Rutgers University (2024-2025)

[twilit gorge]

i heard honors rutgers is insane

like full ride?

[mellow drum]

1460

my essays were good though

and my ecs were solid too

[undone portal]

bruh what the hell

congrats

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ty ty

i was actually so shocked

[undone portal]

what were they like

[undone portal]

mate i was just happy i got into ece bc my chem and physics grades were pretty ass

even if i got into the other two i was expecting a rejection from ece

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my biggest one was my environmental one. i got flown out to a national park for a week and got recognized by the national park service 😭
i also work with the mayor and organize litter clean ups and did a research paper with them

my second biggest one was working with a congressman and getting congressional recognition

[undone portal]

cracked ecs

wtf

what major did u apply for

polisci?

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english 😭

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env sci?

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...

damn bruh

college apps be random as hell

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i didn’t know what i wanted to do back then lmfaoo

[undone portal]

fair

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but i’ll prob switch to environmental sci

[undone portal]

did you get a full ride

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pretty much

[undone portal]

i think you'd be a fool to turn that down

thats some good shit right there

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i have issues rn with my financial aid bc they’re saying i’m an oos state student 😔🥲 but once that’s settle i’m supposed to have like 35k? in financial aid

which is a full ride

[undone portal]

huh but ur oos

isnt that like

half ride

[mellow drum]

nah i’m in state but they made me oos for some reason

[undone portal]

ohh mb

yea

thats a full ride

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in state is 34k i think

[undone portal]

you only need to pay like 2k a year

in state is 37k

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oh shit

[undone portal]

living on campus

commuters only pay 17k

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yeah my bf got a full ride as a commuter i think

he got 18k

or something

[undone portal]

damn

[narrow quarry]

i went from a 2.8 to 3.8 in 4 years

but I guess I should’ve had a 4.0 to get into the school I live 10 mins away from

if that’s not consistent improvement

[opal egret]

bro Rutgers isn’t that hard 😭 😭 😭

Ong y do ppl fear monger if ur gpa is above like a 3.5 and ur sat is above 1400 fine it ain’t that hard

💀

My grades like a 3.75 equivalent if u convert it to gpa scale it ain’t that deep just have decent rigor

Ik ppl with like 3.0-3.2 equivalent in my curriculum (IB) that have gotten into NB for RBS and SOE within the past 2 years

[dense zinc]

ok and

[opal egret]

Y do ppl fear monger it isn’t that hard

[dense zinc]

??.

[opal egret]

Bro telling that guy he has to go to cc and transfer cuz he has a 3.7

💀

Ppl get into t20s with a 3.7, that’s goated if u have good rigor

[narrow quarry]

bro what

that’s just not true

in the slightest

plus ur acting like a 1400 is the average score when it’s nowhere close

NJ average sat is a 1066☠️

[opal egret]

Idk what the avg is ppl with like 3.5 gpa at my school have 1400

[narrow quarry]

yeah different schools have different averages

[opal egret]

That’s very surprising

[narrow quarry]

it’s not

you just need to have a reality check

not everyone has a 1500 and 4.0 applying to Rutgers

most are average NJ students

[opal egret]

I was agreeing with that

[narrow quarry]

Rutgers is definitely not easy that’s my point tho

[opal egret]

Bro was saying u should go to CC and transfer if u want to go to Rutgers and have a 3.7

[opal egret]

It’s probably easy if u have a 3.7

[narrow quarry]

i had a 3.8 cumulative

[opal egret]

Assuming good rigor

[narrow quarry]

and honors DE and AP classes this year

[opal egret]

Maybe my gpa is something else converted cuz I haven’t taken a single non IB course in high school

[narrow quarry]

honors last year and the year before

[summer stream]

unless youre bca the average sat is not 1400

[narrow quarry]

i think it’s pretty crazy how competitive it’s gotten in a short span of 2 years though

[summer stream]

lol

[opal egret]

But every school equivalent to Rutgers I applied to I got in easily I only got cooked at the level above Rutgers like Purdue and shit

[narrow quarry]

me too

[opal egret]

With like a 3.75

[narrow quarry]

but the AR dropped by half in the last 2 years

i got into OSU finance out of state but rejected from every NB school of Rutgers in state

well not rejected but I got dual admissions at cc

same thing basically

[opal egret]

Idk maybe they want oos money or something

[narrow quarry]

probably

but still

the acceptance rate on paper is still lower than Rutgers

[opal egret]

Wuts bca

Idk

[summer stream]

bergen academy

[opal egret]

Is that like Philips Exeter or something

[narrow quarry]

@opal egret freshman 84
sophomore 90
junior 94
senior 98

i can’t believe this wasn’t considered growth bruh

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Rutgers should be an ivy

[narrow quarry]

yup

colonial college

im doing dual admission at cc so ill be in New Brunswick eventually😭

[opal egret]

Mine was like

3.90
3.75
3.70
3.80

[narrow quarry]

i thought that the growth would be enough for Rutgers atleast

💔

if they took lor I think I would’ve gotten in maybe

but cc might be better anyway financially

[opal egret]

I thought I would get cooked everywhere cuz my grade trend and sat imply im lazy ngl

[narrow quarry]

i went testnoptional

i got a 1230

and 27

but I didn’t study

my only bad parts were literally math

i think I got above a 30 on every ACT subject besides math which was RLY bad

[opal egret]

My sat is good but I had negative trend because I didn’t have senior grades when I applied to Rutgers that just makes me look lazy

So idk

[narrow quarry]

whats your SAT

[opal egret]

1560

I thought colleges hated lazy applicants

[narrow quarry]

u didn’t get in??!?!???

