Rutgers Recruitment?
Hey everyone, I'm a senior in HS applying to colleges. Since I'm in New Jersey, I'm instate for Rutgers, I'll be applying. What's IB recruitment like at Rutgers? I know it's a nontarget/low semitarget, but that's pretty much it. If anyone could provide some insight, that'd be great. If there's some very selective program like the IBW at IU Kelley, then I'll seriously consider going somewhere else because I don't want everything to be riding on getting into one club.
Thanks in advance!
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I'm from NJ but go to HYPSM. I believe they have a road to wall street program. I'm assuming it's fairly competitive given Rutgers is a large school, but if you have good stats I don't really see an issue. For schools, I guess it depends what your other options turn out to be. How are your stats/ecs like?
I have a 1540 SAT, a 3.7 UW GPA (my biggest weakness but I have a high weighted since I took honors and AP classes for 4 years), and I took 10 APs with a 5 on 6 of them. My ECs are decent, I have a couple of national FBLA and Model UN awards, and I'm the editor in chief of the school newspaper. I'm also the president of a nonprofit that operates in a couple different countries now and I have a journalism outlet that I run with some friends where we write political analysis articles. I'm not in a position to spend more than 100k on college, so I'd really only go to a school that's not Rutgers if I can get a merit-based scholarship from them.
Oh ok, then your stats are in range. I'm assuming you go to just a regular public school? Not like a magnet one. Depending on your family's finances, school can be way cheaper at a top private school. I would honestly shoot applications at all the top schools you are remotely interested in and keep rutgers/nyu(not stern) as safeties.
Yeah, I just go to a regular public school. It's really big (about 3000 students) and sends kids to Ivies and top publics every year if that means anything. It might be cheaper at a top private, they tend to be more liberal with their merit-based aid. I'll definitely be applying to as many top schools as possible. I'll apply to NYU, but I really don't think I can afford it. They're pretty stingy with aid and their tuition/associated fees as a result of being in New York are pretty high. I actually had UIUC in mind as my other safety. What do you think about that? Realistically, however, there's a very solid chance I'll end up at Rutgers so that's why I asked the question.
That's fair about NYU. UIUC is pretty good for quant stuff if you are into that. Given the proximity of Rutgers to NYC, I might lean towards Rutgers but UIUC is probably gonna be a better experience, especially if you want to do trading/quant in Chicago. Perhaps, Villanova or NEU might be good ones as well.
Rutgers student here! Unfortunately, I'm only a sophomore, but I'll provide you with what I know. There's a club called Little Investment Bankers of Rutgers (LIBOR) that you don't have to apply to get in, but it also has programs like the Student Managed Fund and Road to Wall Street. Getting into one of these would be helpful, and they're competitive, especially RTWS. You can only apply to RTWS as a freshman, so make sure you do that if you attend Rutgers. From LinkedIn, there's a good amount of people in investment banking from Rutgers, but this could be skewed because Rutgers has a huge student population.
Thank you, this was really helpful! If you had to give an estimate, how competitive would you say the SMF and RTWS programs are?
I could give a solid estimate about SMF, not as much for RTWS. I recently applied to the SMF and got an interview. In the email, it said there were 170 applicants. In a google form to mark a time to interview, I counted roughly 75 people. I THINK they accept around 20 people. So 170 applicants, 20 acceptances.
RTWS I don't know as much about, but I'm assuming there's a bit less applicants because they only accept freshman. But I'm p sure they don't take a lot. RTWS is application-->first round-->second round-->offer. I got to the first round stage, worked super hard on my application. Studied my butt off for the interview. Thought I did well. I'm also a diversity candidate. But with everything, I didn't even get a second round, so I was super bummed out. Take this for what it is lol. But I'm still going to push forward to hopefully do IB! :)
dude don’t go to Rutgers. did engineering there and it’s a dog shit school, culture wise and recruitment wise. Don’t get me wrong, it’s 100% possible to get into banking through road to Wall Street and LIBOR (few of my friends did it, Citi, CS, and GS) but you can go to a million better schools that you’ll actually have fun at. Garbage quality of education, garbage administration, garbage social scene. Anyone who replies to this and tries to say otherwise is COPING
It's not really my first choice, but given family finances, there's a very good chance I'll end up there. If I do go there, I'll try to make the best of it. That being said, any tips on how to still have a good time despite all the things you just mentioned?
Hey dude don't listen to this guy. I did engineering at Rutgers and while it's not the greatest school, I had a blast. You can tell this guy had a bad time when he says "anyone who replies to this and tries to say otherwise is COPING," sounds to me like he's projecting. Wonder if I actually know him haha. Anyways, was in a fraternity, had a great time, saved a ton of money, and made some great friends. You will be fine, but you will have to work harder than most of the other people on this website. Feel free to let me know if you want me to PM you about Rutgers social life. I am of no help with the IB talk.
yo to be honest I was super stressed from work when I made my original comment so let me be a bit more objective lmao. Its def far from impossible to have a good time there, I actually had a good amount of fun and made a ton of lifelong friends, so I guess it's not all bad. To be specific about the negatives, its that:
- people overall aren't particularly friendly as a whole, and this became especially clear to me when I visited my friends at other schools. If you're a social guy you'll make friends, but man did I meet a TON of dickheads
- cops shut down all parties and dages, shit rarely gets crazy like it does at a typical "party school". Witnessed this first hand again when I visited other schools. No comparison
- next to no hope of getting into bars before 21, bars are pretty small compared to other schools. that being said if you go out with your friends you can have a pretty good time
- new brunswick is rachet as fuck. this is undeniable
- you'll probably get laid but you probably wont meet your wife if you know what I mean
- they flex how diverse the student body is but racial groups largely stay to themselves. my friend group was a rare exception
- busses are the worst thing ever and totally change the school's dynamic in a negative way
If you wanna have a good time definitely join a frat, and do everything you can to live on College Ave freshman year. Livi was fun but in a cracked out way, not a lit way. Again, my bad for being too negative but definitely play your cards right. And let me say that I know many people who love Rutgers, so take my opinion with a grain of salt
A buddy of mine went to Rutgers way back when and class valedictorian. He ended up getting into IB at a BB and his comments were the very very top of Rutgers students got IB if they wanted it, but the vast majority of students ended up in the back office.
Your stats are pretty good for a program much better than Rutgers that will offer you a decent financial package.
That's great for your friend! Yeah, that assessment sounds pretty much in line with what the other posters have mentioned. In terms of a financial package, I'm in that uncomfortable position where my family makes too much for me to get much need-based aid, but we don't make enough/didn't save early on enough for me to have enough to fully pay for a better program. The only option is merit-based aid and I can get merit-based aid at Rutgers level schools (and maybe slightly better schools), but I can't really get any aid at a proper target.
Very sorry to hear about the dilemma. Obv taking loans out to fund your entire college education isn't ideal, but you should still try for some higher ranked programs in the event you may get some sort of aid. Even w/ no aid, an argument can be made the quality of your education, classmate network and job post-school will be better at a higher ranked program.
Also, how about schools that are known for being generous w/ scholarships but regarded about Rutgers? Say like a BU or something similar.
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jk that was a low blow sorry
Don't even go to the school yet and I still felt that deep in my soul lmao.
Hey don't listen to these kids. I am a Rutgers rising junior, I am not in RTWS and SMF since I didn't want to do banking as a freshman so I did clubs like Consulting Program (CAP) and Road to Consulting...that being said, I still landed something for next summer in IB so if I can do it so can you. Great business school as well, and close to NYC. My biggest advice is to make a educated decision off logical posts and your own research, don't always believe what you read on the internet!
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