience as well. Most students really feel that they KNOW their dean and can call upon them for anything. </p>
<p>So that's a bit more about how this system works. If I can answer other questions, feel free to post them! There is also more information at: University</a> of Richmond: Men and Women. Within that page there are links to both Richmond College and Westhampton College that go in to much greater detail. </p>
<p>Someone earlier in this post asked about where the degree comes from. The diploma says:
Student's name
hereby graduates from the
University of Richmond
School of A&S/Business/Leadership
as a member of
Westhampton or Richmond College
with a
Bachelor of Arts/Science/Business Admin</p>
<p>I hope this makes some sense!</p>
<p>Best wishes--</p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>Let me tell you, it's a nice looking diploma too! It was nice to turn around at the office and look at it. Most expensive piece of paper I've ever had.</p>
<p>Hello everyone,
A quick note on the dorms. Most students (including all First Years) live in single gender halls. We have two coed halls - Keller and the new Lakeview - which will generally have sophomores (Lakeview will be primarily sophomore, with several living/learning programs). Seniors mostly live in on-campus apartments. From what the students tell me, they like having their "gendered" space, but the halls are close to each other, and with classes and many student groups being coed, meeting people is not a problem.</p>
<p>Does U of R sport a Rugby club/team for men?</p>
<p>Yes, it looks like we do: Recreation</a> and Wellness - University of Richmond</p>
<p>I've heard a few negative things about campus life.
I guess the worst thing that I've heard was that it was almost exactly like high school because the student body is small and not very diverse. Have you found the campus life to be like this?</p>