Official University of Rochester 2017 Thread

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlist[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1730
[ *] ACT: 25
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/236
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Pre-Calculus, Art II, AP US History, AP Literature
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Communications Club, Historical Society, Mentor Program
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Customer Serv. Associate for 6 months
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Park cleanups, Blood & Food Drives, Coupons for Troops, Cooking dinner at Ronald McDonald House
[ *] Essays: I felt that they were pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I am very close with the teachers who wrote my recommendations, so both should have been ideal.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[ *] Interview: None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Film Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public (Charter)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: <$50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, Academics (Mostly honors/AP classes, 10 Dual Enrollment credits)
[ *] Weaknesses: Standardized tests (My scores definitely don’t reflect my work)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied in Mid-December for RD. Maybe I should have applied earlier for ED?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Sending my waitlist reply form and praying that the small chance I can get in happens.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Drexel, Arcadia, Fairleigh Dickinson, University of New Haven
Waitlisted: U of Rochester
Rejected: Vanderbilt, UPenn, NYU</p>

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<p>Wow…S was Waitlisted
Not sure what happened…his credentials were pretty impressive…even by “non-mom” standards.</p>

<p>WAITLISTED
SAT - 1520 SAT Subject Tests MATH II - 740, CHEM - 760
ACT - 33 (Math-36, English - 34, took a hit on Science -?32 and reading - 29? - I’ll update when I ask him those scores, but it’s close)
GPA - unweighted 4.0
PSEO - Ohio State Univ. 4.0 gpa - Honors Biology/Lab and Comparative Studies
Senior course load - 4 A.P. classes (Calculus BC, European History, English and Computer Science) - gpa 4.68; PSEO at OSU - Junior level (3000) Neuroscience class (going into final exam with an “A”)
A.P. - Latin (5), Chem. (5), Psychology (5), English (4), Physics (5)
Extracurriculars - National Honor Society x2yrs, Cross Country x2 yrs, Founded (2) FIRST FRC Robotics Teams (transferred high school between Junior and Senior year) FIRST FRC Robotics - Lead programmer x2yrs, FIRST FRC Buckeye Regional - Rookie All-Star award 2012, FIRST FRC Queen City Regional Rookie All-Star award 2013, FIRST FRC World Competition x2yrs, Model UN, Engineering Team - Captain, OSU Research - Material Science Engineering (Nanotechnology) x 2yrs, Internship - OSU Director of Neurology (studied Parkinson’s Disease), Children’s Hospital Mechanisms of Health and Human Disease - Summer 2012, Tutor - Latin, Calculus and Chemistry x 2 years, Hospital volunteer, Cardinals for Life, HOBY Leadership Regional school representative, HOBY World Leadership Congress (Loyola University), Latin scholar, American Math Competition (3rd place), A.P. Scholar…
Rejections so far - Univ. of Chicago, MIT, Northwestern, JHU, Harvard
Waitlisted - Boston College, Vanderbilt
Accepted - Boston University, Rose-Hulman, Univ. of Pitt (full tuition), Saint Louis Univ. (1/2 tuiition - didn’t apply for awards), OSU (maximus award)
Male
Caucasian
Income level ~ 150K
*Not sure what happened…his essays either were terrible or the teachers that wrote recommendations for him must not have given him glowing reviews when they claimed they would?? He claimed that his interviews went well, but he is a very reserved child and may not have come across as an outgoing student that would “add to the university”… Even though he had a perfect 36 in Math on his ACT, we were surprised at how an 800 on SAT and Subject Tests was the standard score for most U. Chicago and MIT applicants. We also realized that we should have started a non-profit at some time to benefit under-privileged children (that was noted in many “accepted” students stats). Waitlisted at Univ. of Rochester left him speechless! Kudos to those who were accepted!</p>

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<p>It is possible that his interview did not come off showing him as a confident and eager young student seeking to pursue UR. It may also be possible that his essays did not fully portray who he is. Another possible reason is that UR is seeking a diverse crowd, and you son was competing against many other people just like him in academic rigor, personality, etc.</p>

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<p>Collegetimesfour -it’s always tough to say in these situations. Since URoc seems to “fit in” with the other rejections and waitlists, I’d lean (like you) toward something in the interview or essays. It’s tough though - and I can understand your (and his) frustrations.</p>

