<p>If you study there, or know anyone who does...what is it like?
(socially, academically?)</p>
<p>Well if you know anything, please post, no matter what it is! :D</p>
<p>I quite like Rutgers, but my parents aren't too keen about the East Coast (they want me to go to a UC)...</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>its all study no play. its a depressing life.
just ****ING with you lol. its rutgers, a state university its fun, but just manage your time well or you’ll be taking summer classes like I am about to. the West Coast is nice too tho, but rutgers is good. one thing that might be new to you is the ratio thing when you go to parties, my friends’ schools don’t seem to have this. you need girls or sometimes they let you in for 5 bucks, you might say it ensures you a good time since a lot of girls are going to be there, depends on your point of view.</p>
<p>I am assuming by the UC reference that you live in California. We live in Los Angeles and my son will be be starting his second year at Rutgers in the Fall (Sophmore). He has mixed emotions about his Rutgers experience, but I think he is generally pleased to be going to school there. Study he did - alot!, Party - well he thought the ratio thing- you have to come with 5 girls or whatever the number is for that Frat to be a drag and the parties were lame. Being from California made it was easy for him to get the ratio, but many of his other friends couldn’t get the ratio - so it kind of blew at times as some were literally left out in the cold. Although many kids live on campus - most are from Jersey and go home on the weekends (they don’t seem to embrace the college experience or really want to interact with all the Diversity that Rutgers promotes as its claim to fame)which can make the campus scene rather desolate. If you want to chat with my son, send a private message which will expose your email account and I will pass it on so he can email you, bbm, etc. so you can get more of your questions asked.</p>
<p>Your son’s experience sounds as far from mine as it could be.</p>
<p>Rutgers has great opportunities socially and academically.</p>
<p>Parties are good; you just have to find the right ones. A lot are lame, but some fraternities and certain houses know how to throw a good party. It’s a matter of knowing where to go.</p>
<p>Calling Rutgers a commuter school is plain wrong. Sure some kids go home on weekends, but I didn’t go home once the past year, and I live an hour away. And all of my friends rarely left. It’s likely that he experienced a lot of his friends leaving on the weekends because that happens a lot when you’re a freshman. When kids get older, they tend to stay on weekends more.</p>
<p>It’s what you make of it. There are ton’s of things to do, but you have to go out and look, be proactive. There’s a lot of effort to get people into clubs and stuff at the beginning of the year, and then it kind of dies down, so sign up for anything that sounds interesting, even if you don’t plan to stick with it all year. People will be impressed that you aren’t from Jersey. The classes are a mixed bag- some will be good, some won’t, ratemyprof is really useful. I find most parties to lame, but some are good. You just have to keep trying.</p>
<p>Disagree w/ terminus, Rutgers is a commuter school.</p>
<p>A lot of people on my floor went home every weekend, or just about. There were some weekends where the floor looked quite empty. But I was easily able to become friends with all the others who stayed on the weekends.</p>
<p>RU is not a commuter school. I would know because basically my whole family, including aunts and uncles, have gone there. RU is great, I bleed scarlet. Rutgers football is going to be insane the next couple years. The class they just recruited is incredible. Savon Huggins is an animal. And next years Rutgers will have mike Giacone at te. Rutgers is amazing and the only place better for school spirit is notre dame. Check out the YouTube video rutgers state of mind. New Brunswick is also a great town. Check out Thomas Sweet for blend ins and stuff yer face, then stop by the infamous grease trucks for a fat Darrel sandwich at RU Hungry.</p>
<p>It’s silly to make generalizations and stereotypes one way or another regarding a school with a roughly 36,000 total student body. There are plenty of students who hang most weekends and attend sporting events, etc. You just need to find the right crowd of people and make the most of it. Rutgers is very diverse socially.</p>
<p>Hmm, in New Jersey Rutgers has a reputation for cruddy academics but I’ve found this to not be true. The parties are okay, I knew a guy so every time I went out he got me in. Ratio is gay but I’ve never had to meet it so idk. I never liked parties, it was way more fun to get trashed with friends then in some dark basement of a frat house with 100 people on **** keg beer. Some people love it though. Be social and you’ll make a lot of friends, don’t be social and you won’t; I find it hard to believe its not like this everywhere on earth</p>
<p>Ummm what else. For a school that large I definitely felt a sense of community which was nice but at the same time a few things were upsetting. The snokie thing was ridiculous, Rutgersfest was a **** storm, a lot of the kids weren’t “academically inclined” but I might be holding them to too high a standard (mine). Overall I thought I would hate the place and count the days till I could transfer but I left pretty pleased with my first year. Learned a lot</p>
<p>Thank you for all of your posts! I really enjoyed reading them and I now have a better understanding of Rutgers, well, at least another point of view. I will definitely be applying there in the fall.</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>