<p>The Renaissance scholarship is not a “full ride”-- it’s full tuition. Not the same thing. Full ride is full tuition plus full room & board.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 670 CR/680 M/750 W
[ *] SAT IIs: Did not send 
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] APs: APUSH 4, US Gov. 4, Hum. Geo 5, AP World 3
[ *] IBs: LOL
[ *] GPA: 3.65
[ *] Rank: barely Top 20 percent
[ *] Other stats: lots of commitment to activities
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: about 10. Most I had involvement in for 3+ yrs.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work for my parents (they are SBO’s), school
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Diversity was about how I am similar to my minivan, and how that makes me unique. Quirky, risky, possibly a bad essay, but I thought it best defined my diversity. (yes, I’m a cracker ;))
[ *] Teacher Recs: who the heck knows?
[ *] Counselor Rec: see above
[ *] Applied on: 12/1/09
[ *] Hook (if any): Ohioan???
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: O-H-I-O!!!
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): poor, small, rural.
[ *] Ethnicity: cracker
[ *] Gender: M
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b] Never did an interview, talked to an admissions rep, BUT U Roch was my first choice school. However, due to my current financial and social situation, I don’t really think attending is practical despite how well the school matches my interests…</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 700CR, 760M, 750W
SAT IIs: 750 US History, 730 Math II, 720 World History
ACT: Pssh…ACTs?
APs: 5 US History, 5 Language Comp.
IBs: NA
GPA: 3.88
Rank: 14 of 360
Other stats: Ummm…my intended major is Political Science. Does that count?</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Editor of news magazine; founder of regional Young Democrats; created my own online radio show.
Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee and baseball ump.
Essays (subject and responses): About my successful fight with the school administration when they illegally confiscated my independent (i.e., not school-sponsored) news magazine. It was pretty good, I think.
Teacher Recs: One brilliant, one good.
Counselor Rec: Excellent.
Applied on: Day before deadline…
Hook (if any): The news magazine. Founding the Young Democrats and being a humanities fellow probably didn’t hurt, either.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Connecticut
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school in an affluent suburb.
Ethnicity: White.
Gender: Guy.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
I’m really excited, actually! UR is the first school of note to which I’ve been accepted, and I’m liking the school a lot now that I’ve taken the chance to learn more about it. I’m a Renaissance and Global Scholarship finalist, but I’ve yet to decide if I’ll be attending the interview weekend. The thought of missing school and driving six hours for a <em>chance</em> at getting a financial aid package comparable to those at no-loan liberal arts colleges (I’ve a fair amount of need) isn’t too attractive to me. But I haven’t yet visited the campus, so I suppose it may be wise to do so…</p>
<p>Regardless, I’m pumped! :-D</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list] <strong>I graduated from high school in 3 years</strong>
[ *] SAT I (by section): Did not send
[ *] SAT IIs: NONE
[ *] ACT: 29 Composite
[ *] APs: AP World (2, did not send) and 9 college courses.
[ *] IBs: None
[ *] GPA: 3.88uw 4.54 weighted
[ *] Rank: top 2%
[ *] Other stats: nothing
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: about 4 activities that i was proud of and liked.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: two jobs, i think this really helped!!
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I appealed to emotion with an essay in relation to my sexuality. It was really good (imo)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very, very good!!
[ *] Counselor Rec: not as good as the teacher, but still very good!
[ *] Applied on: 12/31/09
[ *] Hook (if any): ??? idk? Maybe the fact that I demonstrated diversity
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: noncompetitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: M
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b] I have no idea. Should I attend? If I don’t get in to any of my other reaches (which I might not) it’s going to be UF vs Rochester if they come in with the money… This school seems really awesome and with a 29 ACT, graduating high school in only 3 years (i’m 16) I think I should be verrrry glad that I got accepted.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!!</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): writing 590 verbal 630 math 650
[</em>] SAT IIs: bio m, spanish and math II, all low 600
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs:psych-5 music theory-2 american hist-3
[<em>] IBs:full ib, HL: bio, eng, hist, music, SL: spanish, math studies, and of course, Theory of knowledge
[</em>] GPA: 3.47 uw
[<em>] Rank: ~81/500
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 8 years viola, 4 years Beta club, 3 years NHS (currently historian), ultimate frisbee 2 years, and some others that i just cant remember
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): for the common app i wrote about a quarky teacher who inspired me to just be myself. for the why rochester question i wrote about how i liked the take-5 option and the fact that there were no required classes (other than clusters, etc)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Applied on:dec 31 ish
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): averageish
[</em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[li] Gender:female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: </p>
<p>im supppper happy, not sure if i wanna attend, still waiting from other places</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2110 - 690 math, 700 CR, 720 writing
[ *] SAT IIs: Biology (M): 660, Math II: 730, Chemistry: 710
[ *] ACT: 30 Overall
[ *] APs: US History: 4
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA: 3.84 Unweighted, 4.54 Weighted
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Dance, various clubs, Berkelee college music class
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were good, but who really knows?
