2013-2014 University of Rochester Application Thread

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Does anyone know what the role of the essays in the interview is?
 
ctrlaltdlt said:
Does anyone know what the role of the essays in the interview is?
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It's so your interviewer has a little info about who you are. The interviews are closed file so they don't see anything except your essays that you send post-interview invite, where you went to school and your major and a few other demographic things
 
I was waitlisted post-interview this past Friday. Anyone know any stats about U of R and how many people they put on post-interview waitlist or how many people typically get off? This is my dream school and I'm more than a bit upset about the whole situation.
 
PinkyandtheBrain said:
I was waitlisted post-interview this past Friday. Anyone know any stats about U of R and how many people they put on post-interview waitlist or how many people typically get off? This is my dream school and I'm more than a bit upset about the whole situation.
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I think there is quite a lot of movement. Definitely send in a LOI as Dean Hansen said that they are very receptive to them if you are really interested.
Good luck!!
 
Interview invite this morning! Very unexpected but grateful 🙂 Complete early October

Are there any student hosting options available?
 
withdrew my interview invite from here yesterday! good luck
 
This school is definitely a reach for me. I was complete in early September and submitted an update letter a month or so after. Super high GPA, but closer to 10th percentile MCAT of matriculated applicants. Still haven't heard anything. Will there be IIs in January?
 
So I just got an II (at 2:30 on a Sunday - huh?). I really like this school and I think it would be a good fit, but it's a $500 plane ticket from where I am. I've also already been accepted at my state school, which I also really like.

Two questions for anyone who might know:
1. This late in the cycle, are there actual spots open in the class? (I have no idea if "interviewing for a wait list" is actually a thing.)
2. How is the financial aid at this school? Money would play a big role if I were choosing between two schools that I liked.

BTW: complete late September, and as far as I can tell from the calendar, there aren't many interview spots left. Only a handful in late February and early March.
 
Davida said:
So I just got an II (at 2:30 on a Sunday - huh?). I really like this school and I think it would be a good fit, but it's a $500 plane ticket from where I am. I've also already been accepted at my state school, which I also really like.

Two questions for anyone who might know:
1. This late in the cycle, are there actual spots open in the class? (I have no idea if "interviewing for a wait list" is actually a thing.)
2. How is the financial aid at this school? Money would play a big role if I were choosing between two schools that I liked.

BTW: complete late September, and as far as I can tell from the calendar, there aren't many interview spots left. Only a handful in late February and early March.
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I don't know about spots, but they gave us a piece of paper at the interview that said that average indebtedness is about $160k.
 
nemo123 said:
I don't know about spots, but they gave us a piece of paper at the interview that said that average indebtedness is about $160k.
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Thanks for the response! I don't really trust the "average indebtedness" number - from what I understand, it includes students whose families are paying for some or all of their education, which brings down the average at a lot of private schools. If 160K was the number excluding those individuals, that's a different story.
 
Davida said:
Thanks for the response! I don't really trust the "average indebtedness" number - from what I understand, it includes students whose families are paying for some or all of their education, which brings down the average at a lot of private schools. If 160K was the number excluding those individuals, that's a different story.
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I think the number they gave us probably included those students too since they also said that the average indebtedness of the average med school student was $180K.
 
II yesterday!! At 430 pm (weird!!). I'm a 3.72 cGPA and 35 MCAT. Can anybody give me advice/what to expect at the interview?? Also, I was complete mid-September.
 
You will have 2 closed file interviews and a group ethical discussion. They are low stressed! (Really!) You hang out in the admissions lobby/room where students stop by to grab coffee and they will stop by to talk to you about the school. I got to sit in for 10-15 minutes in a MS1 class. We took a tour of the facilities, had a short financial aid/admissions presentation and lunch with 2 students. I loved my interview day and hope this helps relieve some interview day anxiety. And I hope you do great and enjoy it!

The interviews are conversational. They genuinely want to know you and are super friendly! I was blown away and am thrilled to have an acceptance here.
 