[opal egret]

No I got in

Early somehow

[narrow quarry]

ohhh

[opal egret]

I applied RD

[narrow quarry]

bruh my act had so much potential

ahhhhh

i wish I studied more

i think I was qualified without a test score tho

[opal egret]

I think Rutgers really wants out of state money or something

Like public colleges usually love instates I foia’d Purdue acceptance rates and instate math had a 100% acceptance rate a few years ago while oos and intl were below 20%

[narrow quarry]

you would think they’d prefer out of states

but idk

idky a government funded institution is worried about money

[opal egret]

Most public institutions still fund the majority of their operations with tuition revenue afaik

[narrow quarry]

that’s odd

at that point they should just call themselves private??

im pretty sure if they stayed private they’d technically be an Ivy still

[opal egret]

All the Ivies having been colonial colleges previously is just a coincidence

It would probably be like USC or Vandy

I’m pretty sure the Ivy League was founded before Rutgers became a state college

[undone portal]

💀 💀 💀

its 1450

[summer stream]

💀

[stable drum]

it ain't it if you in hs, it's getting competitive

bro had 3.7 as a transfer student but applied as a first time and didn't apply to new brunswick and since he had his associate i told him to go to newark, get his credits transferred, do a semester and then transfer to nb lol

have he applied for new brunswick he would've gotten in lol

[narrow quarry]

omg what

how did he accidentally apply as a first time 😭

and WHY NOT NB☠️

[stable drum]

HE DIDN'T KNOW

Trust, we first-gen got no guidance whatsoever xDD

i remember in HS i applied to Berkeley College (the NJ/NY one) and got accepted and thought "damn what if i change the campus to the one in California?"

like we were really that clueless lmao

[narrow quarry]

bro I am too but that is a huge mistake 😭😭😭

atleast he got there some way or another

[stable drum]

yeee lmao

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it happens to the best lol

[toxic garden]

🥲

then your courseload or weighted should go insane

btw i didnt submit any reccomendation letter

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anyone still waiting?

[thick cedar]

yes for wl lmfao

[toxic garden]

yes

[red fog]

Ain’t even that, I had a 2.7 when applying and got in, it’s really luck based.

[stable drum]

to NB?

[red fog]

Ye

Oos

30 act

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ah

that's different

if ur oos it don't count lol

[red fog]

Oh wha?

I’m broke bro? I needed aid, I said I’m broke o the app

[eternal willow]

rutgers doesnt consider financial need

if you need financial aid oos public schools are not the route

[red fog]

Then what’s the diff of oos and in state on acceptance

[red fog]

Sallie Mae got me😀

[eternal willow]

the aspects of your application are weighed differently depending on whether or not youre an in-state student

[eternal willow]

do not take out loans for rutgers of all places

[red fog]

I like Rutgers

[red fog]

Really?

[eternal willow]

that is how admissions for state schools work yes

[red fog]

Yea but I thought it was the other way, like easier for In state kids to get in? Guess I’m dumb

[eternal willow]

at most schools it is but every school operates differently

[red fog]

Oh ok thanks!

[red fog]

Best school I got into, I’ll need loans wherever I go

Plus a doctor gets paid damn well

[eternal willow]

but you have to take out loans for med school too

if you have to go to grad school you should always do the least expensive option for undergrad

[red fog]

Yes, but praying for grossman med,

[red fog]

That’s fair, but ironically Rutgers is around the same as my cheapest option.

Not a lot of aid sadly from Uncle Sam

[eternal willow]

for oos?

have you gotten aid offers from any other school?

[red fog]

Yea, got rejected from my in state, and only other schools are all private, one is ~20k less, but it’s in Nebraska and while I also love it, idk which I’ll pick yet

[eternal willow]

20k per year?

[dim karma]

ya dont want to be in debt going into med school

or idk

it just seems tough to do that

then carry that through residency

[red fog]

20k less per year, it’s def cheaper, but it’s location and other things put it at a disadvantage

[eternal willow]

dude

go to nebraska

[red fog]

Yes, it’s rough, but it’s basically my only shot

[eternal willow]

it doesnt matter where you go for undergrad as long as you do well

if you go to rutgers by the time you graduate youll have $100k extra in loans w interest

[red fog]

Yea, I spose, but I want to enjoy college as well, and the other school has around dick all In Research

[eternal willow]

just from undergrad

[dim karma]

it dont matter

research wise

[red fog]

Yea it’s a lot of money

[dim karma]

u realize how much ur loans are gonna compound

[eternal willow]

research really doesnt matter in undergrad

[nova matrix]

go nebraska!! student debt bad!!! esp that muchhh

[dim karma]

you wont be able to pay them off for a long time

seing since med school is what like 4 years then residency like 5years?

[eternal willow]

youre likely going to have to start paying on your undergrad loans in some capacity when you go to med school

[red fog]

If you want to get into a top med school it does

[red fog]

You’d think but as long as you’re in education you don’t.

[eternal willow]

this is just not true

[dim karma]

isnt med school admissions just gpa and mcat

[eternal willow]

as someone with student loans

if you go to graduate school you will still have to pay them in some capacity

[dim karma]

and like other volunteer hours

idk

much about it

but i doubt research is a hard requirement

[eternal willow]

even if its just interest? the amount of interest on $100k in loans is going to financially cripple you

thats how private lenders are

[red fog]

Well even at the cheapest I’m still taking 100k in loans in undergrad

[dim karma]

then why take more

it seems like going to community college might be a good option

[eternal willow]

100k is better than 200k

yea this

[red fog]

They are scummy, but I have to wait to see my interest rates and stuff before I decide where I wanna go

[eternal willow]

dude

interest rates arent going to change anything

and the more you take out the higher the interest is

[dim karma]

ur gonna get fucked by compounding regardless

[eternal willow]

honestly at this point i would try to apply to schools that still have applications open

[red fog]

Well, than it sounds like I’m just gonna deal no matter where I go.

[eternal willow]

because neither of these options are good

[red fog]

I’m not going to really get a much better offer anywhere else, I like these schools, debt is bad but I work and am going into the highest paying field possible

[eternal willow]

how do you know that you wont get a much better offer anywhere else

[dim karma]

too bad u dont get paid for like 10 years

if u make it through

[red fog]

2.7 grade point average, lucky I got these man

[dim karma]

10 years after undergrad i mean

[eternal willow]

you should really look into community college or a gap year

[red fog]

5 of those are paid, 80k a year

[dim karma]

residency doesnt pay 80k?

