Is Rutgers University a very respected school?

herezaquarter
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:01:47 +0000

Overall, Rutgers is a very solid school. Like at all large public universities, you can get an outstanding education or a very mediocre one. It depends on you. If your intent is to go to medical school, then clearly Rutgers can get you where you want to go (as can many other schools). Keep in mind that many top graduate schools in all disciplines are continually looking to increase diversity (ethinic, gender, socio-ecnomic, etc.) so there are always good opportunities for those that didn’t go to Harvard, Yale, etc. People really do get too hung up on where they are going to undergrad. If your goal is a top grad school, then doing very well at a school like Rutgers is going to get you there. My wife and I went to Rutgers undergrad and went on to top grad schools in our field.