How to Write the University of Rochester Admissions Essays

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by Sarah O'Neill, Coatesville, Supreme Editing

According to the University of Rochester admissions(via their website):  We seek and embrace the most tenacious and unconventional applicants worldwide to join our community of doers and disrupters.  The University of Rochester is prominent in “studying what you love.”  They offer over 200 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs and certificates. 


Rochester Curriculum is all about freedom.  This level of flexibility lets students create their own unique academic experiences- whether it includes cross-discipline classes, conducting research, or studying abroad.  “It’s not surprising that 90% of incoming students surveyed recently said that Rochester’s distinctive open curriculum positively affected their decision to enroll. Explore the curriculum here.


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Article highlights:

  •  Dig deep into one aspect of your topic.

  • Be specific.

  • Present yourself in a dimension that reaches beyond grades, recommendations, and test scores. 

  • Be sure your essay reflects YOU.

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Types of students that were admitted really took the time to go in-depth and be specific.  They showed how specific resources at the University of Rochester would set them up for academic success.  They were able to share future goals and the impact they’d like to make through their academic discipline.   They thought realistically about the value they could add to a greater community after graduation. 



Supplemental Essay Example: 


Part 3: Contributions to the Field

“University of Rochester’s commitment to data science would be invaluable to helping me achieve my goal of using data to increase public involvement in the election process as a data journalist. By majoring in data science, I’d have access to world-class professors and research labs, gaining comprehensive knowledge of data analysis to better understand electoral politics. Rochester’s programs would allow me to raise public awareness about how political systems work and the importance of data in decision-making.

By combining statistics with political science to study voting patterns in U.S. elections as a research assistant in The Star Lab, I hope to examine voter education programs. After volunteering for several political candidates, I’d like to study how to reach people more efficiently and expand voting.

My interest in politics and elections was sparked by six years in policy debate, where I developed critical thinking and research skills and coached new debaters. I’m eager to continue debating with Rochester’s team while also helping them develop an Urban Debate League in local high schools to mentor underserved students.

Through the Watson Center for Conflict and Cooperation, I’d research international relations and the reasons for conflict, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, building on what I’ve learned through debate research. I hope to combine statistics with data science to measure the impact of economic interdependence on the probability of war, doing my part as a data journalist to make the world “ever better.”


by Sarah O'Neill, Coatesville, Supreme Editing


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