Loyola is a little far away from Philly, it’s not really on my radar. I already have enough safety schools, I just like the Philly area a lot so I was willing to consider another one if needed. Villanova is going to be a reach school for me BECAUSE they ask for high school transcript. I’m doing well in college, but in high school I did very poorly. Hopefully Villanova appreciates progress.
As for WCU and PhilaU as others said, AACSB accreditation is important so I’m not considering those. Rutgers NB is about as hard to get into as Rutgers C but NB seems to be a better school so I’m going to stick with that
Princeton review out yesterday. TCNJ did tremendously well nationally
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Princeton Review released its 25th “Best 381 Colleges” earlier this week and TCNJ did very well nationally! Here’s a summary of TCNJ’s rankings:
Best Career Services #12
Best Health Services #15
Happiest Students #13
Lots of Race/Class Interaction #19
Most Beautiful Campus #7
Their Students Love These Colleges #6
These rankings are determined entirely by a survey of 143,000 students.
Source: http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023902/college/college-new-jersey?fsearch
Other NJ schools did not fare so well. Here’s an NJ.com article about NJ schools: http://www.nj.com/education/2016/08/this_nj_college_has_the_worst_professors_in_the_co.html#incart_most-read_
Wow, Stevens did badly? It seems like such a good, forward-looking business program that sucks it was letdown by bad teachers.
Interesting about TCNJ though
LaSalle’s MBA program is AACSB acreditted. I would assume the undergrad business program is as well.
TCNJ is an unknown gem by many parents/students not from NJ
Great campus and string academics
Of the schools mentioned you definitely need to visit this school
I second La Salle, which is the school I attend. We’re much better than Philly U or Rider, academically.
TCNJ is great, one of our best publics.
The thing about LaSalle is that they have 2 religion, 2 philosophy classes required, as well as 1 literature (separate from the 2 english courses), and 1 fine arts course. I’ll look into it as a back-up, but I feel like they might not accept a lot of my credits for transferring, which would in turn make it a bit costly and time consuming to attend
TCNJ wants to see your HS transcripts as well which sucks considering I graduated in 2011
Does anybody have feelings on Arcadia? I saw they offer guaranteed merit scholarships for transfer students, although it’s still a bit pricy to begin with.
My friend goes there, it’s ok.
Are you in-state for NJ or PA?
Rutgers Camden is okay but Rutgers New Brunswick & Newark are better options.
I have a friend who goes to Phila U. It’s okay school in Philly. I’d still Recommend Drexel,Temple, or a decent state public over it
Rider Students often come from my school. It’s okay but a bit pricey. Try Rowan or Ramapo instead.
West Chester is decent. If you are in-state for PA you should choose this over the other 3.
So to recap:
Reaches-Drexel,Penn State,Rutgers New Brunswick,TCNJ,Temple,UPitt
Matches-Ramapo,Rowan,Rutgers Newark,West Chester,PSU Altoona,PSU Behrend
Safety-East Stroudsburg,Montclair
I’m not in-state for either, but as people said before west-chester and philau are not aacsb accredited, therefore I’m not interested. Rutgers NB is going to be on my list, as is Temple and Drexel.
Ok. What state are you in?
Okay, then here’s a new list.
Reaches-UC Santa Cruz,UC Riverside,Rutgers NB,Temple,PSU,UPitt
Matches-CSU Long Beach,CSU Fullerton,SDSU
Safeties-CSU Fresno
I wasn’t asking for a new list at any point though. I asked a super specific question about a few schools I didn’t know about. You don’t know my GPA, my resume, the courses I’ve taken, etc, why would you be coming up with a list? Also, LOL Fresno is one of the worst cities in CA, and I hate Santa Cruz. I’m trying to get out of CA, and Philly is an area I like, so I’m applying to schools there. In addition to that, UCSC doesn’t even have a finance major. Furthermore, SDSU is much more competitive than UC Riverside in terms of acceptance rates, so even if that were my list, those should be flipped.
Rutgers NB is not what I’d call Philadelphia area. It’s about 1-1/2 hours from Center City using the NJ Turnpike. You could take the train, though, if you wanted to visit Philadelphia (or New York), and it is a good school.
TCNJ, Villanova, and Temple are the best B schools on your list. For a transfer student who’s a bit older, Temple would probably be the best social fit. TCNJ is perhaps an hour from Center City; 'Nova a 15 minute train ride; and of course Temple is in North Philadelphia, a 5 minute subway ride from Center City.
St. Joe’s or LaSalle are better backups to those three than the others that have been mentioned.
Rutgers NB is closer to NYC, I understand. NYC is another metropolis I am looking at, and I believe you commented on another thread where we talked about living in Hoboken or West NY or Jersey City. As for Philly, yes TCNJ, Villanova, and Temple are all closer options, although I don’t have to live in Center City itself!
What makes you say Temple is a better social fit for older students? I haven’t heard that before.
@philbegas Ok then, if you were talking about Philly Schools then try the first list. I only put the CA schools so you would pay $40K for a OOS public. Sorry about that.
Here’s my thinking on Temple: It’s an urban campus with about 4 times as many students as Villanova or TCNJ. Besides traditional straight-from-HS undergrads, there are plenty of part-time students, as well as older students pursuing a degree at Temple. Proximity to Center City means easy access to social activities that might appeal more to someone in his mid-20s. vs. traditional “collegiate” parties. Also, if you go a few subway stops south, there are lots of options for places to live that are not mainly for young undergrads.
My impression of Villanova and TCNJ (which may be incorrect) is that they primarily serve 18-22 year olds who live on or adjacent to campus. Really good schools, but you might be more mature than many of your classmates. Villanova is in a lovely neighborhood, but it’s a suburb with lots of expensive single-family homes: so while you’ve got the college bars nearby, a lot of the restaurants and businesses are, IMO, geared more to couples ages 30-70 (and sometimes their children) than to young, single professional types. I am not nearly as familiar with TCNJ’s surroundings, but it also seemed pretty typically suburban to me.
Drexel is also a fine school with a lot of the social benefits I mentioned for Temple. I should have included it with the other three in my earlier post as among the “best” schools you’re considering. Problem is, it’s just phenomenally expensive.