Daughter was accepted with presidential scholarship.
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Where on the web did you see that RS notifies through 1 feb? Iâve searched for the details but could not find them. Thanks !
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My son loved the school she was a class of 2020. Not in a fraternity. He was in ROTC.
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He felt at home. Hispanic was just one more positive. Never an issue. Great community.
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I didnât know much about Richmond tbh so Villanova
One more for the pile: D accepted EA. 34 ACT; hard to translate GPA (0-100 scale) but around 4.0 UW and 4.3 W, sheâs somewhere in the top 6-7% but not pushing for valedictorian honors; competitive Midwestern Catholic high school that doesnât traditionally send many to Richmond (or any liberal arts schools, really - maybe that helped her stand out or Richmondâs admissions officer for the region saw her as a way to access a new pool of applicants or something); impressive EC resume with a lot of leadership; 4-year not terribly serious athlete and senior captain; one or two APâs shy of the max her school allows, and all 4âs and 5âs on AP exams.
Visited last April during a mid-south Atlantic spring break campus road trip. Liked the campus a lot, wasnât sure about size, so for the moment favoring another of the schools she got accepted to EA.
Congrats to all accepted, and keep your chin up to all those deferred or declined - itâs gonna work out great for you, too!
I think thereâs a possibility either or both of your kids are in yield control jail and seen as likely to not attend Richmond. Happened to our D at another place that weâd considered one of her deeper backup schools. She hadnât visited and has the sorts of numbers that this place probably took one look at and figured thereâs no greater than a 1 in 3 chance her application was still on the table by March. By deferring her, they get to wait a bit and see if she actually shows some interest before giving out an acceptance that they think has a really low chance of being reciprocated. Incidentally, they were right to do so - sheâs pulling her application this week after getting into 2 or 3 places she prefers, so she would have been a yield loss.
You might consider taking a look at your schoolâs Naviance data for Richmond, and their common data set, to see if perhaps this is an explanation that relieves some stress. Either way, itâll work out for both of your daughters, no doubt!
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Definitely, and thanks for the thoughtful response. Richmond was definitely one of her favorites, but we did an unofficial visit a few years ago and planned on official visit if she got in. It just set the tone for what I imagine is going to be a rough week for us as we await decisions from all of her top and mostly stretch schools (Michigan, Northeastern, UNC CH and her number one which I pray we donât get caught in the yield trap- Wisconsin) Wish us luck!
Deferred. Submitted SAT of 1480, 8 AP classes (5 on Calc), weighted GPA of 4.7 at a large public school with competitive rep. Made an official visit last summer. President of a club, 4 honor societies, 4-year athlete, community service at local library. Great essays according to teachers who reviewed. Who knows? Richmond was in her top 2 or 3. Deferred everywhere so far. Just sent 6 more apps to schools with late deadlines b/c this year is horrible.
Good luck, one or several of these schools will be lucky to have her.
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I agree, this year has been awful!
Not easy to find. I believe under one of the RS live links on the UofR merit scholarship webpage. There is a pop up info sheet.
Tell her to just be herself as she goes through the process. If you look at the bios for each class of Scholars, youâll see they are a really diverse group. You might also reach out to the Scholars Office and ask them to provide your daughter a student contact with similar interests. My daughter found talking to older Scholars really helped her to fully understand all the school had to offer.
Thank you. That is helpful. Did your student get the scholarship ??
Yes. Last year. Itâs a great opportunity.
anyone have a sense of how many kids will get in after being rejected?
If you mean actually denied admission during EA/ED, the number is almost zero. Any applicant outright rejected will almost certainly not be reconsidered during Regular Decision.
Instead of ârejectedâ do you mean deferred to Regular Decision?
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apologies, I meant deferred! Any idea how many deferred kids from EA get in?
I can imagine some kids also had ED2 decisions coming soon
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My daughter was Accepted and Iâm wondering when we will hear about the financial package. Does anyone know?
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itâs always tricky to try to guess this.
My guesstimation is it is a combination of how high an applicantâs stats are and what percentage of the class is filled before RD decisions.
This is not a science, but here is one websiteâs evaluation: How to Get Into University of Richmond: Admissions Stats + Tips | CollegeVine Blog
Here are some salient numbers from that 2021 article. URâs early decision acceptance rate was 48%, while its overall acceptance rate was 30%. UR had 12,060 overall applicants, including 736 who applied ED. 358 of those 736 ED applicants were admitted. Letâs roughly assume nearly all 358 enrolled, and assume UR had approximately 800 enrolled freshmen. That leaves 442 enrolled spots available for approximately 11,700 applicants.
I found various sources that say URâs yield is approximately 22%. If thatâs true, that means UR will probably admit roughly 2000 of those 11,700 applicants. Thatâs roughly 17% for regular decision.
Admittedly, this is a lot of rough guesstimates and I wonât guarantee the sources for all those stats are correct. But since weâre playing a guessing game anyway, I think thatâs good enough to go on for now.
Good luck to you!
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