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January 2009 |
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WELCOME TO RUTGERS' E-NEWSLETTER FOR PARENTS!
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| Congratulations on your child's admission to Rutgers! The college search and application process is an exciting time for both students and parents, and the more information you have the more comfortable you are about the process and the important decisions to be made. We want to help by supplying information that will enable you to provide your child with the best guidance and support. Each edition of the Rutgers University E-Newsletter for Parents will provide general resources on college admissions, information specific to Rutgers, and some interesting tidbits that we hope will calm your nerves during this sometimes challenging process. |
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In This Issue...
The SmartMoney is on Rutgers
Financial Aid Open Houses
Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Next Steps
News Flashes
Summer Session
Living-Learning Communities
Recovery Housing
Tell Us What You Think
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The SmartMoney is on Rutgers
When it comes to a return on your educational investment and the age-old debate about the long-term value of private versus public colleges, a recent article in SmartMoney magazine ("Why the Ivies Aren't Worth It") makes a strong case for the better return on investment that the best public colleges offer. In its national survey of college costs versus salaries earned by graduates of 50 public and private institutions three and 15 years after graduation, Rutgers ranked sixth in the nation and first in the Northeast. More
We already knew that Rutgers is one of the best values in higher education in the nation, and today's difficult economic environment makes that even more true. More
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Financial Aid Open Houses
College Goal Sunday is an annual event designed to assist families in completing the national application for college financial aid, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and providing information on available financial aid resources. The program will take place in nine locations throughout the state on Sunday, February 8, 2009. For more information and to register, visit here.
You may also find it helpful to explore Rutgers' payment plans, which provide students and parents with a number of convenient options for dealing with the cost of higher education. More
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Create Your Rutgers Info Packet
Is your son or daughter still thinking about what major they want to pursue in college? Many first-year students are undecided about their major and plan to explore their options during the early part of their undergraduate experience. Having more information about potential majors is often helpful, and Rutgers makes it easy for students and parents to obtain a lot of details about the majors being considered. We give students and parents the opportunity to create their own information packets. Not only can you customize your packet to your child's academic interests, you also can include extracurricular activities and pictures that might appeal to him. You can create an unlimited number of information packets at no cost. Create one now by visiting http://infopacket.admissions.rutgers.edu.
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Next Steps
Included with your child's letter of admission to Rutgers is a special guide for admitted students that provides information about how to enroll at Rutgers, living on campus, and how to apply for housing, establishing email and computer accounts, paying term bills, required immunizations, and many other matters. You can access the admitted student guide and other important information for admitted students here.
Once a student enrolls at Rutgers by returning their admission acknowledgment form either by mail or online, they can access the Enrollment Pathway, a step-by-step online guide for arranging for placement testing, academic planning and advising, applying for on-campus housing, establishing computer and email accounts, indicating student life interests, and much more.
At the academic planning and advising and orientation programs, students meet their academic adviser and select their first-semester courses. They will also find out about the many student services available to them, as well as student clubs and organizations and other student life opportunities.
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News Flashes
SAVE THE DATE! The first annual Rutgers Day will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2009 and will include tours, free performances, exhibits, lectures, demonstrations, hands-on activities and much more that will enable you to gain a strong sense of the many exciting things happening at the university. More
All parents of Rutgers students are automatically members of the Rutgers Parents Association, but to take full advantage of membership register at the association's website.
Three Rutgers professors named fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). More
Rutgers received a $10 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. More
Father and son musicians enrolled at Mason Gross School of the Arts. More
Rutgers classes are not all huge lectures. In fact, only 6.9% of classes at Rutgers-New Brunswick enroll more than 100 students, and 63.3% enroll 30 or fewer students, which means that Rutgers students have ample opportunities to interact with their professors and fellow students.
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Summer Session
This summer, your son or daughter can earn college credit and learn his/her way around Rutgers through the New Brunswick Summer Session--before matriculating in the fall. Help your student 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 in fields ranging from art history to women's and gender studies are offered July 6--August 12. 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 here.
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Living-Learning Communities
Rutgers offers students many interesting opportunities to combine their academic and living experiences including small living-learning communities such as Discovery Houses, RU-tv, French Culture and Language (just to name a few), special-interest housing, and non-residential learning communities. More
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Recovery Housing
Among the housing options for Rutgers-New Brunswick students is Recovery Housing, Rutgers' pioneering alcohol and drug recovery housing that has existed for 20 years (the university's alcohol and drug recovery program recently celebrated its 25th anniversary). Recovery Housing on our New Brunswick campus accommodates 22 students. The program recently received a $720,000 grant from the Division of Addiction Services of the New Jersey Department of Human Services that will supplement existing programs and fund a new drug prevention campaign. More
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Tell Us What You Think
We have created this newsletter for you. Our hope is that it not only alleviates some of your concerns, but also that it gives you the confidence to guide your child through this complex and critical process. We have included content that we believe you will find helpful, but we'd like to hear from you for this to be an effective tool. Please email parentsnewsletter@ugadm.rutgers.edu with your comments, questions or suggestions for future articles.
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