Financial Aid and Scholarships

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're almost three weeks into 2014, and you've likely made a resolution or two. If you made a resolution to spend wiser this year, but you already…

Written by Kate van der Sloot, Class of 2017 and winner of the Simon Scholars Case Competition, 2013. When I first heard about the Simon Scholars competition, I had no…

**Disclaimer: I’m a Rochester student, as you may have guessed, but I’ll keep this one as unbiased as possible.** For most high school seniors, the stressful time of simultaneously juggling…

Budgeting Your Holiday Spending Well, December is finally here and the holidays are right around the corner! ‘Tis the season for Christmas tree pretzels from the Common Market, carols from…

Happy fall, folks! Thanksgiving is fast approaching (my all-time favorite holiday), and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would offer you some tips on how to be thankful…

In this past week’s episode of Fox’s New Girl, titled “The Box,” we see the whole dark and ugly truth of Nick Miller’s abominable money management. For those who don’t…

Happy October! Fall is a beautiful time of year on campus—there’s always the changing autumn foliage, leaves crunching under your feet, and the Scare Fair at Rush Rhees to look…

Remember, remember these things in September! Hey everyone! Welcome back to campus! We’ve missed you! Whether you’re returning to Rochester, your beloved college town beside the Genesee, or are arriving…

IB puts you at an ideal jumping off point to excel in college. The International Baccalaureate program features a broad and deep curricular exploration of the intersections between disciplines. This…

While there are many elements of the International Baccalaureate program that we appreciate, we feel that there are three reasons UR and IB are a great fit for each other:…

Hello and welcome back to the financial aid blog! We’re excited to have all the students back on campus in a few short weeks! We’re also pretty stoked to have…

I want to start my blog by first congratulating the incoming Class of 2017 on completing their high school careers. All of you deserve a standing ovation. You are about…