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Grrr...SAT Scores...
USSEnterprise:
I want to stay in state so I don't have to pay a few $$$$ extra. That knocks it down to:
TCNJ - Good engineering and teaching, but again, high SAT requirements.
Rowan - Cheap, good reputation, especially if I do decide to become a teacher
NJIT - SAT Scores need to be very high, located in a ---smurfy--- area
Rutgers New Brunswick - Offers pretty much anything I could want as a major, but I don't want to be tempted to be constantly switching my major.
All of the above offer Engineering and general science majors, so I could potentially go to any, but since I really am leaning toward a teaching career as of late, Rowan is looking good.
I'd like to try for RPI or Seton Hall, but at 40k a year, it does not seem likely.
TOK:
I'm amazed TCNJ has high SAT requirements. When they do the news reports on their radio station, most read at about an 8th grade level.
boykster:
Just what the country needs more engineers and teachers who fall in the 50% percentile in mathematics.... :dizzy:
SithMaster:
--- Quote ---Just what the country needs more engineers and teachers who fall in the 50% percentile in mathematics.... ???
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you mean fail. you arent a teacher are you? ;)
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on March 31, 2007, 03:16:24 pm ---I want to stay in state so I don't have to pay a few $$$$ extra. That knocks it down to:
TCNJ - Good engineering and teaching, but again, high SAT requirements.
Rowan - Cheap, good reputation, especially if I do decide to become a teacher
NJIT - SAT Scores need to be very high, located in a ---smurfy--- area
Rutgers New Brunswick - Offers pretty much anything I could want as a major, but I don't want to be tempted to be constantly switching my major.
All of the above offer Engineering and general science majors, so I could potentially go to any, but since I really am leaning toward a teaching career as of late, Rowan is looking good.
I'd like to try for RPI or Seton Hall, but at 40k a year, it does not seem likely.
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NJIT does not have very high SAT requirements. You should really look into it... and it's not a bad area. Don't fall into the "oh no its Newark" BS that everyone wants you to believe. I lived there for 13 years.
Don't discount schools for cost either... wait to see what you get in financial aid. I would never have considered my school if I just looked at the bottom line price. I wouldn't be here if I had to pay full cost.
RPI is a stretch with your grades, but there are a lot of good schools that you could potentially get into in the area. I wanted to stay in the area as well.
And "tempted to switch majors" is a stupid reason to discount a school.. sorry. Just because there are a lot of majors doesn't mean you'll switch. My school offers biomedical engineering and other crazy degrees that I could never do myself.... didn't make me want to change just cuz it was there. Plus you don't even have to declare at most schools for the first 2 years... just take classes.
Go look at Rutgers and NJIT.
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