I think Rowan is closing the gap. If they truly achieve their goal of getting their athletics teams to D1 level, I think they jump TCNJ overall. In the early 2000s, Rowan would've literally been the safety school of last resort for South Jersey kids or a school to go to if you planned on being a teacher. Now it's actually a pretty nice campus and surrounding town, and their academics are improving.
Yes a bunch of people capable of paying 80k for their kids to got to “crappy schools”for the weather, have never hired anyone or understand job placement. You’ve been hiring people for what? 2 years maybe?
When I graduated HS in 1980 in Gloucester County (Wash Twp HS), we used to call Glassboro State (now Rowan) 13th grade, lol. It's obviously gotten better, but it's still not a great school. I also highly doubt the powers that be will want to bankroll another Div 1 sports program in NJ and I doubt they can do it without state money.
Not sure it’s still happening but EDP soccer was supposed to build like 15 soccer fields on their campus
Interests=Hanging with her friends, drinking White Claws and endless hours on TikTok. I’m just joking.
Sounds to me like she's off to a good start. There's a bunch of jobs for folks with those interests. Chef is an obvious one if she likes cooking. But also stuff ranging from crime-scene photographer to FBI special agent.
Apparently that proposal stalled during COVID and an alternate site is now planned further away from Rowan's campus.
Apparently that proposal stalled during COVID and an alternate site is now planned further away from Rowan's campus.
Proposed location of $480M youth soccer complex catches some in N.J. town by surprise
The plan includes up to 60 turf and grass fields, two hotels and up to 200,000 square-feet of bars, restaurants and retail space.www.nj.com
So happy my oldest whiffed on Ivies and MIT. Miserable places run by miserable people. My kid is going to do great in life, and we saved boatloads of money on tuition, fees, and room and board.
Edp runs their tournaments right now out of tuckahoe turf fields. You obviously don’t know much about youth sports, especially club sports. Yes, you need that many fields. The top EDP teams which is at best the third highest level of youth soccer will host tournaments with hundreds of teams from all over the country multiple times a year in NJ.
Yes, they should all experience RU Screw instead 😀. The key lesson is that the school has to be a good fit for your kid. It’s not about bragging rights with your friends or colleagues.
Yup, did. Opinions vary.
Their Master Plan does include a 25K seat stadium.
Yeah I think they want to go FCS for football and D1 for basketball as they're talking about building a 5K seat hoops arena. They can probably host concerts and HS graduations for some South Jersey high schools in the area if they do that.
People can have bad experiences anywhere, there are always going to be bad fits. And sure, people's mileage will vary.
I don’t think any sane Person would argue that an Ivy League degree can always open doors. Or that peoples ears don’t perk up a bit when you say you went to Harvard or Yale. BUT, a lot has changed post covid. If covid never happened, I’d have really pushed by daughter to go to schools that recruited her like Columbia, Cornell, Brown or even Case Western Reserve. But since covid did happen and we got to see first hand how miserable their college experience was, no thanks.
Good luck! I'm sure she'll do great! Always tougher on the parents, lol - was a bit tough on my wife (only child), but after some struggles, like most kids go through (he started at the very expensive New School, didn't love it and then transferred to RU after 2 years and loved it and got his BS and MS there), he found his way and has a great job and girlfriend and only lives a mile away.
Dropped my daughter off last week as soccer started. So far so good. Get to fly out to watch her first collegiate game next week
So you’re gonna be home alone, an empty nester, looking to celebrate…
Let’s just say a southern one you would approve of. Lol
Lol. Had a nice talk with her about compounding interest. I told her I can pay 350 for Brown or you can take your 60ish % scholarship and I can put the difference in a fund. Use this calculator and tell me how much you’ll have in 10 or 20 years at 7%.
I would’ve explained how she just bought you a new Porsche.
Selling the kid would be quicker. Alas, having the money to get the Porsche is only half the battle these days. Then you need to convince a dealer to sell it to you versus one of the other guys that wants it and also has the money. Kinda sucks at the moment. Unless you’re a Porsche dealer, I suppose.
Without aid Barnard is like almost 90000 a year. Villanova almost 85000.lnsane unless you like burning $ and can afford to do so.