Hallmark said:
You will have 2 closed file interviews and a group ethical discussion. They are low stressed! (Really!) You hang out in the admissions lobby/room where students stop by to grab coffee and they will stop by to talk to you about the school. I got to sit in for 10-15 minutes in a MS1 class. We took a tour of the facilities, had a short financial aid/admissions presentation and lunch with 2 students. I loved my interview day and hope this helps relieve some interview day anxiety. And I hope you do great and enjoy it!

The interviews are conversational. They genuinely want to know you and are super friendly! I was blown away and am thrilled to have an acceptance here.
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Great! Thanks for the advice! I'm pumped!!
 
Just formally withdrew, best of luck to whoever snags my interview spot!
 
Rejected today pre-interview. Complete 7/10. They really dragged that out! Good luck everyone!
 
First interview invite!!! Too bad I cannot make any of the available times due to having to return to work in New Zealand. Is anyone with interviews in mid to late Feb willing to swap times for 27 Feb or early March by any chance?
 
Nenet said:
First interview invite!!! Too bad I cannot make any of the available times due to having to return to work in New Zealand. Is anyone with interviews in mid to late Feb willing to swap times for 27 Feb or early March by any chance?
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Call them and let them know and ask to be put on a waiting list or something for an earlier date. People cancel often
 
histidine said:
Call them and let them know and ask to be put on a waiting list or something for an earlier date. People cancel often
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I emailed Mary Staie and she just told me that a spot opened up. Thanks for the advice and I shall see anyone who is interviewing on Feb 6th!
 
Member44444 said:
Post interview
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Depends on whether you are High Priority or not. I know they said they don't rank, but that's not really true. If you look at previous years' forums, you'll see that around March-April some applicants get an email telling them that they are on a High Priority List and that they are very likely to be taken off the waitlist. If you don't get this email, then you are basically waiting for a rejection. I'm not sure how accurate that is or whether or not it is just a hoax, but I did read about it in at least the forums from the last two years. This is my top choice so I'm dying to get off their waitlist myself and with no acceptances yet I will believe just about anything now! haha
 
Hi all, accepted student here: I have a quick question.

From my understanding, Rochester does not give out estimated financial info to students until after May 15th. However, if we have multiple acceptances, how can I make an educated decision between schools when one school gives an estimated cost of attendance and the other doesn't? I am referring to monetary awards and/or loans given by the school.

Money is a pretty important factor for me, so Rochester not giving me the information I need makes it difficult to compare certain attributes.

Does anyone here have some insight on this topic? Thanks for any responses!
 
catzzz88 said:
Hi all, accepted student here: I have a quick question.

From my understanding, Rochester does not give out estimated financial info to students until after May 15th. However, if we have multiple acceptances, how can I make an educated decision between schools when one school gives an estimated cost of attendance and the other doesn't? I am referring to monetary awards and/or loans given by the school.

Money is a pretty important factor for me, so Rochester not giving me the information I need makes it difficult to compare certain attributes.

Does anyone here have some insight on this topic? Thanks for any responses!
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Great question. I'd love some information here as well.
 
catzzz88 said:
Hi all, accepted student here: I have a quick question.

From my understanding, Rochester does not give out estimated financial info to students until after May 15th. However, if we have multiple acceptances, how can I make an educated decision between schools when one school gives an estimated cost of attendance and the other doesn't? I am referring to monetary awards and/or loans given by the school.

Money is a pretty important factor for me, so Rochester not giving me the information I need makes it difficult to compare certain attributes.

Does anyone here have some insight on this topic? Thanks for any responses!
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I believe this is incorrect.
I expect the financial aid info to be released in late April, but they officially promise that they will get it to you by the first week of May:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/financial-aid/documents/med-instruct-next-year.pdf
 
HeadEast2014 said:
I believe this is incorrect.
I expect the financial aid info to be released in late April, but they officially promise that they will get it to you by the first week of May:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/financial-aid/documents/med-instruct-next-year.pdf
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I agree with HeadEast2014. I think that financial aid/money will be a factor for many students when making a decision. To ask students to make a decision without any information about their financial package seems unwise.
 
