#Rutgers University (2025-2026)
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I don’t think so
stevens pinnacle scholars (computer engineering ~63k/year but appealed my fin aid) vs rutgers nb (ece ~50k/year no scholarships or hc, also appealed for scholarships & hc)
I’m not going anyway I might as well withdraw completely
Whichever is cheaper both are good
Yeah Rutgers is better ranked and also probably more fun but it’s still gonna depend on what’s cheaper but probably Rutgers
admitted through eof after 5 month syay
stevens isnt worth all that if im being honest
people who succeed from stevens are usually the ones that put in work to get the internships and shit
otherwise youre either stuck with massive debt or your parents are very financially burdened
stevens may flex its roi but thats only true for the people who dont coast
well u gotta put in the work everywhere but the one upside is that if you go to places like njit or rutgers its just a smaller financial burden
stevens is only worth if ur getting it at a crazy discount
i.e., less than what you'd pay for either rutgers/njit per year
also 50k is a way overblown estimate
its more like 37-38k without any aid
rutgers has never been that expensive for instate
not that this is significantly less but
still better
yea i was surprised when i opened up my fin aid. im just going off of what i saw in my portal
im in-state so idk why its almost 50k
yeah its lying
more accurate estimates will come out later
i linked a reddit thread here
go read it
when does fin aid come out
it shouldve came out already
i just got my decision via portal
havent gotten an email yet
or anything about the honors college lol
in or out
not even my net id works just says admitted through eof
oh ok nice
whats eof
😭
also is getting into the hc at rutgers a big deal or is it only good for the dorms + scholarships
like it gives me more money basically
you get priority course registration i think
but thats about it
better to speak with someone in the HC tho
My application had 3 layers so maybe thats why it took so long
im not in the hc cuz i was an academic chud in high school
but my netid doesnt work so Idek what to do next lol
3 layers?
like
normal admission
+honors college (no decision on that)
and that eof program
im not sure
i dont have my financial aid yet
idk if ima make it in time for may 1st

cant decide what school to go to
this is just for the nb campus tho
the other campus is still under review
not that i care too much
newark or camden
camden
which i honestly wouldnt go anyway
but its closer lol
i just cared about nb
but i have no info
maybe netid updates in a couple days
so i can activate it
yeah camden is shit
fr
i applied as safety just in case
idk why
cause i got scared of all the t20s rejection
but i just plan to go for a year and transfer to a t20
so
idk yet
well keep your options open
no one specifically said you HAVE to transfer out of rutgers
unless you are unfortunate enough to have tiger parents
wait until eof comes out and then make a decision
uhh they arent necessarily its mostly myself
gt it
yeah
and ask them when it will release
honestly im sorry waitlisters i kinda ran my college essay through💀 chatgpt for this one, I revised the others tho trust
so at the time of submitting I like ran my essay I wrote and revised it on gpt for common app
that was like ea
for rds I manually revised my essay
lol I was out of time
How successful r Rutgers appeals like does it actually work cuz surely they don’t expect me to pay more than double my family’s income
biological sciences school vs school of arts and sciences
usually the requirements to graduate r a lil diff
i think sebs u actually get assigned an advisor but idk correct me if im wrong
does it matter which i go to for first year then transfer?
lol congrats u going or u going w me
I don’t think u get free room n board with eof maybe it depends but my friend didn’t I don’t think
yoo congrats
Yeah I'm unsure either but I'll have to see with the financial aid package and if I get honors which is delayed for eof ppl for some reason
Tyyy
yea they emailed me this right after sending it: If your appeal is submitted after March 27 but no later than April 13, you will be notified on April 22, 2026.
i submitted mine before march 27 so ill get it april 8
ill lyk
ah i see
oh ok
Bruh I'm supposed to submit a hc appeal because I was admitted late so they just didn't even consider my honors application even tho I applied to both the school and honors back in November
I'm so upset because that means im.not going to know til a week before may 1st at best
It's so unfair
Rutgers admissions process for u
I filled out that survey and told them the admission process was the biggest factor to my decisions
Dude it's actually fucked
Is Rowan still in the running for u
Ye
goood
I'm committing
Was trying to decide between Rutgers and TCNJ but the obvious choice has been rutgers
congrats, same here. i committed a few days ago
It’s not obvious
I mean Rutgers is better but if tcnj is cheaper or closer or u like the class sizes it’s better
My friend chose ramapo over tcnj for accounting tho
im still waiting for one more school but if i dont get in im committing too
were u able to get in after ur appeal?
