I looked at your other thread. I can’t offer any info on the Physics dept, my son is doing ME. I posted on another NeU versus UR thread that you have to put the Coop versus Research school high in your decision making. UR is big into research and while they have a decent career services dept they are not going to have the job connections NEU will have.
I have a friend whose daughter goes to Drexel, the Phily version of NEU. They groom the kids to find work with resume classes and selected leads for Coops that put the Drexel kids at the front of the line for employer’s looking for interns. You are paying for that insider privilege and there is nothing wrong with that.
Rochester cannot compete with Boston either in terms of city life. Rochester has some cool coffee shops and Art culture but it is not Boston.
My son also was accepted to RPI. They certainly had the best toys for ME but socially, he was turned off with the boy/girl ratio. It is a geek school while UR is a nerd school. There is a difference 