[eternal willow]

where are you getting this number from

[red fog]

I did, it isn’t for me personally, I’ve accepted the debt is gonna happen

[eternal willow]

youre going to regret this for the rest of your life

like im being very genuine with you

[dim karma]

kids dont understand interest

[eternal willow]

as someone who is in student debt and who watched their parents pay off their student debt this is not just a decision where you suck it up and take it

[dim karma]

they dont teach it apart from small part in pre calc or calc

[eternal willow]

i have a $20k loan

just for this year

it generates about $4/day in interest

[red fog]

Sounds about correct

[eternal willow]

thats almost 1500 a year

by the time i finish undergrad the $20k is $26k

[red fog]

Yea.

[eternal willow]

and then it starts compounding

and you consolidate it

and its about $100k for all of your loans

but the interest is capitalizing every day

and if you pay it off in ten years, in the best possible scenario, youve spent almost $200k paying off the $80k you originally took out

now imagine that times ten for med school

thats not something you can just accept

[red fog]

I’m following you, but it’s what I want to do. Fact of the matter is it’s this path, or I go to cc, feel stupid, end up quitting, and fall into the 9-5. You’ve laid out the problems of America

[eternal willow]

dude

youre assuming that youre not going to end up quitting pre-med

the majority of people who enter college as pre-med do not go to med school

[dim karma]

i mean like not to be rude

but do you have a plan for turning your 2.7 or whatever around

like it doesnt automatically happen

college isnt easier than hs

and you'll have similar struggles

[red fog]

Yes, I had a 3.6 last semester in 70% college classes, i had adhd, didn’t know, also just a fucking unlucky couple years

[eternal willow]

taking college classes in hs is not the same thing as actually being in college though

[red fog]

I know how hard it is, it’s fucking rough as hell, but not a day in my life gone by when I haven’t wanted to be a doctor. Sounds cheesy but idc

[red fog]

Oh no, I know, just saying there’s been change

[eternal willow]

and its ten times harder when you have student loans

im telling you this as a student with loans

while other people are able to focus all of their attention on schoolwork you have to worry about working and making payments

its not a path where you are going to succeed

if you want to talk about "the problem with america" this is the problem

[foggy river]

just be in top 1% or smthin in ur state school

get caltech or mit masters

boom

ez moneh

(ik its wayyy harder than it sounds)

i might end up with 150k or smthin student loans so yeah 😔

im gonna be cooked

[red fog]

I know, deferred loans is my plan. Sounds like your just gonna think I’m stupid no matter what I say, and that’s not healthy to argue against. Lemme cook

[red fog]

U got this

[eternal willow]

you dont know how loans work

[red fog]

I do

[eternal willow]

you dont though

you can defer payments until after you finish your degree

[foggy river]

yeah with interest and moreover im intl

[red fog]

My parents both have student loans

[foggy river]

so there are gonna be extra charges

[eternal willow]

but then you have to make some kind of payments

[foggy river]

so approx 200k 💀

[red fog]

Fixed interest payment, I know.

[eternal willow]

lenders operate differently today

[eternal willow]

how are you going to make those payments while youre in med school

[foggy river]

is this for med school bro?

[red fog]

Job ideally, save money all through undergrad.

[foggy river]

dawg

its the same shit everywhere

😭

[eternal willow]

dude

[foggy river]

wont u need to spend sooo much time

on studying

[eternal willow]

youre not going to be bale to make that money during undergrad

the payments are going to be about $1k/month

you cant save up that kind of money during undergrad

thats not how the world works

[red fog]

Working all thru summer, the grind don’t stop

Lemme guess, dude!

[red fog]

You said you had about 1.5k a year of interest, my loans at creighton would be the same.

[eternal willow]

thats not how the world works

summer is three months

[red fog]

You can’t include med school loans in your total either, grad loans are deferred until after graduation

[eternal willow]

where are you going to get a job that will pay you $30k over the summer

[red fog]

Sellin crack

[eternal willow]

im not going to med school

i made an informed decision when i took out my loans

[red fog]

Ik im talking bout myself

[eternal willow]

i know exactly how im going to pay them off

i know what my monthly payments will be

ive already paid off $2k because my entire paycheck goes into my loans

you clearly have not thought it out

[red fog]

I haven’t even gotten my loan info yet, k

Calm

[eternal willow]

and you need to do some serious thinking and put your goddamn ego aside or you will be in debt until you die

[eternal willow]

it doesnt matter what your loan info is

[red fog]

I have taken 0 dollars in loans

Breath

[eternal willow]

learn how to spell breathe correctly

[red fog]

I’m tired man, it’s 12

[eternal willow]

since you want to talk yourself up about being able to do incredibly well in college

[foggy river]

@eternal willow if u dont mind, how much did u take out loans

[red fog]

Brolio is pressed

[eternal willow]

this year i have $20k, itll be about $10k next year because my housing/meal plan will be less and i got a scholarship from usc

by junior year it should be $5k max if anything

[foggy river]

oh wow thats less

[eternal willow]

because i thought out how i was going to do it and i came here with a plan for how i would graduate with as little debt as possible

taking out student loans can be life-ruining if you arent smart about it

[foggy river]

thats the main aim for me as well

but considering how saturated cs is

im kinda scared if i could pull it off

[eternal willow]

honestly there isnt a ton of difference between cs programs unless youre going to like. a t10 school

and even then its mostly the name

[foggy river]

yes

my coa would be

approx 43k

without any miscallenous costs

[eternal willow]

is your family able to help at all?

[foggy river]

yes

[eternal willow]

thats good

[foggy river]

they said theyll help for all 4 yrs(but i very well know its wayy too much for them)

so ill try to fund myself without their help in junior and senior yr

[eternal willow]

i mean ultimately you have to consider how much going to the us for college is really going to help you with your career

[foggy river]

if i stay back home i dont think ill have much growth

the system is just scuffed

[toxic garden]

anyone has the link for net tuition calculator for rutger?