[ *] Teacher Recs: One really great one, one unknown
[ *] Counselor Rec: I have no idea.
[ *] Applied on:Regular Decision
[ *] Hook (if any): ?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Massachusetts
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public School
[ *] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): Did not send
[ *] SAT IIs: Did not send
[ *] ACT: 34 composite
[ *] APs: Chemistry - 5, European History - 3
[ *] GPA: 3.78uw, 4.64w (Straight As 1st semester senior year)
[ *] Rank: n/a</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Varsity Basketball (captain), Latin Club (several officer positions), Sunday School student and teacher, Science Research, Indian Classical Dance (12 years), Peace 4 Kids, etc… 200 hrs volunteers service.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Taught dance and coached some basketball. Work in a lab.
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Personal statement was about my Indian Classical dance and how i went from loving to hating it. The supplements were written two days before the deadline.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Teachers liked me, so I suppose they were good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great!
[ *] Applied on: 1/1/2010
[ *] Hook (if any): Variety of interests maybe. </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Competitive Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b] I was really excited when I saw the big envelope sitting in my mailbox. It’s my first private school acceptance. Before I make my decision, I’ll be sure to check out everything URochester has to offer and wait for my other college decisions.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>I am not going to post the number stats (SAT’s especially) because they have nothing major to do with the admission (unless you have significantly below 1900-2000 base). Decent essays, good GPA, and enjoyable EC’s did it for me. Instead of stressing over SAT’s and studying for 5 hrs. a day for it, join a club in which you enjoy because it will help you more with getting in (also seconded by my interviewer).</p>
<p>For those interviewing for the Renaissance scholarship, are you flying alone, or are you attending with a parent?</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 650, Math: 630, Writing: 650
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs: AP Bio and AP French this year
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.67 weighted
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tutoring, JSA Secretary, Pottery, Yoga (Ha ha), Volunteering at a local hospital, NHS, French Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor for 2 summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I’m the next Mark Twain.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I don’t know.
[</em>] Applied on: 12/24
[<em>] Hook (if any): My brother goes there.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): All girls catholic school (save me)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese/Irish
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: I feel like a genius.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you. Please let me know if you have any questions as you begin to navigate through the tough decisions ahead of you. Rochester is a wonderful place, but it has to be the right place for you!</p>
<p>PS - Spring Open Campus dates were just posted to our website. If you are interested in visiting campus in April, check them out.</p>
<p>Has anyone from Illinois received a letter yet?</p>
<p>Yes we are from Evanston and he got a letter on Monday. We’ve been waiting to hear about GRADE program because it mentioned he would have an interview, but haven’t heard from them yet. A little nerve wracking!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): R:650 M:740 W:680 (2070)
[ *] SAT IIs: M2: 800 Physics: 800 Chiense with Listening: 710
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs: Calculus AB 4 Physics B 4 (self studied)
[ *] IBs: Full IB Diploma (4HL + 2SL) Predicted grade: 40/45
[ *] GPA: 3.7/4.0 (steep rising trend)
[ *] Rank: school doesnt rank
[ *] Other stats: Self-studied A-levels and AP exams (my school doesnt offer those)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: captain of three varsity sport teams, student council president, NHS, CNHS, Tri-M member
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Meritz securities
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Reflections about a unicycle
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: so-so
[ *] Applied on: Dec 1, 2009
[ *] Hook (if any): Member of regional youth orchestras, and fluent in 5 distinct languages(?)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Malaysia
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small private, international, sends a few kids to ivy every 2 years?
