Thanks for the reply @guineagirl96 .
After your reply, I feel a lot more comfortable with Richmond.
There’s another issue. I’m an Indian.
Question, is living on-campus mandatory?
I don’t know if living on campus is required freshman year, but it is not the rest of the years.
Food on campus is very good. We have an excellent and unmatched dining hall! Sometimes dhall has Indian fare. We also have a vegetarian station that is permanent in dhall, if thats of concern. We also have passport café, which serves international cuisine and has a vegetarian and non-vegetarian special each week. There’s also a sandwich/salad shop called Lou’s, a fast food restaurant called Tyler’s, Freshens (a smoothie/froyo place), 8:15 (basically starbucks), and the Cellar, which is a sit-down pub style restaurant. We also have ETC, which is a convenience store on campus. All of these take dining dollars, which come with your meal plan (around $750 per semester). Campus is also pretty friendly to those with food restrictions. Everything is label, with special designations for gluten-friendly, vegan, vegetarian, and nut-free/contains nuts.
I would have to ask others about the safety and food outside of campus.
Hey @rjgwl96 I’m almost in the exact same boat as you! Cost doesn’t matter since I also have a big family business. I will also probably go to the U.S. to work for a year or two there. I also love rural settings. My SAT is 1840, and I live in Indonesia, south from you. Surprisingly too, I applied for 11 unis, where I got accepted into 6 and rejected by 5. Also applying to business. That’s a lot of similarities.
Now back to the question, I would suggest Richmond. Why? Because I’m attending there in Fall. My brother who is a year older attends Northeastern University, and he is graduating in 5 years, while I’m graduating in 4. This means that you will graduate in 5 years (take note of that). I also have a upperclassmen friend in University of Richmond, and he says that UR students are favored by the Big 4, so they usually get internships/jobs.
Basically it comes down to: City vs. Rural; 5 vs. 4 years; Connections by the Big 4 vs. Co-op.
Note though that I visited NEU and it is divided, meaning it is in the city, so there is no whole campus so you won’t get the whole campus feel as much. UR though is one campus, so you get the feel of one university.
All urban universities are “divided”.
Thanks @guineagirl96 . I’ve decided to attend Richmond! @polarium yes, that’s a lot of similarities xD and you’re right!
@guineagirl96 Can you tell me about the timeline? When do I need to select courses and classes? When would I start with my concentration and select my minors? Do the classes fill up really fast? What will I need to do to enroll? Do I select my own courses?
And I still don’t know to which program I was accepted. What should I do?
Are there some things about UR that I should really know?
Great to hear!
U of R is open admission- you don’t get admitted to a particular school or major, but rather the entire university, although there is an approval process for being able to declare a major in the business school. You can check out the requirements here: http://robins.richmond.edu/undergraduate/admission/index.html
At U of R, you cannot declare your major(s), minor(s), and/or concentration(s) until the end of your freshman year. However, you should take courses towards your degree requirements along with general education courses your freshman year.
Class registration for freshmen isn’t until July. You will select your own courses. The course schedule is online on bannerweb, but if you don’t have access yet, there is an excel version here: http://registrar.richmond.edu/planning/schedule/current.html Classes will fill up very quickly, so you’ll want to register as soon as your time slot opens. Many of the upper-level classes are already full (since we’ve already registered), but you can always contact the department if a course you want to take is full.
You can find all the information about the process for incoming freshman here: http://newspiders.richmond.edu/checklist/index.html This website is really important. It has all the forms and deadlines that you need through the summer. There is also lots of great information about courses and requirements, so read through the entire website.
To enroll, you’ll need to submit the enrollment deposit. There should be information on how to do so in your admissions packet.
@polarium are you an Indonesian? Me too! I m also considering to go to Univ of Richmond …
Hahah yeah I am! PM me your details if you’re deciding to go to UR (or Virginia for that matter), don’t want to hijack this thread.