[narrow quarry]

google.com type in rutgers net cost calculator

hope this helps

[stable drum]

don’t know which state u be from man but I recommend in-state every time. Rutgers OOS is extremely expensive :-( Doesn’t take the merit tht u got accepted, it’s really cool!! but I would advice against loans, trust, ur future self will be grateful, I’ve met 26 year old ppl still paying their undergrad degree when u can just go in-state and then OOS for grad school ykwim

[stable drum]

u from neb?

oh brother

@red fog trust me when I say this: it don’t matter. my current situationship went to Wenworth in Boston, which is a technological school, but like it’s not Harvard ykwim? he got accepted for med school in UWM (university of Washington in Missouri) which is like top 5 or 10 med schools here in the US

he still decided to go to another med school less ranked because trust, where u go to med school really don’t matter in the long run, but truuuuust, don’t waste a lot of money in undergrad, especially for that “college experience” which is so fully ingrained in American culture

my honest fr honest advice:

go to CC, do EXTREMELY well, and then apply to Neb, do really well on ur in-state and trust, you’ll get into a good med school.

OOS

[stable drum]

don’t say that

there’s this disgusting concept that if you go to CC, it’s only a matter of seconds til you drop out. that ain’t simply it. see CC as a second chance.

I went to CC. had a classmate who did shit in HS. did extremely well in CC. did research, joined several programs, extra curriculars, 4.0. guess where he got into? fucking Princeton. he had like a 2 point something in HS!!!!!

Community college is fr a second chance. Trust, I graduated from CC and I’m transferring and I’m literally no-debt

at the end of the day it’s your decision but trust me, it’s best to take the CC route. Rutgers will always be here if you want a post-grad, but your loans will literally eat the shit out of you. Met a social worker who’s like in her 40s and still paying her loans after she graduated when she was like 20 something, ykwim?

school ranking won’t matter in the end, and if you go to your in-state and do well it won’t matter in the end

plus Nebraska is so freaking pretty, but to be fair I’m a hoe for the Great Plains picture views and stuff lol

you can always for example finish your CC and then transfer here once u get ur associates and if you do well, hell, you can get aid too and/or u pay less @red fog

[stable drum]

break the chain!!!! it's not too late!!!! lol

[red fog]

I meant I won’t survive it, but thanks for trying to actually engage in healthy conversation instead of talking down to me

Idk wtf I’m doing yet,

[stable drum]

at the end of the day it's ur decision, we just want to help you make a wise one before you commit haha

if you ever have CC or transfer questions and need answers, feel free to DM! i'd be willing to help answer to the best of my abilities lol

[lime zodiac]

in the same position

[red fog]

We got this king

[lime zodiac]

rutgers prolly the best school i got into but cannot afford that 65k😭

[red fog]

FAXXXXXXXXXXX

[lime zodiac]

got like 10k from all my other schools and they gave me nothing i dont get it

[stable drum]

got a response guys !

sadly, i wasn't accepted in Newark

nor for sas nor for business school

so my next and last bet is mason gross and hopefully they like my portfolio! :D

[narrow quarry]

not even. it’s good enough to be some people’s first

cc hate makes no sense

im getting PAID to go to the same 4 year I would’ve gone to anyway, no loans debt, I get to stay with my family and friends

cc is free for like

a lot of low income

[waxen tulip]

did u get ur decision back from SAS NB? when did you submit your application?

[stable drum]

haven't yet, applied in likeeeeeee the deadline which was a day before feb 1

[waxen tulip]

i’m confused, u said u were rejected here

[stable drum]

For Newark

[vestal arch]

did anyone apply to njit/get the honors college decisions back today?

there's no njit thread in this discord sadly

and i assume a lot of u r from nj

[royal pebble]

Did any out of states receive their financial aid package from NB or Newark?

[lime zodiac]

I did, 0 from NB

[royal pebble]

0?!? So like avg 43-49K a yr?

Aint no way

[lime zodiac]

would cost me 65k cuz its engineering lol

fuck that

University of delaware here i come

or maryland if im lucky enough to get in🙏🙏🙏🙏

[polar sand]

Only for Honors

[royal pebble]

Oh? So we still have time.. i hope..

[vestal arch]

lmao u rd'd md?

[lime zodiac]

didn't realize they don't accept ppl from rd😭 just wanted them to have my mid year transcript

hopefully it was worth it

[lime zodiac]

what were ur stats to get in?

[analog blaze]

that’s also expensive

[vestal arch]

1570 superscore, 5.3 gpa (like 13 AP's with like mostly A's with a few B's), ehh EC's (research program+research paper, museum tour giver, marching band electronics lead, volunteering, editor in school newspaper, + other cookie cutters)

[analog blaze]

5.3

[lime zodiac]

i have absolutely no hope of saving money, even temple is charging me 50k and im in state

[analog blaze]

upitt?

[vestal arch]

ik my schools gpa system kinda weird

[analog blaze]

are you instate?

[vestal arch]

im in state for rutty

[analog blaze]

I think most nj schools use the 5.0 scale

oh wait nvm i’ve seen you before you just rebranded

[vestal arch]

lmao

yeah

u the guy that withdrew right

y u still here

[lime zodiac]

damn, im not that good😭

[analog blaze]

withdraw from rutgers?

i did not

idt people are rejecting offers yet

[lime zodiac]

should've applied or at least to penn state but rly didn't wanna live out in the middle of nowhere i have to stay near a city

[vestal arch]

i mean im cs and thats hard at maryland

what ru majoring in

[vestal arch]

scratch that hard everywhere

[lime zodiac]

electrical eng

[vestal arch]

ngl ece hard too

[analog blaze]

is maryland cs hard to get into?

[vestal arch]

plus all the umd admissions officers say rd is just for the extra seats 😭

[vestal arch]

pretty sure its sub 10%

its t10 on csrankings but idk they dont post the admissions things by major

[lime zodiac]

1460 + 3.8 gpa, but 4.6/5 senior year, straight As junior/senior year only 4 aps. Decent ECs tho and extenuating circumstances

got in everywhere so far tho so im just gonna keep praying

[vestal arch]

extenuating circumstances always change the whole scope of ur app ngl

is the 3.8 out of 5?