<p>If he’s looking neuro or biomedical, Pitt is still a VERY good choice - and free tuition is a nice bonus.</p>

<p>We can also keep fingers crossed for those waitlists if they’re his preference.</p>

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<p>^^^^I agree. With those stats and ECs there has to be something that really stood out as a negative…in an essay, or a rec, or something. Might be worth trying to figure out what it was even if won’t make a material difference now (but as knowledge for the future). The rejections and the waitlist at Vandy certainly could happen to ANYONE, but from there I think your situation is screaming some kind of misstep. Fortunately your son still has some good choices.</p>

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<p>Thank you for everyone’s comments. CC has proven to be very supportive throughout the entire application process (and beyond!) I was told that my S has Asperger’s a couple of years ago, but I never wanted him to feel differently than his siblings, so we chose to just treat him as the “unique individual that he is” at home and never medicate him. The idea was that he is a very intelligent child and we didn’t want to stifle his intelligence by giving him medication to “dull” his strong academic abilities. I have always been a very outgoing person, so I know that he can come across as socially awkward to people who aren’t familiar with him. What I am guessing happened was that he probably came across as a person who lacks a little apathy and is a little self-absorbed (a fairly common trait with Asperger’s) in his essays. Without him using that to his advantage in his essays (he probably could have written about his struggles with his social skills), he may have been viewed in a negative light by the readers. I trust the teachers that gave him recommendations…they were all incredibly positive influences in his life. I have 3 more children going to college in the next 2 years (multiples), and I will just be more vigilant when asking for honest advice on their personal essays. I think our friends who reviewed the essays read them with great intentions of helping my son, but didn’t consider how someone that didn’t know him might not understand him based on his ?disconnected? responses. Thank you again for the suggestions…there was a huge learning curve trying to get the first one into colleges!</p>

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<p>Creekland…thank you for the vote of confidence towards Pitt…yes, he is planning on studying Neurology and Chemistry in college. (He wants to go for his M.D./Ph.D.) He’s just a great kid…I am very proud of him!! Best of luck to everyone in their academic studies! Congrats to all!</p>

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<p>S is still waiting to hear from U of R - they misplaced some of the things his guidance counselor sent so his application was not read until last week. </p>

<p>Collegetimesfour, good luck to your son! Hope he gets off the waitlist if U of R is where he really wants to go - that full tuition sounds good to me though. </p>

