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WELCOME TO RUTGERS' E-NEWSLETTER FOR COUNSELORS!
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Each edition of the Rutgers University E-Newsletter for Counselors will provide timely information, important announcements, and resources that will be helpful as you counsel your students about the college search process. You are receiving this e-newsletter because you provided us with your email address through the counselors' section of the undergraduate admissions web site. If any of your colleagues would like to provide their email address so they can receive future e-newsletters, please have them register at the counselors' section of our web site at http://admissions.rutgers.edu/counselors.
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In This Issue...
James Dickson Carr and Other Scholarships
Helicopter Parents
Honors Programs
On-Campus Housing
News Flashes
RU-tv Named Best by MTVU
SAS and SEBS and Biology
Tell Us What You Think
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James Dickson Carr and Other Scholarships
Eligibility for Rutgers' James Dickson Carr scholarship program ($10,000 per year for four years) has been expanded and the scholarship is now open to all qualified applicants from New Jersey and other states.
Although the state of New Jersey discontinued funding for the Outstanding Scholars Program, Rutgers University offers top students a wide range of academic scholarships that award between $5,000 and $17,000 a year (for a total of four years). All applicants for admission who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who applied by our priority application date are automatically considered for these scholarships, and will be notified after their admission if they qualify for an award. For details, visit our web site.
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Helicopter Parents
What is a helicopter parent and do any of the parents you deal with fit the description? This excellent article from the College Board will help you understand what's becoming a new phenomenon on American college campuses, and may help you when guiding your students and their parents through the college selection and enrollment process.
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Honors Programs
Eligibility for academic honors programs varies among each of our colleges and schools. For example, the new School of Arts and Sciences in New Brunswick offers nomination procedures in addition to qualifying through rank and SAT scores. For details, click here.
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On-Campus Housing
The reorganization of the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus will affect the ways in which on-campus housing is assigned, and will also enable our students to have a much wider selection of housing options than in the past. Students cannot access the housing contract/agreement until they have informed us of their intention to enroll by returning their Admission Acknowledgment Form online or by mail, but you can preview our housing information here.
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News Flashes
The Royal Swedish Academy will award the $500,000 2007 Crafoord Prize (biology's equivalent to the Nobel Prize) to Rutgers-New Brunswick anthropology professor Robert Trivers for his pioneering work in the fundamental analysis of social evolution, conflict, and cooperation.
The Rutgers-Newark College Fed Challenge Team took third place in the national finals of the 2006 College Fed Challenge--the team's first trip to this level of competition. Prize money totalled $25,000.
Rutgers-Camden physics major Eli Brookes has received a supplmental grant of more than $28,000 from the National Science Foundation. He will conduct research this summer at the Paul Sherrer Institute in Switzerland.
Students enrolling at Rutgers-New Brunswick for fall 2007 whose critical reading SAT score is 600 and above will be exempt from taking Rutgers' English placement test.
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RU-tv Named Best by MTVU
RU-tv, Rutgers University's student-run television station, has been named the 2006 "Best Student-Run Campus Television Network" by MTVU, MTV's 24-hour college network. MTVU's contest searched for the best university television broadcasting program in the nation, and RU-tv won after submitting a video of its distinguishing features. Students interested in video production and broadcasting have the option of living in RU-tv's "Living and Learning" housing in Winkler Hall on the Busch Campus. For more information, click here.
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SAS and SEBS and Biology
We believe that some applicants for fall 2007 may be confused about whether the new School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) or the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) would be the most appropriate choice if they?re interested in pursuing studies in the biological/life sciences. This seems particularly true for students contemplating pursuing a pre-med program. Both SAS and SEBS offer a number of majors in the broad area of biological/life sciences. SAS offers majors that focus on the biological sciences and their application to biomedicine; SEBS offers majors that focus on the biological sciences as applied to the natural world. If any of your students who have applied to the university determine that they did not select the school most appropriate for their interests, they should email, write, or call us to add either SAS or SEBS to their application by March 1. For further information, visit the following web sites: SAS, SEBS, Division of Life Sciences. | |
Tell Us What You Think
We have created this newsletter for you. Our hope is that it not only provides you with useful information and contacts, but also that it helps you provide your students and their parents with the best possible guidance during the complex and critical college search process. For this e-newsletter to be the most effective tool, we'd like to know what you think. Please email us at counselorsnewsletter@ugadm.rutgers.edu with your comments, questions or suggestions for future articles.
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