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<p>Wait. You’re kidding right?! It’s OCTOBER! You think this is cold?! :D</p>
<p>When visiting my D a few year ago at this time of year I heard a new weather term (well, new to me), lake effect rain…</p>
<p>…so yeah, the lake effect snow is on the way.</p>
<p>yeah, I asked about the “typical” student here when I had my interview a little over a year ago (wow, doesn’t feel that long ago really). the answer is there is no typical student, as much of a banality as that is. pretty much everyone on my hall/the intersecting hall I can have a conversation with, either a laid-back conversation, or a more serious/intellectual one. there are a few people who don’t ever say anything or partake in hall/floor social dynamics, but whatever, to each his own. i’m sure they hang out with other groups instead. there’s a very good hall community here as well (i’m in gilbert). we have 4 halls, and 2 of them are pretty much integrated for all hall events (including a weekly hall dinner). the only thing is there’s pretty much no integration with the other half of the floor for hall programs. though maybe the entire floor will do some event together in the future.</p>
<p>as to partying, there’s a good number of people on my floor who go out on the weekends, plenty who don’t. no one cares if you are or aren’t a partyer, no peer pressure if they invite you to go out with them either. well the only time someone cares about partyers or non-partyers is when they go to the bathroom and there’s puke in the stalls.</p>
<p>my transition was pretty smooth. I felt uncomfortable about leaving my parents/etc. for about 10 minutes when I walked my dad out to the car and said goodbye. maybe it was more than that for other people… i don’t get homesick, so I wouldn’t really know what that’s like. I rationalize things way too much for that. my parents asked me during the summer about me getting homesick once I got to school… I just asked rhetorically what I would do at home anyway.</p>
<p>and the weather was annoyingly hot at first… now it’s getting nicer. I’m looking forward to the snow. the weather isn’t very consistent because of its location… and we get lots of snow, but it’s not the coldest climate. I have a friend at university in saskatoon and it’s already been snowing there for a couple weeks already. -40 is a pretty standard temperature out there.</p>
<p>Hi i have a couple of questions also.
<p>Hi Who5390.</p>
<p>Here are some answers:
<p>Thank you enfall2004!</p>
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<p>So I thought I’d annoyingly interject and say what enfall said about this is untrue. Ivy material for one thing is a terrible statement. What exactly constitutes that , good grades, good test scores, ecs? I coasted through high school and bombed my test scores. I know lots of kids here who had real good SATs and are not doing to well, and also lots of kids who struggled in high school and are doing great. College in general requires work, for many people who didn’t take high school seriously, college becomes a point where they wake up and start taking life more seriously. Others try to coast on by and while some make it others will crash. So to the above question I’d say, if you can get in and are willing to work hard then you’ll do great.</p>
<p>Hi Insane,</p>
<p>I don’t think your addition is annoying. I think it’s good for lots of opinions to be posted here. (I’m not even sure we disagree; instead, we interpreted the question differently. I assumed the poster was asking about what it took to get in, and I think you were thinking about what happens once people get to college. I just presented my family’s experience which may not generalize.) Either way, I hope everybody who reads these posts sees them as collections of opinions from different perspectives.</p>
<p>hello!</p>
<p>Do you know anything about the Early Business Scholars program? Is it relatively new? and how selective is it? What SAT scores are they looking for?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>hi i’m an international student applying for transfer (fall 08) and i’ve registered for an off-campus interview which will be in 2 weeks (also my midterms week!) </p>
<p>i’d just like to ask: how’re UR’s programs in art history and english/english: language, media & communication? and how hard is it to get in via international transfer??</p>
<p>If there are any students that are applying this year on the common application, did any of you fit your essay into the 750 characters but have the essays over 100 words? I was so happy when I got it to fit, but its 130 words? Is that really bad? Should I cut it down? </p>
<p>as an aside, I went to visit the school and I absolutely LOVE it! Does anyone know if there are any courses for dramatic writing within the English department or creative writing? I love playwriting and I was hoping on continuing that in college. Thanks!</p>
<p>yeah, there are some
<a href=“http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/cgi-bin/Registrar/zippy/ENG*[/url]”>http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/cgi-bin/Registrar/zippy/ENG*</a></p>
<p>I don’t know how big/popular they are within the english department though</p>
<p>@crzy2rite , I am currently concentrating in creative writing and love it. Nigel Short is the guy that directs all the plays on campus an deals with playwriting classes. He’s a great guy slightly odd but awesome none the less. There are a few courses as awb pointed out and also a theater concentration within the english major. Be sure to check out the english webpage
<a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/[/url]”>http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/</a></p>
<p>and feel free to pm me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Thanks! I will be sure to take you up on that. I was hoping that I could improve in that genre of writing. I love writing scripts!</p>
<p>Anyone applying through commonapp to the school?</p>
<p>How is the diversity at UR?
I know that there is a fair amount of international diversity with students from all around the world, but how is the racial diversity? As a university in upstate new york, i would guess that there would strong majority of white students. Is there a large number Asian or Indian students (since many top schools definitely have an asian presence)?</p>
<p>What are some quirky, wierd, strange facts about Rochester?</p>
<p>The city of Rochester or U of R?</p>
<p>U of R…</p>
<p>It was founded in 1850 and has always been co-ed (unusual in that era).</p>
<p>To answer the question on diversity…
As with all top schools, there is a large presence of Asian kids. There are also a lot of white kids. However, there is a large hispanic population…SALSA, which is the Hispanic Student association is one of the larger groups on campus. There is also multicultural greek life on campus as well. The Black Students’ Union always hosts great events on campus as well. The cultural student groups are certainly on the rise here.</p>