Rutgers or TCNJ (The College of New Jersey) and why?

Answer 1

According to the Fiske Guide to Colleges:

Rutgers gets 4 "stars" (out of 5) for academics, and 3 each for qualify of life and social life. It has 38,000 undergraduates enrolled. SAT Ranges are Verbal 530-630 and Math 550-660 (middle 50%). 68% of applicants are accepted. Strongest programs are Accounting, History, Pharmacy, Biological Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Engineering and Chemistry. Overlap schools are TCNJ, Montclair State, NYU, Penn State, Rowan University.

TCNJ gets a similar 4, 3 and 3 "stars." Almost 6000 undergraduates are enrolled...so obviously MUCH smaller than Rutgers. SAT Ranges are Verbal 560-650 and Math 580-680, slightly higher than Rutgers. 51% of applicants are accepted. Strongest programs are Biology, Chemistry, History, Elementary Education, Music, Psychology, Business and Computer Science. Overlap schools are Rutgers, Villanova, University of Delaware.

You may want to look at this book at your local or school library. Thorough write-ups about the schools will provide more insight re: the environment, academics, etc. And, of course, you should visit the schools and see if one "pops" as a better fit for you.

TCNJ is a bit more selective, with higher mid-50% SATs, and much smaller.

But we can't tell which one is better for you, really... whether you want a big school or small school, which area of studies interest you... these factors among others will help steer our decision.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Rutgers was my safety school. Completely bullsh*tted the admissions process and still got in. TCNJ was a bit of reach because I wanted to go into the accounting program.

Answer 3

Tcnj Psychology

Answer 4

Tcnj Computer Science