Looking at the CDS to try to get some guidance on what scores should be submitted, and the SAT scores are missing. I’m looking here: https://www.rochester.edu/provost/university-data/about-institutional-research/university-of-rochester-common-data-set/
I see that a very low percentage of enrolled students submitted test scores. Unfortunately the SAT scores are missing from the document (I also downloaded the spreadsheet and they are missing from the spreadsheet as well). Anyone have this data?
They reported the section scores to IPEDS College Navigator - University of Rochester though unfortunately there is no field for composite.
EBRW 660-740
Math 710-780
It is interesting that such a low % of the enrolled class submitted scores. Not sure what to make of that. (I have two 2021 kids who were admitted, submitted scores, but did not attend.)
Thanks! Yes unfortunate that it is missing the composite.
With only 29% of enrolled students submitting scores, I would have to guess that the university is relatively welcoming to TO applicants. Or at least welcomed such applicants last year. Difficult to know how they will treat them this year.
I’m not sure I’d read too much into how TO friendly they are based on 2021 admits. It was really a tough year to get a score for them. My son only had one as he’d taken the SAT sophomore year as some of the schools he was being recruited by wanted an early score. He had zero option to retake before application season. The only insight I have is the coach asked him to submit his 1500. So I imagine it was certainly within range for 2021.
I’m just comparing to other schools on my son’s list which show a higher percentage in the CDS. For example looking at Case Western (the most similar school on my son’s list), 39% submitted SAT, 27% submitted ACT.
If you look at section C7 of the common data set, you will see that University of Rochester considers standardized rest scores but does not consider them to be an important factor for admission.
We do not know how many applicants submitted standardized test scores. What we do know is that only 29% of those who were accepted submitted them. Judging by this fact that more than 70% of the freshman class were admitted without them, I think we can conclude that Rochester means it when they say that standardized test scores are not important to them in their admissions decisions.
Another factor worth noting is that 24% of Rochester’s freshman class this past year we’re international students. With Covid restrictions, it may have been even harder than usual for international students to access standardized college admissions tests.
Another factor is that 14% of Rochester students are enrolled in the Eastman School of Music. Typically auditions and performance tapes are going to be the primary standard for admission to this school, not the ACT or SAT.
Thanks! That’s a good point about standardized test scores only being “considered.”
I don’t think this freshman profile includes students enrolled in Eastman. It says at the top, “Arts, Sciences & Engineering only.”
Good point.
If you go to the Test Optional page on the UR Admissions section, read their post to the last of the frequently asked questions, which is about fairness. Draw your own conclusions. My conclusion is that UR does not see much value in standardized testing. I assume that guidance counselors know this, which is why so few UR applicants submit standardized test scores.
Thanks, that’s helpful. It’s also useful to get this nugget of info from that page:
Our merit scholarship review process does not include testing for any of our applicants, even for those who wish to have testing included in their application review.
