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The fall of senior year is like riding a roller coaster. You are expected to stay on track with college applications, rigorous classes, extracurricular activities, work, and so much more.…

As a way to better understand how to write a great application supplement, it’s important first to define the difference between the personal statement and the application supplement. These styles…

If you have taken any time looking at the University of Rochester’s humanities departments you’ll see that there are several different areas of study. Full of programs, professors, libraries, even…

It’s September so you know what that means: college application season has arrived! As you are narrowing down your list of schools and sending out your applications, those letters of…

In 1850, the University of Rochester was founded by a convention of Baptists. Presently, the University of Rochester is home to the River Campus, the School of Medicine and Dentistry,…

After countless hours researching programs, writing essays, and filling out applications: you did it, you applied to college. Firstly, congratulations! This is no small feat, so give yourself a moment…

Finding the right college may seem daunting at first glance, but once you narrow down your own values in what will make you feel most at home, your options will…

Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to the University of Rochester! This is a very exciting accomplishment. If you’ve also been accepted to other colleges, you may be having a hard time…

Since this is my last semester at the University of Rochester, this is a great time to reflect on the decisions I made when I was a high school student…

Throughout my childhood and into my teenage years in Massachusetts, both my parents and my extended family members who migrated to the United States from Puerto Rico, spoke to me…