whats great about UofR

Clendenenator
Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:09:05 +0000

I’m sure someone else could help more, but since nobody’s replied yet, i’ll take a stab:

The academics are great overall, as you noted. Strengths are in basically any liberal art and engineering. Lots of pre-med. #1 music conservatory in country (eastman, tied with julliard) is associated with it, though it’s like 3 miles away.
A nice looking campus. It’s in a legitamite city of medium size, but at the same time it’s kinda off to itself by the river, so there’s plenty of green space and you don’t feel like you’re right in the middle of new york city or something scary like that. I personally really like the city of rochester.
Overall very friendly seeming atmosphere. The people are quite nice. Not really a party school like ASU or something but there are parties i hear. Yes, parties are at frats but they are not dominated by elitism or anything. Parties are open to anyone. Campus is very safe, too, if you’re obsessed over that.
Also it seems like rochester has made some nice moves in terms of administration. The General Education requirements are basically entirely dispanded, which is great and allows a lot of freedom between topics. They’ve got this “take 5” program which is a FREE fifth year after graduation. Not sure why you would want to do it, but hell, it’s free.
They offer merit aid, too. The recomended deadline for some scholarships is passed, so you might be out of luck for a few of them.
Also, it’s a well-rounded university but at the same time it’s small and undergrad oriented, so it’s somewhat LAC-like.

I dunno if this has helped you any, but I think rochester is a really awesome school. I’ve never heard anyone say anything bad about it.