<p>Hey, can you guys give me some suggestions as to where I should enroll at?
My major is not decided yet</p>
<p>University of Washington Seattle:
I heard it's overrated? great city, but potential quake?</p>
<p>University of Minnesota Twin Cities:
well-balanced? freezing</p>
<p>Rutgers University:
good location but top 3 on "unhappiest students" rank</p>
<p>Ohio State University Columbus:
offered me $5k/yr scholarship. someone said "it's only good at business. other areas are mediocre"</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! People who put lots of emphasis on ranking said "UW no doubt!" but I want to know whether they overlooked merits of my other options...</p>
<p>Ask this question on all the boards. I am guessing people here are going to tell you to go to Rutgers. </p>
<p>I know lots of kids at Rutgers, and they’re all pretty happy. The biggest reason I see my friends’ kids coming home from college (not Rutgers) is because they miss home/feel isolated. As one of your parameters, ask yourself how comfortable you would be living away from friends and family.</p>
<p>OSU is at least equal to RU in most academic areas plus has a better campus/town. Actually Udub, Uminn and OSU would be very close on all factors. I don’t think Udub is overrated and is actually getting much more attention now that it recruits more OOS students. Seattle is nicest location of all of them. You might want to consider where you want to work after school as each is much stronger in its region than nationally for jobs.</p>
<p>I can say for a fact Rutgers isn’t ranked top 3 unhappiest students. I can see maybe the Camden or Newark campus, but New Brunswick no. The only bad things about Rutgers is that a lot of teachers there suck. It’s also pretty big with a lot of students which can create some problems, but unhappiest students? no.</p>
<p>ok, besides the “unhappy” part, what are the other reasons that you choose rutgers over UW? i mean if UW is more highly ranked it is generally stronger right?</p>
<p>then forget about the unhappy students part. but “a lot of teachers there suck” that’s a new point. i remember rutgers has a long history and it’s like the fourth school founded in US? Doesnt that suppose to mean it’s good?</p>
<p>All the information I am going to type is based off friends’ accounts and experiences. Teacher availability is low at Rutgers NB. Most of the questions on tests/quizzes come directly from the teacher’s lectures rather than the textbook. Therefore, it’s important that you don’t miss many classes. The teachers usually assign you work and most of the time will expect you to teach yourself and comprehend on your own. This is especially true if the teacher feels the chapter is rudimentary a.k.a. topics from high school.</p>
<p>There’s a rumor/myth that Rutgers was once considered to become an Ivy but it eventually turned down the offer.</p>
<p>I don’t understand the ‘teachers suck’ and ‘low availability of teachers’. In my experience I had 2 teachers that I thought were ‘bad’. Often, students complain when the material is difficult and it’s easier to blame the teacher. </p>
<p>My son’s teachers so far have been very good. They all post office hours, he has gone to to one for extra help, and he has received prompt and thorough responses when he emailed questions. The bigger classes have TAs and he has also gone to office hours to get questions answered that he didn’t understand.</p>
<p>I am willing to bet that the biggest complainers miss classes and have never set foot in office hours. It’s college, and yes, you have to do most of the work on your own so get over it.</p>
<p>Rutgers does have really good professors. It is true that once in a while you may get a bad professor but it is not a overall problem. Yes, you will have to self-study a lot because professors will cover mostly major or overviewing ideas while leaving the rest on the student. However, all professors have office-hours where you can get help if you don’t understand something. However, that said, you would have to be proactive and seek help; the professor is not going to come to you to offer help.</p>
<p>the book said two of the reasons students at RU feel lonely are 1.lots of students commute 2.the 3 campuses were so far from each other that ppl feel isolated? something like that</p>
<p>lol the earthquake thing really sounds naive but because im an intl student im more concerned with safety problems
i have posted this thread 4 times, on each of the subforums of the schools that admitted me. nearly everyone said their own school is the best!</p>
<p>I think Seattle is better to LIVE in than NYC. Also MUCH cheaper–unless you make lots of money in NY it’s hard to even afford a decent apartment which tend to run well over $2500/mo. In Seattle you can get one for less than half that. So the point is if you want to work in Seattle go to school there. If you want to work in NY go nearer there. Simple really. Most companies recruit most of their people within 250 miles.</p>
<p>When I said teachers suck this wasn’t from personal experience, but that’s the complaint I’ve heard from a lot of people. Also that there are a lot of foreign teachers with heavy accents. Like I said not my personal experience just what I’ve heard. This is all from engineering students btw.</p>
<p>I will say I went to the open house today and I liked it. I didn’t speak with any professors, but there is a lot to do there and there are a lot of opportunities. I’m transferring there in the fall.</p>