URochester Admissions

URochester Admissions features guest bloggers (both students and staff) who write about specialized programs, events, and opportunities at the University ofRochester.

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My Top Ten: A Look Back at My Time at Rochester

By: Emily Tworek, Class of 2020 As my time at the University of Rochester comes to a close, I’m feeling nostalgic, and I thought I would share 10 of my…

2018 Simon Scholars Case Competition

by Isabella Barbagallo, Class of 2022, Individual Winner of the 2018 Simon Scholars Case Competition In January of 2018, I was a senior in high school preparing to attend the…

Alyssa in Berlin

Short-Term Study Abroad: The Center for Education Abroad’s Hidden Gem

By: Emily Tworek, Class of 2020 Studying abroad is a huge part of the Rochester experience for many students: being able to go abroad in all but two semesters, programs…

The cast of Everybody in rehearsal

Morality, Or The Luck of The Draw: Everybody opens at Todd Theatre

February 26, 2020

By: Emily Tworek, Class of 2020 There’s a new kind of theatre happening at Todd Theatre: an unpredictable, immersive, ambitious, and challenging production of Everybody, a contemporary re-imagining of…

HEAL program

HEAL at Rochester

January 10, 2020

Health and Epidemiology Advanced Learning (HEAL) is one of the University of Rochester’s combined degree programs. It’s a five-year BA/BS + master’s program for students interested in epidemiology and public…

ufo at rochester

When a UFO Lands on Campus

October 30, 2019

by Linnie Schell, e5 student With an opening pitch of “Let’s fake an alien invasion,” I invariably was greeted with either excitement or abject puzzlement. I was always confused by the…

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Careers and Outcomes

The Power of Doubt

October 28, 2019

By: Emily Tworek, Class of 2020 When I was a junior in high school, I received a LOT of college mail. Flyers, cards, postcards, information packets, you name it. I…

Sarah Murphy

Transfer Student Spotlight

October 22, 2019

by Sarah Murphy, Class of 2019 (Take 5 2020); double major in English and French, Take 5 program in Food Studies Why did you decide to transfer to the University…

A Message from Our Directors

October 15, 2019

Greetings from the University of Rochester, In late August, we welcomed roughly 1,370 first year students and over 100 transfer students, who joined our campus community from 54 countries and…

GEAR at Rochester

Combined-Degree Programs

Finding Flexibility, Teamwork, and Practice with GEAR

October 14, 2019

by Rachael He, Class of 2022 Hi, my name is Rachael, and I’m a computer science major, and I am a part of the Graduate Engineering at Rochester (GEAR) program because…

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City of Rochester

In the Heart of Matter: What the Arts and Humanities Teach

October 3, 2019

By Emily Tworek, Class of 2020 “The case for the humanities is not hard to make, though it can be difficult–to such an extent have we been marginalized, so long…

GRADE at Rochester

Combined-Degree Programs

Learning to Embrace Who You Are

September 24, 2019

by Sarah Weise, Class of 2020 Despite the voice in my head saying that I shouldn’t memorialize my teenage reputation on the Internet for all eternity, I’m going to do it…