Ik like 5-10 people who appealed and none of them got it 😭
Good luck
tyy
Anyone know when move in day is? I can't find it anywhere
It is
Gratz
Thanks bro

w ruts
always overcharging
🤑
bring that up with financial aid or smth
Is hc appeal tommorrow?
got rejected from appeal 💔
Fr same
does being in the HC make a big difference for ECE? or is it just a dorm upgrade and scholarship?
the latter
can u convince me why i should go to rutgers over stevens (rutgers would be ~38k from what ive heard but its 49k on my portal, then stevens would be ~59k but i got into their pinnacle scholars program)
What major are you
ece for rutgers but i plan on taking the ce path, and compE for stevens
im 50/50 between the both of them but i plan on finding a career in NYC after graduating and steven's proximity is a factor despite the price tag
What do you want: people who are heavily fixated on your academic interests, or a more diverse social circle
i want both but mainly people around me that can make me grind which would probably help better long term
At rutgers its definitely possible to have both
Stevens i cant say for sure but theres a chance your friend group will be less diverse
Do you want a more laid back big university experience with more stuff to do or do you want an intense and small campus
most of the time intense, but i would like it to be laid back at times. tbh i wouldnt mind being in a small or big campus
Also rutgers just has much more clubs that can be of interest to you
And if you want to go to sports games and stuff its much better for that
Where do you live
in nj
monmouth county
Yeah just go to rutgers
You can commute if you feel like it
Also rutgers brand name beats stevens any day
i would dorm at either university
If you want to move out of nj/nyc people will recognize rutgers more
Also thats like 80k saved across 4 years
Yeah but not for all 4 years tho
i mean maybe find an apartment off campus but thats it tbh
does being in HC helps to get research positions? i dont have much research experience despite studying biochem so im afraid i wont be able to compete with others for those spots
welcome to the banks 😛😛
hihi everyone!! would anyone here need a roommate? im going to rbs nb for finance and im looking for someone who is quiet and we can just focus in our own personal space most of the time. please dm me and we can talk further!!
Did u commit to rutgers?
Yeah
Did they just randomly send u a invite? 😭
Yes 😭
w rutgers admissions ig
Anyone doing an LLC?
Yeah the DAFYN one
I have to finish the essays asap I haven't really started them
Me too me too maybe we'll both get in
I'm pretty sure they're due tomorrow right?
I'm cooked 
does this mean the LLC applications are due today? Ik it says something different on the website so I'm kinda confused
any oos students here? can someone tell me how much their coa per year actually is? 70k is pretty expensive
pls lmk if you know
It is 70k
I’m not oos but I’ve seen from someone who’s oos before
bruh
deadass not worth 65k
even in state i feel like its hella expansive compared to other state uni tuitions for no reason
but ye state school btw
its 47k for me
but 42k after deans
yea its not THAT good either like umich or sm
bu is 98k 😭
I got off their wl and as much as i wanna go ima prolly have to turn it down cuz of that
and others
💔
Im wl at nyu rn
naa shoot ur shot w financial aid
i got in even w 14k of aid it’s 87k 😭
yea i called bu and they're like we'll send u it tuesday morning or smth
and apparently that’s generous
and the decision is due tuesday 5pm but they said i can extend it
what major tho
for nyu?
ye they doing same for me
Ya
u also got off bu wl?
stern
nah
im def not getting off
i was talking abt nyu
they spam extending atleast 🤑
i've seen people get 0
but then again
💀
They that broke tho?
Or js cracked
nah at least if i end up at Rutgers
Which i prob will
Unless nyu clutches
(Alr commited to ruts)
Where u wled tho?
Heard the ruts dorms either good or hella goofy
nyu stern, bu (which i got off but 98k most likely 💔 ), and uiuc
i got hc dorms but im dorming with my friend and hes not in hc so i gotta go to the regular ones 😭
we saw the livi quads and they're buns
😭
i would consider dorming if i was in hc
but naaaaaa
the only benefit of hc is ac dorms
nothing else from what ive heard
u an engineering major?
ye and goof scholarship
and better classes
i think
tuff
the scholarship was only 5k its nothing life changing ykwim
compared to a full ride
in that sense
not tryna devalue 5k but yk
like i dont gotta sit in a 400 people lecture hall now?
it smaller or sm shi ig
also apparently it’s more aura and connects but idfk I didn’t search
apparently it varies tho
but ya idk if nyu has more aura
apparently engi one of the harder schools to get into in ruts
along w rbs
yea idk too much abt it ngl besides the dorms
nyu name def carries more aura
and its not even close
but the price diff is crazy
unless ur like a well off wealthy person where 50k extra a year doesnt matter to u
ye top 10 greediest schools (it ny tho ig)
since im commute it’s basically like 25k
v 87k coz i gotta dorm
hypernova v ant ah
parents said if i get it down to 50k tho it might make sense
for nyu?
