Ryan
The stereotype that Rutgers is party school has some validity but it much more than that. 2/3 of students stop at 3 drinks or less and 1/5 of students don't drink at all.
Ryan
The stereotype that Rutgers is party school has some validity but it much more than that. 2/3 of students stop at 3 drinks or less and 1/5 of students don't drink at all.
Mara
No, not at all. Most people do not have sexually transmitted diseases and not all girls act like they go to "slutgers". We get a bad rep because its New Jersey, but we are just like any other big university.
Ryan
The first is true, the second a bit and the third not so much. Great parties to go to at least three days out of the week. People sleep around a bit but not more than any other university. Slackers don't last too long as Rutgers is too happy to throw you out on your ass.
Charlotte
No, no, and maybe. The school does accept a lot of kids with average academic ability, but it also attracts really smart kids who come for their specialty programs (with 30,000+ undergrads, you get some really diverse and esoteric course offerings) or smart kids who just didn't want to spend 120,000$ on an education. Their admissions standards aren't nearly as lax as other state schools, and the core classes that everyone is required to take are fairly challenging. As to the, ehem, rumors about the elevated STD rates, those rumors were based on a study done about 15 years ago. The survey polled only people who had come in to a clinic to get tested, so it's not surprising that within the population of people who had a weird, scary rash and went to the doctor to get it checked out, the incidence of STD's was unusually high. There was no control group for that study. That said, it's college, and people have a whole lot of sex. I don't think Rutger's student have more or less sex than students at other schools, and I'm willing to bet that college campuses in GENERAL have alarmingly high rates of STDs.
Betsy
I find this stereotype to be far from the truth. Every counselor I have come into contact with is more than willing to help each student in reaching their goals. This is an ignorant stereotype being perpetuated by students who have no basis for saying Rutgers doesn't care about its students.
Alex
for the most part, they are. all these stereotypes start from somewhere just like any stereotype does.
ryan
In truth I dont know one person who attends Rutgers that has thought about or who actually wants to transfer out of Rutgers. It is such an amazing school, its full of energy, there is a club or everyone to join, there is always something to do, ton of people to meet, and the courses here are challenging. Most people dont think much of Rutgers, but Rutgers students love it!
Akira
Overall, I feel that each stereotype has some relevance, but that does not necessarily mean that these generalizations seperate the campuses but allows individuals to have a greater awareness of each community. In fact, I would have never heard of these steroetypes from the people who lived in these communities if I did not explore every one of them. Overall, every community has stereotypes but these are only as dividing as we as individuals perceive them to be, so my advice to you; Ask your Douglass friend to go to a spa and on College Ave get crunk!!!