BU v. Rochester?

bookmama22
Mon, 04 May 2009 13:25:07 +0000

My d will be a senior at Rochester and chose between BU and Rochester. I have read quite a lot on these boards about Rochester financial package. In our case it was quite the reverse. She had merit scholarship from Rochester which they increased when another offer from a different school was submitted to them (not BU) while BU was very inflexible and would not consider any appeal, even though her stats and awards from other schools were equal. Rochester is a fine school with more flexibility in curriculum than BU. So much depends on your major. Admittedly the city of Rochester is not Boston, but Boston’s winter is just as harsh. My older d went to school and lived in Boston for another year after graduation.