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February 2009 |
WELCOME TO THE 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 to help you counsel your students about the college search process. If any of your colleagues would like to 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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The Latest From Admissions...
Notification of Decisions
First-Year Scholarships
Spring Counselors' Day
Mid-Year Grade Reports
Also in this issue...
Community Service Pays
Rutgers Against Hunger
Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Recovery Housing at Rutgers
Students Can Get a Head Start on their Rutgers Degree!
Rutgers Day
Tell Us What You Think
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Notification of Decisions
We are in our busiest period of application review, and decisions are being mailed each day. We notify by February 28 all first-year students who completed their applications by December 1. The timing of decisions can be affected by many factors, including: - the school(s) to which students have applied
- the quality of students' credentials
- whether an audition or portfolio review is required (for Mason Gross School of the Arts)
Please encourage your students to continue monitoring the status of their applications through their online status screen. Students who applied after the priority date (December 1) will be considered for admission on a space-available basis.
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First-Year Scholarships
Scholarship notification begins soon! Only students whose applications were submitted (with essay) by December 1 will be considered for these awards. If your high school does not report class rank, we will request this information from you in order to consider your students for first-year scholarships. Lists of students who may qualify based on SAT scores will be mailed to schools within the next few weeks. All scholarship recipients will be notified by April 15. Please ask your students to be patient, and let them know that Rutgers merit awards are not negotiable.
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Spring Counselors' Day
Save the date! Our spring Counselors’ Day will be on Thursday, April 30, 2009. The program will focus on academic areas at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. More details will follow in the coming weeks.To stay up to date with the latest undergraduate admissions information, please periodically visit our counselors’ information center. The site also allows you to access information about students from your school who have applied to Rutgers.
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Mid-Year Grade Reports
Unless specifically requested by the admissions office, it is not necessary to submit mid-year grade reports for your students. If admitted, students are expected to maintain competitive performance in all coursework.
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Community Service Pays
An emphasis on community service is nothing new at Rutgers. The university’s Citizenship and Service Education (CASE) program was founded 25 years ago and has enabled countless Rutgers students to volunteer their services to a wide range of communities. But CASE isn’t the only public service organization at Rutgers through which students can not only gain important skills and earn academic credits. More...
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Rutgers Against Hunger
Rutgers is working to make a difference in the lives of those suffering from hunger. From food drives to 4-H programs, from grocery-shopping advice to agricultural research, Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) aims to increase awareness of hunger and encourage community service to help those in need.
RAH will enlist Rutgers students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the concerned public in efforts to stock food banks, provide consumer education on nutrition, and deliver technical and organizational support to community groups. More...
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Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
There's an innovative tool available on our web site that makes it easy for students, counselors, and parents to obtain detailed information about Rutgers -- personalized according to their interests. Best of all, it's possible to create an unlimited number of information packets. Try one yourself so you can spread the word about our info packet!
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Recovery Housing at Rutgers: An Oasis for Students Struggling with Substance Abuse
A smoke-free environment, monthly house meetings, and anonymity are just some of the features of Rutgers Recovery Housing, an exciting opportunity for students who want to live with others like themselves to receive emotional, social, and environmental support in maintaining their sobriety.
Students accepted into the confidentially- operated program must have been sober for a few months and will live with others committed to staying clean and sober. Read more about our program's success and the Five Myths About Substance Abuse.
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Students Can Get a Head Start on their Rutgers Degree!
This summer, students can earn college credit and learn their way around Rutgers before matriculating this fall by enrolling in the New Brunswick Summer Session. Through summer study, students can prepare for the academic rigors of university coursework, check out possible majors, and make friends to ease the transition to campus life.
A wide range of introductory, academic-credit courses from art history to women's and gender studies are offered this summer. On-campus housing and a full range of student services are available. For further information or to attend a Summer Session Open House (March 3, 12, or 17), visit summer.rutgers.edu/counselors.
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Rutgers Day
Our first annual Rutgers Day is April 25, rain or shine. This full-day event will give students and their parents an opportunity to participate in tours, attend lectures and performances, view demonstrations and exhibits and have fun with hands-on activities that will introduce them to New Jersey's flagship public university. Programs are suitable for ages 5 to 75, and no reservations are needed! More...
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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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