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Hello, students and parents. I am Ursula Balent, program manager for the Pre-College Programs. I’m a Rochester native and currently live in Hilton, NY, along beautiful Lake Ontario. I have…
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Hello, students and parents. I am Ursula Balent, program manager for the Pre-College Programs. I’m a Rochester native and currently live in Hilton, NY, along beautiful Lake Ontario. I have…
Hi, everyone! My name is Heather Alico and I am a senior, brain and cognitive science (BCS) major. My focus in BCS is on neurodevelopment and language. I hope to…
Hey, everyone! My name's Alap Patel and I'm currently a sophomore at the University of Rochester, one of the best universities in New York! I hope this blog will give…
Jon Burdick writes the first part of a four-part series (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) on Rochester’s new “test flexible” stance for undergraduate admissions. I’m addressing a four-part blog to…
A bright sunny day on the 22nd of August, 2012 in Rochester, NY . . . The campus was abuzz (quite literally with all the bees around!) with excitement to…
So I know a lot of incoming freshman and prospective high school students see the terms Freshman Fellow, RA, GHR, D'Lions, Eco Reps, etc. thrown around by staff and current…
Before high school, I was never exposed to the scientific world of research. I’ve been learning the sciences for as long as I remember but there was no research involved.…
Summer in Rochester is pretty awesome, but since there are so relatively few students on campus, it can be hard to find things to do sometimes. But being the awesome…
Flashback to late 2009 . . . somewhere in October/November I had been tirelessly filling out college applications and simultaneously trying to survive the International Baccalaureate (perhaps tackling calculus and…
So for one of my activities for Session A kids two weeks ago was Pre-College Prom. We decided to have a dance after a man in a local ice cream…