Rutgers University (2023-2024)

[eager hamlet]

he was 6’2 I think

anyone know who this is 😫

[lyric rover]

💀

[spice elm]

anyone know when they might release the next wave of admissions

[nova idol]

@stiff magnet shoot your shot lil bro

[nova idol]

i think i saw jan 1 as a potential date

[lyric rover]

👀

[glacial prism]

Ooooh

[glacial prism]

Hi

[stiff magnet]

The entire state of New Jersey and especially Rutgers is all brown kids

💀

[stiff magnet]

Hell no we don't rep NJ here

Texas baby

[naive elk]

It most definitely is

Brown frat boys are the weirdest thing ever

[nova idol]

buddy from massachusetts trying to rep texas

[azure lintel]

why 🤨 🤨

is this finna be racist

[naive elk]

I’m brown too

[azure lintel]

then why is it weird

[timid sun]

💀

[mortal trout]

has anyone recieved the new brunswick one

[silk crypt]

oh you live close as shit to me then 😭

im basically direct neighbors with phs lmfao

[silk crypt]

they're coming somewhere around mid jan

[silk crypt]

eh only certain parts

when i lived in north jersey i was the only brown kid except one other in the entirety of my school and brown kids were nonexistent in surrounding ares too

but im half white so i just told people i was mixed when they asked 😭

[silk crypt]

hate to agree but it is true

but then all frat boys are weird asf

just that the brown frats try to imitate what the other frats do and its just eh

educational frats are chill though

only the frats that try to act like white boys are weird asf

[mortal trout]

why where the other 2 so quick

[timid sun]

Same LOL

[silk crypt]

they do rolling

nb doesnt

well im p sure they do rolling i didnt apply to newark and canden

but last year and years prior all rutgers admits got accepted during jan

and i mean like all

all the college commit posts on insta to rutgers happened in the span of a week end of january 😭

[naive elk]

Nb is also just flooded with applications and now with common app I believe it’s the largest application pool in university history

[eager hamlet]

is anyone else getting text messages from rutgers nb?

only rutgers newark has been spamming my number and email like crazy

does this mean rutgers nb rejected me or sumn shi ☹️

[eager hamlet]

duh

but i’m tryna find a specific one

[floral grove]

Nope

[silk crypt]

nah only from newark

[floral grove]

my friend got accepted to rutgers nb today

he got into newark and camden

At this point, I think they do newark and camden first, then those who have applied there and expressed interest for nb get priority

[silk crypt]

ive heard that internationals get earlier decisions then normal applicants for nb were they international?

if not that damn might hear from nb sooner

[floral grove]

Nope, in state

[silk crypt]

oh damn this gets me a little hype then

also in state

did he put priority for nb?

im guessing yeah

[meager oasis]

i applied international and still havent gotten a decision so probably not true

[eager hamlet]

yeah I know a few people who’ve got their decision from rutgers

they do it in waves I believe

[mortal trout]

oh

[deft fiber]

getting into one campus doesn't decrease your chances for another right?

got rutgers newark decision, but mainly want to go to nb (also any news on when this is coming out)?

[eager hamlet]

when did you get it and when did you apply to new ark?

[deft fiber]

Like 2 days ago and applied nov 28

[flat shuttle]

!rutgers

[naive elk]

Nope

[tame relic]

before february

it’s in waves

like said before

[soft sage]

could new brunswick be out now or smth

if it is possible I gotta check

fine I goin'

[rigid root]

Guys

my Rutgers's Portal section "Under review" is still locked

any clue why?

I applied EA

[glacial prism]

No

[glacial prism]

What

[rigid root]

yeah

[glacial prism]

Cause NB hasn’t released decisions yet

[eager hamlet]

does rutgers send you an email or text message when you get your decision

i’ve been eagerly waiting for rutgers newark to come out but i’m not sure when

[floral grove]

They have started to

My friend already got in

I think they are reviewing those who applied to Newark and Camden first

And then once they process those, they will move on to everyone else

That is the trend I am seeing

[tame relic]

ye

[terse horizon]

wait i j got into camden and newark

what ab my new brunis wick one?

[silk crypt]

usually comes later

ngl ive heard that some people are alr getting in

but like most commonly comes out mid jan

[spiral solar]

No

[floral grove]

Wowzers

[spiral solar]

Wowzers

[restive mist]

I applied to New Brunswick early, though like a couple weeks ago to Newark (Out of State because I could)

[rustic nacelle]

has been updated

new brunswick

[soft sage]

I wish I ea'd here like seriously

I found out about this place in like what, 11/2?

[gusty quarry]

Do u EA or RD

[soft sage]

prob ea

rd is in like what, feb?