then again might be a lil late for that
Ruts
Nyu is 60k tuition 😭
thats not terrible
67k…
nyu fin aid is lowk hella stingy
from what ive heard
Ye but i gotta shoot my shot yk
someone from our school got into stern before not this year i forgot
and they did ed1
apparently i heard they're taking a good amt of loans
I didnt get into any other good college but nyu (even if it’s mid ass engi) so i gotta make it count
me too 💔
😭 ye I don’t wanna be crushed for life
where else if u dont mind
yeah
Mostly nj colleges, njit, ruts newark
tuff
got into penn state but hell nah 😭
i only applied to rutgers in state
Also got into stevens
i was so determined to not stay in state
Not greedy unlike nyu
isnt stevens expensive too
I applied commute and it’s 45k ish w the above considered
Only ones that want me 🙏
But ya ain’t going there cause that’s commute from hell
Also idk abt the dorm situation
but idk how generous they are or anything like thar
My fafsa is like 50k ish so they matched it
Actual w for them tho
Would be better than rutgers but ya can’t be girlless
Also idk abt the dorm situation
thats good
if they matched it
valid point
isnt it in hoboken
Ye close enough to ny I think?
Like it’s across I heard from it
But yea it’s crazy even tho i put commuting
It’s the same as dorming at ruts
ye bro 😭 but ruts commute is ez pz so im js doing that
Im hella close too
I heard dorms might be terrible but idk
But id rather dorm for the experience ykwim
I would js do that but idk cost
And even w dorm its like the cheapest option i have
It’s a mixed bag apparently
Some got it good
But I had a cousin who studies in nd
Apparently he hates the dorm exp & his roomies are goofs
It’s nd tho so that too but
Ya
Feel like dorming could be hell
def depends
but na apparently his roomies are ahh
and they r mostly white
(Asian btw)
Unless u drive to Minnesota or smthin
Did he do random or smth
Maybe but idk
Either way not like he’d know anyone
I’d feel like to dorm for me tho it would be for a practical purpose
For NYU yea it’s useful bc no way im commuting that long
And I get to live in ny
For rutgers I basically live next to nb so I lose nothing
I was considering fordham
Just cuz dorm in nyc
And for finance it'll help network wise
I heard that it’s hella overpriced tho
But idk
they gave me a ton of merit
Oh woaw
😛
and especially since i qualify for no need based
i was surprised how much merit they gave
Oh wow
i think full pay there is like 100k right
They want u ig 😭
my total cost was 60
around
and that includes nyc manhattan housing
If only nyu….
for 60 id take nyu in a second
ye but js a 20 min train ride
and lowk I saw the campus
Looks like a mini version of main
W slop bowls surrounding the park instead
😂
i lowk think its nice
to not have a formal campus
but rather the whole city
lot of people hate it
Yea that’s why I lowk like nyu
It’s a enclave within the city
But not some giant ass countryside environment like most campuses (Rutgers)
Boring ash
But they scammed me bc I applied thinking I was going to main 💀
Only good thing abt college ave is the train station to nyc i heard abt
Ye nb station
yea like socially u have sm to do
i always use it going to ny
Is it right on college ave
Cuz ima just go to nyc when im bored or have free time or smth
For social events and stuff
They're diff?
Idk i've never taken those station
i just heard theres one on campus here so nyc commute is easy
from the person guiding my rbs tour
It’s close tho I think
It’s a hour train
And like 30 one way I think? Forgot
But ya trains are sometimes goofy
Almost missed tandon tour bc of one
Yea ik idm that
I've been on a bunch from here to nyc but the edison station
I've taken the 1 am train back from nyc before a few times its not terrible
i thought it was 30 both ways id
idk
Ye this act
Yea for us it’s either Edison or nb
Edison has more parking tho so if full fam
We do Edison
thats lowk not bad
u can spend the whole day in nyc
if u leave early
with the train station being so close
Js don’t be like me and get a full stop train
1.5 hours js for ny
And it was full
At 9 am
ye that train was hella cursed tho
I will say tho abt nyu
I lit plugged it to death
And my parents said they’d let me go
I’d be paying the debt tho
But yea idk bc if the debt 😭
Ridiculous diff
how much in loans would it be
ur parents would pay the 60?
