Any tips from current U of R students about the application process?

bluelovexD
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:33:42 +0000

Hello,

I am a current Richmond student, and I definitely second the essays part. I have had someone on the Scholars committee talk to us about our essays after we have been accepted. They do remember essays personally (which is awesome!). Be honest in your essays, the admissions counselors can sense authenticity and sincerity and they like that.

I also have a wild theory that they changed the Richmond Supplement because they are trying really hard to bump their retention rate and hence want to know if a candidate will be a good “fit”. They are also probably trying to lower their admission rate by reducing the number of non-committed applicants by having an essay that you can’t just recycle other admission essays.

Good luck!