<p>I was wondering if anyone could tell me about the stats of Renaissance scholars at U of R. I have read that less than 1% of every incoming freshman class is a Renaissance scholar, so it is evidently competitive. Additionally, I have already won a scholarship to Rochester as a junior, and I don't know if that makes me ineligible for more merit aid. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Yes you can get more merit aid. The Rens Scholar is for full scholarship, so I’m assuming your other “scholarship” isn’t greater than $40,000. It’s very, very competetive, and ther eis nothing you can do to make yourself chosen. They pick you to come up for an interview based upon multiple factors, but they’re referred to as the “cream of the crop.” So, it’s highly competitive. Also, I’m curious as to what scholarship you’ve gotten? Have you already applied to Rochester as a junior?</p>
<p>college66: It sounds like you were one of the High School Award Winners, congratulations! Every single applicant to the U of R is considered for a merit scholarship, but not everyone is awarded a scholarship. First and foremost, you will be considered for the High School Award Scholarship, but if it turns out that you qualify for a “better” scholarship (higher dollar amount), you will receive that one instead.</p>
<p>Every single applicant to the U of R can also be nominated for the Renaissance Scholarship. As noted by shay_888, less than 1% of applicants are nominated for this prestigious scholarship.</p>
<p>Approximately 15-25 students a year become “Renaissance Scholars”.</p>
<p>There are 15 Renaissance Scholarship awarded each year and another 10 Genesee (1/2 tuition) Scholarships. Approx 100 finalists are notified in late Feb/first of March. Interviews are held in mid-March after spring break and winners are notified within a week. If a winner declines his scholarship, the scholarship is not re-awarded. </p>
<p>Stats are only part of the consideration for the Ren/Gen. Diversity, service, leadership and character are factors that are strongly considered during the nominating process.</p>
<p>(BTW, my D2 is Genesee Scholarship winner. If you have specific questions about the process I can answer them for you.)</p>
<p>And, as Shay said, you will be considered for additional merit beside your high school award.</p>
<p>Anyone know about how the merit scholarships could be combined with REMS, UR’s early medical school program? Do you know any REMS students and if they received significant merit $?</p>
<p>AFAIK, there has never been Ren winner who was also in the REMS program. </p>
<p>D2 does know 1 or 2 current REMS students, but financial aid isn’t a topic that generally get discussed. I do know that one girl has work/study so she is getting financial aid. I would assume that REMS students are equally eligible for merit consideration as any other student–as least for the undergrad portion of their education. </p>
<p>(Medical school costs are always paid entirely by the student. Very little to no grant or merit aid for medical school anywhere for anyone.)</p>
<p>REMS students are eligble for all scholarships. No specific scholarship is attached to the REMS programs, but because the program is so competitive, it is pretty safe to assume that REMS finalists are strong enough to recieve merit based scholarships. Perhaps there are unique circumstances in which that is not the case, and scholarships are never gauranteed, but I don’t foresee that happening. REMS finalists are often among our top applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks MConklin. Good to hear. Understand there are no guarantees, but knowing there is a chance at REMs + merit $ is good news. :-)</p>
<p>You got it… I will never fault anyone for seeking financial help! Good luck in the process.</p>
<p>@MConklin: How do Renaissance invitees get notified? By email or postal-mail?</p>
<p>Ren invitees get notified via FedEx letter. (Or at least my D did 3 years ago.)</p>
<p>There is no email notification.</p>
<p>We still do things the old-fashioned way and send things via postal services.</p>
<p>so when do people get the letters(if they get them at all)?</p>
<p>I think in the next few days</p>
<p>Goooood luck!!!</p>
<p>RENS finalists should hear very soon.</p>
<p>My daughter received her letter today via standard USPS. Still trying to work out travel arrangements…</p>
<p>Did it come in the same envelope as her acceptance letter?</p>
<p>Congrats RenoMom!
One of those letters in the next few days would be so nice…</p>
<p>RenoMom; I’m trying to guage my chances of being selected for this program and, rather than wait three or four days, I’m gonna bug you :P. Could you give me a very brief rundown of your daughter’s numbers? Just like test scores, gpa and any other thing special to her. B/c I have pretty good test scores and I think I wrote a decent essay but I’m just obsessing a bit over what my odds are</p>