Pursuing Their Passions: Britney Waldrop

Introducing some of the members of the class of 2021, meet Britney Walrop, from Hoover, Alabama.

Britney Waldrop found Rochester by accident.

“I was on Common App and meant to click on the University of Richmond, but clicked Rochester instead,” she says.

About halfway through the application, she realized her mistake, but also something else:

“I realized I loved everything about this place, especially the open curriculum, and I decided to apply.” She paid a visit to campus last March.

Waldrop is interested in studying English and philosophy. Activities including Mock Trial, Debate Union, and Students’ Association Government—as well as opportunities for education abroad—have already caught her eye.

She says Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, is “completely different” from Rochester, but that’s OK.

“The weather’s different, the food’s different, and the people are different. I love that Rochester has diners on every corner. All of that is so strange to me, but I absolutely love it.”

Some things are more familiar.

“I was completely shocked by the Southern hospitality that everyone on campus has,” she says. “Over and over, Rochester stole my heart when I least expected it.”

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