<p>Rochester does have easy access to the city, but it has a distinctly different feel than UPenn. jkeil911 the students , police, admin are all fine a Rochester. My D went to Rochester and My S is at Penn. They do have different feels. Penn is definiely an urban campus in a large urban environment. It does have a campus feel but you still know you are in the city. Similarities would be schools in NY (Columbia, Fordam) DC (Georgetown, GW) Chicago (Depaul, UC) or other schools is larger urban environments. Rochester feels more like a suburban campus. It is in a city but right on the city border. It feels more like a Northwesten (i.e in a suburb next to Chicago), Nevertheless like Northwestern, Rochester has good academics and easy access to the city. </p>