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b] U of Rochester’s Koda George eastman scholarship recepient ($7500 per yaer)</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2280 CR:800 M:760 W:720
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II:800 Physics:800 Chemistry:790
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: N/A
[<em>] IBs: Projected diploma score: 43/45
Math HL: 7
Physics HL: 7
Chemistry HL: 7
Economics SL: 7
English A1 SL: 6
Spanish B SL: 6
[</em>] GPA: N/A
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: 7 A<em>'s and 2 A’s in (I)GCSE
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Large variety, but nothing very special or unique by itself
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Average; one was about my research experience, another was about my nerdiness
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably slightly above average compared to all other recommendations
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[<em>] Applied on: 1/1/10 (acceptance letter dated on 2/26/10)
[</em>] Hook (if any): Siemens Competition regional finalist, British Math Olympiad bronze medalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Somewhere in Asia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): International school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: Renaissance & Global Scholarship finalist. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>[ size=2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): R: 750 W: 750 M: 800
[ *] SAT IIs: Math 2C: 800 Bio 800 Chem: 760
[ *] IBs: HL Bio, HL Chem, HL Mandarin, HL English, SL Psych, SL English
[ *] GPA: 4.05
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Student Council (Prez, Secretary, PR Officer) , Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, Service Organization (Founder/Prez), Student Press Association (Chief Photographer), MUN, Varsity/JV Rugby, Symphony Orchestra, Musical Pit Band, HFH, Interact/Roots & Shoots
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship @ Local Hospital, helped organize breast cancer campaign
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): thought they were good. Talked about losing presidential campaign and how I learned from it. Also talked about why I love jazz.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Also probably good
[ *] Applied on: RD deadline
[ *] Hook (if any): I’m a study abroad American.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: China
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very competitive school that always sends kids to top schools around the world. Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:[ /b] Got Wilder Trustee Scholarship</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section):2060 CR:570 M:790 W:700
- SAT IIs: Math II:770 Physics:630 Chinese w/ Listening:800
- ACT: N/A
- APs: 5-Statistics, 5-Psychology, 5-Chinese…taking Calc BC, Macroeconomics, Eng Lang, Physics B, Computer Science this year
- IBs: N/A
- GPA: 4.25 weighted
- Rank: 45/1329 Top 3 /4 %
- Other stats:
TOEFL : 105
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Not so much
</code></pre>
<p>mostly church activities, volunteer @ church, NHS, vocalist in fellowship and founder of one club in high school
QuestBridge Finalist
* Job/Work Experience: N/A
but mentioned about taking care of the house, cooking…etc
* Essays (subject and responses): decent. about moving to America three years ago…and how I became independent by living with my brother alone
* Teacher Recs: never seen them, but heard that they were good.
* Counselor Rec: never seen it, but I believe in my counselor 
* Applied on: 12/24
* Hook (if any): N/A</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas
- School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): REALLY competitive public high school in Texas
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc: Renaissance & Global Scholarship finalist. YAY! going to the interview in two weeks :)</p>
<p>did anyone in jersey hear?</p>
<p>Sidd: Yes. We are in NJ. D accepted in first wave. SATs 700/710/720. Top 3 percent in HS. Top activities, recs. UR was/is D’s first choice.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 780 M 800 W 680 (2260)
[</em>] SAT IIs: M-II 800; PHY 800; WH 800; CHI 800
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: Taking three courses, independently studying for six more
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.72 (one semester only)
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: Top 1% in HKCEE; 111 in TOEFL
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Politics, peer tutoring, some community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App essay was on social alienation; Rochester supplement answers were pretty bland
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Not that good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Okay
[</em>] Applied on: 01/01/2010
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: International - Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Studying in a pretty mediocre international school; studied in local schools for last eleven years
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/Scholarships,etc:
Scholarships: Renaissance & Global Scholarship finalist; another $15k/year confirmed
Quite a pleasant surprise, especially for the scholarships. My stats were by no means outstanding - I had good scores but weak ECs, weak recommendations and mediocre grades. Either they liked my essays, or they put a heavy emphasis on the SAT. Hope this helps; good luck everyone else.</p>