How much does the extra $7k per year for RIT affect you and your family? Specially, would more debt than the federal direct loans be needed?
While Buffalo’s 2.5 to 2.8 GPA requirement does mean that some students in good academic standing do not get into their majors, it is significantly less of a barrier than the GPA requirements at some other schools (e.g. 3.5 technical and 3.0 overall for chemical engineering at Wisconsin, or 3.4 technical for mechanical engineering at The Ohio State University).