[rustic nacelle]

Ea

[floral grove]

My thing has not gone under review yet

[silk crypt]

got into newark somewhere in between these two days

wasnt even under review when week started

new brunswick under review rn

2 schools at nb under review 1 says under process

im assuming that means they finished reviewing ig

[floral grove]

At this point, I am going to say that if you apply to a satellite campus and nb, you get first priority for nb application review

If you only apply to nb, you are second priority

[soft sage]

bruh

and I checked off the other two because the fact I don't even wanna go there but

aah

[floral grove]

What I said may not be completely true, but that is the pattern I am seeing

[lyric rover]

I applied for Newark as well and still no decision 😔

[silk crypt]

i applied to newark pretty late

like 3 or 2 weeks ago

because i found out i could apply to 2 more extra schools off the site

and somewhere within these 2 days i got a decision

RBS and school of sciences

[rustic nacelle]

idk i only applied new brunswick and already under review?

no decision yet

[nova idol]

mine not under review lol

[rustic nacelle]

yea i was mainly jus replying to the guy who said possibly like if you apply to others you get priority yk

[nova idol]

it probably means nothing tbh

[restive mist]

I also applied to Newark, since they have a nice program for my choice of major. Wouldn't mind getting into either

[floral grove]

I see

[silk crypt]

i think they're starting to do more new brunswick apps now

[safe ferry]

I recently got an admission acceptance email from Rutgers (also updated on portal), how long do I have to tell them whether I’ll attend or not? I saw that May 1st was the day but then I saw another thing that said 1 week but was confused about under what condition would 1 week be the limit, so anyone who is familiar with Rutgers’ admission policy, let me know!

Nvm, got some info from someone, pretty sure it’s May 1st, I’m gonna go breathe and calm myself down 💀

[soft sage]

I know EA is EA but this early?

wow

[lyric rover]

It’s def not 1 week lol

[glacial prism]

how is rutgers nb still in review man what r they doing

applied in like

august

[drifting grotto]

Kinda curious, but has Rutgers NB ever rejected somebody from in state because of yield protection?

[floral grove]

People from my school have been rejected, but probably because of bad grades

[floral grove]

Congrats

My thing has not gone under review yet

Does applying to the honors college affect the decision time

[tame relic]

tbh

for oos students shit's hella harder

but instate i even seen people with like 3.0 Gpa's get into SOe and such with medicore ec's and prolly a decent essay

Rutgers is the

peak of mediocore

worth it for instate students imo

oos students it depends.. def worth it if your in the tri-state area.. NYC, CT and NJ otherwise ehh

there are better options with more prestigious programs

[floral grove]

What do out of state people think of rutgers

Cause in nj, kids tend to talk trash about the school or devalue it

Now, not so much but a few years back, yes

[soft sage]

good safety option

close to ny & pa

mid weather but better than cornell and newhaven

large campus, crowded buses

pretty fun campus life

worth a shot honors college

yeah thats all

[floral grove]

Thanks for sharing

Based on what you are saying, the opinions are similar between in state and oos

[floral grove]

This is the largest complaint I have heard about the school

[soft sage]

I have a friend who is 1 year older than me now at rutgers, he likes it 69% of the time

[floral grove]

Ah. The funny number

[soft sage]

these stereotypes are basically from him, he tells me everyhing about that place and I agree with him

I mean just look at the map

[floral grove]

I see

[floral grove]

Getting around is annoying

Also, I've heard that the dorms are bad

[soft sage]

thats true, but honors college makes it much better

[floral grove]

Yeah

That's the exception

[soft sage]

thats why its worth a repurpose of an essay from CORNELL for it, like I NEED IT

please

[floral grove]

If I get into hc, my parents will most likely make me go to rutgers

I want to move far away from them

[soft sage]

rutgers is basically the best target/safety Im applying to based on campus atmosphere

Id go there rather than uiuc, gtech and osu

[floral grove]

Really, rutgers over gtech?

I'm surprised

[soft sage]

I don't like the atmosphere of gtech a lot, I just like the research opportunities

[floral grove]

But at the same time, I have not been to gtech's campus

[soft sage]

and the funny thing is, I found rutgers in 11/2, ea is 11/1, so I missed it by like a few hours

[floral grove]

Is it cause almost everyone there is an engineer

And more graduate students over undergrad

[soft sage]

I swear it is just the cooldown browsing session after submitting 5 apps

[floral grove]

Damn. You were so close

[soft sage]

I didn't even know rutgers was a thing before

[floral grove]

That's fair

It's not an extremely prestigious university

But they have decently high rankings

[soft sage]

rutgers really sounds like an ivy toned down

I am sorry if thats offensive

thats my impression

[floral grove]

Nah

[soft sage]

hm

[floral grove]

I don't take offense

[floral grove]

Rutgers Princeton rivalry be wild

It is a big 10 school

[soft sage]

it is just princeton but not that good at research and larger

[floral grove]

So sports tend to be a huge thing compared to other schools

[soft sage]

I don't do sports sadly

so its not a decisive factor

[floral grove]

Essentially

[floral grove]

It's not about doing sports but the atmosphere itself. School spirit will be larger and people will prioritize going to football games

[soft sage]

yeah

[lyric rover]

Only a few ppl know abt it but those who do think it’s p good

[silk crypt]

not yield protection but i knew some seniors last year that got rejected for idek what

like they werent crazy in applications

but they werent dumb either

like they shouldve made it in but didnt

one went to OSU other went to northeastern after that

they were pissed bc they wanted to stay instate

[silk crypt]

lot of companies tri state and even farther respect rutgers

as an in state i dont get why people trash on rutgers so much

like if anything im grateful i have such a good school as a safety

[floral grove]

I think it's because people trash nj in general

But it's a great state

[silk crypt]

yeah

idk i guess so many people water it down as a safety in state that it doesnt matter if the schools good or not

like the only people in my school that i see respecting rutgers are the ones that cant make it in because their stats are so b ad

[solid badge]

eveyone in my school shits on Rutgers

Poor rutgers

then they all go to schools That arent good as Rutgers

[soft sage]

nobody on my schools shits on rutgers

they be like "whats rutgers" until they are the one recommended to be applying

I am the same

I literally did known about Rutgers not until 11/2 morning

[silk crypt]

fr i see people go to uDelaware and stuff

ngl i usually think people like them got rejected

[silk crypt]

you in state or oos

[soft sage]

oos

intl

if I am instate and I don't know about rutgers that d be concerning

[silk crypt]

yeah i was about to say lol

everybody in jersey knows about rutgers even little kids lol

[drifting grotto]

by not know, did you at least know it existed or not know at all?

