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<li>What dorm halls have you found to be the best? Also, do sophmores stay on campus or is it mostly freshman?</li>
<li>What is the freshman party scene like? Is it hard to go out and is it necessary to join a sorority to go out?</li>
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<p>Thanks to anyone who can answer these for me! So excited to be at TCNJ next year (accepted ED to nursing:) )</p>
<p>Congrats on getting in TCNJ. Im a sophomore nursing major here (yay go nursing xD).</p>
<p>1) The best dorms are any of the upperclassman experience dorms like Phelps, Townhouses (you cant live here unless your a junior or senior but this may change). But for sophomores you can get eickhoff which is really really nice.</p>
<p>2) The freshman party scene is not as big as other schools but you could go out on many fridays and saturdays if you want. I don’t think it is hard to get into many parties if you play your cards right… If you are a very social person and make friends with the right people you can get into alot of parties.</p>
<p>If you have any questions about nursing or tcnj feel free to ask me :D</p>
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<li><p>Most if not all sophomores are on campus. The nicest dorms are Eickhoff and New Res… I have friends in New Res and it’s really nice.</p></li>
<li><p>The party scene is alright… not as big as at other schools, and if you get busted you can expect a court summons with significant repercussions. Most of my friends at other schools just get told to go home… lol. I’d recommend club sports parties over frats any day. Getting in as a freshman isn’t a problem, it isn’t like high school.</p></li>
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<p>Plus TCNJ will have the ‘college town’ built by 2013, so socially it will be much better.</p>
<p>thanks Haleeka14! I was also wondering what your freshman year nursing classes and workload was like?
tcnjalum2011: what is the ‘college town’?</p>
<p>[Editorial:</a> College of New Jersey’s ‘Campus Town’ project takes advantage of public-private partnership | NJ.com](<a href=“http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2011/12/editorial_college_of_new_jerse_1.html]Editorial:”>Editorial: College of New Jersey's 'Campus Town' project takes advantage of public-private partnership - nj.com)</p>
<p>Sorry for the late response I have to be honest freshman year nursing classes are a lot of work. Anatomy is the toughest class for most and requires a lot of study time. But as long as you dedicate enough time for studying and take advantage of your resources (sign up for a tutor, talk to your professors) you will most likely do fine :D</p>
<p>Does joining Greek life make a difference or are most people active in clubs? Does the workload even allow time for such things ?</p>
<p>@Grnplovers Greek life is huge at TCNJ. Most other are actively members of clubs. But depending on the major there is time… But ya, almost every major in this college is tough!</p>
<p>The college purposely sets time apart for clubs on Wednesdays. If you’re a science major or engineer, you will have significantly less “screw around time.” Despite that, I’m active in clubs and have plenty of free time.</p>
<p>Trust me, there is a lot of work in college but there is no lack of free time (well… not when you have Bio exams coming up lol)</p>
<p>Which bank is located on campus?</p>
<p>I believe it’s Wells Fargo, paulamcl.</p>
<p>What food plan will you recommend for an average freshman</p>
<p>I would recommend the cart blanche B plan. If you eat breakfast in Eickhoff, that is. C doesn’t allow you to swipe in before 11. Plan B has fewer points than the other plans above it, but 250 per semester is probably plenty for most people, plus they rollover to spring semester if you don’t use them all. The points are equivalent to dollars and can be used in most other places on campus, except the bookstore. It seems to me that most people have plan B, and by the end of the semester are still looking for ways to use up a few extra points.</p>
<p>Since you’re in nursing, you must know about the closely related exercise science program.</p>
<p>What do you hear about it?
How is the work load? Are the concepts in the classes hard or is it alright, but just a lot of work?
Do students in the health/nursing field get much ‘room’ to take electives outside of that field? Do they have the flexibility to explore other interests?
Does TCNJ accept college credits from Middlesex County College? My high school offers a course on Anatomy & Physiology that can give me 8 credits (for a fee). I would love to lessen the course load.
Also I’m on the fence about whether to take Anatomy or AP Biology. Any advice? Which is more beneficial?</p>
<p>How IS the nursing program (and the health science program) at TCNJ? General question I know, but I couldn’t really find much info on the website. I really have no idea. Do the professors teach well? Are they accessible? How well does the curriculum prepare you for grad school?</p>
<p>Siameze, to be honest I know next to nothing about the Health and Exercise program. Nursing students don’t interact with HES majors academically. I’m not sure from your post which major you are planning to enter- if it is nursing, feel free to post in my thread answering nursing questions here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/1088983-have-any-questions-freshman-nursing-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/1088983-have-any-questions-freshman-nursing-major.html</a> Some of my previous posts there will answer some questions that you have, and I’ll be more than happy to answer any others that you post there!</p>
<p>As for transferring credits, TCNJ does accept some credits from community colleges. Go to njtransfer.org, and on the left-hand sidebar click on Find course equivalencies and fill in the required information. That site will tell you whether TCNJ will accept the anatomy course or not. And my answer for your question of whether to take A&P or AP Biology will depend on what major you’re going into.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Sent from my LS670 using CC</p>
<p>Hi again! Thanks for your reply.
Now I come back with questions on nursing:
How selective is it to get into this major at TCNJ?
What grades or extracurriculars did you apply with (if you mind sharing)?
Around how many full time nursing majors are there?
Can you major in nursing and minor in something else? Has there been nursing students that have a minor?</p>
<p>Thanks if you can answer!! :)</p>
<p>Hey Siameze! I’d love to answer those questions, but if you don’t mind could you post them in my thread specifically about nursing? It’s at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/1088983-have-any-questions-freshman-nursing-major.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/1088983-have-any-questions-freshman-nursing-major.html</a> I’ll answer them all there!! :D</p>
<p>Bump - anyone else have questions?</p>