My name is Brad Booke and I am the Midwest Regional Director. This is my sixth year working in college admissions at the University of Rochester. I am an alumnus…

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…

Hi, my name is Griffin Drake.  I am a sophomore at the University of Rochester River Campus, class of 2015. I was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, where I…

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…

Picture taken by Anthony Wan, Class of 2013. You can check out more 'Gangnam Style @ U of R' pictures here. River campus had its very own Gangnam Style flashmob…

Hello there, Welcome to what promises to be an eventful semester. It is great to experience a little bit of a campus whose liveliness stems from the activities of its…

Today's guest post in the New Major Blog Series comes from Venessa Simpson '14.  Venessa writes about being on campus for the discovery of a new major and deciding it was the…

Every semester I tell myself I'm going to have a more chill schedule, take the "normal" amount of credits and not get too over-involved. It literally never works. I started…

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…