[silk crypt]

remember so many kids in elementary' school wearing rutgers merch

[soft sage]

I legit learned about the existence of this place in 11/2

[silk crypt]

prolly not even existed

[soft sage]

I wish I was joking

[drifting grotto]

in state?

[silk crypt]

hes international

[drifting grotto]

ah ok

[silk crypt]

so not concerning at all tbh

[soft sage]

aehy

[drifting grotto]

yeah not concerning

[silk crypt]

i wouldnt have known abt rutgers if i was in texas or smth

unless i watched sports

but thats it

[drifting grotto]

ngl if i was in texas, id go to ut austin

[soft sage]

I don't watch sports either

[silk crypt]

yeah same

[soft sage]

asians don't broadcast american college bowls

[silk crypt]

with me its if i dont get into reaches im just going to rutgers

[soft sage]

If I was in texas I would go to UC

[silk crypt]

and if another school similar to rutgers gives me a scholarship ill go there

as of rn binghamton gave me like 16k a year

i think

around that

[drifting grotto]

same. and at least for me, the thing with rutgers is they accept all my community college credits, or at least an overwhelming majority of it

[soft sage]

wait how are you rutgers 28 for now

it came out?

[silk crypt]

newark did but ik im making it into nb

[drifting grotto]

id much rather go to montclair than end up at rutgers newark

[silk crypt]

if im in state with a 1500 and 3.8 and get rejected then id actually mald

[drifting grotto]

idk why i applied newark tho, i kinda regret it

[silk crypt]

newark isnt that bad tbh, its also the og business school and nb just takes what newark has

only diff is new brunswick is more selective

in admissions

but id still choose nb obviously

[drifting grotto]

nah, i dont really like the city, been there a few times, i feel like i would feel unsafe if i had to go there a lot

[silk crypt]

i lived there for 16ish years and its honestly not that bad

cities in general arent safe

and newark has gotten wayyy better over the years

[drifting grotto]

well i applied ed to nyu, so kinda being a hypocrite there

[silk crypt]

camden is my only issue lol

i was considering ed2 for nyu after jhu deferred me

but ngl i dont want to pay 80k a year

[drifting grotto]

i mean i would totally understand if they rejected someone like that from out of state, but in state, id be geninunely surprised, because if you really think about it, there'd be a legitimate reason for someone with those stats to actually end up at rutgers, like lower in state costs.

[soft sage]

they do deferrals?

[silk crypt]

yeah i guess so

since i got deferred lol

to RD

[soft sage]

do you know anyone else that had that treatmen

t

[silk crypt]

in my school no

[drifting grotto]

well the only reason why i applied ed2 to nyu is because of stern. i didnt really find a reason to go there if it wasn't for stern.

[soft sage]

eh

[silk crypt]

i only know of 3 in my school that applied besides me for ED

[drifting grotto]

otherwise id much rather end up at rutgers

[silk crypt]

they all got rejected

[silk crypt]

yeah same

like if Purdue Engineering doesnt accept me im just going rutgers

[drifting grotto]

what do you want to major in?

[silk crypt]

mechanical engineering

[drifting grotto]

oh that's nice

[silk crypt]

also someone in my school on our naviance got rejected with like a 1550 or smth and a good gpa

they mustve had a criminal record or smth 😭

[drifting grotto]

well there's tons of reasons why they would get rejected

essays

etc

[silk crypt]

yeah another had a 1600, national merit finalist, etc got into MIT Stanford Harvard and got rejected from UMich and rutgers lol

last year

dude was cracked

[drifting grotto]

ok yeah, then that's totally understandable in a sense

[soft sage]

I think the explanation of yield protections works this way

[silk crypt]

yeah

but still yk umich is competitive asf already

[soft sage]

imagine having everything and you apply to a 50ish school they be like "really?"

[silk crypt]

true true

only one that had me slightly confused is umich because they really are selective

out of state

[soft sage]

UMich is already in of itself quirky

They can see that in your essay you could be a better fit somewhere else

[silk crypt]

i only really care about umich because one of my friends it a umich meatrider lol

and i want him to get in bc of that

mf has umich merch on at least once a week, his dad went to umich etc

his dad even had an og tom brady umich jersey 😭

they have that shit hung up in their living room wall

[nova idol]

flag on the play

unnecessary dickriding

[silk crypt]

if he doesnt make it into umich our friend groups gonna have to console him for a month 😭

[nova idol]

damn man, i hope he gets it. that’s why dream schools are a double edged sword

[silk crypt]

yeah

thats why mentally with me like i was crushed for a few days when jhu deferred me but i just told myself that at least im going to college if jhu doesnt work out

i also told myself that at least i wouldnt have to live in baltimore

unless i get in RD 😭

[nova idol]

yeah that’s good

my friend had upenn has his dream school and got rejected and he was pretty crushed

[silk crypt]

yeah one of my friends had upenn as his dream school

even his counselor told him he'd probably make it in

he had perfect stats

still got flat out rejected

i felt crushed for him tbh

[nova idol]

yeah it sucks seeing your friends destroyed

[solid badge]

bro same

i dont Wanna Get Rejected

i Hope i get a Good scholarship Or something

i Like to consider

[nova idol]

i don’t think you will

[silk crypt]

yeah this is why i find yield protection stupid asf

like some people with great stats apply to schools not as great as ivys because they want better

aid

[soft sage]

guys guys guys

I just realized

as an intl I accidentally sent the wrong toefl score to Rutgers and UT Austin

The thing wasn't written on common app because it wasn't a highscore so my counselor initially told me its okay to not put it on even though I did it

So I submitted a toefl score that is not as good as the only one stated on common app, AFTER that one and not on common app. Does this mean that my academic integrity truncation will disallow me from being accepted here or anywhere?

