<p>I'm wondering how much does the financial aid decrease by after freshman year. =/ Rochester is expensive, even with the $10,000 scholarship and grant money and such. I don't want to stress my parents out and throw them into deep debt. If financial aid plunges sophomore year, I don't think I can go at all. Does anyone know how much the aid decreases by? Or know anything about it in general?</p>
<p>you have to reapply for financial aid every year. so if your financial situation somehow comes out looking better on paper (FAFSA, CSS), then that could mean less money for you in future years. however, any merit scholarships follow you all the way through UR (ex. i got the urban league scholarship, so i get $10,000/ year, and that will not change no matter what, even if my need based aid changes)</p>
<p>What is the GPA requirement to keep the scholarship? Will they revoke the merit scholarship for any reason?</p>
<p>I just spoke to Rochester's FA office about the Wilder Trustee Scholarship requirements. There is no minimum GPA required to keep it. The only requirement is "satisfactory educational progress." I'm very pleased about that - it seems that if one stays off probation, one can keep the scholarship.</p>
<p>I am happy to know this. My s gets Wilder Scholarship. In addition, he can get more money if he designates Rochester as his first choice for being a NM finalist.</p>
<p>What is Rochester good for, in addition to the music program?</p>
<p>ummm... everything basically :) U of R is known for music (Eastman), engineering, and pre-med, though I've heard that the humanities and social sciences are equally strong.</p>
<p>UR happens to have the number 4 political science program in the country- ahead of some ivies!!!</p>
<h1>4? I thought #11</h1>
<p>but cool</p>
<p>It is actually not that well-ranked for engineering...except for their optical engineering program. Also, realize that Eastman functions as a completely separate school. For undergraduate, U of R is strong in humanities, lots of pre-meds, and poly sci (pre-law).</p>
<p>from Rochester's Poli Sci Dept Website:</p>
<p>"In its most recent rankings, U.S. News and World Report confirmed Rochester's continuing stature as one of the nation's preeminent political science departments. Rochester Political Science was one of fifteen departments ranked as "strong" or "outstanding" (4.0 or higher) in the 2005 rankings. Four years before, when U.S. News last ranked departments, Rochester was one of fourteen departments ranked at that level. Moreover, Rochester along with Harvard, Stanford, and Michigan--was ranked in the 2005 study as one of the top four departments in the nation in the field of political methodology (which includes formal political theory as well as quantitative methods). These rankings are based on surveys of leading political scientists who evaluate departments according to the quality of their research and teaching. With the 2005 rankings, Rochester continues to make a virtue of its small, focused, high-quality program in political science. The Rochester Political Science Department remains the smallest department in the nation regularly ranked in the top tier. With a faculty less than half the size of the average faculty in the other top-tier departments, Rochester is the only top-ranked department in the country with fewer than twenty full-time faculty members (and one of just three departments with fewer than thirty full-time faculty). In its 1993 report, which did not control for faculty size, the National Research Council ranked the Rochester department's graduate program sixth in the country and its faculty eleventh. Controlling for size and faculty seniority, a 1996 study in PS: Political Science & Politics concluded that the Rochester department ranked first in the country."</p>
<p>Looks like we're both right!</p>
<p>haha the stats girl returns :)</p>
<p>haha, you know it ;)</p>
<p>ballin!</p>
<p>sorry-- random song-inspired moment haha</p>
<p>wow...so many replies... thank you all. lol, even off-topic info is good. ;)</p>