[lime zodiac]

technically but didn't take any aps til junior year and got a c freshman year

we rly couldnt tho we had honors classes

[vestal arch]

as long as its a upward progression it looks good

[analog blaze]

I have a downward trend lol

[vestal arch]

anyways if u got in everywhere till now u alr have options lol

[vestal arch]

i go from mid to mid to m id

[analog blaze]

I went from 3.9 to 4 to 3.95 to less (~3.75) after senioritis

[vestal arch]

dawg

u went from good to good to good

[analog blaze]

I didn’t say it was bad

just trending downward

[crystal pawn]

I think you'd be solid for UMD, as long as it's not CS

ah, but maybe not for RD 🥴

but also like, Rutgers is a good school, it's a great option, especially considering the price for in state

[analog blaze]

rutgers in-state is so expensive tho

i swear our taxes are like high asf we should have a cheaper state flagship

[crystal pawn]

what other options do you have?

[analog blaze]

me?

uva

[crystal pawn]

admitted?

[analog blaze]

yes

[crystal pawn]

oh hey, UVAs great

[analog blaze]

Both expensive

[crystal pawn]

it is yeah 😔

[analog blaze]

if rutgers was like 15-20k I would accept it in a heartbeat

[crystal pawn]

I'd personally prefer uva over umd, unless you're engineering (and even then, it's close enough that I'd just go for the cheaper option)

[analog blaze]

Wait I’m not the umd engineering kid

dif person

[crystal pawn]

oh lmfao

did not register haha

[crystal pawn]

unis should be cheaper across the board 😔

no reason they should be as expensive as they are

you see people in Europe going to fantastic universities for a less overall cost than it costs us per year

[lime zodiac]

if only i was in state😭

65k for rutgers is insane

[lime zodiac]

ikk, and canada

[crystal pawn]

granted I suppose there's differences in circumstance between here and there

[onyx lion]

and then they complain "oh noooo why r we losing so many students 😢😢😢"

[onyx lion]

no way i know so many people that got in

[vestal arch]

to umd cs?

most people i know got Letters and Sciences

could be all ur friends are just top 10% lol

[analog blaze]

same but small sample size

and many people shoot their shot

i just don’t know them

[onyx lion]

i mean nj does have like good schools

with reallllyyyy good students

[onyx lion]

tru

but like

i know ut austin's like 7% and like three people got accepted from
my school

but also a lot of cs people apply to umd

[analog blaze]

oh lmao

everyone ik got rejected ut austin cs

even the person who got into caltech

[onyx lion]

i just know rutgers doesn't want me (no honors college 😢) and umd wants me (college park scholars 😁)

[onyx lion]

holy fuck rlly

thats insane 😭😭

[analog blaze]

yeah they don’t fw us

[onyx lion]

why do admissions feel like a damn lottery

not even sometimes

[analog blaze]

it is a lottery

[toxic garden]

I got into camden

so both camden and newark

I registrated math BS program, which building is better?

[analog blaze]

newark

stay away from camden if you can

[toxic garden]

why?

btw I forgot which one is my second program, anyone knows how to see it?

[toxic garden]

their acceptance letter is definitely more dedicated than Newark so I thought...

[analog blaze]

dedicated?

wdym

it’s generally nb > newark > camden

[toxic garden]

the acceptance email just looks so much better than Newark

Newark just throw me a gif saying "You R in"

[thick cedar]

that means literally nothing lmfao

[toxic garden]

camden is like whole essay lol

[toxic garden]

ye lol

[vestal arch]

when colleges are more desperate that means they're worse

[analog blaze]

real.

changing status in portal is so much aura

it’s like “pull up if you want, idc” vibes

[vestal arch]

Rochestern Institute of technology sent me a whole beautiful ass poster saying "(my name), you're always onto something amazing"

i pasted that shit on my wall

doesn't mean i think rochester is better than mit which sent me a pamphlet

[analog blaze]

you got into mit?

[vestal arch]

no dawg

like b4 college app season

when all the colleges were sending shit by the day

like the promo mails

if i got into mit

i would not ever open this server again

[undone portal]

they said end of february

i still havent gotten mine

[toxic garden]

is this new brunswick?

[foggy river]

yea

[undone portal]

Nvm I got it

Rejected

[fervent umbra]

Did anyone receive their financial aid yet>

[royal pebble]

nope

[dry narwhal]

I'm still waiting on mine

[toxic garden]

ehhh?

yoo camden offering me scholarship

[toxic garden]

@stable drum can I uhhh somehow change the campus or major but still keep scholarship?

[stable drum]

Hey man

Yes

That goes for all in-state public schools

Remember

PUBLIC

So yes

[stable drum]

Ahhh

Nah that’s different that’s a Rutgers scholarship

But man if u go to NB or Newark ur gonna get Garden state guarantee anyways, in theory

If you’re low income and have your associates

Which means free tuition

I would ask about EOF program

Look it up

Employment ppportunity fund

I believe Rutgers has it

[polar sand]

Anyone got presidential scholarship in Honors College?

[narrow quarry]

garden state guarantee is 1st and 2nd year

scarlet guarantee is 3rd and 4th

they work together to bring no tuition for all 4 years

you don’t need associates tho

what state are you in

@celest vapor

it’s definitely expensive oos

hard to say if it’s worth it without knowing your financial situation though

it’s definitely a very good school but in state could be better financially

[narrow quarry]

^

you’d be paying 50kish per year

without financial aid

well

the alumni network is enormous over here

and the name I feel like gains value as you get father from NJ

but it’s still very good name value over here

[narrow quarry]

idk that’s what I hear from people. alot of people in NJ think rutgers is a safety or something because it’s all we really have😭

it def does id say

big10 highly ranked public state school

[analog blaze]

it’s not a public ivy

[narrow quarry]

yeah people call it an ivy because of how old it is

i don’t think it’s actually considered a public ivy

isn’t that like UF, UIUC and some others?

