Financial Aid throughout Academic Years

blossom
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:57:40 +0000

We were full pay, not NJ residents, and we insisted that our engineering wannabee kid apply to Rutgers (which he did). Didn’t go there, but I think it’s one of the most underrated state schools in the country. Our kid’s GC was shocked when I took about 10 of the private engineering colleges off the list- I said “Not paying for that if he can go to Rutgers”.

You can want out of New Jersey all you want- but to pay MORE for a lower ranked engineering program when you are NJ residents??? I’d need my kid to have a bucket full of reasons why that made sense-- not just because of the dollars, but because of the rigor of the program, professional opportunities, mentoring, research, etc.