Tuition is fully covered for both schools. Being from Massachusetts, I have close friends from Boston that went to NEU and Harvard University. I’m leaning more towards University of Rochester for it’s less population, better education (in my opinion), and no distraction in my studies for Computer Science or Biomedical. But if I were to go to NEU, I’ll also be able to room with friends from high school and get the help that I need, but I’m unsure if either outweighs the other
What I truly want is a successful education without interruptions, and knowing can get it from both colleges in a different way. NEU I’ll have people I know, but there’s also new people that I can become closer to in UR because of it’s size compared to NEU 16k undergrads.
NEU is also well known for providing internships and well-prepare their students for real jobs. Do you know how well UR is towards preparing students for attaining jobs? I’m sure it’s great, but I haven’t been able to hear or read much about it.
NEU doesn’t provide just internships: co-ops are 6 months long and take an entire semester. That means you won’t be in classes. If you don’t like interruptions, if I am interpreting that right, then go UR.
I would say that the academic quality isn’t that different though. I chose between UR and NEU for CS, and NEU far and away has the better program. UR"s CS program is very small and has limited offerings: just the basics.
Biomedical, UR def wins out. That would be a true difference.
So another vote for UR, but CS will be limited and small there.
It is really the difference between picking a Coop school versus a research one. RIT (20 min away from UR) is also a Coop school and has many of the same programs as UR. RIT like NEU requires you stay longer to complete your Coop/internship. So use that as a top point for evaluation. UR does have a decent career services dept but I don’t think they can complete with a school that is totally focused on providing that job practice.