[floral grove]

I think you should be fine

People make mistakes like that all the time

[restive mist]

Aye fellow Rutgers applicants, got accepted to Newark & Camden. Waiting on my New Brunswick decision (out of state, from the Southwest)

[soft sage]

aye

[floral grove]

Nice

[silk crypt]

wait wtf is rutgers tuition going to be like for an in state

my stat teacher was talking to me ab his prior students getting absolutely dogshit aid

and it totaling to nearly 40k a year

from rutgers

so they chose to go oos at that point

like how much would rutgers cost me if i didnt dorm and lived at home

[soft sage]

do you live near rutgers though

[silk crypt]

yeah

well kinda

25-30 min drive

so close enough

ill take the 30 min drive to a class over another 10-15k addition a year yk

or worst case scenario i rent nearby for cheap

/roomates

bc dorming at rutgers sucks

and overpriced

[floral grove]

30k if you stay on campus

17k if you commute

[glacial prism]

yea rutgers nb not getting back in 2023

sad

[spice elm]

like what

[spice elm]

can you transfer into the honors program?

i didnt apply honors though i should have

got into newark and camden and waiting for nb

[floral grove]

Nope

[silk crypt]

nah you gotta do the essay

it used to be where they would just flat out tell you if you made it in

im pretty sure this year for us we had to write an essay now

we got unlucky

essay wasnt bad tho just annoying

[spice elm]

gotchu thanks

[floral grove]

Did they do that because of the switch to common app or was it to reduce the potential candidates

[silk crypt]

possibly both tbh

could be the switch to common app bc its their first year

[floral grove]

The rutgers essay was one of the last supps I did

[silk crypt]

they still probably use the same process of just gpa/sat scores but they just filter it out even more with people who are and arent interested

[floral grove]

Once I got the topic, I wrote it pretty quickly

[silk crypt]

so that way maybe people with more interest actually get in

[floral grove]

I see

[floral grove]

Fair point

[silk crypt]

probably to filter out people that just didnt care less about it

[floral grove]

They want to give the opportunities to the right people

[silk crypt]

even if they qualified

yeah

[floral grove]

Cause rutgers honors has better dorms and less cost

[silk crypt]

yeah

[floral grove]

So if you were to get it, you are most likely going to take it

[silk crypt]

im pretty sure the cost part isnt too insane

[floral grove]

Unless you go somewhere else

[floral grove]

My friend's brother pays less than 10 grand at rutgers and he is in hc

For him, it was a substantial discount

[silk crypt]

a lot of people in my school got honors and they said the extra aid didnt really add a dent to anything

but free money is still money

yeah im pretty sure some got less then 10k

[floral grove]

That is true

[floral grove]

Probably those who are top 1%

[silk crypt]

honestly the sunys have been giving good aid to me so i might end up comparing my rutgers cost with the suny costs

but then i live 25 mins away from rutgers so i could just commute

and not worry about the dorm costs

[floral grove]

Is suny giving you instate tuition?

That is what I heard they are doing for nj kids

[silk crypt]

if they are thats insane

[floral grove]

Probably dorm for the first year so you get the experience

[silk crypt]

idk what my tuition is yet tbh

i just got scholars

[floral grove]

Nice

[silk crypt]

which takes a chunk off even out of state costs

[floral grove]

I haven't gotten a single financial offer either

Probably cause fafsa hasn't released yet

[silk crypt]

honestly im gonna try to find out abt that because my parents pay nyc taxes too because they work there

[floral grove]

I wish you luck in your endeavor

[silk crypt]

thanks, good luck on admissions!

[floral grove]

Thanks!! You too!!

[cerulean frigate]

when do applications for honors close?

[floral grove]

December 1

Now, rutgers is on rolling admission

Since ea and rd deadlines are over

[cerulean frigate]

oh

so i cant apply for honors now?

[silk crypt]

yeah it closed im p sure

[cerulean frigate]

damn

[lyric rover]

new brunswick when 😭

[silk crypt]

soon

im guessing most admissions offices are closed or just slowed down bc of break

id say after jan 2nd things will start coming in again

based on last years senior acceptances in my school a big chunk of them came mid january

[lyric rover]

🙏

[drifting grotto]

idk about rutgers specifically, but many admissions offices are closed right now during break and won't open until after new years

[turbid jetty]

i applied like in november and it still says under review as locked

anyone konw wahts going ojn?

[silk crypt]

did you apply to newark/camden

almost all the people with under review unlocked that i talked to irl had a secondary campus

if anything expect after jan 2nd tbh

all admissions offices probably closed for break

[turbid jetty]

idk

it just says rutgers

idk how to see that

[silk crypt]

go to portal

holdup ill take a ss

[silk crypt]

pretty sure its here

i cant really click here anymore bc i added max schools

[turbid jetty]

wait

it says add a school

did i not compelte it?

