<p>Hey Robotab, you're pre-med also? Wow, I might actually see you there then if I get in. LOL I'm going to put you down as someone i've met thats going to UR! Haha...</p>
<p>Will you thinking having shadowed a doctor who graduated from UR Med school be a good thing to put on the application? He didn't attend the undergrad school, he went to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Hey-- yeah, I'm pre-med as well :)</p>
<p>That'd seriously be odd to meet someone in person that I spoke with first online :)</p>
<p>I think shadowing is a good thing to put on an app, though I don't know where exactly you're thinking of putting it-- essay? resume? EC list?</p>
<p>I am sure exactly, but there is a section in the supplemental part of the application that asks if I had met with anyone who went to UR or goes to UR. I was thinking of putting it there.</p>
<p>yeah, if you haven't been to the campus that's be a good thing to write</p>
<p>I actually made my supplements like mini essays-- they were 1, 2 and 3 paragraphs each :) I guess I just had too much to say since I did my best to cut back without taking away the good parts</p>
<p>Which was the 3 paragraph essay that you wrote? (What was the question?)</p>
<p>lol, rochester is really a haven for pre-meds huh? =) i'm also planning to do pre-med. congrads robotab for getting in already & good luck solsek. >.< i hope i get in too. did any of you apply for REMS?</p>
<p>Yeah, Rochester= pre-med, music, and engineering :) They have other things, but these are their strongest programs. I didn't apply to the REMS program b/c I doubt I'll want to freeze in Rochester for 4 more years and I'd rather move closer to home for med school-- maybe Baltimore.</p>
<p>The 1 paragraph was the diversity essay-- I thought this one was a bit trite, but everyone who read it really loved it. The two paragraph response was why rochester and the 3 paragraph response was for comment on alum/rochester students.</p>
<p>However, I've never read before that anyone wrote more than was able to fit into the little bubble thing provided, so you don't want to make them really long unless they are really good and actually say new information. You really don't want to waste their time unless it's for a good reason. :)</p>
<p>Robotab, does that mean that it's OK that my d cut down her responses to fit into the 650 characters or so that they give you on the supplement?</p>
<p>Yes-- I think they would actually prefer that the responses are short so long as the longer versions are not saying anything new. However, if her essays are amazing beyond belief, consider sending the longer versions. I would recommend just sending the short ones if your daughter is already the average Rochester acceptee or above, because she doesn't really need the essays to get in.</p>
<p>Thanks, Robotab. The app's already in, and her stats are in the average/above average range.</p>
<p>rochester to NYC is 250 miles.</p>
<p>yeah-- pretty far from NYC-- definitely not the new york you initially think of ... it's better! (for the right person that is :) )</p>
<p>FYI. Getting room-mates is kind of pot luck unless 2 incoming freshmen request each other. That's a way to have a better chance of rooming with someone who is compatible, has like interests, the same major, etc.</p>
<p>Rochester is not just a pre-med school.</p>
<p>My elder son is a sophomore and enjoying his classes for his triple major (mathematics, philosophy and linguistic). His first year roommate experience was so-so. Then he found a group of people to share a suite for this year. They chipped in to buy a color TV and brought from a whole collection of game machines - XBox, PS2, etc. As parents, we are thankful that there is enough studying (for him, at any rate) done to keep him on the Dean's list. </p>
<p>The winter doesn't bother him since he had lived in Rochester all his life until we moved South some six years ago. Snowfall in Rochester is not as impressive as those of the Buffalo, Syracuse or the Southern Tier area south of the county. It certainly is not as impressive as when my husband and I were there as graduate students (med. ctr.) from the mid '70s to the early 80s. </p>
<p>My younger son, a high school senior, is now applying to colleges for engineering and Rochester is on his list. He is interested in the optics program in the engineering department. When we visited this summer, we were told that the optics dept is top 1 or 2 in the country and trains about half of the country's optics engineering. Not too shabby.</p>
<p>The interest generated by recent news magazine has increased the yield of last year's class and UR ended up with about 10% more enrolled than anticipated. This may also mean that the applicant pool will increase and the acceptance rate decrease . At this rate, UR will be more selective and will get better and better incoming classes.</p>
<p>oceansky36, I applied for REMS. Did you apply too? I am really hoping I get called for the interview weekend in March. It definitely sounds like fun! I wonder what you do for the rest of the weekend there. UofR is one of my top choices though even if I don't get into the program (as long as I can afford it).</p>
<p>"When we visited this summer, we were told that the optics dept is top 1 or 2 in the country and trains about half of the country's optics engineering."</p>
<p>I am surprised at how high they claim that is! On the ISOE website I see 196 students in their program (which is pretty high) but, for instance, 360 at U Arizona and 16 more schools (all degrees) listed too. Do you think that number is true or padded for an info session? Also, do you know who ranks Optics programs? Thanks.</p>
<p>Weenie,</p>
<p>There are possibilities for errors - I remember it wrong, heard it wrong or misspoke. I understood the presenter to mean that about half of the current/practising optics engineers were trained at UR. That is different than 'trains'/currently in US programs. At any rate, they do have large number of current students in their program and is ranked very high in the US.</p>
<p>However, that also brings up the point that the methods of ranking university programs. I do not know how all the rankings are done but I have read that at least one of them is done by having folks in a particular academic field rank the program they are affliated with. If the rankings were done by faculty and people in the profession and a large percentage of the those were trained at a particular school, would that skew the ranking? Perhaps just a little.With a large number of optics folks being from UR, we may not see a significant drop in UR's optics rating any time soon.</p>
<p>REMS week-end is kind of hectic. Not much time for anything else.</p>
<p>BandW - Thanks for the info. I have a good friend whose son has applied to the program. It is highly thought of here in Rochester.</p>
<p>njstudent12345: I applied too, though I know my chance of getting in is about 0.0000000001%. Lol, I figured if I don't apply, my chance would be 0%. =P lol. It's highly unlikely I'll get an interview, but I can hope. Rochester is one of my top choices too, so I'm hoping they'll give me generous aid. Tell me if you get a call for the interview. Good luck! I hope you get into the program. =)</p>