U of Rochester Chances

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Rochester
1

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
State: Illinois</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.25UW, 3.8W (Upward trend)
Schedule: Most Rigorous
Suburban public HS (Not great, but not terrible either. Sends a few kids to top colleges each year)</p>

<p>Classes-5yrs Math, 4yrs English, 5yrs Science, 5yrs Social Studies/History, 2yrs Foriegn Language by the time I graduate. Also took a philosophy class for college credit over the summer (Elementary Logic), got an A.</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 20-25% (Not exactly sure)</p>

<p>SAT:
CR-800
Math-770
Writing-640
Math 2-800
US History-800
Physics-760
Also almost certainly will be NMSF.</p>

<p>ACT:
34E
33M
34R
31S
9W</p>

<p>33C</p>

<p>APs:
Econ-5 (both)
US History-5</p>

<p>6 APs Sr. Year-
Physics C
Both Governments
Calculus BC
Statistics
Biology</p>

<p>ECs: Not that great, 1 leadership role.</p>

<p>Excellent teacher/counselor recommendations.</p>

<p>Planning on majoring in Math/Economics.</p>

<p>I've heard demonstrated interest is important, so I went to info sessions, will interview in the fall, will visit, and I'm sure I can write a good "Why Rochester?" essay (haven't really thought about the other essay that much). </p>

<p>Was also considering applying ED, but will need FA, so I'm hesitant to get locked in to Rochester. EFC is ~$18,000 on the collegeboard calculator, but will only be contributing around $9,000. Anyone know how Rochester FA compares to the collegeboard EFC? I tried the estimator on their site, but it wasn't working. Also, a FA representative told me that Rochester just adds need based aid and merit aid ($22,000 for NMF) together, is this true?</p>

2

<p>If you write a solid essay and do an interview, you’re in. Rochester admissions really cares about those personal kinds of things. But I don’t know about applying ED. I did because I was concerned about getting in, and I got screwed over financially, even though my EFC is pretty low. May be something to consider. I know many people who have great merit scholarships who applied regular. It will also give you more time to make your essay top notch.</p>

3

<p>your chances are slightly better than average,that being said your SAT and ACT is very impressive and demonstrated interest goes a long way.</p>