@lakemom Agree that for son, biggest decision is whether he totally buys into the co-op model; he says he does. And Northeastern actually also has great research opportunities as well. We had a tour of the physics labs and talked to students who were doing undergraduate research in the labs. And like you said, he’d be in Boston. But there were things about Rochester he really liked, too. The campus (tho of course we were there on a beautiful 60-degree day, and not when it was buried in snow with sub-zero wind chills; and opportunity to be on the Varsity track team, as opposed to the club team at Northeastern. Son feels same about RPI - offered an awesome scholarship, but didn’t feel great about social scene.