[silk crypt]

does it show this when you click view applications

[silk crypt]

send a ss

click on either add school/view applications

and itll show you the schools you've applied to

if you want to i think you can still add newark/camden but id just do newark if anything

[turbid jetty]

i cant sened images

[meager oasis]

for the FAFSA, does anyone know which one's the correct school code for new brunswick

oh oops I can't send the image

but it shows up twice, one of them's 6964 and the other is 2629

[soft sage]

I just realized I forgot to send SATs to rutgers holy sht

doing it now

wait what

I did submit it as early as 1month ago

and they re saying they didn't receive it

please like what does this mean

[gusty quarry]

Omg I have the same issue as you

You just need to email to admission office to ask them if they received ur score yet

For mine there was a difference in the email of my sat account and my applucation account but later I told them that I change my cb account to my application account and then they approved it

[solid badge]

where do u see this

i need to do my srar

[soft sage]

the portal

[soft sage]

what was the exact wording of what you did

minus all the personal stuff of course

[solid badge]

does anyone know how to fix this

[soft sage]

close every tab of your browser and open a new one, then try

again

[gusty quarry]

Wdym

[soft sage]

I am not quite sure I follow what this exactly means

my cb account and mysat account uses the same email

but my common app uses a different one so

[solid badge]

just send ur sat score

through commonapp

i mean

collegeboard

its still registered under ur name

[gusty quarry]

Sry I mean email not account

[gusty quarry]

Yes if you sent ur score to rutgers from your cb email and if the cb email not matched to the common app email, they will not approve it. It haa to be the same email

[soft sage]

so how do I do it

[gusty quarry]

Just email them

[soft sage]

every other college I applied to os okay with that

[gusty quarry]

Yeah me too lol

[soft sage]

but I don't have the receipt

how to I retrace it

[gusty quarry]

Just email them they handle it very quickly

Just tell them ur cb account , id and email you register to CB and said that this score is from you

Thats all

If they need more clarification just give them

[soft sage]

what the hell

what is "contact us"

I am actually infuriated right now

I can't even find their email for crying out loud

just what is their email

@gusty quarry just what email address did u use

[rustic nacelle]

click contact us bruh

if you ever bothered to click the brightly underlined text it would take you to a VERY obvious contact us form

[solid badge]

LMFAOO

bro its Literally Underlined 😭😭

[young kiln]

How does Rutgers business school newark compare to New Brunswick and Camden?

[soft sage]

ohh thats clickable

damn I feel stupid

out of all the things I could have tried I didn't click it

[glacial prism]

Bro stop trolling 😭

[silk crypt]

new brunswick basically took newarks style of learning

its the same

its just that new brunswick is harder to get into compared to newark

idk much about camden though

i just know that RBS newark and nb are basically the same

[glacial prism]

wym

[floral grove]

New Brunswick is probably better by most if not all factors in general

Its the main campus

And it's in a safe area

Compared to Newark and Camden

[silk crypt]

like the teachers/education etc

like the courses are the same im pretty sure

they learn the same stuff

just diff campuses

id 100% choose nb over newark though just bc of campus

[glacial prism]

why is nb campus better

[silk crypt]

better area, more selective(which means better students get in), newark kind of takes everyone so those that arent that smart get in as well, and as starman said safer

also its better in other majors

rn im just saying business is equal in both campuses

but like for engineering or smth nb beats newark

basically the more competitive school

in the end your degree is just going to say Rutgers

not a campus

but sometimes employers will ask for transcripts and stuff which will show which campus you went to

and id prefer mine to say NB over Newark just because its more competitive and respected i guess

[young kiln]

@silk crypt i think i got instantly accepted for Newark RBS

within a couple days

at most a week or two lol

[silk crypt]

yeah same lol

i found out i could add an extra two campuses early december

[young kiln]

Unless the rest of the college application process goes sideways Rutgers is not on my mind

[silk crypt]

got in mid december

rutgers nb is on my mind because im in sate

state

i alr know i got in

[young kiln]

yeah thats definetly good then

I'm OOS

International

[silk crypt]

but like if i dont get into purdue or my reaches for engineering im going rutgers

or binghamton

bing gave me some scholarships so ill compare

[young kiln]

My school limits the amount of applications we can do and Rutgers is one I did without anyone knowing because it is SRAR

[silk crypt]

damn that sucks

whats your limit?

[young kiln]

It's 10, but this year our senior class fought really hard in weird ways to extend the limit to 12

a lot of going back and forth with the school board and we extended it to 12

i was hoping 15

[glacial prism]

what

oh ur international

[young kiln]

yeah

[soft sage]

goddamn

I just kinda applied everywhere without telling anyone because why

as an intl

why do we have limits anyways

[young kiln]

@soft sage but doesn’t your school have to send recommendations and transcripts?

I’m really pissed that we have limits, if I can pay for the applications and get them done they should t be stopping me

[soft sage]

they are all on the common app

its literally the same thing

unless you are talking about MIT and Georgetown and such

[young kiln]

Still my school limits it to 12

Only exceptions are like UCs and UCAS and Apply Texas, they all count as one application each

[spice elm]

yo when rd coming out for nb

intl

[floral grove]

Probably in Feb or March

Ea is supposed to come out by end of Jan

[drifting grotto]

does anybody know when NB decisions for EA will start coming out? Like I know it comes by late January, but when do they start releasing decisions?

