What schools should I look at? NJ Resident, 92 UW GPA, 1280 SA, undecided major, maybe public health or political science

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Add TCNJ - it’s a good hour’s drive from the rowan area so your mother wouldn’t be able to pop up

2 reports (direct visits)

Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why? (NO REPLIES)

We just started college visits for S25. First two, a couple of semi-local to us schools in New Jersey. Drew University UP. I had to convince S25 to go check it out because he didn’t love the virtual tour on the website, and he took the whole “university in the forest” thing too literally and said he wanted to be in a town rather than somewhere super rural. I had to assure him that there is in fact a town a 5 minute walk away. But by the end of the visit he was ready to enroll, lol. We had a great tour guide who really conveyed all the different opportunities available to students by sharing his own concrete experience and the experience of his friends with classes, research, study abroad, etc, so everything he said felt real and organic, rather than quoted from admissions materials. My son who is very into music, but does not plan to pursue it academically/professionally liked that there was a clear way to get involved with music on campus without majoring in it. The campus was lov…

Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why? (NO REPLIES)

Drew University - UP Visited for admitted students day. They did something really brilliant that made a big difference to me. We had breakfast after check in and all of the tables were labeled by academic interest. So we immediately had something in common with other admitted students at our table which made it easy to talk to them and make connections. Plus professors came around to chat with us as well. The campus is really beautiful with lovely old buildings and lots of trees. The insides of buildings are kind of standard and not as nice looking but I feel like that is to be expected. Faculty and staff were very welcoming and it feels like a supportive, tight knit community. The New York Semesters are a huge draw for me. There are seven options - media/communications, art, museum/cultural management, social impact, theatre, UN, Wall Street - and they all seem super interesting. The proximity to the city is a big plus. Everyone lives on campus all 4 years, progressing from tradit…