What are my chances of acceptance and scholarships?

Colleges & Universities University of Rochester
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<p>Personal

  • Taiwanese American
  • Male
  • Oklahoma, but moving to Illinois after graduation</p>

<p>High School Info

  • Unweighted GPA - 3.97
  • Weighted GPA - 4.16 (I’ve taken all of the AP classes offered, except the foreign languages and US History)
  • Class Rank - 10/318</p>

<p>Standardized Tests (I’m a terrible test-taker…)

  • ACT: 31 (32 if superscored)
  • Writing: 33
  • Mathematics: 33
  • Reading: 31
  • Science: 31
  • SAT I: 1920 (1940 if superscored)
  • Critical Reading: 600
  • Mathematics: 710
  • English: 630
  • SAT II: Math II - 770, Chemistry - Did so bad…not even gonna report…
  • AP: World History - 3, English Language - 3</p>

<p>Current Schedule

  • Symphony Orchestra
  • Introductory Psychology 1113 (concurrent enrollment)
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP English IV</p>

<p>Next Semester’s Schedule

  • Symphony Orchestra
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Physics
  • Calculus II (concurrent enrollment)</p>

<p>Clubs

  • Beta Club (4-yr member)
  • National Honors Society (2-yr member)
  • Mu Alpha Theta (3-yr member), attended AMC Math Contests and such
  • Robotics Club (co-founded this year)
  • Book Club (3-yr member)
  • International Club (1-yr member)
  • Chamber Music Club (1-yr member, founded this year)
  • Young Libertarians (1-yr member, founded this year)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars

  • Piano - 9 years
  • Violin - 7 years, attended honors orchestras, like all-state, etc.
  • Oklahoma Youth Orchestra (best orchestra in the state)</p>

<p>Community Service

  • I serve my local church by controlling the sound board, teaching Sunday school classes, and playing piano for morning services (Total per week = 5 hrs).
  • Vacation Bible Camp - 100+ hrs
  • Middle School Orchestra Assistant - help tune and give lessons (2 hrs/wk)</p>

<p>Awards

  • National Merit Commended Student
  • Honor Roll
  • OBC Music Scholarship Winner</p>

<p>Additional Info

  • Father recently laid off, as a result, family income is currently zero.
  • Father is accepting a job in Chicago or Texas.
  • Essays weren’t bad.</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting in AND what scholarships am I eligible for? I want to go but I’m not sure if U Rochester’s financial aid can give me enough. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m getting views but no posts…</p>

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<p>Seriously? Come on…</p>

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<p>i think you’re in i dont know about scholarship maybe like the 8,000 one</p>

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<p>You have an excellence change of admittance; as for scholarships, I’d say it’s likely you’ll get something. My stats were somewhat worse than yours and I got a $5,000 Dean’s Scholarship.</p>

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<p>def in, n i idk about merit scholars, def need based aid and scholarships</p>

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<p>How is the financial aid at URochester?</p>

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<p>My stats are much worse than yours and I got $8000/year so you’ll probably get more than that at least in merit scholarship money.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks.</p>

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<p>you get in no prob son no prob</p>

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