Official University of Rochester 2015 Decision Thread

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<p>Can people who got rejected put their stats up too? It helps the next year’s applicants see how likely they are to get in…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR-640, M-690, W-610
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: Bio(M)-770, Math II-670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17th /116
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Study Abroad!!!
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best portfolio Award in Fine arts for Regional Scholastics, Gold keys…, Silver Key at national Scholastic competition.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Created Portrait photography busines, other temporary jobs…
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Some, but not a lot
[</em>] Summer Activities: work
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, quite personal. I didn’t send in the extra writing sample
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 3 really good letters
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Didn’t do. (was out of the country in the fall, didnt have much time in the summer.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I applied long after submitting my app. (after i realized i might be eligible)
[</em>] Intended Major: Biomedical engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: not sure
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Art supplemental - really good, (won lots of awards for it too…)
[</em>] Weaknesses: weak transcript overall, I also had a 75 on a Gov. class final in my junior year, sat scores are average.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Drastic improvement in grades in Junior year, Study abroad, good essay, good letters of rec.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I didnt do the extra stuff that admissions recomends, like the interview, writing sample, or family letter of rec.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 530 M, 620 CR, 680 W… Total 1830
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 670 Lit, 650 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Like a 3.6?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 40/800
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Gov/Econ, Leadership
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A, just a couple Decathlon medals, Girl’s State Alternate, RYLA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon- 4 years, (Captain), ASB-3 years, (Vice President), Chess Club-2 years (VP), FBLA-3 years, (President), Marching Band- 3 years (Co-captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Naaah.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Intern for the County Fair, City’s youth council
[</em>] Summer Activities: Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Studied at a music conservatory
[<em>] Essays: Uhh. My Rochester supplement was about magnets, my common app essay was about my involvement with our district’s school board
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher and APUSH teacher. Both solid, I’m sure.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Yup, she’s great.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope.
[li] Interview: Yeah, business owner alum posted in the Santa Monica area. He was great!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup.
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I think? That’s it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My writing is strong, I suppose.
[</em>] Weaknesses: MY STATS, MY STATS, MY FREAKING STATS.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well, according to my letter it was my common app essay that did it. I’m really honored they chose me, though. The welcome packet is absolutely amazing and I’m seriously considering going there.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I only posted my stats because I know they’re ridiculously low, but it just goes to show that when you write from the heart, colleges DO notice, and they’ll still take you. So to all you UofR hopefuls, don’t lose sight of your goals! Best of luck! :)</p>

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<p>Congrats all! Good luck making your decisions. I have to say it is fun to read these.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (700 CR, 580 M, 700 W)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Lit, 560 Math I (didn’t send in Math, for obvious reasons)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 80/542 (top 14%)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Psychology, Accelerated Physics, Accelerated Analysis, Filmmaking, Creative Writing, Broadcast Communications
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, FHS, mentor to freshmen students, Hebrew High School… aaaaand that’s about it.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor for five weeks last summer.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Worked as an assistant for my old first-grade teacher’s class, tons of volunteer work for Devereux Center for Children with Special Needs, Homework Club (elementary school students) Tutor
[</em>] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor last summer, Summer Exploration Program at Yale the summer before that.
[<em>] Essays: Should have been pretty good. My main essay was about growing up with an autistic brother, and my “Meliora” essay was about overcoming the fear I had entering a high school where I only knew about 1/4 of my grade.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Meh. The counselors at our school know nothing about their students.
[</em>] Interview: Amazing. My interviewer’s exact words were, “I think you’d be a perfect match for Rochester.”</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[</em>] Intended Major: Film & Media Studies.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My interview, and the fact that I want to be a film major (everyone else on this page has listed a science as their intended major haha)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, maybe? Lack of AP’s and EC’s, for sure.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know! I guess Rochester just liked me, and I figure I probably stood out a bit amongst all the pre-med/science people.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Honestly, I am so excited I don’t even know what to do with myself. I still have to go back and re-visit the other schools I was accepted to (Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall), but in my heart I know Rochester is where I belong!</p>

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<p>hey, did you guys get an email or a letter? how do you know your decisions? or did you check the status of your application? thank you! and congrats all!</p>

