<p>I saw that on the rivals site yesterday. It re-enforces my view that it makes no sense to compare a small college with a large and major research university which stresses graduate education as too often is done on CC.</p>
<p>I agree with tsdad.
The two schools are usually on NJ applicants lists but are really two different animals.
One isn't 'better' than the other....just quite different from each other with much to offer kids with varying needs/goals.</p>
<p>my cousin is the valedictorian at his new jersey high school. his mom told me that he got a full ride scholarship to some college in new jersey but that he didnt want it cuz the school "sucks." which college is it in new jersey that gives full ride scholarships (perhaps in an attempt to keep top students in-state)?</p>
<p>Actually, all the NJ state schools offer a purely numbers driven scholarship which attempts to keep high caliber students in state.
So, it could be any one that your cousin is disparaging.</p>
<p>The scholarships are described on each schools website and are based on a combination of rank and SAT.</p>
<p>I am new to this forum, and while trying to find posts about Rutgers I was disheartened to see many negative statements about how Rutges is just a safety school and is even considered by some users of lesser quality than other jersey schools such as tcnj. So here is my attempt to give props to Rutgers.</p>
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<li><p>Rutgers is the 8th oldest school in the country.</p></li>
<li><p>Douglass college is one of the oldest all women colleges in the country(I believe in the top 3)</p></li>
<li><p>Rutgers university is the birthplace of college football defeating princeton in 1869</p></li>
<li><p>The first ultimate frisbee game was played between Rutgers and Princeton in 1972 on the 103 anniversery of first college football game.</p></li>
<li><p>Rutgers is home to nobel prize winner selman walksman who discovered streptomyocin. (the cure for tuberculosis) </p></li>
<li><p>Grease truck sandwiches found on college ave. on Rutgers College were actually featured on the Food Networks Top 5 "big eats"</p></li>
<li><p>Speaking of Food Network, Molto Mario is an alumni of Rutgers university. </p></li>
<li><p>If your interested in political science (the eagleton institute one of that nation' s most respected polling and poltical research insititutions is apart of rutgers university.</p></li>
<li><p>Former governor Jim Florio, Congressman Robert Menendez, and Former U.S. senator Robert torricelli are all Rutgers alumni</p></li>
<li><p>If your interested in pharmaceuticals (Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy 6 year program is one of best in the country and with pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson and Johnson literally next door what else could you ask for. </p></li>
<li><p>Abraham Abuchowski the founder of ENZON, one of biggest biotech companies in the country, is yes indeed a Rutgers alumni.</p></li>
<li><p>And if haven't heard Rutgers researher scientists caught the nations attention this past December when they revealed that they were close to finding the cure to HIV by inhibiting reverse transcriptase. </p></li>
<li><p>If you ever wondered why new jersey was ever called the garden state.. Rutgers actually has the states agricultural school at Cook College where one can actually see dozens of horses, cows, sheep, pigs, and other farm animals roam the campus. </p></li>
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<p>14.Rutgers University Newark is considered the most diverse school in the country according to US News rankings. </p>
<p>15.To all you future teachers, Rutgers school of education is considered the 35th best in country. </p>
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<li><p>To all new jersey residents who ever wondered what that nice little scholarship called the Blounstein scholarship was.. Edward J. Blounstein was president of Rutgers during the seventies and eighties. </p></li>
<li><p>If English is your desire, Rutgers english deparment ranks 18 in the country. </p></li>
<li><p>Pulitzer prize winner Robert Pinsky is a graduate of Rutgers university. </p></li>
<li><p>If you like to contemplate your navel.. then head over to Rutgers as it has the best philosophy department in the country according to gourmet rankings. </p></li>
<li><p>Rutgers is #1 in women's history and #4 in african american history. </p></li>
<li><p>To all you mathematically inclined.. you can derivative yourself out at Rutgers as rutgers mathematic department is ranked 16th in the country. </p></li>
<li><p>Robert Trivers who invented the famous trivers model teaches at Rutgers.</p></li>
<li><p>If computers are your thing than head over to Rutgers where their computer science department ranks #29 in the country. </p></li>
<li><p>Peter shultz the co-inventor of fiber optics is a Rutgers alumni</p></li>
<li><p>CHEEZE WIZ, that deliciolus cheesy product we put on our crackers was invented at Rutgers university. </p></li>
<li><p>If your desires is in the arts then head over to Mason Gross School of Arts.. where Rutgers is ranked #35 in the country and has provided us with the following actors.. Paul Robeson, James Gandolfini(Tony Soprano), Colista Flockhart(Ally Mcbeal), Kiristen Davis (Sex and the City) etc.....</p></li>
<li><p>SPORTS?? you probably didnt think I could come up with something but guess what.. L.J. Smith TE for Eagles, Eddie Jordan coach of washington wizards, NBA comissioner David Stern are all Rutgers alumni. And Mr. college basketball himself Dick Vitale was actually the 1976 Rutgers assistant basketball coach. Which by the way was only one of 4 teams ever to make to the final four undefeated. </p></li>
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<p>Here were just a few cool facts about Rutgers University.Its not the most prestigious school out there, because at some point in time some silly person thought that all new jersey residents should be entitled to a quality education and therefore admission requirements have been pretty complacent<br>
As a school's quality is usually correlated with its selectivity, one can see how Rutgers has gotten a raw deal. But as they say it is relatively easy to get into Rutgers but difficult to survive Rutgers.</p>