<p>anyone have anything to say about the campus?the extra things given to douglass women?
or justa any info on accessibility of professors?</p>
<p>VISIT or call asap!<br>
Tons of extra things for Douglass women, and from reading your posts things that will be wonderful for you ...leadership development, academic enrichment etc. It's a gorgeous campus, safe dorms. We know a number of Douglass grads (before this change) and a couple girls there now. They all love it madly. Also, with the FA situation ... there is a Douglass residential scholarship you can download from the net. It's an essay, which I'm sure you do wonderfully well.
For us it looks like RU will be more expensive than another school that she just loves. She hasn't been to the accepted student days at that school, so we'll see for sure. But the lack of FA is rough for us.</p>
<p>i am so happy i logged into the "rutgers women chatroom" last week. it really opened my eyes to the potential of rutgers, particularly douglass.
i'm really glad your daughter has found a place she loves that is cheaper than rutgers- i thought rutgers was one of the best bargains (for iinstate) out there. good luck with finaid. thank you for all your helpful advice
would you happen to know anything about professor/student interaction at rutgers first hand? i've heard it's tough to get, but i know a lot of people who LOVE rutgers.<br>
i know douglass is just a residential college, but do you think douglass women have more access to professors, as well as advising, than other campuses>
also, do you feel douglass is a really enthusiastic, love of learning and community-minded place to be?
i'm so happy because i think I might have found my niche (i was pretty sure I wanted a women's college but still had some doubts about not having daily interaction w/guys unless i went to bryn mawr, which is not even a mile away from haverford) that is also quite affordable, at least compared with my other options. the only concerns i have are the intellectual exchange at ru and access to professors- i'm a nerd and proud of it and i just love being around smart, quirky purposeful people)</p>
<p>I think you'll find the whole NJ range at RU and at Douglass..goth, gangsta, emo, jock, geek, cheerleaders, nerds. If you want to have wildly intellectual discussions or wear black and write death poetry, or go cheer on football you will find each niche at Rutgers. In fact you can be in all three at once, since it's so big. I'd also look at the Honors Dorms at RU but I think you'll like Douglass better. Look at the different types of dorms at D. Access to profs is up in the air from what I've read. In upper grades it's more likely. In certain majors it's more likely. Mentoring often happens but it's not an automatic thing you can assume. Have you stayed over at either one? Besides accepted days either online or over the phone sign up for a day or overnight that lets you sit in on classes at RU.
Do the same at Bryn Mawr. I don't know if, at BM, it is all lofty thoughts and great ideas, I-own-more-Prada, or even a ewww-men-are-gross assertive feminist lesbian clique. probably all three? They're all at Rutgers of course, just with so many kids you may not interact as often with each group.
It seems to me, and I hope others jump in here, is that at college you end up with a bunch of close friends and a slightly larger group of fun people to hang out with. I think for most follks the real numbers are 5-10 very good friend group, 20 in a larger group of friends. You don't end up with 300 close friends at a state U., just with the same number as at BM within the big group. The one advantage of RU is you can change groups whenever you want, since there are 25,000 students at the place.</p>
<p>someone told me that douglass was "scary" and "feminazis" were the norm there. her bro lives on his own but she suggested college ave, busch, or cook as the best campuses to live.
my major (s) being poli sci and french, and my interests being english, history, maybe anthropology and women's studies, i kind of don't want to have to take buses all the time to get to my classes. i want to live on the campus that has things I'm interested in.
thanks for your help</p>
<p>You'd have to research each dept., but I doubt anyone gets away with never using the buses. Anthro is on Douglass, perhaps women's studies?
The girls I have known that loved Douglass were straight, and two are engaged to be married this coming year -to men. (g)
The girls at Douglass are the girls from NJ high schools. Gay, straight, preppy, gangsta, shy and assertive. (or whatever these styles are called now) The wildest I ever heard it get at Douglaass was the gay girls would chalk pro-gay messages in front of the dorm and the straight girls would chalk messages praising relationships(cough, cough) with men.
There are more gay kids in your school than the few that are out. In my life experience gay kids, very religious kids etc can go a bit wild when first in a safe place.
feminazi is a word made up to make people dislike a group. Think about who made that up - a man who dislikes feminism and perhaps just dislikes women. Women do not form roving gangs that attack, rape, and terrorize. They don't form, that I know of, political parties based on hate and killing.
By linking support of women with the Nazi party the originator found a way to push people to associate women with evil.<br>
Think about how YOU view women's rights and don't let some radio talk-show silliness effect you.</p>
<p>wow that is the most intelligent thing i've heard anyone say about feminism in a long time
you're totally right, i just heard what i heard and thought there might be some morsel of truth to it.
douglass really sounds great- i'm visiting mar 30- yay!</p>
<p>have a great time visiting. accept there will be some cons along with the pros, and see how it feels to you. You might also check out Douglass and RU facebook members.</p>
<p>Does anyone have information on the placement testing and advising days? Do Honors students go through placement testing? The advising day is about 8 hours long. Is there a lot of sitting around? On testing, I understand that an SAT score above 600 in critical reading opts a student out of some testing. If so, do those opted out show up later in the day?</p>
<p>So I decided to check out the Rutgers forum since I'm procrastinating, and I must say I was excited to see that someone was asking about Douglass and seriously considering it. </p>
<p>I'm a first-year at Douglass right now, and as cheesy as it may sound, I do love it! Now, I was very reluctant to come to Rutgers in the first place because I only live 20 minutes away (I wanted to go out-of-state) and it's such a huge school. It seriously took alot of pleading (and reasoning since Rutgers is in fact such a great option for in-state students) on the part of my parents and brother. I finally agreed, but only if I could transfer my sophomore or junior year. I've been here for a semester and a half, and I can say that I have no intention of transferring. I'm involved in various organizations that I enjoy and care about (if you come to Douglass, you'll probably see me during Welcome Week since I'm on the Orientation committee) and I've made some great friends. As far as classes yes, the huge lectures are really different from the smaller classes, but not all of your classes are going to be huge lectures, and if they are, you'll still have accessibility to your professor. All of them have office hours, and they love when students visit then because they're generally left with nothing to do since most students don't take advantage of them. As for women-directed programs and organizations, I'm sure the recruitment office has made that information pretty accessible; just explore the website. OH, and how can I forget the claim that we're all scary, "feminazis." I think it's amusing that people use such words when referring to Douglass women because the "feminazis" they see are really just women who are strong, active, and care about their goals. I know I've said alot already, but let me just address the campus question. The campus is beautiful; it's most like what I expected a college campus to look and feel like. As far as seeing guys? They're at the dining hall, on the buses (which really aren't that bad), and in classes. Trust me, you'll definitely see them. </p>
<p>If you have any more questions, message me with them or I can give you my email address then. Hope you enjoy your visit on the 30th! : )</p>
<p>is this testing only if you have accepted enrollment at rutgers? When is it?
My son was offered admission but we are still waiting for other college acceptances before deciding (and don't want o miss necessary testing)</p>
<p>Testing is only for if you've accepted enrollment.</p>