<p>the college may not be in the nicest of areas, but then again tons of schools are also in bad, or boring areas. And atleast your about an hour from 2 of the largest cities in the country. I've heard that the campus is pretty, and they are doing a lot of work to it. several ppl from my high school go to tcnj each year, and it is becoming more and more selective. They all also seem to love it. It has a reputation as a commuter school, but i know that none of them come home every weekend, or even very often. NJ is spending a lot of money to increase the prestige of tcnj, and I would rather go there than to rutgers. It's definately worth looking at, because it is an upandcoming school, even in the last 3 years or so the quality of its applicants and attendees have increased dramatically, as has its name recognition around the area. Its campus, as well, has changed, and I think that it has, and is, making a real effort to become a very good public lac. But change like that happens over night, however a lot of times as a student it is good to be where the money is being thrown, which is one of the appeals of schools like hyp who have money availible for everything due to the large endowments.</p>