Did anyone still not receive a decision? Im an international student living in the US and still havent gotten an email or mail or anything on the portal.
I thought I had no chance either!!! I am beyond grateful So here’s my Stats
Objective: Accepted on March 20, 2015
SAT I: 1730 (580CR/550M/600W)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: I don’t think I sent it
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3-3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%, 38/241
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 5 College courses at nearby college, AP Government, Bio, Gym and Economics.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: VP of a Film club, journalism club member in 9th grade, math circle member
Job/Work Experience: nada
Volunteer/Community service: Breast cancer and aids walks, blood donor, math tutor.
Essays: I loved my common app essay and got a lot of help from 2 really great writers, and my sis reviewed my Roc supplement. I though it was amazing!
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read, however one of my professor wrote it for me so I guess it was pretty good 
Counselor Rec: Not sure but I know my counselor knows my character well and it worked to my advantage
Additional Rec: none
Interview: didn’t interview.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school, Urban
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, URM
Reflection
Strengths: I think my essays were really well written, and I’m also getting an associates degree in May. So maybe that looked pretty good.
Weaknesses: Literally verything else lol (except maybe my recs were good)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays and recommendation. I think my strongest intrests were reflected well in my common app, as well as conveying what future me will be doing career-wise. I also showed great interest in my URoch supplement.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected - Vanderbilt :(, Oberlin, Stony Brook, and Notre dame. Waitlisted - Case Western, U Richmond. Accepted - Temple U
General Comments: Honestly, this was a far reach for me. I didn’t think that I wasn’t going to get accepted because I wanted to stay positive throughout my entire college application/admissions/decisions process. All but 1 of my schools were reach, and I’m just so excited, stoked, and blessed to have been accepted here! I just want people to know that they shouldn’t let their SAT scores, GPAs, or any other kind of weakness deter them from aiming high.
Rochester seems to be accepting a lot of “under-qualified” applicants this year (myself included in this bunch - I have about a 3.4 or 3.5 UW GPA!) Don’t really know whats going on, but I think their acceptance rate must have increased since the last recorded year (2013.) It sounds to me like a lot more than 35% of applicants are getting accepted. And I’m so happy because of that, because more people get to experience how AMAZING of a school Rochester is!
@minohi someone mentioned earlier that the rate was 29% this year. also, keep in mind that Rochester takes a holistic approach.
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 M/640 CR/ 560 W
ACT (breakdown): I forget. But 31 total
SAT II: 800 math 2, 680 chem 660 physics
Unweighted GPA: 3.2~3.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Comp Sci AP/Calc BC/Physics 1 AP/ 3 other regular courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I got the xerox book award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Asian culture club, global ambassadors, NHS, anime club, and a few others I can’t name off the top of my head. No leadership though.
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an afterschool from sophomore to junior year. Easily over 100
Summer Activities: ^
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: no clue, but I assume it was positive. My teachers liked me
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec:
Commonapp Essay: Stellar. My essay was used as an example for rising seniors. It was about baking and my struggles in the kitchen.
UR Supplement Essay: Uhhh. It wasn’t something I was exactly proud of. Meliora!
Interview: Didn’t interview
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class I guess
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen college student.
Reflection: I have no freaking clue how I was accepted. Literally.
Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my essay felt like a pretty good hook imo
Weaknesses: leadership.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: well I sent a thank you email to my application reader. I’m not sure if that had any impact on my decision.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: WPI, UMass Amherst, RPI, Wentworth
Denied: NEU, BU, CMU
Notes:how did I get accepted Q.Q
Edit: I was accepted on the 27th… Still waiting for the big envelope
Did everyone else who was recently accepted in the latest batch get notification about merit? I was beyond shocked when I got mine! If I get the same need-based aid I got from Case Western, I’ll be sending in my enrollment deposit.
Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone of you could help me out here a bit. My Roc account say: A decision has been made on your application. You will receive a notification letter in the mail. Since I’m an international student and from all the stuff I’ve read online, I believe I should’ve gotten a rejection email and since they are posting my decision, is there a possibility I might’ve gotten in. Btw, Congratulations to all those who have gotten in.
Thanks.
Im an international student and it doesn’t say anything on the portal. Just still on step 4… I haven’t received any email or mail about it.
Maybe your computer isn’t able to receive pop-ups? That’s the only thing I can think of. Are there any other “enrollment” options to “alternate list” options or stuff like that?
I’ve tried different computers 
And nope I don’t see any of those… The top right box is completely empty too.
Btw, Mine’s on step 5.
@ganicom try checking your spam folder. Thats where my decision ended up
I just got the email, I got in finally haha
Would rrrrrreeaaaaalllly like to get some financial aid info.
Same @gminor. I have a good feeling about it though!
I’d love to hear about financial aid too. I got a nice merit scholarship though, which made me very happy.
I got accepted, which I was totally not expecting…
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Submitted my app the night before
Read everyone else’s stats that applied to Rochester, my profile was no where near as amazing as a lot of the applicants I’ve read
I honestly don’t think my extracurricular were that amazing, but that’s just my opinion
Didn’t take the interview
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As you can see, even someone as extravagant as me has a chance to being accepted to Rochester, so for those future applicants reading this, don’t lose hope!
Corrections:
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I got accepted, which I was totally not expecting…
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Submitted my app the night before
Read everyone else’s stats that applied to Rochester, my profile was nowhere near as amazing as a lot of the applicants I’ve read
I honestly don’t think my extracurricular were that amazing, but that’s just my opinion
Didn’t take the interview
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As you can see, even someone as UNextravagant as me has a chance at being accepted to Rochester, so for those future applicants reading this, don’t lose hope
like if you’ve already committed to university of rochester!
I feel like its been more than 10 days and I haven’t gotten a financial aid notification. Where to look?