<p>Don’t knock RIT off the list. take a look and see if your son likes it. (My son got accepted, engineering, but hated it there when he went up to look). </p>
<p>Son decided to go to SUNY Buffalo (although accepted to all 15 schools he applied to). Thought it was a great price (and he got merit $ from them as well. ) They are known for great sciences, engineering and comp sci. They opened up a new comp sci/engineering building this past Fall. The Fall internship/job fair seems amazing. My son got paid internships due to companies he followed up with from the fair between soph and junior years and now between junior and senior years. They help with resumes so you have them to distribute and email. Son has also taken advantage of everything he could on campus for his career as well. He’s been doing paid research on campus since sophomore year and his GF does some paid job for a professor. No regrets from him or us. We do expect our son to be employed upon graduation next year. We too are on LI and I think UB is lesser known (so far) but so many down here are UB grads… I just never knew it before. Also, UB is easy to get to. Southwest flies there through Baltimore. </p>
<p>(FYI- Friends son is at RIT. Could not find co-ops and had to stay an extra yr/semester? because he could not graduate without them. Friends son at Northeastern also had a co-op fall through and it was too late to get classes and they had paid for housing so her son had a work study job. Co-ops are great… if you can get them!! Stony Brook, great school and we nearby, but my kids would never consider staying home either!!)</p>
<p>Good luck. If you have UB questions, ask away. At a minimum, your son should apply to UB as a financial safety.</p>