University of Rochester vs College of the Holy Cross?

Right now I’m trying to decide between Rochester and holy cross and was wondering if anyone could chime in? Im leaning toward holy cross because they gave me a ton of aid and they’re kinda close to Boston, which is where I want to live. I haven’t received any aid notification yet for rochester.
Thanks!

I have a friend who went to HC and she looooooved it. She went to Columbia with me for grad school. She still hangs out with a lot of her HC friends!

Might be a good idea to wait until Rochester gets back to you about aid, but Holy Cross is a great choice.

Have you visited both? If so, then which one feels more “you?”

@Creekland‌
No, I never went to u of Rochester. I did go to holy cross and it was pretty great. I am a bit concerned about how tough I’ve heard holy cross is. Because I’d like to keep a good GPA (both of the two fields I want to go into -equity research and consulting-look at GPA a good deal).

@juillet‌ could you ask your friend what makes the academics so hard? Ive been wondering that ever since I heard the academics are really challenging…

See if you can visit URoc… then you’d have a fair comparison.

Rochester’s airport is 10 minutes from campus. Cabs are something like $10 - 15. If desired, you can spend the night with a current student.

Holy Cross has a stronger reputation but both are solid choices