I have been suggesting for my son to look at St Bonaventure also since we will bring driving so far away and fairly close to the campus. His and my husbands argument is that the financial package requires a 3.0 gpa or all money is lost. The other colleges we are deciding between have a 2.0 gpa or no requirement. If you are interested he is choosing between Wheaton (MA) which is probably 1 st choice, RIT, Canisius and UMASS Lowell. We STILL haven’t heard from UMASS Amherst. He is going to study Bioinformatics. If you are not familiar is a biology/statistics/computer science major it is fairly new and colleges haven’t had the program very long or there are very few students enrolled to major. Research will be important along with his ability to go to graduate school. It’s pretty much required in a bioinformatics career. Which is why Canisius is a strong contender with research at UB