<p>TSocash- I received a letter in the mail today granting me a $14,000 Bausch & Lomb Scholarship which I am extremely excited about! However, I was wondering if Renaissance Scholarship nominees are notified in the same letter. I am fully not expecting a nomination, but I just wanted to know if I would have found out already whether or not I was nominated. Thank you!</p>
<p>I hope to slay multiple “merit” dragons right here, right now! </p>
<p>OK… First and foremost, not everyone will be awarded a merit scholarship. If you are awarded a merit scholarship (Rochester will only give out 1 scholarship maximum per applicant) you should receive it approximately 7 business days after your admit letter. If you applied for need-based financial aid, you should receive that packet 10 business days after you received your admit letter.</p>
<p>Who is awarded merit scholarships? It is based on a holistic review of your entire application, and this site does an excellent job at explaining the process: [University</a> of Rochester : Financial Aid](<a href=“http://enrollment.rochester.edu/financial/undergrads/scholarships.shtm]University”>http://enrollment.rochester.edu/financial/undergrads/scholarships.shtm) </p>
<p>The Renaissance Scholarship (RENS) is our most prestigious award, and you shouldn’t waste time waiting at the mailbox for a letter, because only ~60 invitations are being sent out against a pool of 14,000+ applicants. This means that you have around a .4% chance of receiving this invitation. These invitations are being mailed very soon. There will be no indication of a RENS invite in the first merit letter. May the odds be ever in your favor!</p>
<p>For National Merit Finalists who select the University of Rochester as your 1st choice school (make this selection before the end of May please), you will receive the $17,000 Wilder Scholarship. This scholarship is renewable over all 4 years, as are all Rochester merit scholarships. </p>
<p>If you are in contention for 2 different Rochester scholarships, we will not “stack” them. Instead, you will always get the scholarship with the higher dollar amount. Therefore, if you already got a UR scholarship greater that $17,000/yr, and then you discover that you have become a National Merit Finalist, you will only receive the larger scholarship.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>Haha thank you so much for your quick response! I kind of wish that I was already informed that I haven’t received an invite, because now this gives me unwarranted and unrealistic hope!</p>
<p>Tyler - thanks for the link. However, it only gives examples using SAT scores. What if ACT scores were submitted?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>intouch–</p>
<p>Here’s the 2011 SAT-ACT Concordance Tables</p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/act-sat-concordance-tables.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/act-sat-concordance-tables.pdf</a></p>
<p>Using this you’ll be able to calculate what your approx. SAT score would be based upon your ACT.</p>
<p>Congrats Shaq395! And you were worried about your acceptance in the first place?! hahah.</p>
<p>I hope I’m receiving similar money; It will be a make or break for me with a school that I love so much.</p>