OT: Applications for Rutgers NB have increased almost 40% for Fall 2024
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NB is significantly more appealing than when I went to school. Kind of feel gypped.
Costs keep going up and the difference between resident & non-resident keep widening. A decent football team doesn't hurt
Parents and students starting to take into account the cost of attending college. US News ranking. It will go up another 20-25% next year.
It's a serious question. YOY? If so, that's phenomenal.
Prob YOY, way too many people talking about how expensive college cost. Those planning to go to Penn State saw the ranking in US News report and their parents, who paying the bill, decided to apply to Rutgers.
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Actually I see your point. There's no article, no reference so what is the baseline?
Privates are simply too much of a rip these days
Rutgers taking advantage of it
Rutgers taking advantage of it
It’s always been that way but people just waking up to that fact.
Also, people really don’t have a way to gauge colleges vs another college and more people use the US News ranking as their gauge. We value the ranking whenever it comes out and we know it doesn’t mean much.
It's from
Courtney McAnuff,
@McAnuffCourtney
Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
She should know?
Her sister, Ima GoodAnuff may be able to vouch for her. Is that good anuff?
However there's a difference. If you take the cost of an Ivy a generation ago and adjust it for inflation it would still be cheaper than in-state Rutgers in 2023. That means more could afford it.
Rutgers is becoming a cheaper alternative to the fancy private schools that many in the northeast gush over. The recent US News ranking and the continued surge in tuition is making top kids and their families consider Rutgers way more than 10-20 years ago.
I’m not sure that we can discount the switch to the common app as a factor, among other factors like the cost of private school tuition, the rise of Rutgers in the rankings, and generally more awareness about Rutgers since we’ve been in the Big Ten. Success also leads to more success, and I hope that we can take advantage of this moment of positive trajectory.
Scarlet Jerry
Yeah 40% is a gigantic number and can't be from one year to the next.
Applications up at many places. Kind of a weird time for college trends. Lots of places dropping degree requirements. Corrupt gov investigation into Ivy unis they call corrupt. Donors fleeing and employers avoiding top ranked unis (the rankings have been kayfabe for awhile). Harvard grads a little shy these days.
"The Common Application reported that applications submitted in 2022-2023 were up 7.5% from the previous year. And the State University of New York (SUNY) system saw a 110% increase in 2023 applications compared to the previous year."
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"The Common Application reported that applications submitted in 2022-2023 were up 7.5% from the previous year. And the State University of New York (SUNY) system saw a 110% increase in 2023 applications compared to the previous year."
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Helps that RU moved up in US News to 40 plus the tuition relative to private schools.
When they see Rutgers ranked higher than some regional schools like LeHigh, Boston Univ, Penn State, the SUNY Schools, Univ of Conn, Maryland, Syracuse, Villanova, Univ of Pittsburgh and Univ of Delaware, their parents say why don’t you apply to Rutgers?
That doesnt just automatically apply to the university. It is a base piece, and then each university as other items that have to be completed.
I know, my oldest is in the process. It does make it easier. Supplemental essay is fairly generic. It’s not like RU is asking question like U of Chicago.
It’s not just privates, if you go to a state school from another state you are likely talking 45-60k
Not sure how accurate but my neighbors kid went to UPenn a few years ago and I recall him telling me that they have a policy that no student will graduate with more than $30k of student debt How they figure that out is beyond me
Edit: just found this so he wasn’t making it up but amount of debt is different for each student
No-loan policy | Penn Today
LOAN-FREE AID: Initiated by President Amy Gutmann in 2008, Penn’s no-loan policy enables all dependent undergraduate students eligible for financial aid to receive loan-free aid packages, regardless of family income level.
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Glad our oldest passed on UCLA. No doubt a 'better" school than Rutgers. But instead of shelling out $250K, it was $25K for four years and ended up with a job at a top software company as a developer.
It’s a need based formula. if they think you can afford it, you are not included in the statistic.
My brothers 2 kids made the same choice. Could have gone to any college in the country and chose RU for the amount of academic aid. My niece had grad schools flying her in for interviews they were recruiting her instead of the other way around
Now I see why you got the extended range lighting 😀. I think my oldest will not make that decision.
Don’t underestimate how much that improved USNews ranking affects this. Plus This will have a multiplier effect as it will cause selectivity metrics to improve enormously.
The more selective it gets, more people will want in.
I could have afforded the Platinum. Our daughter is considering law school, and we will pay for that if she goes because we got off so cheap. So no CT for me! OTOH, our youngest chose Quinnipiac over Rutgers Honors College, but he wanted a small school and guaranteed entry into the professional phase of his program. At Rutgers, the website made it clear that minorities and underrepresented groups were given priority to enter the professional phase, and we passed. Even so, he did not want a large school, and he is thriving at Quinnipiac, now in the international public health special program. It is all about the right fit for each student.
I wonder if the out of state applications increased significantly?
"I won't join any club that will have me as a member"
It ain’t cheap either to go to Rutgers if you’re not considered “disadvantaged “
But yeah, no reason to go to pen st unless you just really want to experience somewhere outside of NJ.
*Or find a school that doesn’t impose intrusive medical mandates
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i posted earlier in this thread or maybe a different thread. I did the RU tour with my oldest and they really made the school much bigger than it appears. Need to do smaller walking tours at the school you want to attend. Bus tour is a huge turnoff.
What does cheap mean? It’s a lot cheaper than privates and out of state school.
