My favorite thing about the University of Rochester is that it's a passion
driven University we have over 250 different clubs and activities on campus
and we're always adding new ones everybody here has that one special
thing that they're really interested in and really passionate about for me it's
been not only my academics but also being able to be involved in the
performing arts community being a choreographer for ballet performance
group has completely enriched my experience and given me a lot of
opportunities to connect with other students and also given me a lot of
leadership opportunities as well I feel like and really have a university that
supports me and wants me to pursue all of my different passions what really
drew me in was the different majors and the open curriculum that we had I think
my favorite part about the curriculum at U of R is because you can customize your
own schedule you end up being able to take classes with so many different
kinds of people my biggest involvement on campus is
student government I initially got involved just from seeing all the
different changes that students are making at U of R the student body here
is just really enthusiastic about bettering themselves and bettering the
school I think of the lessons I've learned from students at Rochester will
ultimately help me become a much more global citizen and surrounding myself
with a community of people that think that way has just been one of the best
opportunities that I could have had the reason why I chose to come to the
University of Rochester is the research opportunities we have here I started
doing research when I was a sophomore I simply sent an email to my professor
because I was really interested in what he was doing and now I'm staying here
over the summer to do research fellowship I really enjoyed the hands-on
learning experience and the collaborative atmosphere we have as a
university I think a lot of professors understand that students have potential
interest of going into graduate school and they offer a lot of different
research opportunities for students who are interested.
I chose to come to the University of Rochester
because my 10th grade science teacher was an alum from
here he really got me into the sciences and got me really excited for it
it's through his enthusiasm and his honest love and dedication towards the sciences
that I decided to kind of pursue science and later on biology and engineering
one reason I chose University of Rochester for its research is because
right from the get-go freshman year you can get involved as early as your second
semester I love how easy it was to just get involved in anything that's
interested in I've grown so much of these past three years and doing
research here really helped.
In high school I dreamed to play on the college football
field and it was really hard to find mechanical engineering and football at a
university, Rochester just seemed like the right fit you know some top
thirty-five school good in the classroom and also stayed
competitive on the playing field it was just really nice to see my freshman year
coming in the camaraderie out here on the football field and as well as
everybody supported you in the classroom they know what it's like to be a student
and an athlete.
the main factor that encouraged me and that really excited me
about coming here was the people everyone that I met on every visit and
everyone that I ever interacted with it all was just so so friendly it all
starts with those friendships that you make on your freshman Hall those
friendships lead you all the way through your senior year I think it's making
those friendships that's been the absolute best part of my college
experience and having those friendships that have pulled me through all of my
classes and all of my years here the biggest draw for me to come to Rochester
was definitely the atmosphere I've been a part of student government class
Council I've also been a resident advisor for freshman I actually
auditioned for the Yellowjackets my junior year joining the Yellowjackets
has definitely been the highlight of my college career just having a group of
guys that you can come together and make music with and perform for the
University for the Greater Rochester area we travel and do a lot of gigs
around Rochester around New York and around the country so it's really been
been a blessing to have that opportunity to share our gift with with other people
I would say be open to all the experiences that you're gonna have here
you're gonna come in contact with a lot of new people a lot of new things and
you should absolutely 100% try those things you're probably gonna find some
things that you've never heard of before that you're really going to enjoy so
definitely just make the most of your time and all of the opportunities that
are available to you.
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