[analog blaze]

The “public ivy” stuff is all bs but they didn’t name rutgers

it’s like ucla, ut austin, unc, uva, berk and stuff

[narrow quarry]

ohhhh

[analog blaze]

But then again rutgers name better for east coast than some of those

[narrow quarry]

Definitely just comes down to if you can afford it honestly

Nowhere is worth going into that much debt

Then you’re gonna have med school debt too

So you’d wanna spend as less as possible unless ur family can afford it honestly

wtf

rutgas worldwide

[analog blaze]

ppl defo know rutgers in other countries

[opal egret]

i live in abu dhabi, very few people here know rutgers, i go to a school where everyone applies abroad as well

only t10s and some t20s are well known here and purdue/uiuc/gt by stem people

don't even think wisconsin is well known

[stable drum]

Ah it’s cuz in Montclair there’s red hawk guarantee too but I mean at the end it’s the public universities guarantee haha

[stable drum]

y’all rubbing salt in the wound lmao

[analog blaze]

whose wound?

[stable drum]

mine (ru-n stabbed me w a rejection)

[red fog]

What did you get rejected for

Like what program?

[full loom]

yea

[full loom]

mm yea I thought so too until this years applicant pool

i mean RU camden + newark seemed easier to get into but for NB I was actually like shii

especially since many ppl in state got WL or rejected

it’s getting more competitive w each year so defo not a safety school anymore

[narrow quarry]

it was this year and last year that were crazy

before that it was kinda a safety

cuz last year common app

[full loom]

yea

[toxic garden]

I realize that our family just moved in NJ for half a year

so we're still counted as non-NJ residence

[stable drum]

Show proof of address

[toxic garden]

[toxic garden]

how ?

oh wait

[stable drum]

Yea

If they give you out of state tuition and stuff just send them proof of address

[analog blaze]

that’s not how it works

you need to spend more time here

[stable drum]

Yea…

Wait

I didn’t know tht @toxic garden

Where u come from?

[analog blaze]

but like in-state tuition has certain requirements for eligibility

6 months isn’t long enough in-state

[toxic garden]

born in NC

[stable drum]

When did u come to Jersey

[toxic garden]

Nov 2024

[stable drum]

Ahhh… I honestly would contact them about it. :-( I’m scared that financial aid can be an iffy

Thought u were a Jersey native

I don’t know if it’s 6 months or a year? But I would contact them/send an email

[stable drum]

aight mg, do ur best </3

[full loom]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[dusky tangle]

why do most people choose rutgers honors or even normal rutgers over njit honors (almost) full ride?

due to a 15k/yr scholarship and luck on the fafsa, i will pay 8k at rutgers vs 2k at njit for the first year. the cost for rutty is probably going up due to income increases in my family (not more than 20k), but my parents said theyll be more than fine paying for either

[stable drum]

Probably because of name recognition. It’s pretty stupid. I say that name recognition don’t matter that much anyways. If you can do it for free go to NJIT. Unless of course, your parents can afford Rutgers.

For what major @dusky tangle?

[dusky tangle]

mech eng most likely

[analog blaze]

name brand

[narrow quarry]

Many more reasons

Name brand is one

NJIT quite literally has zero social life

It’s in Newark

If you’re just an academic weapon it’s good but most people look for the social aspect aswell

But don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely an incredible school for STEM

[undone portal]

aye you're here

wsg

also did you get honors?

[undone portal]

i'd take the full ride bc i wont pay a cent for college

and no debt or loans

thats a win

but my ahh was too dumb to get into njit honors

[dusky tangle]

yeah for both

[dusky tangle]

yeah i have been here on and off for like 3 years but now i finally ask a question and get exposed 😭

[opal egret]

nobody know any school anywhere except t10s

Rutgers brand pretty good in the us tho ppl randomly think it’s an ivy for some reason

same with Purdue

[upper raven]

Is there a Rutgers '29 discord?

[undone portal]

purdue is acc ranked lower than rutgers

just not for eng and cs

[crystal pawn]

yeah Purdue's a pretty top tier engineering and/or cs school

[foggy river]

i thought it was a meme?

i mean sure rutgers is recognized but not ivy level

[opal egret]

no that genuinely happens

for some reason

[foggy river]

wild

[amber talon]

J

[upper raven]

if you look up the history of rutgers

[opal egret]

yes ik

[upper raven]

it was a college that genuinely could have become an ivy but didn't for some reason

i have no clue how that relates to people misremembering it as an ivy though

[vestal arch]

it was one of the colonial colleges, and all the other colonial colleges except 1 are now ivys

[cyan owl]

qq

[foggy river]

damn

[upper raven]

the other one is w&m

[toxic garden]

I thought there was only 3 references in total

[toxic garden]

btw common app said "Admissions notifications for regular decision applicants will be posted online via your Rutgers Application Portal no later than February 28 if you apply and submit all required credentials by December 1. "
new brunswick hasnt decided my application yet

[dusky tangle]

can anyone knowledgeable with SOE confirm if this is true?

im currently taking calc 3/diff eq and have taken linear and saw this on the njtransfer page, but i knew previously those credits wouldn't transfer. it sounds pretty official but i don't want to get my hopes up

[stark bobcat]

did anyone else get the honors college invitation

for newark

[undone portal]

No

Didn't get invited to NB either bc I'm a dumbass 🙏

[analog blaze]

I only got nb

[vestal arch]

u had to do an interview or sumn right

i aint doin allat

i only got camden

[vestal arch]

u and me brother🫶

[undone portal]

🔥

[full loom]

back in december for NB

but i never did it

tho i shouldve

more tuition off

rutgers 29 looking a bit too real rn

😅😅

[undone portal]

same

[crystal pawn]

did what

[full loom]

the response prompt

for the hc

the email was js hc consideration

😭

[open garnet]

i know someone that applied ea for rutgers through the commons app before november

and they got deferred

ans she still hasn’t heard back yet?

is that a rejection or?

[full loom]

have they checked their portal

it would indicate a result on there

like u gotta swipe there’s no letter it js says whether ur admitted or not

[opal egret]

can i double major if i got into 2 schools

[summer stream]

call the school

happened to my friend and got accepted like not even an hour after

[onyx lion]

guys can i appeal honors college decision

i was sent a link

[analog blaze]

yeah, anyone can

[upper raven]

How do I view my official decision letter and download a PDF?

