<p>UR Admissions....follow up to your jomass answer. Same data, but what if the EFC was at say, $12K, leaving need of $38K? A ballpark estimate of what may be offered? Would the loan for OOS still me maxed at $4K?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>With a need of $38K, you'd received $34 in University Grant and $4K in self-help (work study and loan combined). This would be true for both in and out of state students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents. International students would be in a totally different situation.</p>
<p>UR Admissions-
How does UR handle recent loss of parents employment? Happened first week of January. So my EFC was based on dad's 2008 W2; now he's on unemployment and 2009 income is way down of course. Original EFC was around $45K (which was a shock!). I'm OOS, from NY.
I've sent in the supporting docs as requested. Since we all have to decide by May 1st, will I have a re-calculated EFC and new FinAid package from UR before then? </p>
<p>Also, what if he gets a new job in say June/July time frame, after UR has provided a revised FinAid based on the re-calculated (lower) EFC and I decided to accept? Does UR then reduce the FinAid in the middle of the summer after I've already accepted? Our 2009 income will still be lower than years before, since he's missing half the year in that example.</p>
<p>Confused and nervous.</p>
<p>jumpseat--I can understand why you are confused and nervous. There is no good time to go through employment uncertainty--my family has been there too so I can relate to what you are going through--but right as you are making college decisions it does seem particularly precarious. </p>
<p>I'm not a financial aid officer, and this is a question that goes much deeper than my ability to advise/inform. Also, I don't want to counsel out in the open since what will happen for you might not be the same thing that would happen in every situation and I don't want to mis-lead others. But what WILL be the same in every situation is that our financial aid officers WILL take your call and talk you through all the issues associated with the evaluation if you ask them to. So I encourage you to think through all the various "ifs, ands, and buts", make a good list of all your questions and then get on the phone with the FA office. </p>
<p>I can't promise that it will all work out in a clean, simple way, but I can assure you that they'll listen and explain. </p>
<p>You and your family have my best wishes.</p>
<p>UR Admissions, </p>
<p>does Richmond require a final high school grade report? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Jarad, pretty sure that’s a yes. I actually had to explain my final semester’s grades b/c they dropped. It’s scary to receive a letter in July stating that your enrollment is pending you reasoning for the drop, so make sure you keep the grades up these last couple of months.</p>
<p>how much of a drop is too much? cuz i had all A’s first semester, primarily because of an opportunity to gain about 3 percentage points for each class. they haven’t offered it this semester, and all of the teachers have completely upped their workloads. i have all A’s and B’s though, is that ok?</p>
<p>yea, i have a C+ in AP calc and one other grade dropped from an A to an A-, but its not like i am not trying. I dont have “senioritis” or anything, calc is just getting really hard… any thoughts?</p>
<p>Yes, all enrolling students are required to submit a final high school transcript that shows you’ve showed satisfactory completion and graduation. This in the Conditions of Admission handout in your admission packet and technically your admission isn’t guaranteed until we have that in our hot little hands. Naturally, “satisfactory completion” is the part that can trip people up and that is a matter of judgment. No one has ever gotten into hot water over a C in AP calculus–we know that is a very difficult course and we appreciate your sticking with it in spite of its difficulty. Your willingness to do that was one of the things that got you admitted in the first place. We don’t want to see a precipitous decline in your performance–that’s all. And if we observe one, you will be required to communicate with us about what happened before your admission will be cleared and you’ll have room key available on move-in day. I’m sure none of you all are actively slacking off here at the end of the school year, and so long as you keep that up, I can’t see why any of you should have a problem with this.</p>
<p>SAT 2000, class rank 4, excellent grades, but not accepted, 
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<p>wait-listed :(</p>
<p>S accepted, from RI. Great local interview, 3.7 GPA top public school in state . 1970 SAT, tons of EC, and presumably good LOR’s, but do not get to read. May be out of our budget tho.</p>
<p>from socal, got accepted :)</p>
<p>3.8 W/ 3.5 UW GPA, 2020 SAT, wrote what i believed to be kick-ass essays & supplements, took 8 AP classes, and did a good amount of ECs</p>
<p>good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Child finally shared the paperwork. It’s a waitlist, not an outright rejection. Still very discouraging. GPA was excellent, and the only ‘low’ SAT score was not in the major. Most ECs are support types, child is a follower not a leader. Maybe that was the deciding factor. Hopefully good news comes from another front.</p>
<p>Rejected, URM with a 35, but a 3.1 unweighted with an upward trend (ADHD/LD). Clearly, Richmond puts a tonnnn of weight on grades–their interquartile ACT range is 27-31.</p>
<p>UR has found that high school GPA is a better predictor for collegiate success than high test scores. I don’t work in the admissions office (or for the school), so I can’t give you anything more definitive than that, but yes, it’s safe to say that UR heavily weights the high school GPA.</p>
<p>If grades are weighted so heavily, I’m even more confused by my daughter’s waitlist. Her GPA is one of the highest in the history of our school, with a challenging course load. We’d love to pursue the wait list, but it seems so uncertain, .</p>
<p>PA, based on the limited info you provided, it sounds like it could have been the EC’s.</p>
<p>If that’s the case Spider (and it is quite possible), then Richmond is not the school for her. She can’t fake the EC’s. She’s a follower, not a leader. She’s much more comfortable behind the scenes. We can’t all be leaders, 
. She’s considering the wait list, but I’m not sure that’s a viable option.</p>
<p>You can call the admissions office, and try to get a gauge of waitlist. My son is admitted and already sent in withdrawal of application to make room for WL kids.</p>