<p>Every time when I told my friends that I planned to apply to URochester, they would ask me why I wanna go there, and then they would suggest me to try RPI, Boston uni. etc.Some people even thought of URochester as RIT. So will URochester be getting better in the future in terms of everything?</p>
<p>U of Rochester is a fantastic school (RIT is also gaining more national prestige, it seems). Just for perspective, being from Rochester, many of my classmates applied to U of R (including myself). It seems like many of them applied to schools like Boston College and the like, and they seem like comparable institutions.</p>
<p>upstater, did you get in? if yes, why would you turn it town for Chapel Hill instead?</p>
<p>Rochester has been one of the top 50 universities in America for decades. Schools rarely make significant advances in the "pecking order" of universities. In the US News rankings, Rochester has actually lost a little ground in the last 15 years. Fifteen years ago Rochester was 25th. Today it is 34th, which is still outstanding.</p>
<p>It is too bad that U Rochester is sometimes confused with RIT which, unlike Rochester, is a thoroughly second-tier school except for photography.</p>
<p>Rochester is a great school. Those who know colleges have always known it is great. RPI might have an edge in engineering but nothing else. Rochester is superior to Boston U in prestige and selectivity and, I think, superior in academic quality in most areas.</p>
<p>yes, i did get in, and i turned it down for a few reasons. firstly, i got the "get the heck out of dodge" syndrome, and wanted to go somewhere completely different for college. Since I plan on living in the southeast when i graduate, carolina was probably a better choice than u of r. another reason is that about 20 kids from my high school matriculated there, and i wanted more of a 'fresh start' than that. finally, carolina ended up being a bit cheaper, even after i was awarded some scholarships from rochester. that being said, though, rochester was probably the hardest to turn down of the colleges i got into.</p>