[lyric rover]

i think theyve begun already for a few ppl

[drifting grotto]

Does it matter if they applied via commonapp or through rutgers’ own portal, in terms of the order of the decisions it comes by?

[floral grove]

My friend got accepted to nb already

But he also applied to Camden and Newark

So i feel like they are reviewing applications that have already been opened by Camden and Newark before they move onto nb only

[cerulean frigate]

in state?

[floral grove]

Yes

[cerulean frigate]

ah

[nova idol]

i’m in state and have not received a nb decision yet

[median phoenix]

Same 🥲 It just says in process

I’m so nervous I hope I get in

[floral grove]

As in under review?

Mine has not even gone under review yet

[median phoenix]

I applied to Newark so it says decision made but nb one just says in process

Idk if it’s under review or not

[floral grove]

I see

[median phoenix]

Do yk anyone that got their nb decision

[floral grove]

One of my friends did. He applied to business, instate.

[nova idol]

i might be stupid but are there separate sections on the portal or separate portals for each campus

i only applied to nb

[median phoenix]

No

[median phoenix]

When did they apply

I applied on oct 30th

[floral grove]

I honestly don't know

[median phoenix]

Rutgers is so slow I heard back from every college except this

[floral grove]

Definitely not in August

He applied ea

To all three campuses

[floral grove]

That is what someone told me as well

Either they are very slow at processing or there are a lot of people they are on the fence with in terms of admission

Plus, honors college admission is a whole another thing

[median phoenix]

They prob got a lot more applicants this year cuz of common app

[floral grove]

Cause it's usually the best of the best students in there

[median phoenix]

Yeah

[floral grove]

Most likely. Probably more oos kids

[median phoenix]

I didn’t even apply for honors

[floral grove]

This year, they added the essay

Back then, there was no essay

[median phoenix]

Really?

[floral grove]

Yep

[median phoenix]

Wow I didn’t know that

Everything is different this year

[floral grove]

True

I feel like class of 25 has it worse in more ways tho

In general

Cause they have to deal with dsat

[median phoenix]

Oh yeah def

Isn’t it easier tho

[floral grove]

A bunch of 25 kids I know tried to get it over with before paper was discontinued

[floral grove]

I believe it is

But the questions change based on how well you do

So if you do really good in section 1, section 2 questions become harder

If you do bad in section 1, section 2 becomes easier

Then your score is based on the accuracy and question difficulties

[median phoenix]

Oh wow that sounds like a nightmare

I went test optional 😭

[floral grove]

Did you take the test at all

If you didn't, then you saved a lot of time

Sat prep took away so much time from me

Couldn't really study for school because of it

[median phoenix]

Yeah I did I did okay but not good enough for Rutgers

Their avg went up to like 1330 for sas

[median phoenix]

I mean it’s worth it tho I wish I studied harder

I regret going test optional

[floral grove]

I see

In the end, everything will work out

No matter what

[median phoenix]

Yeah I really hope so cuz idk what I’m gonna do if I get rejected from Rutgers

[spice elm]

hey when ea rutgers come out

[meager oasis]

what's even the point of that

[floral grove]

Hopefully end of jan

[floral grove]

Probably to make the test tailored to each person

But honestly, who knows

[silk crypt]

mid to end of jan prolly

if you applied ea

[silk crypt]

wish i took the dsat when i had the chance

like when they first implemented the "test" tests

that would count as scores but was a trial

[floral grove]

Oh

[silk crypt]

i got offered it for free but the day it was scheduled was a day i had something

to do

[floral grove]

I remember when they were promoting that

[silk crypt]

yeah i fumbled

[floral grove]

I decided not to do it cause I barely did any sat prep at the time

[silk crypt]

because i took a dsat practice test and almost scored perfectly it was so easy

[floral grove]

Nice

[silk crypt]

whateva it is what it is

also njit was whack this year i think

has it always been competitive?

lot of people i know got waitlisted

i got in

but like people with similar stats to me got waitlisted which i find to be crazy

esp for njit

bringing that up here bc no njit chat lol

[spice elm]

Is rutgers applied math better than msu and umn?

[median phoenix]

Right!! Lots of ppl from my school got waitlisted as well and it’s kinda surprising cuz my stats were def not good as them

Hopefully Rutgers isn’t that competitive 😭 I always thought njit was easier to get into

[spice elm]

w 1500+ sat intl and decent Ecs are my chances for sas good

Also legacy but idt they consider

[floral grove]

Yes

[tame relic]

yeah i got wl

tbh they said all stem majors

got waitlisted

[silk crypt]

nah i got in

[soft sage]

what the f

[tame relic]

like 70% of the pool did

[silk crypt]

oh

damn

[tame relic]

my AO for NJIT told me cause

we had instant decision day and she said

[soft sage]

I applied rd, is that like bad

[tame relic]

it wasn’t me it was just the sheer amount of people that applied

[tame relic]

not rlly

[soft sage]

but you said wl not defe

defer

[tame relic]

youll just get your decision later

[soft sage]

or is rutgers terminology different

[silk crypt]

nah if you have above avg stats you’ll be fine

i forgot to submit my sat and have a 3.7 and got in for mech e

[soft sage]

welp

welp

[tame relic]

its the same shit

[soft sage]

wait so for u guys ea is already out?

