<p>If Rochester wants to know why they have a yield problem, this is it. I recall last year they had an RD acceptance of 48% and an ED acceptance of 47%. This year it's even worse. The RD acceptance dropped to 45% which is all well and good, but ED dropped to 40%! Why punish kids who say that Rochester is their first choice? I would have applied ED if it were not for that.</p>
<p>Perhaps kids who apply ED think they need the boost and are therefore not as qualified.</p>
<p>I would think this isn't the case, but instead that they defer people that apply ED until regular decision time, where they then decide again. The 40% number... does it count the people who are deferred and then get in in the spring? because if not, then it's not really valid at all...</p>
<p>D has 2300 SAT's #5 in class, 4's on 3 AP's last year, NM finalist, listed UR as her first choice with NM, and got a very lousy fin. aid package.</p>
<p>This kid loves UR and is being asked to pay 30K per year, when UR's own estimator says she should pay about half that.</p>
<p>We are souring on UR, unfortunately.</p>
<p>MADad, if your daughter got a better financial aid package elsewhere, you should call UR and tell them about it. Sometimes if they find out about this and want the kid, they will match the financial aid package offered by "comparable schools."</p>
<p>MADad, that's too bad. We haven't heard from U of R yet, but I fear we will be in the same position as you are. Funny thing: This article in the Boston Globe says that U of R is cutting back on merit money, but it seems to me that need-based aid is what's actually in short supply this year at Rochester.</p>
<p>i feel as though you should look at the stats of the eders and not the acceptance rates...</p>