<p>This is now the most entertaining thread on CC. Since Weiner is now in rehab, I’ve been looking for my hit of irony and have found it. Thanks for making this an epic thread.</p>
<p>f-dad: Thank goodness his mom has brains. Slim pickings from dad.</p>
<p>dad, I’m amazed by your immaturity. Apples don’t far fall from the trees, so I’m thrilled your son is heading elsewhere.</p>
<p>Being a midwesterner myself, I hate to see the display you’re putting on. We expected better of people where I’m from.</p>
<p>Holy crap. Calm down. Frustratedad was only trying to see if people felt the same way as him. It’s funny that people cannot take a few nocks on their university (if you want to talk immaturity). I have to say as a Richmond alum I’m embarrassed of this. Also, Frustratedad I wanted to let you know you’re not alone. My nephew applied to Richmond and his experience was not a good one too. He told me that he felt more respect from his long shot schools (that he inevitably did not get into) than he did from UR. My honest opinion of my school is that it was once really great but ever since it became a “hot school” they seemed to have lost sight of what originally made them great, and now they have a type of arrogance about them as if they’re something amazing like an Ivy.</p>
<p>Feel free to knock the university. I have my own issues with it. </p>
<p>Calling someone names is a bit different.</p>
<p>Now I’m confused. Who’s calling who names</p>
<p>This is priceless. The first derogatory personal comments made on this thread (“sour grapes”, “myopic view of the world”) were made by Spider05. Now he is going to start lecturing on name calling? Wow.</p>
<p>And of all things to call someone else; immature? My understanding is that Spider05 graduated UR in 2005, but he is still there as a grad student. Are you afraid to grow up, Peter Pan?</p>
<p>Actually I’m working full-time for a hedge fund and going to school at night…but thanks for your concern.</p>
<p>It’s like the Iran-Iraq war. Even though there’s nobody to root for, it is still great. </p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
<p>Right…and I’m an Astronaut full-time and work for the CIA at night. What game shall we play next, Peter??</p>
<p>Sorry to disappoint the rest of you that have enjoyed the back-and-forth, but I have tired of this. I tried to open a worthwhile thread, but it was hijacked and turned into something else. UR should/could be a great place, but they need to sort out the admissions process…it’s a mess. Hopefully someone will get the message through all this noise and do something.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you out there.</p>
<p>Well, we’ll miss you. You were both pilot and hijacker, captain and pirate, Phil and Tiger.</p>
<p>Viva la vida, Stats!</p>
<p>As a parent of an incoming freshman, I feel compelled to offer my two cents on this thread as a final bit of closure. I agree wholeheartedly that any university should provide a timely response to any student that actually interviews on campus for a scholarship. To leave anyone hanging for an extended time is unprofessional and stressful for both the parents and applicant. If UR failed to follow-up as promised, they rightfully deserve a trip to the woodshed for bad behavior. On the other hand, perhaps this scenario can provide a good real-world lesson to the young scholarship applicant. As an adult, I can’t tell you how often I’ve endured employment interviews , only to receive a belated form-style rejection letter in the mail, often received after multiple interviews and after reaching a comfort level that I believe was deserving of a phone response. It’s a cold and cruel world out there. The young person better get used to it!</p>
<p>This said I will slightly admonish the original poster for the tone and tenor of his subsequent responses, as this storyline hardly warranted a heated point/counterpoint debate. If you believe that your kid was treated poorly by UR, make that point known with the facts as you see them, and then move on. Your child is obviously an accomplished student, or he/she would not have been invited to interview on campus. I hope he/she excels this fall wherever you child ended up. Once again, I do agree with the crux of your original message. Why, however, you felt compelled to belabor the issue is unknown, as it served only to lesson your credibility and denigrate a fine school with many positive attributes and enthusiastic supporters.</p>
<p>FYI, my son is excited about the prospect of joining the class of 2015 and I can tell you that our family has had nothing but a positive experience with respect to all communications received to date from UR. </p>
<p>It’s time for a new topic so we can shift focus to something more interesting. Maybe financial aid? That topic is sure to whip up a hornets nest with some people….</p>
<p>Sorry frustrated but you are incorrect on that Oldham is the only full ride scholarship. My son is on a full scholarship including room and board and he is not an Oldham scholar but a Robbins science scholar.</p>