<p>I'd originally thought of Rochester as a safety, though apparently I should have heard back by now, and the website STILL says that my application is incomplete. My guidance counselor neglected to send my transcript or mid-year grades to any schools, but Rochester told me they contacted her already and not to worry. And yet they STILL haven't gotten mid-year grades. Will this stop me from being admitted?
I'm a national merit finalist, 4.0 GPA, 2130 SAT, 2140 SAT II, president of both Stage Crew and Gay Straight Alliance, several 5's on AP tests, good essays and recommendations... I thought I was a pretty good candidate? Is it likely that I'll be denied just because of my counselor's mistake?</p>
<p>Me too. I regarded Rochester as safety; didn’t hear back yet. Perhaps you are overqualified, just as I am.</p>
<p>If Rochester says they’ve talked to her, then I wouldn’t worry. If you applied near the deadline, you may very well be in this last batch of letters sent out, and to my knowledge, no one has received anything from that batch.</p>
<p>That said, if you’re worried, most definitely call them up. My experience with the University of Rochester admissions staff has been excellent, and I would be surprised if you were not able to at least have your questions answered very quickly.</p>
<p>Do remember that their stated notification date is 4/1. If it weren’t for people on this site knowing about the previous “waves” you wouldn’t be as worried. Keep your hopes up.</p>
<p>Call them up…they have been very informative and helpful.</p>
<p>Overqualified? Hah. I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>Is this usual with my stats??</p>
<p>I didn’t get in anywhere, and am trying to figure out if I was really that bad, or if my counselor messed up.</p>
<p>Depends, where did you apply?</p>
<p>Looking at your stats, it seems like you’d be more than qualified based on that to get in at Rochester and peer institutions. Was your essay and/or recommendations bad? I think there was something messed up along the line. Maybe you shouldn’t have torched your Counselor’s car?</p>
<p>My essays were damn good, I thought.
I wrote about saving my friend from killing herself and how I wanted to study psychology to help others in similar situations. Also so I could help people like my brother, who has Asperger’s syndrome… My teachers loved me, but I didn’t read them.</p>
<p>My guidance counselor… always hated me. She told my I had no shot at these places. Maybe she wrote me a terrible recommendation?</p>
<p>It does seem a little fishy that I didn’t get in. Fishy enough to question their decision…?</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at U of R. I remember how disappointed she was last year, applying to 10 schools and getting accepted at 3 and waitlisted at 1. When she interviewed at 8 of the colleges, all the interviewers told her she would have no problem getting accepted into at least 7 of them. We all thought U of R was a safety school too, but we were very wrong. D was 3rd in her class and took all AP classes. When my D talks about her college peers and the high school classes they took that weren’t even offered at hers and their high school accomplishments, we realized just how competitive getting into a top university like U of R is and how many smart kids are out there. Be proud of your accomplishments. When a university gets thousands of applications, and most of the applicants have the same range of AP test scores, class ranks and accomplishments, it can’t be easy to choose 10% of them as future students, and what we found as parents was that it wasn’t always fair who was chosen over who, but that’s how life goes. Good luck with with your college search.</p>
<p>“If it weren’t for people on this site knowing about the previous “waves” you wouldn’t be as worried.”</p>
<p>lol, this is funny because it applies to basically everything on this site : P</p>
<p>@OP-did u say u weren’t accepted anywhere??</p>
<p>I’m sorry to those of you that have recieved bad news… </p>
<p>I have to say that it is never the case that a student is overqualified. If my job was to admit students with the highest combination of GPA and SAT scores, and the students with the most AP or IB classes, my job would be easy, and all of our decisions would be made within in a few weeks.</p>
<p>As a counselor, however, I also have to consider “fit” - how much a student expresses an interest in Rochester; to what extent a student demonstrates a clear understanding of the programs Rochester offers; to what extent I believe Rochester has the ability to meet the needs of a specific student; whether or not a student embodies the spirit of Rochester; etc. This is of course in addition to GPA, SAT/ACT, AP/IB, etc., etc., etc.</p>
<p>This is difficult to do, but Rochester has a 97-98% retention rate, which is very rare among colleges and universities throughout the US, and to some degree is a reflection of our selection process and our efforts to find the students that are the best “fit” for Rochester.</p>
<p>Now - there are many qualified students that may be a good fit for Rochester that we have to make difficult decisions about. This year we recieved over 12,600 applications and will admit only 30-40% of those students. I personally have met students that I feel very strongly about that are recieving bad news because we can only enroll a freshman class of approximately 1,100. Given those numbers, it would be hard to consider Rochester a safety school for any student.</p>
<p>I hope that this information helps to make our selection process more clear. It goes without saying that it is all pretty comprehensive, but I really hope that you continue to ask me questions if you would like more clarification or would like to be better understand how we do what we do.</p>
<p>I understand. I would hate to have the job of deciding, personally.
It’s not that I’m not good enough, just I’m not the right fit.
I’m not the right fit for ANYWHERE, apparently.
10 applications, 10 rejections… What a waste.</p>
<p>Well, best of luck to those who were admitted, it seems like a wonderful school.</p>
<p>casey, I’m so sorry about your results. This thread may make you feel better, even though it’s older:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/192395-no-acceptances-one-kids-story-year-later.html?highlight=andison[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/192395-no-acceptances-one-kids-story-year-later.html?highlight=andison</a></p>
<p>As I reread my past comment, I realised I sound so arrogant… I didn’t intend that.</p>
<p>Caseymh2010: You got into OSU, right?
Most of the schools you applied to would be
considered reaches for candidates with better stats than you. Be outstanding at OSU and then try to transfer. Best of luck!</p>
<p>caseymh2010. There is never only one way to achieve one’s goal. My son was rejected and waitlisted from many fine Universities. Each of these Universities offered education in a particular area of study. Each of these Universities offer summer, evening and non matriculated courses in his area of interest. He will be attending all of these institutions while pursuing his degree elsewhere through these programs. It is the road less travelled so to speak but highly achievable.</p>