<p>My ds is in the same dilemma as you, and given our impressions from the info session and tour of Rutgers vs PSU, and having many relatives/friends as Rutgers, I hope we don’t have to send him to RU. It might have the reputation, the academics may be similar but the red tape issues from RU, the impersonal nature of the admin to students, the budget concerns due to Christie cutting funding (tuition will rise and aid will decrease), the need to be bussed from campus to campus for every single class, the disparate campuses bordered by questionable neighborhoods…ugh. I’d pick PSU (with or without Schreyers) if at all financially feasible. If it works with your major, TCNJ would be an alternative. Again, I know in the end, academically it’s a good school but it’s the overall experience that I worry about. People who I know at RU say that the “RU Screw” is not urban legend.</p>