Accepted here today! Completely psyched and unexpected. I interviewed 1/10, am OOS, and have 40/3.7.

I went to a LAC, so I really identified with their mission/system and made that pretty clear in the interviews I think

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I just wanted to add, because I don't think my original post makes clear, how ecstatic I am to have gotten in to U of R. I went in kind of hoping I WOULDN'T like Rochester, but the school totally blew me away.
 
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ahstern, out of curiosity, why did you go in hoping you wouldn't like U of R?

(Congrats, btw. I was accepted too and will most likely attend so maybe I'll meet you in August? 🙂 )
 
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tkk246 said:
ahstern, out of curiosity, why did you go in hoping you wouldn't like U of R?

(Congrats, btw. I was accepted too and will most likely attend so maybe I'll meet you in August? 🙂 )
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I mean, it was kind of tongue in cheek, but I had imagined myself at a city school (NYC or Boston), and there's just so much snow up there! Rochester's the only place I applied to without immediate family nearby.
But I truly loved the school and the city and I kind of understood what people meant talking about 'fit'!
 
ahstern said:
I mean, it was kind of tongue in cheek, but I had imagined myself at a city school (NYC or Boston), and there's just so much snow up there! Rochester's the only place I applied to without immediate family nearby.
But I truly loved the school and the city and I kind of understood what people meant talking about 'fit'!
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I can completely relate to this, 100%. The location is not where I pictured myself, and the school was only barely on my radar when I applied. However, once I arrive, I fell in love with the program, the facility, and the philosophy they promote.
I'm still waiting on a couple more schools to reply, but Rochester is currently my #1 school that I've been accepted to. I'm looking forward to second look.
 
"Fit" is mostly why I'm inclined to choose UofR over my state school. If an applicant holds multiple acceptances, the general SDN advice for that person seems to be to go with whichever school is cheapest, but it seems to me that going where you think you can excel--based not a little on how well you see yourself meshing with students and the school, i.e. "fit"--needs heavy consideration as well. (I'm oversimplifying a little here.)
 
tkk246 said:
"Fit" is mostly why I'm inclined to choose UofR over my state school. If an applicant holds multiple acceptances, the general SDN advice for that person seems to be to go with whichever school is cheapest, but it seems to me that going where you think you can excel--based not a little on how well you see yourself meshing with students and the school, i.e. "fit"--needs heavy consideration as well. (I'm oversimplifying a little here.)
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I am in the same position also. I love U of R but my state school is such a bargain! But I can't deny my fit for Rochester. I just can't wait for second look!
 
Hallmark said:
I am in the same position also. I love U of R but my state school is such a bargain! But I can't deny my fit for Rochester. I just can't wait for second look!
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Have you guys seen the fin aid here? It seems pretty good, the discrepancy between state school and U of R may not be as big as it appears.
 
Withdrew my interview invite for 2/17. Good luck to you all!
 
Hey all, I've an interview coming up at UofR in a couple of weeks (in Feb). Any suggestions on where to stay? Also, is the interview over one day or two days. I know their MD/PHD program has a 2 day interview. Hence asking.
 
CaptSpock said:
Hey all, I've an interview coming up at UofR in a couple of weeks (in Feb). Any suggestions on where to stay? Also, is the interview over one day or two days. I know their MD/PHD program has a 2 day interview. Hence asking.
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I stayed with a student host, which worked out very well. The interview for MD is just one day long.
 
Does Rochester charge additional tuition for schooling during the summer after M2?
 
I seemed to have misplaced the letter Rochester sent out about Second Look and I was hoping to book flights tonight. Does anyone have that info? And does it contain any specific info/advice besides the date and location?

Thanks!
 
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