I wish Rochester....

skatingmom
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:20:18 +0000

My D is a freshman at UR, and she was really bothered by this last year. We are from the Northeast and UR is virtually unknown to the average household. Everyone thought UR was a public college and couldn’t figure out why D wouldn’t go to our state university instead. Since D wanted to do pre-med, we had spoken to alot of doctors; and they all assured us that the people in the medical fields of study know about UR and what a great university it is. This came from 3 different physicians who earned their degrees at the same Ivy League University. In fact they stated that UR’s biology program is at least equal to if not tougher than this particular Ivy League school. We as parents hadn’t heard of UR either, but when we visited on admitted students day, we were sold. As far as the makeup of the students goes, D is constantly challenged. When she tells us of her peer’s accomplishments in high school, we can’t imagine that she would be with any brighter more motivated students at any other campus. D is very happy at UR and now knows that it is just as good if not better than Ivy League schools. Funny thing is my brother lives in San Diego, and when I told him D got accepted at UR, he said he would choose it over most Ivy League universities, and he works with many individuals who went to Ivy League universities. He was surprised that we and others from our area hadn’t heard of it before. What you all can do is pass the word around to future collegiate applicants on CC and in your hometown. I got a bunch of brochures and am going to drop them off at some area high schools. Hope this helps.