“As soon as they drove thru the 19th ward from the airport towards campus the father said Nope”

The kid didn’t get a vote?

Anonymous wrote:Haha! Mine LOVES the cold.

Sure, but how could they possibly love Rochester?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

I agree, this particular forum should not exist.

Then why are you here?

To get it to de-exist?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

I agree, this particular forum should not exist.

The best way to make something not exist (for you) is to not participate..

Was referring to you

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

I agree, this particular forum should not exist.

Then why are you here?

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Why is there so much crime in Rochester?

Untrue trollery. Rochester is actually a pretty safe metro area and city.

How safe is Rochester, NY?
The metropolitan area's violent crime rate was lower than the national rate in 2020. Its rate of property crime was lower than the national rate.
8.8/10
Rochester has a lower crime rate than similarly sized metro areas, such as Pittsburgh PA and Portland OR.
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/new-york/rochester/crime

As for the city of Rochester itself, the FBI puts its violent crime rate below that of most major midwestern cities (incl Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City MO, etc) and many southern and southwestern ones (Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Tucson), and roughly the same level as (much larger) LA and Dallas.

Which isn't to dismiss that there's crime in Rochester, like anywhere. But it's dishonest to suggest it's particularly acute in Rochester when in fact the opposite is the case.

I agree. My kid is at UR, and they are just extra careful when heading off campus (yeah parties on the other side of river). They know to go in groups of at least 3-4, and to call an uber/lyft if needed.
The nearby area (19th ward) is for most people more just something most of the kids at UR are not used to going thru because they live a privileged lifestyle. But I have another kid who attended a jesuit University in heart of a city (main road thru campus is THE main road in the city. I got used to at least 1 twitter alert per week from their PD about attack, car jacking, robbery, shots fired, etc. Even had a "shots fired 5 blocks from campus and bullet bounced off car and hit the 9 story dorm on campus and went thru a study area that my kid often studies in" (and there were kids in the room, thankfully nobody injured beyond the mental trauma). Walked to see the house my kid lived in 1 block off campus on graduation day, and police were dealing with an attempted car jacking literally 20 ft from my kid's house, right next to where my kid parked their car for 2 years. And then when walking to our car, heard shots fired about 3-4 blocks away at 4pm (middle of day). It's gotten worse there during covid and this past year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

I agree, this particular forum should not exist.

The best way to make something not exist (for you) is to not participate..

Why is there so much crime in Rochester?

Untrue trollery. Rochester is actually a pretty safe metro area and city.

How safe is Rochester, NY?
The metropolitan area's violent crime rate was lower than the national rate in 2020. Its rate of property crime was lower than the national rate.
8.8/10
Rochester has a lower crime rate than similarly sized metro areas, such as Pittsburgh PA and Portland OR.
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/new-york/rochester/crime

As for the city of Rochester itself, the FBI puts its violent crime rate below that of most major midwestern cities (incl Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City MO, etc) and many southern and southwestern ones (Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Tucson), and roughly the same level as (much larger) LA and Dallas.

Which isn't to dismiss that there's crime in Rochester, like anywhere. But it's dishonest to suggest it's particularly acute in Rochester when in fact the opposite is the case.

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Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

I agree, this particular forum should not exist.

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

Did OP say it's the only way they're going about this process?

By the logic of this comment (asking a bunch of random internet strangers is bad), this forum shouldn't exist.

Anonymous wrote:Perfectly understandable asking for impressions of a school on this Board. Of course OP will do their own research. I learn a lot from DCUM all the time. Helps.

Feel free. You get what you paid for.

Anonymous wrote:Good to know about the merit aid situation! Does anyone else have any experiences with merit aid and stats? The website cryptically hints at full tuition scholarships, but most of the kids we know who applied barely got 15K, of that, despite high stats.

My 2022 was a recruited athlete, 4.8 weighted gpa, 3.94 unweighted, 1490 SAT and received $15K merit aid. He went elsewhere.

Perfectly understandable asking for impressions of a school on this Board. Of course OP will do their own research. I learn a lot from DCUM all the time. Helps.

Anonymous wrote:OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.

+1

And Visit!!! Our College counselor had a female kid get accepted and it was their top choice at that point. So they toured on spring break. As soon as they drove thru the 19th ward from the airport towards campus the father said Nope and kid is stuck attending a safety/large state U.
Personally, that didn't bother me as I know that urban campuses are often like that, and I think UR is actually more isolated than say any campus in Boston that is integrated into the city. My kid loves the campus itself and everything about it, academics, social aspect, cluster system, etc.
It helps that their older sibling attend an urban campus/jesuit university in center of city with no boundaries between the campus and "society" (jesuit universities are typically located in some of the worst areas of a city---part of the mission to be in the area to help improve the area, etc). So in reality this is 1000x better IMO. And in reality, no campus is truly safe----crime happens everywhere

OP needs to do her own homework to figure out if any particular college is a good fit or not. UR is great for some and not for others, just like any other college (yes, even Harvard is not for everyone). Asking a bunch of random strangers on the internet (some may be helpful but its almost impossible to tease out those with their own personal agenda), doesn't seem to me to be the best way to go about this process.