My son has been accepted to NB for Engineering and also was accepted to Rutgers Nwk Arts and Sciences. He’s not crazy about having to dorm and if he commutes to Newark, will still need to end up at Rutgers NB.
Has anyone (or anyone’s child) attended both campuses and give me your opinion on them? Also, he would need to attend the summer program at NB as part of acceptance–if anyone has experience to share, it would be great to hear.
I did not go to both but I can 100% say that NB is the better campus. It has a lot more to offer socially and the campus itself is ranked better. I grew up 15min from NB so I might be biased but im hands down telling you your son will have an amazing college experience at NB. Also dorming at NB is a unique because it allows you to explore and interact with new people so I would say keep an open mind. My dad works as a professor at Newark and the campus there is blended into the city and not really the ideal college campus. NB is the harder to get into and has a better atmosphere in general. All in all I would recommend NB because it is New Jerseys flagship campus and has alot to offer 
I’d recommend NB summer over Newark.
Thank you for both comments!