Rutgers University-New Brunswick Top Questions

Since the school is so big with an abundance of students, an individual can easliy get lost. Most students complain that they are nothing but a number to the school. From an academic standpoint, it is very easy for a student to lose his/her way, and irreparably damage their grades quickly.

The issue noted above. This is very frustrating, especially when it affects the financial aid you receive. Having to continually go to another campus or call someone on another campus to try to get something fixed is not acceptable. It's upsetting and frustrating.

The most frustrating thing about Rutgers is the disconnect with administrators and the financial aid office. When asking questions about policies, they give automated responses and sometimes refuse to handle students directly. Rutgers is a huge school, so when students try to reach out personally in a way that threatens their economics, Rutgers administration can be very quick to dismiss them.

Most professors are tenured and not willing to go out of their way to help students, especially in competitve pre-med classes. Also, curved pre med courses to fail 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the class (bio, gen chem, orgo).

The most frustrating thing about Rutgers University is the size, it makes it very difficult to make friends.

The sheer amount of people and lack of a cohesive community.

It's an old school so there is a lot of maintainence to be desired. Also, the school is getting too crowded.

The most frustrating thing about the school, is levele of difficulty in the classes. Classes may seem easy by the course descriptions, but in actuality, you have to study hard and read over the text in order to maintain a passing grade. Not only by studying the text and going to class, but also attending office hours allow the cahnce for you to recieve an A in the course. College is a big step up from high school, and this causes you to have to adjust your study habbits and schedules to stay ahead of the game.

It frustrates me to see how a good portion of students disrespect the university staff and property by littering, and not cleaning after themselves, or not always being cordial like saying please and thank you. The staff is truely kind here and have the students best interest in mind. Sometimes I feel that the students take their hospitality here for granted.

The sheer size of the school is difficult to get used to. The bus system intermingling with the city of New Brunswick makes traveling from class to class very difficult across campus.