[silk crypt]

going new brunswick though if purdue aint work out

[tame relic]

tbh the schools are just depended

[tame relic]

ea for njit is out

[silk crypt]

i applied mad early but i think theyre rolling i forgot

[tame relic]

not ea2 i think

fuck rutgers bro

i didn’t know they even had rolling till they added it on the common app

[silk crypt]

idk its where im ending up if t20s doesnt work out

[soft sage]

and here is me finding out about this school about 11/2 1AM

I missed the mark by THIS much lmao

[silk crypt]

are you in state or oos

[soft sage]

oos intl

me?

or what

[silk crypt]

oh nvm 😭

im guessing 90-95% of the people in this chat are from nj

[soft sage]

wait is rolling a new thing for this season or what

[silk crypt]

idk i just know they had an ea deadline and then i think past that its rolling

[soft sage]

they have an rd for

12/1

that is when I submitted

[silk crypt]

should be fine tbh

[soft sage]

at least that is how they put it on the common app

[silk crypt]

dont stress on rutgers lol

esp out of state

[tame relic]

yeee

[soft sage]

what does that mean

[tame relic]

oos acceptance rate tbh is hella crazy like 40% i believe

[soft sage]

In America, I don't stress on colleges, the colleges stress on me.

[tame relic]

its not a hard college if your a NJ student imo

[silk crypt]

like as an international even if you got in dont stress on rutgers its most worth it if you’re in state

[tame relic]

ive seen stupider people get into harder schools

TCNJ has a lower acceptance threshold then rutgers

[soft sage]

I have seen several, because both their parents went to ivies

[silk crypt]

idk about that one tbh a lot of people i know that went to tcnj were on the slow side

[tame relic]

nah they do. at least online they do

and on my scoir

[silk crypt]

i didnt even apply to tcnj

[soft sage]

what is "regional colleges north"

[silk crypt]

only nj schools i applied to were njit rutgers and princeton

[soft sage]

and how is tcnj not even in the national rankings

[silk crypt]

pretty sure it is but not high up in the rankings

[nova idol]

W line up

[silk crypt]

pretty sure rowan beats it nationally too

[nova idol]

why not stevens

[silk crypt]

idk tbh i got lazy when i saw the extra essay and would prefer new brunswick over stevens anyways

[nova idol]

facts fuck hoboken

[silk crypt]

ong i live by newark and hoboken and nothing good about hoboken

[strong ibex]

💀 i only applied to rut

[nova idol]

rare vivid sighting

[nova idol]

same

only nb campus

[tame relic]

idk most people on A2C are prestige whores

[soft sage]

Isn't rutgers the second best school in NJ or smth

[strong ibex]

includin me

😂

[tame relic]

yeah. it was almost a ivy

[soft sage]

Never have I been offended by something I 100% agree with

[tame relic]

LOLL

[silk crypt]

i mean rutgers is a t50 so we’re pretty lucky to have it as a safety

[nova idol]

it’s one of the better state schools overall so i’d say so

[strong ibex]

ig so

[nova idol]

it was an ivy in the past

[strong ibex]

would rather be in calu

😂

[strong ibex]

idt it ever was

[silk crypt]

like bc of rutgers my applications were safetys and then just reacher

[strong ibex]

it was just one of the oldest schools

[tame relic]

it wasnt

LOLL

[silk crypt]

yeah it almost was but i dont think it became one

[nova idol]

oh i thought before it became rutgers it used to be

[strong ibex]

i think only it and william & mary were not in the Ivy

out of the old ass schools

[tame relic]

it was one vote away but they didn’t wanna lose government funding

[strong ibex]

yeah lmfao

[nova idol]

i applied to both 💪

[strong ibex]

Rut is solid

would prefer to not go there tho

💀

[nova idol]

nahhhhh come on

it’s financially better than most options

[soft sage]

Rutgers is close both to philly and NYC

and its cheap

[strong ibex]

true

wait how cheap is it

with honors college

[soft sage]

but on the other hand, you have to take buses ON CAMPUS

do they give out honors colleges to intl students like me

[nova idol]

honors college i think gives a minimum $10k scholly

so i think like probably 5k

but that’s a complete guess

[strong ibex]

ah

hmm

[tame relic]

uhh if your a nj resident not much?

[nova idol]

i haven’t actually checked

[soft sage]

if not I just repurposed an essay for absolutely nothing at all

[strong ibex]

bruh rip

[tame relic]

but thats if you make under 100k a year

[nova idol]

honors college + in state would be sub 10k i think

[strong ibex]

really?

that would be ideal

ik someone payin 25

[nova idol]

i mean isn’t it typically $12k

for in state

[tame relic]

not even. cause honors college give you 5 grand off tuition a semester

[strong ibex]

no

[tame relic]

fuck no

[nova idol]

yeah

[nova idol]

bro wtfff

[strong ibex]

if u commute maybe

idk

w housin

31k

[tame relic]

rutgers is expensive if you make money

[strong ibex]

pretty sure

[nova idol]

rutgers is like 40 mins driving away from me

fuck the commute

[strong ibex]

yea it's like 30

[tame relic]

but if you make under 100k there’s something called the scarlet gurantee

[strong ibex]

i think for me reaches will be like 60k

which is better

i think

[tame relic]

basically if you make under 60k you pay no tuition

if you make between 60-80k its 2k per sem i think

[tame relic]

and 80-100 its 4k i think per semester

[strong ibex]

that's j tuition

w housin

it 30 smth

[nova idol]

how much is housing brah

NO WAY

man

[tame relic]

expensive

bruh its college

rutgers price for price

isnt bad

ik worse colleges

[strong ibex]

bro thought rutgers was free

😭

[tame relic]

charge hella more for housing and tution

[nova idol]

i didn’t think it was 30k+

[strong ibex]

it pricey lol

[nova idol]

i thought it would be like 20k or some bro

[strong ibex]

that why i was askin about honors college scholarship

[tame relic]

then again it depends on tour finacial situation

[drifting grotto]

