Rutgers University - 5 Things to Avoid

[craigoren]

This video is at least six years old. Things have gotten better. The RU Screw problem largely comes because New Jersey is so miserly when it comes to funding higher education, and so it is difficult tfor Rutgers to offer all the courses that students need. There are silly bureaucratic rules administered by silly bureaucrats, but there is less of that in the past. The most important thing for a student at any large university is to be self-directed and actively seek out the education he or she wants.

[jeremyroberts]

avoid any college library during finals, the best parties are during finales, catch up on all that drinking you missed out on from being in the library during mid terms and the semester or quarter.

[seumasmacthomais]

Ah, the RU Screw is still there! Jim T., Class of '77...

[josphellihsilak]

The RU screw cannot be avoided. It's impossible.

[wonkim]

I think every student that has graduated from Rutgers has a long RU screw story. I had a first-year roommate that I didn't choose to be with who would not sleep till like 5AM every night until a fight broken out and the guy left my room. The RU experience is very frustrating in every way. The biggest problem I had at Rutgers are classes that are back-to-back in different campuses and course requirements that make it very difficult for you to graduate in four years. Getting constantly screwed with parking tickets is also annoying. Definitely a tough change and transition from high school.

[viperchick]

RU Screw is still here! I was screwed over when I transferred this semester

[Danny-ogkr]

RU Screw: - "inevitable occurence" ... video title: - "5 Things to Avoid" ... lol nice

[player]

“Drunk girls to barf on you” made me laugh. A friend of mine (we’re still in high school) was taking the bus and this girl started to wobble and lean over. He caught her so she wouldn’t fall and then she threw up on his shoes.

[athomas]

Big state school = big state bureaucracy. (That means it also requires big girl/big boy pants.) I've worked at Rutgers for years and years and never, even for a split second, wished I went here as a student. RU Screw, Brower, and Alexander Library criticisms are justified. But this video title is a little misleading since students being loud/inconsiderate on the buses and non-RU-affiliated slum lords aren't really things the university can control, right? Just sayin'.
BTW, the library in this video (at 2:05) isn't a Rutgers library; it's the library of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, whose whole campus is swallowed up (nope, not part of RU) as Rutgers gets bigger and denser in New Brunswick. If you're already an RU student and looking for a quieter alternative to Alexander Library, try Gardner-Sage Library. I don't think they'd kick RU students out.

[dsewing]

I went to Rutgers in the early 2000s, and I can say that the old Tillet Dining Hall was even worse than Brower. I once saw someone write in the ladies room “if you eat at Tillet, be sure to know where the nearest bathroom is.” Brower was actually fairly decent when I was there…although not nearly as good as Busch or Nielsen. The new dining hall on Livingston hadn’t been built yet, so I don’t know how the food is there (I got to eat at Henry’s Diner, and it was pretty good and well priced).

[kelvinkuzy]

The Adderall in the bathroom is so accurate.

[SweetAlis]

I'm a little sad reading the negative comments about RU because I'm going to start 3 years program this fall and I do want to love the school. I need quiet libraries and decent food so I'm nervous now :( any positive feedback?

[andrewnagy]

The only good thing about Rutgers was Neptune Night. We packed out book bags with as much lobster as we could fit and threw em into the fridge, nothing like it

[gridcaster]

I graduated from rutgers in 2002. Nothing has changed.

[jjang]

Bus system was bad because many buses would get full to the point where you'd literally have to squeeze yourself inside the bus and pray that the folding bus doors close, then stand like packed sardines as the bus is on the highway. Waiting for the next bus isn't an option when your exam/quiz/etc is coming up. I remember in 2012 the LX bus was so packed during final exams that people would just fall on your lap and they couldn't stand back up because it was so crowded so you just ended up with some random dude on your lap for 12 minutes.

[sbalak]

LMAO all mostly true. I enjoyed myself (Class of 86) in spite of the RU Screw!!! LMAO!! Brower Commons food while not great was manageable. I worked there nights so food was no problem with only a 5 meal plan. Buses were fine. Got hosed in the lottery but lucked out with a single dorm senior year. Got bent transferring courses but not too badly. Registering sucked the big one, long lines. All in all I was ok with it. I got a single dorm with some of the funniest wackiest students. The lounge at night was a laugh riot especially with the Philosophy majors. late night food trucks on College Ave were awesome!

[txcing]

Which is the best Penn state and Ohio state and Rutgers.
Sincerely,

[pachord]

There is a RU dean who very strongly resembles Paulie from Goodfellas.

[JLO]

So nothing has changed since 1969? Go figure.

[wvfatboii]

Actually Brower has the best pizza and ice cream out of all the campuses!