<p>Is it the type of school that no matter how smart you are, you will not graduate with a 4.0 as there will be some teachers trying to screw you over? or is it the type of school in which one can perform well if one is on top of everything? </p>
<p>Is it the type of school where you can only get a 4.0 if you hole yourself up in a room? or one in which you can get a 4.0 and still have some form of a social life?</p>
<p>This is for the type of kid who's rankd val of his class, 2200 SAT scorer, 555554 AP scores, etc</p>
<p>are you applying to rutgers? it really depends on what school within rutgers that your major is in. </p>
<p>somebody who is undeclared or majoring in something really easy will have mostly general classes, and a 4.0 would be very easy. on the other hand, somebody who is premed (SAS), pharmacy, or engineering would have a much bigger and more overwhelming course load. i’m in engineering and i struggled just to maintain a 3.0 this past year. there are some really smart people who manage to pull A’s in some really hard classes, but you have to put in the effort.</p>
<p>I don’t see the point in getting a 4.0 other then to brag about it…it would would be a great accomplishment, but I think you’ll start to see diminishing returns the closer to 4.0 you get since say a 3.7 vs a 4.0 isn’t going to make much of a difference. At that point work experience/research would be more helpful. A 4.0 would be difficult though because you can’t really fail any tests and you may end up getting a teacher that doesn’t really give out A’s. </p>
<p>As far as difficulty it will depend on your major…humanity type majors where you can take mostly general ed easy classes it wouldn’t be so bad, but for
engineering I think you would have to not have much of a social life. Depends on the person though, I’ve always find things to be a lot easier then most people.</p>
<p>I’m transferring to Rutgers so I haven’t experienced it first hand yet, but I’d say that’s pretty universal.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a senior at Rutgers-New Brunswick.</p>
<p>I would love to give a clear-cut answer, but I’m afraid the reality is it all depends on you. I know people who are leaders in Greek community while also juggling this and that and have so far maintained a 4.0. I know people who do nothing and have maintained a 4.0. I personally have a 3.85 while working 50-60 hours a week; and that’s me purposefully sacrificing my academics for work because I needed to in certain situations (I’m in SAS by the way).</p>
<p>It’s rare that people in the business school, EMSOP or the engineering school can get 4.0s while also staying involved in student life. However, it’s possible, I also know the rare few who have done it. It’s more common for SAS/SEBS students to have 4.0s and an involved student life.</p>
<p>So no, you don’t have to hole yourself up. But I suggest that if you’re OK with sacrificing your grades a bit, go for the extracurriculars. They are worth SOOOOOOO much more than a 4.0. Seriously. As long as you have a 3.5 in SAS, you graduate with honors. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>2220 SAT 55544 AP and that jazz, just finished my first year at Rutgers NB double majoring in Math and Chem. It’s pretty easy, but its not a walk over. Some classes can snowball on you really quickly and its hard to get out of the holes but overall I think you’ll find the curves pretty favorable. I got one B in intro to matlab -.- so my 4.0 is forever ruined</p>
<p>You certainly don’t have to hole up and study but you do need to study everyday especially if you’re taking, for lack of a better word, “challenging” classes. There are a lot of joke classes at Rutgers but you’ll figure that out on your own. It also depends on your course load, I know a few kids who take the minimum each semester because they can afford to make up the lost credits during the summer so everything is spaced out.</p>
<p>Short answer: You can get a 4.0 but you have to study and be careful</p>
<p>Thanks for the answer but I have few other questions.</p>
<p>How are the class size at rutgers for classes like biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, microbiology, and other upper level science courses? How are the professors?</p>
<p>Here in my CC(brookdale) we have like 30-40 kids in a class maximum. None of my professors curved so I am afraid I will be in for a shock if i get like a 60-70 on a test at rutgers.</p>
<p>How easy is it to pick a good professor? I am transferring to rutgers SAS/SEBS for spring 2012 so I am afraid I will be left out with the horrible ones.</p>
<p>With your double major, both focused on the sciences, how are you fitting in the prerequisite classes needed to graduate(the CORE requirements)?</p>
<p>@Skrillex I met a few of them with the AP’s but I simply have to take more classes. Basically I’ll average like 18 a semester until I graduate unless I want to spend a summer or winter picking up a few classes. The requirements don’t take that long (foreign lang. will but thats only because I’m in honors)…</p>
<p>@bottlecap Class sizes vary, usually its a big lecture and then a recitation with like 20-30 kids. It varies really. As for teachers I find it hard enough to get all the classes I want and then get them to fit in a schedule, I never consider teachers.</p>
<p>“How are the class size at rutgers for classes like biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, microbiology, and other upper level science courses? How are the professors?”</p>
<p>Every single class you listed is a large lecture hall class.</p>
<p>I think campus-wide … biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics all enroll at least 500 per semester if not more (physics may be less). I know orgo is a 1000 person class spread over a couple of different sections.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input lurker, but I won’t be taking anymore lower division classes once I am there. I will only be taking 300-400 level classes (biochem, genetics, microbio, physiology, neurobio, etc). These classes should be smaller right?</p>
<p>I remember talking with a senior in the SEBS honors program, and he mentioned that people in hard science and math graduating with 4.0 is really rare.</p>
