Rutgers ' spplications rise over 90%

[rutgersal]

Source? Or are you just making shit up again?

And are you really going to say Tillet is now one of the best dining halls? How possibly could you know this?

There was a spike in admissions after 2006, which was attributed mostly to football.

“Rutgers’ success on the football field has prompted many people to take a closer look at the university.”

In the world of recruitment and admission, awareness counts for a lot, and senior admissions counselor Shalonda Tanner has noticed the difference. “It seems as if we’re getting a lot more buy-in to the Rutgers brand, and as a marketer of the university trying to attract quality candidates for admission, it is helping us. We couldn’t even pay for the publicity that we’re getting,” Tanner said.

Athletic success highlights academic quality, boosts pride

www.rutgers.edu

Tillet has actually been renovated and the dining hall has been relocated to behind the student center. Here’s a TikTok video.

 

[jtung230]

Where'd you get 12% -, this year's number is w a y, way higher. Highest ever.

RU site

 

[ru66]

RU site

Well what i hearing is about 2025 and is coming from a top admissions officer.

 

[PSU_Nut]

I most definitely would not have gotten in to Rutgers today instead of back in the early 2000s. I would've ended up at Rowan and hopefully transferred into Rutgers after a year or 2.

I hear this all the time but you are comparing apples to oranges now with grade inflation. It hard to compare grades and sat scores today to 20 years ago.

 

[RRRRUUUU]

maybe the 50% out of staters is the % of offers. But out of staters probably accept the offer at a much lower rate. People don’t accept offers for a few months right? I can’t imagine it going to 50% in terms of the 2025 class.

If somehow the acceptance rate has really dipped to 35% from 66%, that would be something but I would guess then maybe out of state class goes from around 10% to 20%.

 

[jtung230]

Well what i hearing is about 2025 and is coming from a top admissions officer.

The stat is from last year. But keep in mind that a big increase is still small because it’s starting at 12%. A 50% increase is still less than 20%.

 

[ruinac]

Where do you see a 35% acceptance rate?

The acceptance process still has more than a month to go. Nobody could possibly know what the 2025 acceptance rate is.

 

[jtung230]

The acceptance process still has more than a month to go. Nobody could possibly know what the 2025 acceptance rate is.

Rutgers is not publishing that number. But that’s the math. The only variable is yield. So acceptance rate could be higher.

 

[DHajekRC84]

multiple reasons. We are from NJ and she wants to live on campus but she doesn’t want to travel too far from home. Her older sister is currently a sophomore at RU and doing well academically and socially. We have also discussed finances and in state costs are around $33k-$35k compared to traveling out of state for a minimum $55k. If she is at Ru she can graduate without taking on debt.

Thanks. I figured it was something just like that. Its nice to have a bigtime athletic affiliation but I would be shocked that THAT is the reason for the numbers. Rutgers has always been a value and with the out of control costs for higher education it only becomes a greater value. When I travel and wear my Rutgers shirts people don't generally stop and talk about the sports teams. They still have great respect for the institution overall.

Good luck to your daughters.

 

[rutgersdave]

Also hearing they're taking in many more out of staters- the number is too large for me to accept- almost 50%?

US News Report has a lot more pull than you think. Most students don’t have any other references to compare Rutgers to other schools.

 

[satnom]

There was a spike in admissions after 2006, which was attributed mostly to football.

“Rutgers’ success on the football field has prompted many people to take a closer look at the university.”

In the world of recruitment and admission, awareness counts for a lot, and senior admissions counselor Shalonda Tanner has noticed the difference. “It seems as if we’re getting a lot more buy-in to the Rutgers brand, and as a marketer of the university trying to attract quality candidates for admission, it is helping us. We couldn’t even pay for the publicity that we’re getting,” Tanner said.

Athletic success highlights academic quality, boosts pride

www.rutgers.edu

Tillet has actually been renovated and the dining hall has been relocated to behind the student center. Here’s a TikTok video.

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Renovation of Tillet was completed like 10 yrs ago. You’re late to the game.

GO RU

 

[Knight Shift]

 

[ru66]

78000 applications

 

[ru66]

The acceptance process still has more than a month to go. Nobody could possibly know what the 2025 acceptance rate is.

Early admissions letters going out today

 

[ScarletKid2008]

Wow 78k applications!!!
What is the fee per application?

 

[DHajekRC84]

Early admissions letters going out today

Got mine 48 years ago..

 

[Knight Shift]

The acceptance process still has more than a month to go. Nobody could possibly know what the 2025 acceptance rate is.

 

[satnom]

Wow 78k applications!!!
What is the fee per application?

I know what you’re thinking but unfortunately can’t redirect revenue towards the NIL fund. Lol.

