<p>As a senior, I'm sure many of us suddenly have a greater grasp as to what well know colleges there are and their ranking beside the obvious Ivy Leagues. </p>
<p>What ways can U of R become more well know in the national level? I know that 10 years ago, Washington U in St. Louis wasn't very well known, and now they are in the top 20 I believe. I do know for sure that their Med school is in the top 3, tied with U of Pen (ivy league). and their acceptance rating dropped from a 45% to 16-20%</p>
<p>As a potential student there for the class of 2011, I'm sure everyone that goes there will want U of R to be more famous. (and I"m saying this because after looking at the cirriculum, and other factors, U of R is extremely under-rated.) It would be easier for graduates from U of R to get into med-school, and grad school and get better jobs if U of R was more well known. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I must admit, UofR is definitely not a well known school around the nation. Here in Oregon, I have yet to meet someone, or at least know anyone who has heard of UofR. When I had my interview with the alumni here in Portland I asked him how many students he interviewed a year, and he said only 2 or 3 a year. I was really shocked to hear that, because UofR is really an excellent school and I would be lucky to be accepted this year. Hopefully in the near future UofR will be more well known and crack the top 20 schools.</p>
<p>As far as making UofR well known, I guess the only thing to do out there at this moment is to advertise or publize UofR. The only way I see UofR recieving more national recognition is if some breakthrough happened at UofR, some what like the optics findings. In the long run, UofR can definitely become more well known and break the top 20 in rankings through word of mouth and publicity.</p>
<p>both def. good thoughts. I was going to research how some schools (i'm using washington U in St. Louis) rised so high in so short of a time. I do know they do massive publicty campaigning such as sending out info and letters and brochures. I even got letters from them when I was a sophmore!</p>
<p>i'll see what I'll be able to do once im at U of R</p>
<p>as someone who was admitted to UR EDII, and who also applied to schools like washu, northwestern, and the like, i'll tell you this.
excuse my french, but i got a ****LOAD of mail from washu, starting basically the day after i sent my application in. i think that's what helps them- the mail gives them a lot of PR. I think that rochester is starting to do that too (like robotab said with the sweatshirts, and i just got a free bumper sticker from them yesterday!). I agree that Rochester is highly underrated, although I definitely see it heading in the more competitive direction... i heard that they got almost 12,000 apps this year to end up with a class of 975. i don't know how many they would have to accept/reject to end up with close to that number, but i can only imagine that in years to come, admissions at U of R will only become more competitive, and with that competitiveness comes more publicity and "popularity"</p>
<p>they sent accepted students an email about... a month ago about sweatshirts... were you ED? i don't know if they're only offering them to ED admits or everyone? maybe you'll hear something about it soon... :)</p>
<p>thanks for the info pretiinpink. i am rd. i read something about the email ppl got on the facebook group but i was curious about the details. i think it might be only for ppl who decide to enroll (not everyone who is accepted). i am not sure though. does anyone know for sure? is this the first year they did this sweatshirt giveaway thing?</p>
<p>I find it really odd that although U of Rochester is ranked higher than Syracuse, the latter is much more well known throughout the country. I have to wonder if this does not have something to do with athletics.</p>
<p>I think the sweatshirts will help boost publicity-- that is, if they ever do get around to sending them out :) still waiting anxiously haha</p>
<p>seriously though, smart kids like us wearing Rochester hoodies should get some good PR, and they have enough funding to give everyone one, so it was a good move.</p>
<p>and syracuse IS known b/c of their sports... also, the fact that it's about 10k students (undergrad) means more people attend and more people talk about it... most large schools are well known.</p>
<p>I find it entirely odd yet understandable that Rochester isn't talked about.</p>
<p>I live northeast of Syracuse (ultimately not far from Rochester) and I'd never heard of the school until one of my teachers mentioned it.</p>
<p>However, because it is small (one of its benefits), it does not feature the same number of alumni to spread the word. Similarly, without a national sports team (see - NCAA Basketball), there isn't a bonus way to get the word out.</p>
<p>I really think that with its unique major/cluster setup and excellent academics, this great school needs more recognition. "New Ivy" is a nice title. Let's seem Rochester climb further in the rankings - I think that would definately turn some heads.</p>
<p>i think that given enough time (5 years or so), UR will be as well known to the public as schools like JHU, CMU, Cornell, etc., etc.....i mean just look at how far the reputation of the school has gone since they implemented the Renaissance Plan......</p>
<p>oh and as far as sports go i dun think its so bad that we're Div III.....i dun think the public could be trusted to differentiate between Rochester Yellowjackets and Georgia Tech Yellowjackets.....i mean....they're 'prolly already confused about the "New Ivy" thing hehe =P</p>
<p>Here's the best way to summarize U Rochester:</p>
<p>A burgeoning, small-sized science-oriented university with several surprisingly high-quality helpings in the liberal arts. Kissing cousins include Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, and Lehigh.</p>
<p>You guys are saying that Rochester is not well known...
Well walk into a pharmaceutical company and say you went to the University of Rochester, walk into a hospital and say you are from the University of Rochester, talk to a politician and say you are from the University of Rochester.
Who really cares if 'normal' people don't know about Rochester? Its the industry that you want to know about Rochester and you know what? Many people know <<a lot="">> about Rochester and hold it to a high high high regard.</a></p><a lot="">
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