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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid visited both, though I went with her to Rochester and my spouse to Case. I think she was leaning toward Rochester at first, but the Case visit changed that, though it may have more to do with what she learned about the programs involved in her particular desired double major. Her impression was that Case was geekier, but not in an overwhelming way, and she seemed to regard the social scene about the same (though she's not a very group-joining person and protests that she wasn't really looking at that). She still thinks either would have been a good fit for her.

Personally, I went to Rochester with no pre-formed opinion and came away favorably impressed. Nice, self-contained campus (except Eastman and medical stuff), though a isolated as others have said. Faculty and staff were very welcoming and seemed interested in talking/helping, which made a pretty stark contrast to the T20s we'd visited earlier in the trip.

Just to note, at most schools you're not limited to where the tour guide takes you! Even on the Sunday we arrived were able to wander around unlocked academic buildings at Rochester. Some schools lock things down more these days, especially in big cities and/or on weekends, but in my experience most still don't (and even at those I'll tailgate absent explicit signage).[/quote]

When we did admitted students visit at UR, there was no official engineering program that day (and we had to move onto Case visit later that week).  So I posted to parents FB page and asked for students who would be willing to give a tour.  Got multiple responses within a few hours.  Ended up with a female BME major who was in their 5th year on the Take 5 program studying linguistics, while she took the MCATS and applied to medical school.  She happily met us and spent over an hour showing us around and answering my daughters questions.  Then shockingly (I seriously could not have planned this better if I had tried), my kid asked about Extra curriculars and found out our volunteer guide was a dancer (just like my kid who did competitive dance) and we then had another 15 mins while she showed us the dance facilities and introduced my daughter to dance teachers.  my kid went away with contact info for the leaders of all the dance groups on campus as well.  Helped my kid see that yes, she would fit in perfectly at UR.

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