GO RU

 

[m1ipabrams]

Something is off here. 78K applications must be a "so far" number, since RU claimed 244K applications for 2024:

Move to Common App Sparks Record-Setting Student Applications – Scarlet Journey

scarletjourney.rutgers.edu

 

[Arizona Knight]

It is all a numbers game. Colleges try to encourage as many people to apply as possible so they can say they are being more selective. If Rutgers can admit only 20000 students, then that number will be a smaller percentage if 60000 or 80000 people apply than if only 40000 apply. And Rutgers has been very aggressive in getting kids to apply for the past two years. The more people apply, the lower the percentage of admissions, assuming a fixed number of how many you can admit.

We are playing catchup in that department.

 

[rutgersal]

Something is off here. 78K applications must be a "so far" number, since RU claimed 244K applications for 2024:

Move to Common App Sparks Record-Setting Student Applications – Scarlet Journey

scarletjourney.rutgers.edu

I assume it’s for early decision

 

[m1ipabrams]

Something is off here. 78K applications must be a "so far" number, since RU claimed 244K applications for 2024:

Move to Common App Sparks Record-Setting Student Applications – Scarlet Journey

scarletjourney.rutgers.edu

Looked a little closer, must be the 244K for last year is all campuses(and probably includes transfers) and the 78K for this year is NB only and likely just for regular First year applications.

Looks like from the Courtney twitter account that last year NB applications were 76,461 and this year are >78,000 so a bit of an increase but not huge. BUT when Courtney posted in late Jan 2024 with applications at that point it was listed as 68,500, so maybe the rest are transfer application received in the spring. So the apples to apples comparison is an increase of >10,000 application. So for this year we may end up with something like 86,000 total.

 

[m1ipabrams]

I assume it’s for early decision

I don't think so as application deadline for regular decision is Dec 1st. See my other post.

 

[ru66]

78000 for new brunswick

 

[RU205]

Wow 78k applications!!!
What is the fee per application?

$70

 

[Shelby65]

There's potential for funky math with these kinds of data to try to game the USNWR rankings. Happens everywhere. At RU, applicants can check 1,2 or 3 boxes for schools of choice. If an applicant gets into just 1, does that count as 2 rejections ? Or is the 78K # and low acceptance rate based on # of unique applicants getting accepted to at least 1 school?

 

[ru66]

There's potential for funky math with these kinds of data to try to game the USNWR rankings. Happens everywhere. At RU, applicants can check 1,2 or 3 boxes for schools of choice. If an applicant gets into just 1, does that count as 2 rejections ? Or is the 78K # and low acceptance rate based on # of unique applicants getting accepted to at least 1 school?

You're an asshole

 

[Shelby65]

You're an asshole

ouch. something tells me that if I were a person of color I'd even disgust you more. true ?

but am just asking how the metrics are calculated. is that not a legit question ? if someone doesn't get into any of his/her three choices, does that count as three rejections ? or is a Y/N for unique applicants ?

Is it 78,000 unique applicants ? or is that the sum of applications to each of the schools that applicants check on their applications ?

 

[RU205]

Good news. She got in.

 

[Shelby65]

Good news. She got in.

congrats ! which school(s) ?

 

[RU205]

Accepted to both SAS and Environmental. No decision yet from Pharmacy

 

[Shelby65]

Accepted to both SAS and Environmental. No decision yet from Pharmacy

fantastic. hope she’s excited.

 

[Local Shill]

You're an asshole

an asshole for asking a legit question?

 

[ru66]

Accepted to both SAS and Environmental. No decision yet from Pharmacy

As with business school ,some decisions are " pending"

 

[Shelby65]

Got mine 48 years ago..

the single worst admissions error in RU history, LOL ?

 

[RU205]

As with business school ,some decisions are " pending"

Kids in her High School were going crazy today because business school didn’t make a decision yet. RU decision day was all everyone was talking about.

 

[RU205]

I don’t know how they do the stats if someone is accepted into 1 school but not the other. My assumption would be that it is considered an acceptance not rejection. Rejections would only be if not accepted to any school.
Also a letter was sent out yesterday to some students that their apps were sent to Camden and Newark. I assumed this was for student not accepted but that’s a guess.

 

[MURF87]

Source? Or are you just making shit up again?

And are you really going to say Tillet is now one of the best dining halls? How possibly could you know this?

Don't know if they are today, but Tillet was great back in the mid-80s!! Friday morning chicken patties, with mac and cheese and fries on the side... washing it all down with a Coke. Great hangover meal!...lol

 

[RutgersRaRa]

You're an asshole

^This post is way beyond disappointing.

 

[ru66]

^This post is way beyond disappointing.

A guy who supports shelby65 ? Wow and all he does is fault RU.