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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone also look at Case? They seem pretty similar with strong music and ability to double major. Case gives so much more merit aid though. Is Rochester so much better?[/quote]

Both are strong schools.  They were the final 2 choices for my kid.  
here were the main differences we saw: 
UR has a contained campus.  Case is two parts of campus split by the main road---it's a long walk from one end to the other.  Freshman live on one end, sophomores on the other end.

UR did not have a "nerdy vibe", Case did with both the current students and those at admitted students day.  Likely due to fact that UR has more Arts/science kids than Case and many of those are premed, so still science focused.

Cluster system instead of a "core curriculum" is an amazing program!  Outside of their engineering major courses, my kid has the following: 1 freshman writing class---with many topics to choose from---my kid lucked out and topic is Taylor Swift, enough said.  Then as an engineer they need 3 courses (12 units) in both Humanities and Social Sciences.  So my kid's remaining courses will be 12 units of Dance and 12 units of Psychology.  They get to focus on what they LOVE.  No history, no English lit, no philosophy, etc.  is required unless that's what you want to explore in depth.  UR believes in encouraging students to study what they love and it shows.  Most kids do 1-2 minors and many double major.  Those not in engineering are easily able to do a double major and a minor or a single major and 2-3 minors as they have less requirements for their majors.  With a cluster you are 50% towards a minor already.  It makes for kids who learn just to learn, rather than kids who just take  the classes to check boxes.

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