Hi everyone,
Wondering if anyone is planning to attend the Honors Reception on April 7? We attended an honors presentation at Engineering New Admit Day, si I’m thinking it may be redundant?
I better ask D to check her email when she wakes up!
When did you receive the notification?
Do you have any details?
He got the email on 3/26. All it says is a reception to meet current honor students, connect with class of '22 honors students, tour the Whitney Center and learn more about the program. It starts at 9:30AM, doesn’t say how long it is.
Thanks!
D is up now but I’m trying not to pester her. 
Based on the mail, it will be from 9:30 to 12:00. I hope it is better than the regular Accepted Students Reception.
“Please save the date for our Honors Concentration’s Accepted Students Reception on Saturday, April 7, 2018. You will receive a separate invitation from Admissions within the next day or so, but it will run from 9:30-12:00. At this event you will have a chance to meet with some of our Honors faculty, our Honors student leaders, and the rest of your entering class, as well as learn more about the Concentration.”
@annamom When did the email arrive?
@MACmiracle
March 22 - acceptance to Honor College
March 23 - confirmation to attend Acceptance Students reception for Honor College
We attended the reception today. Some of it was redundant, but I learned new things, too. We also got more of an opportunity to talk to current honors students and professors, including students in D’s area of interest.
We were on the fence about going, but H and I both felt we were very glad we came because of what we learned from students. D hasn’t said much but I think she was impressed.
We also got to tour the Whitney Center, including the honors wing and lounge and see an apartment.
We were told the average SAT for admitted honors students this year is 1399.
@annamom What did you think?
@MACmiracle
I am also glad that we went. I wanted DD to see the school as many times as she can before she made the decision (she told me a week ago that she is likely going Rowan because it is affordable, but I like her to decide because she feels she can fit in).
During the Open House visit, I wasn’t too impressed with the presentation by the Dean of one of the colleges, but the opportunity to talk to the students today helped a lot. My concern has been on job placement, in my kid’s case, I don’t mind the course work to be easy. During the previous Open House visit, the Dean kept on saying they encouraged internship, but I did not see a concrete path and had doubts. Today, a few kids mentioned they have the internships and even have offers for jobs after graduation. I think Rowan is trying hard. From what I heard, they entered a co-op agreement for engineering for places such as Lockheed Martin.
I think Honors Freshman, if they choose, stay High Pointe Commons.
https://sites.rowan.edu/honors/housing.html
I didn’t do the tour today and have never checked out Whiteny. After you brought it up and I tried to google and couldn’t find any youtube about Whiteny 
may be next time.
@annamom Here’s some info in Whitney.
https://sites.rowan.edu/housing/housing-options/Apartments/Whitney.html
D really needs quiet so I like that she would be able to have a single room in an apartment after freshman year. I haven’t seen a lot of on-campus apartments on our visits to colleges, but the single bedrooms in the Whitney apartments are a nice size. The lounges in each floor are very spacious, too.
Only honors students can go on the honors wing in Whitney, which houses the honors college offices, classrooms, and honors lounge. It makes for a small community. And the honors college administrators are right there if kids need them for anything.
^^great. They look really nice.
Both my kids live in Whitney and it is really nice.
The individual bedroom while sharing a common living room/kitchen/bathroom space works wonderfully. I think this generation of kids is generally speaking coming from homes where they had a lot of personal space - who shares a room with a sibling anymore? 
All the dorms along Rowan Blvd are set up like Whitney - RoBo, Victoria Street etc.
The set up in Holly Point Commons (HoPoCo) is more old school dorm style where you share one room with another person, and bathrooms are out in the hallway. Even so, my daughter lived there her first year and it was good, especially having the cafeteria in the same building. She did say that the older dorms fostered more interaction between kids (i.e. Evergreen), but I didn’t see her opting to move there when she signed up - she went right for Whitney!
@NJRoadie You may have posted before, do you mind sharing what you kids’ majors are? Were they able to find any co-op?
My concern remains that my kid is not majoring in Engineering and nothing related to medical…I like her to at least try CS (I looked into the CS curriculum and thought she can manage), but I suspect she will likely be doing something in business if not psychology. I am concerned with the job placement in those areas.
@annamom I’m not an expert, but I think that job placement for any school is going to be tough in a field like psychology. You really need graduate school in psychology before you can pursue any level job (guidance and school psychology are two that you can have a Masters for, most anything else will require a PhD)
In business, all I can tell you is my niece graduated BU with a degree in marketing, had several internships while in school, and still had to find her own job upon graduation (despite the $70k a year tuition bill)
I know a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, degree in biomedical engineering, it took her over a year to find a job. Another student I know graduated from SUNY with a business degree and got a great job before graduation. Just heard of another who dropped out of RPI in his junior year because he was offered a full time job from his internship.
My point is, every college and internship will be more about what the student makes of them. Somebody who is a go getter will get a job after college with or without a lot of help from the school. Looking for a job is a lot less painful without a ton of student debt over your head, if that’s an issue.
Just my opinion
Good luck!
I agree with @toast18 about the student getting the job not the school’s name, and that the lack of debt will make a huge difference.
That said - my daughter is a business major and my foster son is a psychology major.
He is planning on grad school and this year will be his second participating in a stipended summer research program at another school. This year it will be Ivy League. He had a fantastic time last summer and I look forward to hearing his stories from this one!
My daughter is graduating in only 3 years, and worked hard to find an internship this summer. She attacked it the same way she did her scholarship search, and applied to 35! She had quite a few interviews, including 2nd/3rd round. More than a few were pre-recorded questions she had to answer (kind of weird, frankly).
She worked her ass off to get the interviews, but it didn’t turn into an internship. I had that experience you sometimes have as a parent that I wanted to fix that but could not, which was really hard. Then I talked to my sibling, whose own child also did not get an internship their first opportunity (and goes to a bigger name school), and I calmed down. My kid is doing everything on an accelerated time frame. Meanwhile, my kid determined if she took classes at Rowan this summer, it would free up space for her to take an internship next fall or spring. Leave it to her to figure out a way to make something happen for herself!
Thank you. @toast18 and @NJRoadie
I understand Psychology requires graduate work, hence I talked my older DD out of psychology major. My DD18 does not plan to major in psychology, however, I do see her having an interest in psychology and I can see that it is a real possibility.
Thank you for the example on BU marketing. I feel much better that DD18 did not apply for BU LOL.
I agree with the above. The problem is that DD is not a go getter. For example, the reason she did not apply for BU was because it took her forever to write an application essay. She finished a few that required supplemental essays. I can’t see her applying to 35 places for internship. She hasn’t even applied to any summer job. @NJRoadie I envy you to have a very determined kid. It is good to know Rowan provides a lot of opportunities.
DD has visited Rowan three times and is leaning toward Rowan as an academic fit and affordability because of the scholarship. I am concerned with the job placement after graduation but I also think Rowan may be an academic fit. She is also accepted by RPI and we will be visiting soon.
RPI is a great school, Was just there. It was snowing there on Friday- ouch! They have great opportunities, but not sure their opportunities are five time greater than Rowan’s. You can’t compare the dorms. Rowans win out. Also, Rowan’s president sells hot sauce and places the proceeds in a scholarship fund for students. RPI’s president has a salary package of over SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS and keeps raising tuition. what president do you think is more vested in students?