<p>How hard is RBS? </p>
<p>How does RBS work? Do you get tests every week like in high school or are there huge tests? Does homework get graded? How hard is it to get a 4.0 GPA?</p>
<p>All teachers are different. Some require class attendance; others don’t care. Typically, you will have 2 hourly exams and a final exam. Some teachers give quizzes, extra credit assignments, papers, projects. Depends on who you get. Check the site that rates professors for additional info.</p>
<p>For homework, some teachers use the online programs where you do the work, submit your answers, and receive a grade. Typically, this is ~10% of your grade. </p>
<p>How hard it is to get a 4.0? It is definitely possible, but not common. It’s actually easier in the large lecture type classes you get in your first few semesters. Once in RBS, the teachers seem to make the tests so that most people cannot get 100%, then they can curve as they see fit. They don’t want everyone to get As. There is a lot of reading so as long as you keep up and attend class you shouldn’t have a problem. </p>
<p>My son is in RBS now. Most of his teachers have been pretty helpful and available. There are also regular group tutoring sessions if you are having problems in any of your classes. </p>
<p>Academic policy RBS: [Academic</a> Standing Policy | Rutgers Business School](<a href=“http://www.business.rutgers.edu/undergrad-new-brunswick/academic-standing]Academic”>Undergraduate New Brunswick Students | myRBS)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the information!</p>
<p>there was someone on here that said teachers like to fail people… i hope thats not true.</p>
<p>In all honesty you are going to have good professors and bad professors. Throughout my first year at CC, I’ve yet to have a truly terrible professor. Most of them were very good teachers, but there are a few that were decent as well. There were some that gave a lot of homework and some that rarely gave any. What I’m trying to say is that the best chance you have at getting good professors, although the term good is subjective, is to use ratemyprofessors.com. It has yet to fail me. Obliviously mathematical principles apply when selecting a professor. Go for the ones that have more ratings as their likely to be more accurate and subsequently less risky.</p>
<p>“there was someone on here that said teachers like to fail people… i hope thats not true.”</p>
<p>I went to Rutgers many years ago, and I would say that is not true.</p>
<p>My son currently goes, and his professors have, for the most part, been very kind and helpful. A couple that are/were a little unreasonable, but they were newer. It takes time to know how to handle a classroom of students.</p>
<p>Son is a soph in the Business School and has only had positive experiences so far. He does say that the Business classes (in particular Accounting) are a lot harder than the SAS classes and is definitely not fond of all the group project work (it is very time consuming). If you want to get A’s you will definitely need to work hard.</p>
<p>Question: how does the GPA system at Rutgers work? is it 4.0 for A+ and A, 3.7 for B+, and 3.4 for B? </p>
<p>Also, do most people get 3.7?</p>
<p>A 4
b+ 3.5
b 3
c+ 2.5
c 2
d 1
f 0</p>
<p>rualum, did you start out at rutgers or transferred? also, did you commute?</p>
<p>I went to Rutgers Pharmacy School in the 80s. I transferred in my sophomore year from community college. I lived on Busch my first 2 years at Rutgers. I commuted my last two years from Birchwood Apts. My son currently attends RBS.</p>
<p>I plan on “hopefully” transferring to Rutgers after graduating cc. I just hope i can keep my grades up to get in. I have a 3.2 and i still have 2 more semesters to go. My counselors said I needed a 3.5! I gotta work hard X_X.</p>
<p>Yes, try to keep your GPA up. Don’t be afraid to get a tutor if you don’t understand something, or go to office hours. Don’t wait til the last minute to get help.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>