maybe
or I’d take another loan for an
sm
i mean ngl id avoid 30k in loans for tandon
its not like a crazy engineering school compared to gtech or cmu or smth like that
🤑
well ig i shall see what happens to aid
hopefully nyu may slide some (more)
🙏
nyu aid is def weird
i saw someone say like the fin aid office told them to commit and then appeal for more
like ngl that sounds kinda shady
asking them to commit and then aid
Yo same bruh 😭
They lit told me the same ass thing
I was abt to
Than i doubted it last min
But yea not gonna dual commit
Put 500
And risk no college
For the chance at aid
Gotta give it now
Yea i wouldnt do that
and tandon def not worth 30k in loans imo
maybe if it was like stern or tisch or maybe CAS its debatable
yaa😭
manifesting ts tho
that's an overestimation on rutger's part btw
this has been said so many times bruh
it's more like 38-39k
granted that's still expensive
but it's not past 40k
and often people end up paying around 2.5k less than that
so 35.5k
nyu is ranked only about 10 places higher than rutgers
waste of money if ur not a business major or in courant
also the school doesnt even have a campus bruh
classic nj kids hating on their state school bruh
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its not that bad bruh
i'd argue that lecture hall type classes are better in some ways
they force you to develop study habits that wouldn't naturally come if you were sitting in a 20 person class with a good amount of hand holding from the professor
also come on you cant say you went to college without having a class in a huge ass lecture hall
thats part of the experience 😭
ofc 😛
Can’t be jersey wout hating it
Unless ur oos
lowk tho
i like that
it’s a oasis in the city ish
but not a gated community
like ruts for ex
that’s gallatin though soooo
Ye but those classes always tighter
Idk man that’s what my letter shows
It isn’t nj if evb isn’t hating on Rutgers ✌️
I’ve seen the rbs one ts big
I’d prefer having the whole city over a formal campus too
Like u can just do wtv u want nobody gaf
Rutgers might as well be its own city
You can go months without seeing anyone you know
And nyc is deadass 1 train ride away
Why do people hate on rutgers tho
Come on hate on rowan or like montclair or smth
Not even top 100
self hate
and penn state level
lowk
naaaa its a minor city
outside central nb tho
all suburbs
^
No rutgers is better
still state
not umich or purdue etc level
but one day ig
Purdue is ranked lower than rutgers btw
Only in engineering
Is it better
And maybe cs
💔
i mean im taking engi
one day rutgers will have aura ig 🙏
lowk tho
ruts is both overhated and overhyped
it ain’t terrible
but oos ppl glaze
idk about that
im at a sweaty californian school and people respect rutgers but they dont glaze it like crazy
ig some do
ts actual coa better not be 70k though
i heard that they view it in the same way we view like
Berkeley
Or ucla
Idk how u calis view them tho
But ya in state is lit 40k if u dorm 😭
Expensive ash
And for what
Respectfully purdue def better than Rutgers in anything cs and engineering ngl
Apparently Rutgers has better rep far away from nj
UF oos cost the same for me as Rutgers in state
son 😭
did u get aid
but ya might as well go to uf 💀
Nah
Didn’t like the location
And I heard nyc proximity helps a bit with finance stuff
My goal is to transfer after a year tho 😭
Feel like I got hella unlucky this cycle
Yeh people out of the country think it's like an ivy league
our worst uc costs more than that
i think you guys got a great deal
i mean we hold those schools in super high regard too
i think you guys just hate your school
rutgers is tuff
Cali for u
Isnt that what i said
Good on UF but lowk colleges in the south are all like that
Something something lower property cost or wtv
Idk how they do it
Cuz here it’s like almost anyone gets in u have people with 2.5s all the way up to 4.0s
Yeah
Even in state I heard they’re really cheap
Ts (and lowk its so random too even cracked ppl can get wl or reject 😭 )
it’s j* rsey tho
we all hate Jersey
(From a lifelong Jersey)
Fr
I’ve seen people wl at Rutgers this year but into Georgia tech and stuff like that
Someone else didn’t get into the honors college but got uchicago
Yea
A decent amt got wl here but they all or most ended up getting in
Ye i got into nyu and no honors (tho i didn’t put my sat in nyu) also its engi
But still
They hella rng
And geeked
Then u become a jersey glazer 🤑
Only time u love ur state is when ur apart ofc
The nyu ao came to our school in the fall
They’re like 50% of accepted people submitted SAT and the other 50 didn’t
For the ones who did the avg was 1500
From what she said
This depends
Ye I got 1380 if I submitted no way was i ever getting in 💀
Naaaaa gotta cancel the haters
Jersey ws
Better than ny
Not rlly tho
See
If only everyone didn’t put nj and nyc in their bio
Evb wants the nyc
Not the nj
Great way to put it
Nonetheless can’t tolerate the hate 🙏
Also ain’t uchicago a ed college
Like nyu
It’s 1500s I think
Rutgers be doing anything ✌️
W ruts aura