<p>UR Admissions:</p>
<p>Please provide the admissions stats for this years admissions pool including:</p>
<p>-- number of applications for admission to UR's class of 2013.
-- number of acceptances
-- average SATs
-- ED acceptances
-- how those numbers compare to the class of 2012
-- did the national recession help or hurt Richmond's admissions pool (I believe it may have helped since UR meets full fin need)</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>And add to that, if possible:
– gender breakdown % accepted M, F
– admit rate 2008 vs. 2007</p>
<p>Thanks for all your hard work, UR admissions.<br>
Very very excited here about being a Spider!!!</p>
<p>Subscribing. This will be great info when it’s available.</p>
<p>Hello all–</p>
<p>Lest I let this message get lost, I want to respond generally now. But this won’t be as specific as I think you might like. I know it must seem like our hard work is done once those letters went out, but we’re now slammed with the tasks associated with closing the deal with this class, all the while amping up our recruitment of the classes that will enroll in 2010 and 2011. Not all of the data you are asking for are things I’ll be able to share, but I’ll make public what I can. </p>
<p>Just a couple of general notes. The applicant pool was about 1% smaller than last year, which was our all time high. So we were not the slightest bit disappointed in the size and quality of the pool. We will be aiming for a larger class than enrolled last year–hoping to have about 800 students by the time all is said and done. Because of the desire for the larger class, the accept rate is higher than last year. We also took a few more in ED, knowing that we were going to want a bigger class (although we didn’t know then just how much bigger we were going to aim) and also being a little anxious about what the economy would mean for the applicant pool. So the applicant pool is fine, but the yield is still something we’re anxious about! And that’s part of why things are still frantic for us. </p>
<p>The economic situation is complicated of course. I think that the overall uncertainty that most families are facing probably pushed up applicant pools in a lot of places, but I don’t know what it will mean for the yield. We’ll see over the course of the next month, won’t we!? Yikes. Yes, we meet full need and that is of course a very positive thing for those who qualify. For those who don’t, the calculation is a very different matter and of course our student body has typically enrolled students from both kinds of families and we’d like it to stay that way. </p>
<p>I hope that gets broadly to your questions. Investor, it is great to see your family is excited! We’ll be excited to work with you all in the next four years!</p>
<p>I’ll be interested in what you all are thinking, hearing and feeling about all this stuff too. </p>
<p>UR Admissions</p>
<p>It looks as though there were approximately 7,900 applicants, with ~38% being accepted, or 3,000. Test scores were up substantially from last year’s class. 1890-2110 on the SAT and 28-30 on the ACT compared to 1820-2010 and 26-30. </p>
<p>Last year 31.6% were admitted and the yield was 30%. Based on the admitted numbers and the target class size, it looks as though they’re anticipating a slightly lower yield than last year.</p>
<p>It should be noted that the above is not apples to apples vs. 2012. 2012 stats were final enrollment ranges, whereas 2013 was just accepted students. Sorry for any confusion.</p>
<p>my understand is that all colleges are expecting lower admissions yields because of the economy.</p>
<p>Richmond accepted all of the international students who could pay 53K, so that means UR was concerned about MONEY not the QUALITY of the applicants…!!!</p>
<p>krakenjack,</p>
<p>I’m skeptical about your claim. Can you back it up?</p>
<p>Otis, I expect that many public institutions are expecting an increased yield this season, but you are right that many of us on the private side are anticipating decreases in the yield. </p>
<p>Krackenjack, perhaps among the international students that you happen to know, those who could certify a $53K contribution were admitted, but I assure you that your assertion is NOT correct across the applicant pool. There were 800 international applicants and only 10% were offered admission. Some of those were students who received significant aid. I assure you that there were international candidates with significant wealth whose academic records did not justify admission and who did not receive it. Those whose records were strong enough to suggest they could be successful in the academic program here were admitted if they had the resources to afford the University. There were also quite a few international students with exceptionally strong records who will also receive generous need based and merit based scholarships. We are need-aware with international candidates but we meet 100% of need for those who are offered admission. I assure you we care about quality.</p>
<p>UR Admissions – I am interested in Richmond’s Financial Aid. I have heard that URoch is very generous and even offers full tuition scholarships to like a large number of acceptees like 5%. Is that true? And if so, are there any requirements like SAT’s over 2200 or something like that? Thanks =)</p>
<p>mcvcm–Richmond is one of a tiny number of institutions that is both need-blind in admission decisions (for US citizens and permanent residents only; we are need-aware for internationals students) AND meets 100% of demonstrated need for everyone we admit (including internationals on this part). In addition, we limit “self help” in all aid packages to no-more than $4000 annually. Self-help includes loans and work study, so working just a little bit could reduce the need to borrow. Some students receive financial aid completely in the form of grant aid based on certain criteria. So yes, we are generous with need based aid. </p>
<p>We also offer great merit-based scholarships. 45 members of every freshman class are selected as Richmond Scholars and receive a full-tuition scholarship. Some of the 45 awards also include room and board. There is not an SAT cut-off although the awards are highly competitive. All students who apply for admission by December 15 of the senior year are considered. There are also Presidential Scholarships (25/first year class) that award $15,000 per year. These awards are made holistically as well, but students from the entire applicant pool (applying by January 15) are considered.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response! By applying by December 15th, does that mean that a potential Richmond Scholar would be forced to be an ED applicant?</p>
<p>mcvm92 I can answer that. You apply regular decision by Dec 15th, there’s no commitment to attend. That way the application is included in the pool of students to be considered as Richmond scholars (which my daughter qualified for and was awarded). Nothing special is done at application time (although there is quite a bit more to be done if you are a selected to be looked at in more depth).</p>
<p>Thanks sharonohio–it is a regular decision application, its just due in our hands a little earlier so we can narrow the pool. No committment on the student’s part whatsoever.</p>
<p>While I was lucky enough to receive lots of aid form UR, I know two other international students who were admitted, but with no financial aid, alothough they needed it.</p>
<p>ana, we really don’t know the particular circumstances of an individual family’s finances, such as the two you reference, and the system is very fair, so I would assume someone who does not get aid did not qualify to receive aid.</p>