<p>looking to run in college (ive been scouted by some dI's, but i'll go to dI to dIII, or i'll even run club)
school spirit at a decent level
actual social life
great engineering department
great scholarships
nice campus appearance
looking to stay in jersey if possible, because my mom is making me stay close....i can go to PA (but not too far in) and same goes for NY</p>
<p>ive looked into tcnj (not good engineering dept ratings) rutgers (its kinda big for me...:/) and stevens (nothing really wrong with it, but EXPENSIVE! anyone know how its scholarships are?)...anyone have any other suggestions? i hear rowan is good, but apparently not too many students like i there, or so ive heard. help me please :) thank you!</p>
<p>I can’t speak about scholarship possibilities but Bucknell meets most of your criteria. It is not too far from New Jersey, has a beautiful campus, strong engineering and the school spirit is good. The social life revolves around a strong Greek scene. </p>
<p>If you want to be closer to New Jersey, look at Lehigh and Lafayette. They also meet much of your criteria. Good luck with your search</p>
<p>A lot of students from NJ planning to go into engineering apply to NJIT and Drexel. You might want to consider those, NJIT is public so it is inexpensive for a NJ resident, offers scholarships, and it is stronger for engineering than TCNJ. It doesn’t completely fit your criteria, as it probably doesn’t have a pretty campus or lots of school spirit, but since you’ve considered Stevens (which has some overlap) you might want to look into it. Also perhaps RPI.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your input! I have looked at bucknell lehigh and Lafayette but all are super expensive! And coming from an all white family with two parents that have steady jobs won’t really qualify me for too much of a discount…</p>
<p>Schritzo, do you know anything about the social ode at njit, Stevens, and rpi? I can’t find tooo much info about it but from what I did find, it’s like nonexistent…</p>
<p>I’m the Dean of humanities and social sciences at TCNJ, not the Dean of Engineering, but I hear very good things about Engineering at TCNJ. Here are some data that prospective students of Engineering might find interesting about engineering at TCNJ:</p>
<p>81% of TCNJ students passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam this year (83% last year) which is the the highest in the state and well above the national rate (approximately 70%). This shows that TCNJ students therefore have a mastery of the engineering fundamentals when they complete a degree here. TCNJ has a very high alumni satisfaction rate and, perhaps most importantly, they are employed after graduation. TCNJ has nearly 100% placement in 6 months, even in this tough economy. Just over 30% of the TCNJ Engineering grads go onto graduate schools - some very prestigious - including Princeton, UPenn, Hopkins.</p>
<p>Our beautiful campus, small classes, bright students, and faculty who love to teach, together with the data on our learning outcomes make for a powerful combination.</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering and staying in NJ, your best bets would probably be Stevens, Rowan or Rutgers. Rutgers has a great department but it is a large school and that isn’t for everyone. Rowan is medium sized school, moderately priced and has an excellent engineering department (ranked #1 in the country for chemE in colleges where masters are the highest degree). They have an entire building/complex dedicated strictly to state of the art engineering classrooms and labs…TCNJ has only renovated classrooms that they use for their labs and (IMO) were unimpressive, as were the professors who gave the overview.</p>
<p>We visited all three and my son also felt that Rutgers was too large for him. He loved Rowan, but ultimately ended up at Stevens. We were all impressed with the level of clarity and expertise from the profs. who gave overviews of different departments and also with the co-op program. Stevens also offered excellent scholarship aid, had a small college campus, was situated within a great little town (Hoboken) and is only a 10 minute PATH ride into NYC. From what we understand, Stevens offers special scholarships for women so it is definitely worth it to apply. Our son is absolutely thrilled there already and this is only his 2nd week!</p>
<p>Getting back to TCNJ…in our opinion, for engineering it is no where near the program at the other schools. We know of 3 students who transferred from the TCNJ program into Rowan in their sophomore and junior years and are ecstatic with the switch. TCNJ loves to spew out numbers and facts during their campus visit days, but in our experience, many kids who go there just aren’t happy…not much to do on campus or in the area, student center is closed on weekends, etc. etc.</p>
<p>Thank you both for the information! Both are very helpful fir my seach. </p>
<p>And my gpa unweighted is 3.93, or a 5.05 weighted. I’m ranked 8th of 667 (yes, 667 lol) as of the end of sophomore year. Junior year ranks aren’t posted yet.</p>
<p>looking to stay in jersey if possible, because my mom is making me stay close…i can go to PA (but not too far in) and same goes for NY</p>
<p>ive looked into tcnj (not good engineering dept ratings) rutgers (its kinda big for me…:/) and stevens (nothing really wrong with it, but EXPENSIVE! anyone know how its scholarships are?)…anyone have any other suggestions? i hear rowan is good, but apparently not too many students like i there, or so ive heard. help me please thank you! *</p>
<p>Will you be testing again soon?</p>
<p>Will you also take the ACT? Some do better with the ACT.</p>
<p>How much money will your parents contribute? </p>
<p>Best scholarships are for incoming freshmen, so transferring may not be a good idea. Transferring may not also work if you’ll be playing a sport.</p>
<p>Lafayette College in Easton PA (just across the Delaware River from NJ - easy access to NYC and Philly) has about 2400 undergrads (about 30% engineering majors). It has a beautiful campus, and Division 1 sports, with a historic football rivalry with Lehigh.</p>
<p>thank you everyone for all of your information! im pretty sure im going to by applying to stevens, rutgers, tcnj, and then i’ll weigh my financial aid, as well as the ratings of the engineering dept. thank you again; all your info has really helped me!! if you have any more suggestions or information on scholarships, let me know :D</p>
if you have any more suggestions or information on scholarships, let me know :D</p>