Official University of Rochester 2017 Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (660 Math, 690 CR, 720 Writing)
ACT: Didn’t submit
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.70
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t take any until senior year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP French, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Lit, Anantomy & Physiology, Honors Health and Media Literacy, Honors Media Literacy, VHS International Business
Rank: 19/196
Major Awards:
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (VP 11-12), Drama Club, piano lessons for 10 years and have been teaching for 3, Best Buddies, Speech and Debate (Officer 11-12), founded Gradening Club, NHS, Field hockey, Gymnastics, Creative Writing and Poetry Club, International Relations Club (President 12)
Job/Work Experience: Prepared food at yacht club for 2 summers
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer every weekend for approximately 3 hours at local soup kitchen
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: Excellent (I’m not one to brag, but I thought my Common App essay was one fo the best pieces I’ve ever written and everyone who read it loved it. I tried to make my supplements unique.
Teacher Recommendation: 2, I waived my right to see them.
Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it., but my counselor said it was very good, whatever that means.
Interview: Yes and visited campus
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Essays and interest
Weaknesses: Test scores, ECs, and no major hook.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I thought my whole application reflected who I was very well. I really like U of R and I tried to make that show.
General Comments: This is my first acceptance, and it’s from a school I love. I’m really excited! Rochester is definitely a possibility for me. Congratulations to all those accepted!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Cr:570 M:640 W:570
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: idk. My weighted GPA is 4.37 though.
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: TeenPep, Honors PreCalc, AP Chemistry, Honors British and World Literature, Honors Physics
[li] Major Awards: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Mentor), (Producer), (Director), (Stage Manager), (Assistant Producer), (Head of House and Ticketing), (2 term Board Member: The International Thespian Honors Society)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Waitress. 5 years and counting.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring and Sexual Health Peer-to-Peer Student Educator
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about overcoming my struggles with English and things that I love.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two (Drama and Chemistry)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Yes
[</em>] Additional Rec: No
[li] Interview: Yes!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: It was Chemistry then I took AP Chem…
[<em>] State: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Large, Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks: First Generation College Student, Divorced Parents</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essay, my interview, and my extracurriculars.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteer work(I virtually have none), SAT score, and I’m taking my first AP course right now.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: PERSONALITY! Honestly, look at my grades compared to everyone else’s here AND I’m Asian! The odds were against me.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I only applied to one school, and it’s both my reach school and my dream school. People called me gutsy for not applying to a safety, but Rochester IS the school for me. I was scared of being rejected because of my SAT scores and lack of APs. But really, it’s NOT all about grades. I was accepted ED and I have a really nice financial aid package to go with it!</p>

<p>Son got his financial aid package today. Not Even close to being possible for him to go there. </p>

<p>We would be on the hook for 26k per year!! No way. Well take the full ride at UB and run. On the hook for 0 there. </p>

<p>Anyone else hear today?</p>

<p>yep… heard today…45k in grants/scholarship money… with staffords, and work study, down to about 6k for mom and dad… d was finalist for ub pres but didn’t get, but got the 5k scholarship there. was interviewed for GEAR program 5 year masters in biomed engineering. will hear soon. Uof R high on list now. waiting on 8 other schools…decisions but in nice shape now…best of luck</p>

<p>about the same, only have to pay around 5,000 a year</p>

<p>When do regular decisions come out?</p>

<p>They are out already.</p>

<p>They are out?! Really??? When? How do you know?</p>

<p>Oracoj58 are you talking about Regular Decisions or Early/Priority Decision?</p>

<p>My apologies. I just called him and he applied priority decision.</p>

<p>@Oracoj58 Oh, thanx a lot! I’m so nervous when hearing anyone who received the decision~ lol</p>

<p>Accepted in regular decision !</p>

<p>Regular decisions have come out already??? OHH. My friend applied RD. Hope he gets some kind of notification soon.</p>

<p>Decisions come out in waves I think. Friend got rejected today.</p>

<p>@shash95 Congraz! How do you hear ur notification? By mail or email? Did u portal status change?</p>

<p>Approximately where do you live that you received your decision letters yesterday?
I got a letter from Rochester yesterday, but it was only rejecting me from their REMS program… Not a regular decision letter.</p>

<p>I’m sorry for that. where do u live?</p>

<p>I received the REMS rejection letter yesterday too (not unexpected, but worth a shot!) Hoping to hear from RD soon…</p>

<p>I am from India and I received an email containing the decision letter. They said they would send me a printed copy of it along with the welcome package through mail. And btw, the status of my application on the portal has not changed !</p>

<p>thanks Shash95, good to know, will watch emails…</p>