If YOU turned the University of Rochester down, post your reasons here!!!

Behnam91 · 04-05-2009, 11:36 PM

Well you know what to do. Just say why you turned it down and what you chose instead, if anything.

mufasa104 · 04-06-2009, 12:09 AM

i'm interested in hearing this

Behnam91 · 04-06-2009, 01:18 AM

So am I! I was waitlisted so this is helpful for me.

DreamingOutLoud · 04-06-2009, 08:06 AM

Financial aid. They wanted me to pay thousands more than my EFC. Plus, I hate cold whether and it's near Canada. If you look at my last thread, you'll see I'm still pretty undecided.

I'm sure you guys will attend schools you'll like even better.

Behnam91 · 04-06-2009, 11:20 AM

Well I did something idiotic and applied to only 5 schools instead of 10 or more, and I was overconfident and chose top schools. Four rejections and one waitlist. Rochester hasn't looked at their waitlist for the past 2 years....Not good news for me....

Emory2013? · 04-06-2009, 07:02 PM

Well I have a FAFSA EFC of 4.5k. They want me to pay 22k out of pocket + 5k in loans.

so yeah

Behnam91 · 04-06-2009, 07:04 PM

Wow. You should've contacted them and said you appreciate being accepted but they cheated you by making you pay an impossible amount.

Emory2013? · 04-06-2009, 07:22 PM

Well I'm not going so oh well.

Me=pomegranate!! · 04-07-2009, 12:27 AM

i think i am going to turn down Rochester for Cornell for a couple of (possibly fallible) reasons

cost: CU is about 5k/yr cheaper

soccer: I have a better chance playing soccer at a crappyish D.1 (CU) than an elite D.3 (UR)

Size: i come from a small town, so a city (Rochester) might be too much....at the same time, cornell IS much bigger, but i just think that there may be more of a "Community" feel

Setting and aesthetics: Cornell > Rochester....no argument

Graduate placement/ Prestige: Cornell, again, will usually beat out Rochester any day

Food: I hear UR food is shi77y and Cornell food is da Shi7

all this being said, i am having a hard time turning down UR.... if i got the Ren or Gen Scholarship i def would have went....oh well

Behnam91 · 04-07-2009, 12:31 AM

Intersting...your reasons are valid. Rochester's dining scene isn't at all bad actually. I had lunch with my folks when I toured it, and it was just fine.

jersh55 · 04-07-2009, 01:10 AM

Actually, Me=pomegranate!! is right on the money about UR food. If this is a deciding factor for you (who knows, different things matter for different people), then stay away from here

rix1897 · 04-07-2009, 01:23 AM

My only complaint with the food was the pizza. But I'm used to NYC. haha

For a while I kept a college notebook about random things I saw from these visits and at U of Chicago (where my interviewer here told me to apply as well) all I have written down about student life is "food rocks". hahaha

seattlestudent · 04-07-2009, 06:23 PM

Me=Pomegranate,

I wouldn't consider rochester a real "City". Coming from Seattle and Rochester a person would call the latter desolate compared to the former.

Hope this helps you make your decision!

SaveTheManatees · 04-07-2009, 08:57 PM

Can't afford it. Got in ED too. Hope they're understanding when it comes to releasing students from that agreement.

HaroldLovesMaude · 04-08-2009, 12:10 AM

Also, UR campus is not in the city, it's on the outskirts. I visited both Cornell and Rochester, and while Cornell is undoubtedly more beautiful, Rochester definitely has more of a community feel, if that's what you're looking for (85% of students live on campus all four years, or something like that).