[lime zodiac]

there isn't rly one online, i got mine in the mail though

[narrow quarry]

there is somewhere

i forget

i have someone how to before

[upper raven]

oh ok rip

[undone portal]

guys anyone know where to find the full summary of costs

in the netid or whatever

[hearty tangle]

I still didnt get my decision 💀

Should i be worried

I did apply like 1 hr before the deadline so

Idk

[lime zodiac]

go to the myRutgers portal and view your award, then click on financial at the top

if you got into multiple colleges you can see the cost for each

[full loom]

email

[hearty tangle]

Alrighr

[stable drum]

Honestly scared af abt it

[umbral atlas]

any current Rutgers nb student I can talk to?

[stable drum]

What about a call?

[waxen tulip]

I applied on December 1 but my SRAR was submitted December 3 so now I’m considered for rolling admissions and haven’t gotten a decision yet till now. I emailed and the guy said I would hear back no later than August 1. This is actually a joke, I’m so frustrated.

[narrow quarry]

Lmfao what

It’s not a joke if you applied the day of the deadline

Of course it’s not gonna instantly receive your SRAR, just like your SAT wouldn’t instantly get received

[narrow quarry]

Both to show your interest in rutgass

https://tenor.com/view/231-gif-25095509

[full loom]

ggs im sorry gang

[full loom]

hashtag demonstrated interested

[analog blaze]

anyone pulling up on march 28th?

[opal egret]

that was hc consideration?

I got that as well I assumed everyone got it

It just asked you to apply no?

[opal egret]

r u sure submitting srar late gets u moved to rolling

I think they made a mistake

I did asw but I got in ea

[dry narwhal]

ea deadline is 11/1 though I think

[opal egret]

I applied in late November iirc and submitted my srar early December

I got my decision jan 20th

or something

[full loom]

that’s the title of the email yes 😅

[full loom]

probs everyone did

?

[opal egret]

does consideration mean they liked your application enough that they wanted you to apply to honors

or smth

I wasn’t expecting to get hard cooked everywhere else I should’ve applied 😭

[dry narwhal]

might be dumb question but how do you guys think rutgers hc compares to ucla

the main issue I have with ucla is that tuition is like 85k for oos

whereas rutgers would be like 30k since I'm in state

[stable drum]

Honestly bro, 85k for a bachelor’s? Come on now

[opal egret]

which major

[dry narwhal]

math

[opal egret]

Idt it matters then

[dry narwhal]

yeah it's kind of insane

ucla has terrence tao

[opal egret]

r u set on grad school

[dry narwhal]

but idt he teaches undergrad

prob yeah

[opal egret]

go Rutgers

if u want to go into quant or something go ucla no questions asked tbh

[dry narwhal]

yeah fair

[opal egret]

if ur gonna do grad school anyway and academia undergrad doesn’t matter

just go wherever is cheapest

[dry narwhal]

wouldn't ucla have better opportunities for undergraduate research though

just bc they have stronger faculty

[opal egret]

Rutgers lets u cross enroll at Princeton bro

[dry narwhal]

oh cool

[opal egret]

it’s quite good for math

[dry narwhal]

ok cool thanks for the help I'll keep it in mind

[analog blaze]

ucla better

[analog blaze]

both are kinda bad for that cuz there’s wayyy too many students at either

if you’re looking for a better shot at research I’d stick to private schools

[dry narwhal]

yeah makes sense

I haven't gotten any private school acceptances yet though 😭

just waiting for ivy day atp lol

I doubt I'll get any

[full loom]

DEADASS??

[mellow drum]

only for the graduate school i think

[narrow quarry]

the application itself was prolly late

December 1st was the RD deadline

[polar sand]

I'd disagree on that

If you're an honors students you have tons like tons of opportunities

[eternal willow]

a lot of schools do this

theres normally red tape (like you can only do one class a semester and/or it has to be a class that isnt offered by the school you're a student at)

ik a girl at cornell who cross-enrolls at ithaca to take music composition courses and a girl at ithaca who cross-enrolls at cornell for astronomy

[round latch]

last i checked it was grad only

i believe theres one w/ penn as well but also grad only

[rigid lynx]

Can vouch RU math department was pretty good imo

[undone portal]

hell nah

wtf

[waxen tulip]

that’s what i’ve been telling them but they just keep going on about “I understand your frustration..” then if u u see stand do something about

[hearty tangle]

guys what the fuck

it was there till january bro

what are they on

why tf did my application get submitted then

and why did i get my portal

in common app it showed jan 15th

bruh

wtf

why did i pay 80 fucking dollars then

why did it show jan 15th

oof

rolling admission was jan 15th i had to send them another mail

[stable drum]

it’s ok dw

[narrow quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-brain-meme-big-brain-big-brain-meme-big-brain-time-gif-2441110471562975014

[dry narwhal]

nice thanks

I took a few rutgers math courses during hs and they were pretty good

I think the main thing is that I wish they could have gone a bit more in depth

and the homework could have been more challenging

but yeah overall they were pretty good and I’d assume that the more advanced courses would be better

[crystal pawn]

yoo

honors college invitation came in the mail

[rigid lynx]

oh cool which ones?

[dry narwhal]

250, 300 honors, and 350 honors

I wanted to take analysis or abstract algebra as well but my schedule just didn’t align

[rigid lynx]

oh damn nice

[royal pebble]

rejected from nyu and northwestern, RUTGERS IT IS!!

