Inaugural Rose forum post

y2kwizard
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:54:20 +0000

Crud. Didn’t know this bbs doesn’t allow editing. As I said, SAT I: 780M, 750V; SAT II: Math IIC = 750 (it was 710 when I sent in my app) Bio = 800, Writing = 760; Weighted GPA of about a 4.45…unweighted is around an A-

ACT: Composite 33, Writing 34, Math 35 (Sci and Reading stunk…I blame it on fatigue that morning )

These stats are a little on the high side for Rose…I think the mean SAT this year was 1300 or thereabouts.

Yes, I did get a chance to visit Rose. It’s a pretty neat place. But it’s also very different from all the other colleges I visited, so be sure that you take your daughter to visit.

The campus is pretty small…probably the smallest campus of all I visited. The people at Rose were extremely friendly: we took the guided tour with only one other family, and the Civil E student who was doing the guiding was pretty cool…very funny, very kind, and quite enthusiastic about the school. Then we got to meet with one of the admissions people, and she was very helpful.

But Rose didn’t feel like your typical college campus. I’ve visited Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Washington University, and others, and Rose definitely felt different…less like a college than anywhere else in terms of architecture and decoration and the types of activities and people I saw around me. Which brings up another point: a lot of the people there were very similar to me…which is awesome for people who want to really hone in on a specific area and culture.

In terms of financial aid…Rose gives both merit-based and need-based aid, I think…you can check out their web site for more details: www.rose-hulman.edu

I still don’t know whether I’m going…if it turns out that I get some scholarship money, I just may attend. I certainly think it’s a great place.