<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>My 18 year old son will be attending college in fall 2013. He received acceptance letters to the 4 colleges he applied to. </p>
<p>Not sure what he will decide. His first choice keeps changing.</p>
<p>NJIT, Newark, NJ
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson College Florham Madison, NJ
Drew Univeristy, Madison, NJ</p>
<p>What would you decide?</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>What does your son want to study? What environment does he want? What will each alternative cost ? </p>
<p>Superficially I would prefer NJIT or Drew to the other two, but again, this is all dependent on the factors above.</p>
<p>Congrats to your son, sontocollege2013!!!
Of those four schools, would not Drew be the most expensive, or are they all roughly same?</p>
<p>Hi, good morning! sorry I posted in the wrong forum.</p>
<p>To answer your questions he is interested in Computer Science. He is in a technical HS(Passaic county Technical Institute) and has majored in CS since freshman year. </p>
<p>I believe Drew is the most expensive one of the four, then Fairleigh, NJIT and last WP. </p>
<p>He was also accepted at NJIT thru the EOP program and has to attend a 6 week summer program at the college if he chooses NJIT.</p>
<p>Any advice or recommendations?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>If he is truly committed to a particular career, have him contact the career center on each campus, and ask them about internship and job placement. They should be happy to give him information about those things.</p>
<p>William Paterson has a terrible 4-year graduation rate, at 18%. By comparison, Drew’s is 61%. </p>
<p>Is Drew affordable for your family? Would he prefer a tech school (NJIT) or a Liberal Arts College (Drew)?</p>
<p>I think Drew and NJIT are the best choices from the list, but are very different kinds of schools.</p>