Posts categorized Admissions

Written by Emily Cihon Fehnel, Director of Campus Programs, Office of Admissions When people learn that I work in college admissions, they often have questions. Sometimes it starts with "Can…

Note:  This isn’t the first blog I’ve ever written for Rochester, but it is now appropriate that I reintroduce myself, as there have been some changes since my last writing,…

Written by Phil Bradley, Assistant Director of Scholarships, Office of Admissions   BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! My alarm clock sounds and I slowly wake in the dark. I sit up and briefly wonder:…

Greetings collegebound Earthlings! I’m the Regional Associate Director of Admissions for the New York Metropolitan Area and my business cards are consequently as big as a license plate! Yes it’s…

We are extending our Early Decision deadline to November 12th for students that live in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and the NYC Metro Area. Please call our office…

For those students who live in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy, we are moving the Early Decision application deadline to November 8th.   If you have any questions, please contact…

The college admissions interview has become an essential part of the application and review process at Rochester. The interview offers us the opportunity to sit down and have a face-to-face…

Written by Suzanne Dianetti, Administrative Assistant for Recruitment and Outreach, Office of Admissions   Since classes are well underway on the University of Rochester River Campus, I bet you can’t help but wonder…

Jon Burdick writes the fourth part of a four-part series (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) on Rochester’s new “test flexible” stance for undergraduate admissions. Rochester readers review testing as something…

Jon Burdick writes the third part of a four-part series (part 1) (part 2) (part 4) on Rochester’s new “test flexible” stance for undergraduate admissions. The factors application readers look for…