RAAAHH

[undone portal]

ru rah rah

[stable drum]

And UCLA will always be there if you want a Master or PhD, but 85k for a bachelor’s. That’s like house money lmao

[full loom]

https://tenor.com/view/rutgers-football-scarlet-knights-rutgers-rutgers-scarlet-knights-rutgers-university-gif-16783857028401008264

boutta be a scarlet night ig 😭🔥💔

[royal pebble]

SAMEEE

[viscid pagoda]

REALLL

[eternal willow]

it literally says youll receive a decision lol, just that they cant guarantee what time they will release it

[hearty tangle]

imagine they release in like june 💀

[polar sand]

Rutgers RUHHHHHHHH after a rejection from Penn, I have been redirected to RUtgers

[undone portal]

if i lose to purdue tomorrow

[polar sand]

Rutgers > Purdue anytime bruh

[lime zodiac]

in what universe lmao

[undone portal]

🤓 ☝️ erm ackshally....

rutgers is ranked higher than purdue on usnews

overall tho

[polar sand]

In every universe

[stable drum]

God willing 🙏

[rigid lynx]

😭

[polar sand]

Guys I'm looking for a roommate (male) pls DM me

NB

[narrow quarry]

cap

anything stem / engineering purdue is super clear

[polar sand]

RBS is so much better

Purdue might have a better program but my cousin is a transfer from Purdue to Rutgers and UIUC he said Rutgers has a lot of connection opportunities

[lime zodiac]

for rbs yeah the proximity to nyc probably helps

[narrow quarry]

dude

purdue is a stem focused school

that’s not a fair comparison

Rutgers business isn’t even all that

https://tenor.com/view/brain-brain-meme-big-brain-big-brain-meme-big-brain-time-gif-2441110471562975014

ngl Penn state business is even better than rbs

[polar sand]

Lmao

Good shit bro

[undone portal]

yeah

smeal is surprisingly good

[narrow quarry]

rbs is good

but

purdue stem is better

people barely go to purdue if it isn’t for stem

people go to Rutgers for so many majors it doesn’t really specialize in anything

[crystal pawn]

probably going to commit here

[undone portal]

same

[lime zodiac]

i want to commit here so bad but i have no guarantee ill be able to get aid

they have an aid appeal system for extenuating circumstances but it doesn't open until the summer🤦‍♂️

[royal pebble]

you can appeal for merit aid

its on the scholarships page

https://admissions.rutgers.edu/new-brunswick-scholarships

you can also appeal for honors college

[crystal pawn]

I did that form a few weeks ago but I haven't gotten a response yet 😔

[crystal pawn]

ugh does rutgers have only one open house

[polar sand]

Comes out tmr bro

[frail owl]

Anyone got merit from Rutgers as a oos

[polar sand]

for honors yeah...

[toxic garden]

uhhh

so did they just forget me or the admission is still working?

cause mine is EA, and ive heard that rutger's EA was 2 months ago alr

[umbral atlas]

hi guys I denied my admissions offer to NB and Newark, good luck to all :)

[viscid pagoda]

congrats on Barnardd!!! I also denied mine so hopefully waitlisted people enjoy Rutgers NB SAS or SEBS lolol

[crystal pawn]

yoo the appeal worked out

I got slightly more merit aid

[mellow drum]

WWWW

[royal pebble]

hopefully mine works out

i need some merit aid bc im oos

[polar sand]

same

[frail owl]

What you say in the appeal form

[crystal pawn]

nothing fancy, I just said how I'd really like to be able to go to Rutgers, and some additional merit aid would make it more feasible.

[frail owl]

Alr ty

[stable drum]

Congrats! Barnard is so cool!

[mellow drum]

can you appeal honors college even if you didn’t apply

i’m alr in hc but i’m asking for a friend

[frail owl]

Yeah

There’s a form for that

[mellow drum]

ty ty

[upper raven]

not committing here, gl to waitlisted people

bye chat

[hollow igloo]

[stable drum]

should I call one more time?

it’s April 1st and I applied before the deadline :^)

then again I did call before one time but idk, don’t want to sound desperate

[rigid lynx]

What happened?

[stable drum]

^ D:

Still under review

[rigid lynx]

Oh ☹️

Yea id call

[stable drum]

Would it be too desperate?

[rigid lynx]

No idt they care

[stable drum]

You got in?

O:

[rigid lynx]

Like 2 years ago lol

[stable drum]

Wow

What GPA did you have

I applied two years ago (2023) but got denied with a 3.2 GPA

Didn’t even remember RU-N, only RU-NB

[rigid lynx]

errr dont remember perhaps 3.8-3.9

[stable drum]

Damn lol

[onyx lion]

yall i got ru honors on appeal

but i heard baseline scholarship was 10k? and i only got 5k?

[mellow drum]

i think baseline is 5k

i got both 5k and 10k through

though*

so idk

[onyx lion]

how would one get more

[lime zodiac]

how bro🤦‍♂️ my dad literally passed away and they told me i can't get any more aid until i appeal fill out some appeal thing in the summer

[stable drum]

So weird, I applied before the deadline and I'm still under review D:

[full loom]

omg wait u can do this?

is it too late to appeal now

orrr

[onyx lion]

not too late gogogogoog

[frail owl]

Are you a first year?

[stable drum]

transfer

[frail owl]

Fall?

[stable drum]

yep

[frail owl]

I got my during January as a oos ea

You should probably call them since it’s April already

[mellow drum]

did you apply to the hc previously?

[onyx lion]

yeah

oh

bruh i can't send links

[mellow drum]

it’s ok j alr know the link

i’m in the honors college but my bf isn’t. he forgot to apply and wants to get more merit scholarships to dorm at rutgers

but idk if he can still apply for it

[onyx lion]

there's an option to apply for more merit

never hurts to try either

[ripe delta]

Where did you find this?

[onyx lion]

theres a link

[stable drum]

wasn't accepted for filmmaking. still have to wait for a decision for art & design as they didn't get it due to the system so they're still holding for tht but i was denied for almost all the schools i applied so it's joever lol

I already got over it, congrats to everyone tho <3 take the chance to go to RU fr

[frail owl]

Anyone who is out of state?

[royal pebble]

mee

maryland babyyyy!!

[frail owl]

Did Rutgers give you good financial aid?

I am also a oos

[royal pebble]

NOPE

still going though

[stark bobcat]

just withdrew

good luck to those on the waitlist

[narrow quarry]

just told my friend on the waitlist to refresh his portal

[hollow igloo]

if any waitlist gets in please tell

[toxic garden]

for some reason my decision for NB is not even out yet

[crystal pawn]

how do yall recommend I find a roommate