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<p>it is through letter. the MyRoc account is still on Step 4 for me but I have been accepted already.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (600 M, 790 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 710 US, 730 Lit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/320
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro Econ, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, Honors Creative Writing, Honors Holocaust, Honors Sociology, Independent Study Journalism
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club (President, Vice President), Student Newspaper (Features Editor), Philosophy Club (founder and President), Student Literary Magazine (Editor), National Honor Society (leader, tutoring committee) Book Club, Spanish Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 4 years semi-nonprofit concessions for baseball league, 1 year retail cashier
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Worked at an animal shelter, did an annual river bank clean-up, wrapped donated presents for disadvantaged children at Christmas, National Honor Society tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work, travel to Ireland and England, NYLC conference (May of last year)
[<em>] Essays: Main concerned my aspirations for professional writing and love of literary analysis. “Meloria” essay was about creating the philosophy club.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Euro teacher and 10th grade Honors English teacher (who mentors two of my clubs). Both solid, I’d say.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He’s new for me this year and completely useless besides, but I guess he read my transcript the right way up. XD
[</em>] Interview: Went great! Talked with an alum of about five years. She was really friendly and interesting to talk to. We had a great conversation.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Oh, yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Double in History and English (concentration in creative writing). Possible minor in linguistics.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] School Type: Medium-sized public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m not going to lie: I don’t know what URM means. But no, I don’t think so.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My credentials for creative writing and solid background in English and European History. My academic variation in interests (from programming to literature). Extracurriculars and leadership.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My math SAT. Actually, my math scores in general. Urghf. <em>buries her head in her hands</em>. Lack of big awards. General ineptitude in the physical sciences.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rounded academic profile, leadership, and recommendations.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Rochester was one of my top picks, so I’m totally excited. Can’t wait for August, now!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 610 CR || 550 Math|| 660 Wrt —> 1810 Total
[</em>] ACT: 27 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: 550 Lit || 610 US Hist || 800 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Musical Theater || AP English Lit || Senior Wheel (Service, Research, Internship) || AP US Government || AP Biology || AP Statistics || UCSD EAOP Senior Seminar || Athletics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge National College Match Finalist, Point Foundation Semi-Finalist, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award Alumnus, Rotary International 4 Way Test Speech First Place Finalist for La Jolla, CA. AP Scholar W/Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):UCSD LGBT Resource Center Internship, Onstage Playhouse Internship, The Old Globe Internship,National Honor Society,
Varsity Spirit Squad (Cheerleading),President/Founder of S.W.A.P. (Student Well-Being Advocacy Program),Secretary of the Preuss Model of United Nations Club,Secretary of the Preuss Global Response Club, Treasurer of the Preuss Class of 2011
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, got about 5 different teachers to edit.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both from teachers I’ve known and worked with since the beginning of high school.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome :smiley:
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my mentor, who loves me.
[</em>] Interview: No</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Polisci/Psych with a minor in English w. Theater
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Charter; Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st gen, gay, low-income</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Writing. Good actor. Great extracurriculars with long-lasting commitments. Very extroverted and daring.
[</em>] Weaknesses: MATH. that is my only weakness!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: “One of the defining characteristics of a Rochester student is an obsessive drive towards one or two specific interests. When faced with requirements and when asked to do something that he/she does not want to do, a typical Rochester student is resistant, even defiant, and we like that about them. Our students more closely resemble college professors in that way than they do average college students.” —From a Rochester admissions guy</p>[/li]
<p>Basically, he defined me.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m from Sunny San Diego in California and am terrified for the cold! XD I love new experiences though, it’ll be a great adventure! I love Rochester and I know it is the perfect fit because of the awesome open curriculum and liberal setting.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlist</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1950; writing(660), reading(680), math(610)
ACT: 30
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA: 96.04
Rank: 5/116
AP: english(5), us history(4)
IB: n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc(AB), AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Art. also: French 4, band
Major Awards: Scholastic Art award regional level: Gold Key portfolio, gold key, silver key, honorable mention, Student of the Month, also have artwork displayed in a permanent collection</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: (most for 4+ years) 2011 class officer (VP), French Club (Treasurer), Odyssey of the Mind (1st place at regionals), National Honor Society, Art Club, Yearbook, Band, Peer Tutor
Job/Work Experience: see summer activities
Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor for free, church bbqs
Summer Activities: job working on cleaning/maintenance crew for construction
Essays: i’d like to think all were thoughtful, my main one was rather unusual but hopefully interesting (the first time i whelped a puppy)
Teacher Recommendation: the one I read was great
Counselor Rec: didn’t read it but i believe it was good
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: no</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided or liberal arts, can’t remember
State (if domestic applicant): ny
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: f
Income Bracket: mid
Hooks: none, i suppose </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Good essay, sent art supplement
Weaknesses: didn’t interview, only took SAT and ACT once and without much/any practice- I could have done better
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: besides the weaknesses, i am just too average- not outstanding enough when there is such a huge group of applicants </p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>Rochester was one of my two top choices and I really wanted to go. But I kind of learned that grades don’t mean everything in this process- your experiences- and the things you are passionate about- are just as important, as I learned from a classmate who’s going this year :)<br>
It may have been too expensive anyway for me, though, to go here, since I know I’ll need to also go to grad school.
If it helps, I was also waitlisted at Colgate, Hamilton, and Marist.
Accepted at Binghamton, Albany, and Union. (I’m attending Binghamton)</p>

<p>Good luck to those who are waiting and and future applicants!</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“after%20being%20on%20the%20Waitlist”>/size</a></p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading:590 Writing:610 Math: 670 Total: 1870
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: Math I - 730, Bio E - 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] IB: Predicted 37 Points</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Around 4-5, such as Ballet, and unusual Classical Instruments
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 - Biggest one at HSBC
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: MANY - I really delve on community service
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work Experiences
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, about over coming challenges
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 - Assume they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Again, assume it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: 2 - Family Rec- Amazing (from what i’ve heard from others) and additional Counselor Rec
[li] Interview: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: Humanities
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): -
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Middle East
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Canadian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really - maybe being brought up in the Middle East? </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Recommendations? My Commitment to volunteer work (don’t know if that factors in…)
[</em>] Weaknesses: My grades weren’t AMAZING. </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy I was accepted!! Hope to see you all this fall!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: ENG19 MAT32 READING20 SCIENCE26
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: N/A
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]Phi Theta Kappa
Certificate of Achievement
Honor Roll of Excellence Award
Dean List-2yrs.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Foreign Exchange student
Mandarin 3 years, English 14 years
ESL teacher assistant</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church & teacher assistant
[<em>] Essays: Just alright
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know what he wrote on there
[</em>] Additional Rec: from the teacher that I assisted
[li] Interview: Nope. Too far away.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Financial Economic
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Iowa (IA)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Community School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math
[</em>] Weaknesses: English
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My Teacher Assitant experience(they told me they like my experience a lot on the acceptance letter)[/li][/ul]General Comments:
:slight_smile: Good Luck, everyone. I hope you guys will all get into the school you want!</p>