<p>Hi, I guess I put my other post in the wrong section.</p>
<p>My son was offered 30K for next year alone to go to the Honors program at U of S. I am very impressed with Scranton's profile...the Jesuit education, the opportunity to spend a year at another Jesuit school, the proximity to ski mountains and a town (and close to us as well). </p>
<p>My son feels he is opting for Rutgers because smart students attend Rutgers and Rutgers has a worldwide rep.</p>
<p>I don't want him to make a decision because he is in a power struggle with me. I feel Rutgers is just not the right place as it is large and impersonal....and can be a hassle with taking busses to classes in the next town, etc. I did my grad degree there and worked there as well.</p>
<p>Rutgers is not a great place for undergrad education. The classes are huge, there are few services to help students, and the bureaucratic policies installed really hurt the students. As a current undergrad, it's hard for me to really sell my school to possible buyers. I don't know much about Scraton, but it sounds like a nice, smaller place for your child. Plus, RU gives little FA.</p>
<p>I am with you 100 percent. Go to Scranton. Its a gem of a school. And the Jesuits will open all kinds of doors for him. There have been Rhodes and Fulbright Scholars come out of Scranton, so tell him that. He is just a teenager who is influenced by "status names" in the hallway of his high school. Normal....but not terribly wise.</p>
<p>Rutgers has better sports teams.....and for some boys that is important too. But ultimately he needs to focus on his studies and get the best undergraduate educational experience he can. And that would be Scranton in my view.</p>
<p>Yeah, Scranton has a little-known rep...Everybody knows Rutgers. I find this difficult to convince a student who is going by what he hears in his high school.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the feedback. I hope to hear from others from Rutgers or Scranton.</p>
<p>I think the NJ publics are really suffering- and it started before the current recession. I would go with Scranton. There will be more individual attention and your son will love it.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that the Rutgers Screw is still alive and well. I went to Rutgers in the 1960s when it was a much smaller, and all male, undergraduate college. </p>
<p>As with any large school the benefits and opportunities are fantastic. Scranton cannot match these opportunities, but YOU must take advantage of them. No one will hold your hand. That's just as true here in Madison as it is in New Brunswick. </p>
<p>BTW, want to be in Scranton or 1 hour from NYC?</p>
<p>Okay, first off, why is your son going for pre-law at all? It would be much more beneficial if he got a degree in which he could use in case the whole law thing didn't work out, such as a business, economics, or political science degree, plus going with a pre-law degree does not give you an admittance advantage into law schools.</p>
<p>Second, go with Scranton. It will be a much better experience, and your son will feel like a star student instead of an uncared for number. We have a school out here that is very similar, the University of Dayton, (Catholic, same size student population, same basic admission standards, same type of students, honors program) and it's one of my top choices due to these factors. A Scranton degree will hold weight with many schools, especially with the honors notation behind it.</p>
<p>OHKID, there is no such degree... pre-law is not a degree. Just like pre-med is not pre-med. I would assume that since he is pre-law, he would major in one of the sciences you mentioned.</p>