Just curious - if there’s potentially no chance to study what he wants at UNC, other than “rank”, why would it be high up?
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What is the acceptance rate for CS?
OOS kids don’t segregate from the rest of the student population unless they do so by a special interest dorm like Pride Place. Most first years are. In South campus. Let me know if you want hotel recs.
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Why is Rutgers out there? There is a train station on campus, trip to NYC is only an hour.
One of my son’s best friend turned down Boston college for Rutgers honors college, no regrets, its super competitive to get in.
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Out there - I defined as - NU in city, UMD is out there but in proximity to DC, and UNC big suburb if you will but well defined area.
I didn’t mean out there like the middle of Kansas…just a bit further away.
Just how I grouped them.
Like is there a ton to do outside my door…no anti rutgers bias as you can read from other posts.
Looking at UNC, NE, UMD and Rutgers…I agree that out of the 4, Rutgers does not have as much around it as the other schools.
However, the train is close and it is not hard to get into the city.
It looks like it takes 40 minutes to get to DC from UMD, vs. 60 to get to manhattan from Rutgers, train. I think that’s pretty comparable.
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OK - it’s just an opinion I offered on the schools - probably not overly necessary for OP decision.
I was saying what @twogirls confirmed - that of the four, Rutgers might have the least immediately surrounding it.
We don’t really need to debate this one. But now OP knows that’s a benefit of Rutgers, triaining to Manhattan.
I’m just providing info for context for OP - they can use or not as they see fit.
Freshman get luck of the draw in terms of dorms at UNC, and they may choose dorms and get none of their top choices. FWIW, check out Granville Towers too, which is a privately owned “dorm/apartment” right on Franklin Street that is popular. (Though it is also heavily Greek.)
We went to admitted student’s visit day today. While oos population is small (20% or so), they are quickly integrated, so there isn’t a certain place they tend to stay. If you’re oos, your student is likely very strong, and if they continue on that trajectory, they will likely be admitted to their chosen school. UNC is a great school with a great reputation. And you can’t beat that Carolina Blue color!
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My OOS daughter and her roommate got their first choice dorm, but it was known as the ugliest dorm on campus - they liked the location.
Granville is nice, but is known for Greek life. I do agree that as an OOS student you are likely strong, and would stand a good chance at your chosen major.
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Well guessed tsbna44 - yes we are local to NJ and Rutgers is our in-state so is this love-hate lol :). Parents love it kids hate it lol 
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Thanks a lot macxc1009. Appreciate your inputs. We are heading there for admitted students visit day early april. Next week is Rutgers HC admitted students day visit. I am sure once we visit Rutgers HC dorms my child will be opinionated Lol
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Rutgers Honors is very hard to get into so congratulations! 
Admission to CS is selective (you need to take specific classes and get specific grades to be admitted) but non competitive (all who get the grades are admitted) AND the required grades are only a minimum of C in 6 pre-reqs 
basically the best situation for CS/Business majors! I’m not sure you can double major with business but RBS offers 2 solid (18 credits) minors, either Business Administration or Entrepreneurship.
The downside is the split campus 
but you already know that.
Wondering why NEU is not higher ranked on your list: he’s sure to get his majors of interest, academically probably as strong as or close to as strong as UNC, Honors college has solid courses offerings (including honors-only CS and Business classes), plus fee waivers for Dialogue of Civilizations, access to bank investing, all sorts of mentoring and leadership opportunities, and it’s in Boston. The main downside is whether he wants co-ops and understands how it will impact his college experience.
UNC is fantastic but admission to Business is incredibly competitive and requires not just stellar performance in classes but also admission to & involvement in selective clubs. Admission to CS is thorough&competitive, with students not admitted barred from taking CS courses (they can re apply once but their path toward graduation is delayed by 1 semester.) UNC is a great university, but it’s a really big risk.
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Chapel Hill is the quintessential college town. It is definitely not a suburb.
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What happens if your son does not get accepted to his desired majors at UNC? Would he be ok with a different major?
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I think THAT’S ^ the big question. Because otherwise UNC has it all .
So, does he have less competitive majors in mind? Is he set on these 2 super competitive ones (keeping in mind he’ll have to compete with kids admitted to honors -*-)? Can you have him explore other options?
-* Honoŕs guarantees priority registration, which means taking classes when their body clock allows them to be at their most focused and to avoid professors with poor teaching ratings; they have a personal adviser who will guide them and point them toward opportunities; and smaller classes with the best professors who know them enough to write good LORs. So, it’s a real advantage for them when applying to competitive majors.
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It’s a Raleigh suburb - but yes it is a college town - I’m not sure I’d say quintessential but different things mean different things to different people.
Fully agree with you and these articles. This one is a little dated but pretty consistent…
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Chapel Hill does NOT consider themselves a Raleigh suburb (nor is it considered one by most people in the area). Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill make up the triangle in NC and are 3 distinctly different cities. Parts of Chapel Hill do feel like suburbs, but not the area right by UNC, much like most college towns.
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Would data science be an acceptable major if the others don’t pan out (keep in mind my knowledge of this is limited)? It is a new major coming this fall.