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Get the inside scoop on Rutgers University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I transferred to Rutgers after my freshman year of college. I had applied to Rutgers college with a 3.1 GPA from my freshman year at Baylor Unive...   READ MORE
Alumni
Strictly a numbers-based admissions process. Standards are fairly low and average grades/scores will get you accepted.   READ MORE
Alumni
Just filled out an admission form. Never spoke to anyone.   READ MORE
Alumni
The admissions process was fairly straightforward. I sumbitted an application and was accepted. I was never contacted by an admissions counselor...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I applied to the School of Business, and was accepted for my junior year. I had a tough time getting classes at good times my sophomore student, ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The academics were rigorous and the professors were excellent to outstanding. The large number of students was daunting but if you wanted to see ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Class selection was fine. Difficult process to register though. Manual process with standing in lines for hours! Teachers were a mix. SOme ver...   READ MORE
Alumni
While the professors are excellent and the courses very interesting, I was frustrated by the heavy reliance by Rutgers on graduate students. Even...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The Career Services Department at Rutgers helped me construct my resume and also helped me to get several on-campus interviews my junior year for a su...   READ MORE
Alumni
Career services were decent but personal legwork goes a long way. Alumni were not as helpful as they should be.   READ MORE
Alumni
I studied Medical Technology. I was accepted a at choiice of 4 internships so I am pleased with that. With such a specific major, getting a job upon...   READ MORE
Alumni
I interviewed on-campus at a job fair with a Fortune 500 Company. All in all, Rutgers does attempt to assist its students with career placement but a...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I spent one year in the dorms, and as a transfer student to Rutgers College, lived on the Livingston campus instead of College Ave. (where R.C. st...   READ MORE
Alumni
It's difficult to compare Quality of Life to other schools but it was a standard experience. Busch Campus is rather dull but it is diverse and if...   READ MORE
Alumni
Very good. (Except when it snowed)   READ MORE
Alumni
Although New Brunswick is not a very safe town, many undergraduates commute so leaving for safer pastures is the norm. The housing facilities are...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Rutgers offers many fraternities and sororities, as well as clubs and special events, like plays and movie nights. The College Ave. campus sits i...   READ MORE
Alumni
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Alumni
Not a real good area when I attended. We needed to stay on campus to feel safe (which was not hard with all of the frat parties :) The town has ...   READ MORE
Alumni
There is are several clubs, restauarnts and shops available to students. At night, the local bars are filled with Rutgers undergrads and the non-s...   READ MORE

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