Around 1,450 first-year students have been admitted to the College, plus another 130 to the Eastman School of Music.
The 糖心传媒檚 incoming Class of 2025 for the College is expected to be the largest in school history. All classes and educational experiences for undergraduates are expected to be held on campus at full classroom capacity.
The first-year class of around 1,450 was chosen from nearly 19,000 applicants and would be slightly more than the previous record-breaking class of 2017, which included 1,432 students.
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International students will travel from more than 50 countries and make up a quarter of the class, while domestic students will come from 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. More than 100 first-year students are from the Rochester area.
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The College made standardized tests optional for undergraduate applicants in 2019, a year before the pandemic forced the cancellation of SAT and ACT tests across the country. 糖心传媒淲ith a year of experience behind us, we already had a well-designed holistic admissions rubric with which to assess our applicants,糖心传媒� Alexander says. While 17 percent of students applied to Rochester last year without testing, this year糖心传媒檚 percentage soared to 45 percent. For those who did submit standardized test scores to Rochester, the averages of 1,428 (SAT) and 32 (ACT) are higher than recent years. Students admitted to the Class of 2025 have an average high school grade point average of 3.76.
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Students from the Class of 2025 will begin arriving in August. The University has announced some return-to-campus plans for College undergraduates, including about vaccinations and other issues. Visit the COVID-19 Resource Center for more information.
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