<p>I would also add the context of the $4000 loan cap that it means that the rest of your aid eligibility amount would be met with grant money that doesn’t have to be re-paid. So that is a very good thing. </p>
<p>On Saturday, exams had just started, so the tour guide group represents who was available that morning. It’s possible that lots of science students had exams that morning. Sciences are both strong and popular at UR and I would say that science disciplines are very much “liberal arts” disciplines in our way of thinking. </p>
<p>There is a Class of 2012 Facebook group over on Facebook.com where lots of incoming first year students are talking to each other about a lot of different issues and it is clear to me from that conversation that you will find plenty of friends in this entering class who, like you, don’t plan to spend four years here getting sloppy drunk. I appreciate your perspective on the issue of alcohol use on college campuses very much. Yours is a mature way of seeing the situation. You won’t have a hard time finding sober fun with good friends!</p>