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[quote=Anonymous]If you have visited both University of Rochester and CWRU with a prospective student (even better if you saw them both and have a student who enrolled at one of these schools): Can you tell me about “vibe” differences and similarities? We toured Rochester last week and my DC (current junior) had some reservations after the tour. We are trying to decide whether to make a visit to CWRU at some point since it checks many of DC’s boxes, but I’m a little hesitant if the feeling is a lot like Rochester’s.

While the Rochester campus is attractive, self-contained, and close to downtown (all pluses in DC’s book), it was hard to get a sense of the student body’s personality. We did not see a lot of students walking or studying together. It was a chilly morning and the tour guide took us inside very few buildings (only the library and dorm, not any of the classroom buildings or campus center or athletic spaces). At other schools we have seen indoor spaces where students can sit together to study or chat, but we weren’t able to get a sense of that at Rochester. The tour guide mentioned a competitive vibe among her classmates that had turned her off from her original major and led her to pivot toward something more social-science related than STEM. My DC is already interested in the social sciences but is hoping to avoid a very competitive atmosphere.

We also didn’t love that the walk from Rochester to any off-campus restaurants, coffee shops etc. would take at least 15-20 minutes. They’re trying hard to promote their “Collegetown” strip of businesses, but it’s not adjacent to campus.

Thanks for any insights if you have enough experience to be able to compare the two schools![/quote]

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