Its more accurate to use a net price calculator since there’s many factors involved

[nova idol]

thank you george santos fan

[tame relic]

if you got 2 parents and your instate and your parents making 100k+

[strong ibex]

for us it gonna be like 30

lol

[tame relic]

it could be different then outta stage

[tame relic]

nah not for me LMAO

[strong ibex]

i meant ciwan

[tame relic]

ahh

yeah

shits expensive

[nova idol]

fuck that bro

[strong ibex]

u gotta clutch up that uchicago 😂

[nova idol]

shiii they not giving me aid brah

but whatever

[strong ibex]

they give some merit

[nova idol]

i got a 3.7 gpa bro

not getting any merit

[tame relic]

tbh

3.7 uw isnt bad but

for merit

they might want like 3.9 minimum

[nova idol]

i didn’t go into the college process expecting merit aid for the record

[tame relic]

and good SAT

and shit

[nova idol]

i have a 1560 sat and all 5s (except one 4) on my aps

my gpa is just trash

[tame relic]

like rutgers only gives 2 full merit scholarships per

[strong ibex]

shi class

[nova idol]

i sold the bag in sophomore year and never recovered

[tame relic]

class

[strong ibex]

holy

[strong ibex]

i lowk sold soph lol

but

[tame relic]

yeah

[strong ibex]

came back junior

[tame relic]

tbh i sold freshman but

[nova idol]

i was close to it but i ended up selling in my bio class last week of school

[tame relic]

upwards 4.0 got us going

[nova idol]

but i’m coming back this year brah

i had a 4.9 last quarter

[strong ibex]

W

[nova idol]

we getting there bro trust the process

[tame relic]

4.9 is crazy

also honors college

requires dorming

[nova idol]

my school does weighted only

[tame relic]

for the first 2 years i think?

[nova idol]

the 3.7 was an estimate

my actual gpa is like a 4.6 weighted

[tame relic]

thats absurd

imo W<UW

[nova idol]

mayhaps

[nova idol]

yeah

my school just weird

[tame relic]

ehhh tbh

i got into penn state so not a horrible school

purude comes out soon

so

[nova idol]

nice

[tame relic]

im waiting

[nova idol]

tomorrow night i heard

[tame relic]

i thought it was the 15th…either way

[nova idol]

idk about your school but in mine a ton of kids go to IU

[tame relic]

Purdue

is kool

[strong ibex]

IU kelley that guranteed acceptanc

[nova idol]

i heard 15th too but my friend applied and he said he was hearing that it might come out tomorrow

[nova idol]

i’m not familiar with the program

[floral grove]

There is a whole discussion about it

[tame relic]

nah most of my school goes to rutgers cause like. we live 15 mins from NB

so by proximity everyone ends up at rutgers

[nova idol]

most of my school goes to ccm

[tame relic]

or some t30

[strong ibex]

i think 3.8 and 1400 is direct admit

[nova idol]

a joke i heard is if rutgers seed an in state kid with a 4 in front of their gpa they automatically accept them

[tame relic]

loll

i would believe it although i do think it depends on da program

SOE is more lenient imo compared to fucking pharma

[median phoenix]

Did anyone hear back from ritgers

Rutgers*

[tame relic]

nope

they said before JAN ends

[median phoenix]

They are taking so long and it’s stressing me out

[nova idol]

oh fr

[tame relic]

ye

[nova idol]

i thought it would be late jan anyways

when does hc come out

same time?

[tame relic]

but hey it is what it is

[tame relic]

yep

it comes out when you get your acceptance and it says smth like “congrats blah blah blah honors college welcome”

[lyric rover]

fax

like cmon

[median phoenix]

Fr I heard back from every college I applied to except Rutgers

[nova idol]

what other schools

[nova idol]

bet

[strong ibex]

😭 i heard back from non

other than one

[nova idol]

idk if i’ll get in to the hc

but i hope

[hushed kettle]

only heard back from Newark

[nova idol]

man you should’ve done pitt

[hushed kettle]

nb comes out on 31st

[median phoenix]

I only applied to in state schools so like njit, seton hall, kean

[nova idol]

montclair?

[median phoenix]

No I didn’t apply to Montclair

[nova idol]

😔

seton hall is probably cool though

[median phoenix]

Yeah it looks cool but my dream is Rutgers lmao

[nova idol]

i hope you get in

does it matter which campus for you?

[silk crypt]

i live decently close so i can just drive lol

so far only negatives ive mainly hear abt rutgers were the buses

and dorms

ill essentially be avoiding that

[nova idol]

nah living in nb seems fun id do it

[median phoenix]

I got into Newark but I wouldn’t go there

[nova idol]

could you transfer to nb from there

if you don’t get into nb initially

(not saying you won’t)

[median phoenix]

I think so but I’m just hoping I get into nb cuz it’s closer

[nova idol]

yeah makes sense

good luck

[median phoenix]

Thank you 🙏

Few more days

[nova idol]

3 weeks

less actually

jeez

[median phoenix]

Oh gosh

I heard the applicants increased by 60% 💀

From last year

[nova idol]

yeah bc this is the first year it’s on common app