University of Rochester - thoughts or opinions?

[Anonymous]

Florida mom here. My DC is interested in Univ of Rochester for social sciences/humanities. Does anyone have any experience with it or taking advantage of the Take 5 program? How cold does it get and for how long? Is it a good place to make friends, community? Any pros or cons?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Rochester is the place to be given climate change. Plus, there is Wegmans and the garbage plate.

[Anonymous]

Idk but I think of it as the same caliber as Brandeis, Northeastern, Lehigh

[Anonymous]

Very good school. The people I’ve known who went there have been smart and grounded.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s great if you can handle the weather. It’s the rare medium sized school and is also an R1. Motivated and smart students but not cutthroat (and a relatively sedate party scene which may be a pro or con depending on the kid. The openish curriculum is also a big draw.

[Anonymous]

It’s a great school but seems crazy expensive for social sciences/humanities…

[Anonymous]

Rochester had the third largest endowment in the country in the early 1970s and reportedly invested it heavily in Kodak and Xerox stock. Oops.

[Anonymous]

Great school. Not cutthroat. All the kids I know there are very smart and super friendly. Nice campus. Eastman School of Music opportunities. Very flexible curriculum. Gives out some merit(used to give out more). Was my kids ED2 choice if they hadn’t gotten into their ED1 choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great school. Not cutthroat. All the kids I know there are very smart and super friendly. Nice campus. Eastman School of Music opportunities. Very flexible curriculum. Gives out some merit(used to give out more). Was my kids ED2 choice if they hadn’t gotten into their ED1 choice.

Congrats to your kid, what was their ED1 choice?

[Anonymous]

Lake effect snow is no joke. Average snowfall in Rochester is 102 inches. I live in Western PA and our average snowfall is 44 inches. Weather aside, it’s a good academic school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Florida mom here. My DC is interested in Univ of Rochester for social sciences/humanities. Does anyone have any experience with it or taking advantage of the Take 5 program? How cold does it get and for how long? Is it a good place to make friends, community? Any pros or cons?

Roughly the same experience as WUSTL or Rice without as much admissions stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great school. Not cutthroat. All the kids I know there are very smart and super friendly. Nice campus. Eastman School of Music opportunities. Very flexible curriculum. Gives out some merit(used to give out more). Was my kids ED2 choice if they hadn’t gotten into their ED1 choice.

Congrats to your kid, what was their ED1 choice?

Boston University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lake effect snow is no joke. Average snowfall in Rochester is 102 inches. I live in Western PA and our average snowfall is 44 inches. Weather aside, it’s a good academic school.

U Rochester itself actually does not get that much "lake effect snow". That is Buffalo.
In the last 2 years, while buffalo gets 7 ft, Rochester gets a dusting. They haven't had more than 3-4 in at a time in last 2 years on campus---maybe 12-20 in total. They are 10-15 miles from the lake (where the 120 in might occur).

[Anonymous]

school-semester temps are not fun though, right?