<p>Hello everyone. I am an international student and I'm glad to tell you that I've been selected as a semi-finalist for the Richmond Scholars scholarships. I am so happy that I've been chosen that I can't really express my feelings with words. I should mention also that due to my family financial circumstances, I applied for need-based aid.</p>
<p>I have 2 questions though:</p>
<p>1) What are my chances for admission now when I'm a semi-finalist? Please even if you don't know give me some approximations.</p>
<p>2) I've read somewhere in the forum that University of Richmond is not need-blind for int.students, but this year it would meet 100% of of eligibility for need-based aid. Can this information be confirmed? Because here this text gives different information University</a> of Richmond: Need-Based Aid for Non-U.S. Citizens .</p>
<p>So, I'd like to ask if I have more chances to be admitted now and, even if I don't be a finalist for any of the Richmond Scholars scholarships, receive full-ride need-based aid.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm sorry if I have made mistakes. I'm just excited when I'm writing this post, because University of Richmond is one of my top colleges.</p>
<p>As promised, I wanted to let you know that we've completed the process of notifying semi-finalists for the Richmond Scholars program. I'm sorry to those who are now disappointed. Congratulations to those who were chosen!</p>
<p>My daughter has been chosen as a semi-finalist to university of Richmond also. It was rather a very early offer, her first acceptance, so my daughter and the whole family were very elated and excited. It boosted my daughter's confidence because as an international student(Filipino) with not very high SAT(writing 710, math 680, and critical reading 630) she was very anxious she might not get accepted in the schools she applied. We felt very lucky that our daughter applied. It was only when she got shortlisted that we realized that the school is just 2-hr from my brother-in-law's residence in Maryland and learning further about the school , we realized that it is indeed a well-rounded and excellent school.
I think what made our daughter got shortlisted was her being a graduate of UWC, with vast community involvement and extracurricular activities and most of all, her excelent writing skills. She has been editor-in-chief of their school paper. Her essays, I think, were unique as they reflected her maturity as a writer and as a person and her exposure to culturally diverse school atmosphere with classmates coming from countries all over the world.
We would like to thank University of Richmond for their exceptional kindness,warmth and generosity. Imagine, even their school president took time to write us a letter.
Even if our daughter has not been accepted yet to finalist pool, we thank the Lord Almighty for making our daughter apply to the school even if she has not yet been there. I remember knowing the deadline to apply for the scholarship just 3 days before the deadline so she just rushed up on all the paper works.We sincerely hope that future students don't miss out on this prestigious opportunity to be at Richmond. They offer lots of merit-based scholarships and not just financial aid.</p>
<p>My son, too, is a semifinalist. His deadline was Jan. 5, which he made, thanks to the attendance officer at his high school, who took great care in faxing the forms and essays. He attends a rural high school. He has a 2280 on his SAT (800 W, 800 M, 680 CR). He also has three perfect SAT IIs -- although they are not required for admission. He is an AP scholar with distinction, four-time captain of the academic team, stats guy for three teams, president of a community service organization, editor of the literary magazine, co-president of the SCA and a delegate to a U.S. Senate youth program. </p>
<p>Like Cardio, we were very grateful that he had the chance to compete for this honor. One of his friends won a Richmond Scholars award last year, but chose to attend a top-10 school. She, too, was humbled by the recognition that the U. of Richmond bestowed on her.</p>
<p>wow, momreads your son is very good! I am sure he will get to the finalist. Hope my daughter gets accepted too so we can meet each other at UR. Your son will surely get to top schools too. If he gets accepted in the top schools and gets a UR Oldham, will you give up the UR?</p>
<p>Cardio, my son has said that he will keep all his options open. He does not want to commit to any school until he knows what all the financial packages read. He really likes Richmond -- he's been there three times for visits over the past four years. It is a lovely campus with lots of opportunities. Each time we have been on the campus, we have been treated so well by the admissions department, as well as department chairs in various academic areas.</p>