<p>S is waiting on U of R to make the final decision - also accepted at Emory, College of Wooster and SUNY Geneseo - no’s from Duke, Brown, Dartmouth and Princeton.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):Math-660, CR-620, Writing-520 (ACT was an 8 :T) 1800 Total
[ *] ACT:26
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): About 3.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):99/403
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Aircraft Powerplant Mechanics Course and AP Gov</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mostly Sports and JROTC
[ *] Job/Work Experience: On and Off for 2 years, nothing too stable
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts and JROTC
[ *] Summer Activities: Work and Classes
[ *] Essays: Pretty personal, slightly serious, hopefully came off as a plus in the application
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Came from 2 of my AP teachers so they knew me pretty well
[ *] Counselor Rec: He was my wrestling coach so I had that angle coming off my app as well
[ *] Additional Rec: British Airways: Was mentioned in the acceptance letter so I can definitely say it boosted me up
[ *] Interview: Was great, talked to an alumni which had studied roughly the same courses
I wanted to take, can safely say was my best interview to date with anyone, definitely felt
comfortable for the entirety for the interview. </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major:Business Mgmt. with a possible Double Major in Pol. Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public(Tech. and Certification Available)
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic with some White Roots, unsure
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 40-55k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation to attend a 4 yr College</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Interview, Tech. Training, Essays and Rec. Letters
[ *] Weaknesses: Grades and Low SAT Writing Score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definetly had to have been that
unique rec. letter that pushed me over the edge along with the interview
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>We have a friend whose son is at Pitt, and like your son would be from the sounds of it, is in the honors college. He loves it from what we have heard. Plus your son may be able to take classes at CMU. He sounds like someone who will succeed anywhere. Best of luck to him.</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted(Wilder Trustee Scholarship)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (superscore) 680 cr 750 wr 720 math
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:760 chem 780 bio 730 math1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): none
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): fluctuated
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: heavy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UNESCO club (sec.), religious activities, basketball, and five others.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: internship at oil company
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot of hours a day, five days a week at local orphanage during summer
[<em>] Essays: my common app essay, and another one, not sooo outstanding but pretty good
[</em>] Teacher recommendations : okay i guess
[<em>] counselor recommendation: never saw it but was probably good.
[</em>] Interview: really good and funny (with a Rochester senior) we talked about different stuff, I asked a ton of questions.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[</em>] Intended Major: biology (but in reality, i’m undecided)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): intl.
[<em>] School Type: difficult, catholic, private
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Income Bracket: idk
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: i don’t know…my essay was probably it and rigor of high school maybe and ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I had ok stats
[li]where else where you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]accepted: Fordham (early letter), UCLA, UVA, Northwestern, UIUC
waitlisted: University of Chicago, Boston u
rejected: Dartmouth :stuck_out_tongue:
[/ul]General Comments: yayyy!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 800 M, 800 W, 2400 Total (One Sitting)
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Physics, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Economics, AP English, AP Biology, AP Statistics (easiest load).
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Valedictorian and President of Class Council, Representative of entire high school. Very good leadership skills.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[<em>] Essays: Best essays I’ve written in my life.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: From Calculus and Chemistry, best recommendation.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good recommendation.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A.
[li] Interview: Great interview, I know the interviewer loved me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >200K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Great leadership skills, great academics, great extracurriculars.
[</em>] Weaknesses: none.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a great applicant.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I am actually Class of 2016, I just wanted to post my stats again. Woo! Love Rochester.</p>

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<p>Posted for son (Amphear)
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (780 M, 780 CR, 750 W)
SAT subject tests: 800
APs: 5s - APUSH, Bio.
GPA: 99.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%. #4 in class (200 something students)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, College English, AP Calculus, Church History (required) Participation in Government, AP Psych, Economics
Major Awards: National Merit finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track, some community service at school, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None.
Summer Activities: none last year. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, summer before junior year.
Essays: thought they were very good
Teacher Recommendation: Good and at least one of them was really great.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Did not interview. </p>

<p>Other
Intended Major(s): Math, premed.
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White/Korean
Gender: Male
Income bracket (if applicable): less than 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, rigorous curriculum.
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted: Test scores and grades, probably my essays and recommendations.
Where else were you accepted/rejected: Rejected: Princeton (had applied early action), Duke, Brown, Dartmouth. Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, Emory, College of Wooster.</p>

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<p>The entering Class of 2017 will once again be Rochester’s largest-, best-qualified, and most interesting ever. We have received about 8% more deposits than we wanted or anticipated, and now we expect a final enrolled Class exceeding the 1,200 student goal by a lot, likely much closer to 1,300. We will be able to house all of the freshmen, but we’re expecting to help most of the new transfer students find their accommodations nearby off-campus instead.</p>

<p>Deposits have arrived from 48 states, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Marianas, as well as 71 other countries. </p>

<p>For the first time in Rochester’s history, the most common academic interest among incoming students is one of our many engineering options rather than a biological sciences option. Interest in mathematics, film and digital media studies, music, international relations and our several public health options has also grown compared to a year ago.</p>

<p>The deposits suggest a Class that will once again be 50/50 male/female. 68% will be from outside New York State. 49% will be White, Non-Hispanic, 7% Hispanic, 5% African-American, 9% Asian-American and close to 20% visa-holding international students. </p>

<p>As of today the average GPA of incoming students (unweighted) is >3.8 and the average SAT has increased more than 20 points. About 40 students are enrolling via the new “test-flexible” option, presenting (outstanding) results from A-level, AP, or IB exams instead.</p>

<p>Welcome to everyone! Welcome to the family! We’re having a prolonged, warm, beautiful spring in Rochester, but amid the barbecues and golf days I’m already more excited about your arrival in August.</p>

<p>Jon Burdick
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid</p>

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My bad!! deleted

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This is a troll right? @jweitzel1