March 2007
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| WELCOME TO RUTGERS' E-NEWSLETTER FOR ADMITTED STUDENTS! |
| Congratulations on your admission to Rutgers! This is an exciting time in your life, and we believe that the more you know the more comfortable you will feel about the college enrollment process and the important decisions to be made. We want to help by providing you with useful information that will assist you in understanding some of the next steps you need to take. |
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In This Issue...
Open House for Admitted Students
NJ Professor of the Year
Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Enrollment Pathway
News Flashes
Housing on Campus
Choosing Your Courses
First-Year Seminars
Gentle Reminder |
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Open House for Admitted Students
Rutgers-New Brunswick will host a special Open House for Admitted Students from 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, 2007. This is a great opportunity for you to talk to current Rutgers students, faculty, and staff members. Check out our outstanding academic and recreational facilities, see our residence and research faciilities, and get a taste of campus life. For further information and to register, visit http://admissions.rutgers.edu/11010501a.asp. |
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NJ Professor of the Year
Barry V. Qualls, a highly popular Rutgers-New Brunswick English professor for 35 years (who also is serving as interim vice president for undergraduate education during the transformation of Rutgers-New Brunswick) has been named the 2006 New Jersey Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Professor Qualls joins two other Rutgers professors who have been honored by CASE as NJ Professor of the Year: mathematics professor Stephen J. Greenfield (2004) and history professor Clement A. Price (1999). Read more... |
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Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Do you still have questions about the academic program(s) you're interested in or have your interests changed since you submitted your application for admission? We make it easy for you to get the details through a feature on our web site that enables you to create your own customized brochure according to your imterests. Create one now by visiting http://infopacket.admissions.rutgers.edu |
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Enrollment Pathway
The Enrollment Pathway is our convenient online guide to help incoming students manage their enrollment including placement testing, orientation and course registration, on-campus housing, final transcripts, required immunizations, billing, and more. To access the Enrollment Pathway, you first need to tell us you'll be enrolling at Rutgers by returning your Admission Acknowledgment Form to us online or by mail (ENROLL NOW). Then you can access the Enrollment Pathway by using your RUID number and PIN. |
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News Flashes
Students enrolling at Rutgers-New Brunswick for fall 2007 whose critical reading SAT score is 600 and above will be exempt from taking Rutgers' placement test in English.
Rutgers-New Brunswick anthropology professor Robert Trivers has won the prestigious $500,000 Craaford Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy for his groundbreaking research into social evolution, conflict, and cooperation.
A team of Rutgers-New Brunswick undergraduates has won the Greater New York regional competition of the Association for Computing Machinery's international collegiate programming contest, beating schools such as Princeton, Columbia, and Cornell. The first-place Rutgers team will head to Tokyo in April for the world finals.
The Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick is the only New Jersey program ranked in Business Week's 2007 "The Best Undergraduate Business Schools" Report. Click here for more information.
The Rutgers-New Brunswick English Department began a new Writers from Rutgers Reading Series to showcase our great faculty writers. Students can listen to faculty readings and ask questions in an informal setting. Six events are already planned for next year. Read more. |
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Housing On Campus
Rutgers-New Brunswick offers students an exciting array of on-campus housing options that include special interest housing, living/learning environments, suite-style apartments, and so much more. To begin your exploration of the many wonderful housing options at Rutgers-New Brunswick, visit http://admissions.rutgers.edu/16Housing.asp for details that will be helpful before you complete the online Housing Agreement. You'll need to let us know of your intention to enroll at Rutgers by returning your Admission Acknowledgment Form online or by mail before accessing the Housing Agreement. |
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Choosing Your Courses
You will be invited by your school of enrollment to a spring orientation/registration program where you will meet your academic adviser and choose your classes for your first semester (which will be a combination of required or core courses, courses in subject areas in which you are interested, and courses in subjects you're interested in exploring). After your first semester, you wil be able to register for classes yourself through Rutgers' convenient online registration system. |
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First-Year Seminars
One of the most exciting aspects of the Rutgers-New Brunswick reorganization is the introduction of special one-credit seminars for first-year students that will be offered by some of university's top professors (as well as Rutgers' President) beginning this fall. These courses are intended to acquaint students with senior faculty, interdisciplinary study, cutting-edge research, and life at a major research university.
For more information and a sampling of seminars, visit here. |
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Gentle Reminder
In order to reserve your place in our entering class for fall 2007, remember that you must return your Admission Acknowledgment Form online or by mail by May 1. We cannot guarantee the availability of spaces after this date. To submit your form online, visit Your Rutgers Status. You will need your nine-digit RUID and Rutgers PIN. |
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