Balancing Academics

 

Find the right balance.

College is all about choices. What’ll it be today? Join that pick-up volleyball game? Pop into the Zimmerli to check out the Pop Art exhibit? Or hit the library to cram for the macro exam? Your classes are pretty tough—but it’s just as tough missing out on the fun at Rutgers.

Don’t worry. Rutgers students learn pretty quickly to balance the demands of academics with the rewards of campus life. You will, too. Rutgers is a big university made smaller through its individual schools, campuses, and learning communities. The Rutgers support system respects differences among learners and assists each student to reach ambitious goals.

It’s these connections that help you capitalize on your strengths—and add new ones, too.

Faculty Partnerships
A low faculty-to-student ratio of 1-to-14 means plenty of contact with professors. We’re not saying you’ll never take class in a big lecture hall (60% of our classes enroll 30 or fewer students). But we are saying that your Rutgers professors are ready to be your advisers, mentors, and research partners.

Learning Communities
Like-minded students share common interests in Rutgers Learning Communities. From casual social groups to living-learning residence halls, dozens of learning communities enliven the Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick campuses.

Learning Centers
There are six Rutgers Learning Centers across the Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick campuses. Start a study group with classmates, meet one-on-one with an academic coach, and lots more. Each campus has centers dedicated to writing well and improving math and science skills, too.

Women’s Success and Leadership Community
Learn to lead and succeed in the student-focused, woman-centered Douglass Residential College in New Brunswick. You’ll join 2,000 other women, fully integrated within Rutgers while living on a campus dedicated to women’s empowerment.
 
Adult and Nontraditional Student Community
Rutgers welcomes students balancing classes with work and family. These students turn to the University College Community in New Brunswick and University College–Camden and University College–Newark.

Disability Services
Students with a physical or learning disability build on success with the support of Rutgers’ disability services. Whether you need general accommodations or a specific learning aid we can help.