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Just got the email!! =)

Congrats! Did you get an email saying you were complete?

same - e-mail today!

I think I got an e-mail about a week ago saying I was complete.
I'm in-state, 164, 3.5

I did get an email saying I was complete - and congrats to everyone else!
I am in state also....went there for undergrad, and absolutely LOVED my experience there!

Can anyone provide thoughts on campus/location, spending 3 years at Newark, NJ? I haven't had a chance to visit them yet but I may be applying but want to know what people think of the place.

Woot, me too. 161, 2.87 in-state. I went complete on November 5.


Bobo; Newark isn't the nicest city. That said the campus is located in the nicer part of the city. I've got a friend who goes there for undergrad and he said the area around campus can be sketchy but the campus itself is safe. Between the Rutgers cops, Newark cops, and Port Authority cops he feels pretty safe once he is on campus.

Having gone to Seton Hall for undergrad, which is right on the Newark city line, Newark is a pretty unattractive city. I don't specifically know the area around Rutgers Newark, but having been around the area where SHU Law is in Newark I think that living in the area just takes some getting used to. You just need to be cautious and not put yourself anywhere near being in a vulnerable situation. Anyone with the means to commute into Newark can find affordable apartments (for northern NJ) a fifteen minute car ride away if you're looking in the right place. Newark certainly wouldn't be my first choice (or even top 5) in terms of where I'd like to live for law school, even though I'm slightly familiar with the area, but I'm also not originally from NJ.

Then again, I'm applying to Rutgers Camden, which is well, Camden.

jpasqu1, are you in full-time? I'm 161/3.21 in-state, and starting to freak out because it seems everyone has been getting acceptance emails today - I've got nothing from them in my inbox

Then again, I only went complete 11/25 or so. Has anyone been accepted who went complete around that time?

bmtdoyle wrote:Having gone to Seton Hall for undergrad, which is right on the Newark city line, Newark is a pretty unattractive city. I don't specifically know the area around Rutgers Newark, but having been around the area where SHU Law is in Newark I think that living in the area just takes some getting used to. You just need to be cautious and not put yourself anywhere near being in a vulnerable situation. Anyone with the means to commute into Newark can find affordable apartments (for northern NJ) a fifteen minute car ride away if you're looking in the right place. Newark certainly wouldn't be my first choice (or even top 5) in terms of where I'd like to live for law school, even though I'm slightly familiar with the area, but I'm also not originally from NJ.

Then again, I'm applying to Rutgers Camden, which is well, Camden.

Rutgers is three or four blocks from SHU Law.

newark in itself is not a great city, but you are a short PATH ride from hoboken, jersey city, and manhattan....live there

Me too!!! I'm going part time though while working...in-state tuition + 10K per year from job = ~$2000 per year for law school!!! I'm so excited!

156/3.14

Congrats! IzziesGal, hopefully that won't be your only one today!

Congrats!!!!!

Thanks, everyone!! I agree, the city of Newark isn't the best....but the opportunities are amazing. Really close to Manhattan (hint hint....big law firms), and the Ironbound district is a LOT of fun. Lots of Portuguese restaurants (we were big on karaoke there during undergrad), and the Ironbound is a much safer neighborhood. I had a car, because I commuted from Jersey City, so it may have been different for me. Although some of my friends lived in the dorms and took mass transit everywhere, and never had a problem =)

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I'm in! Just got the email. 161/3.21, in-state, full-time.

Anyone going to the admitted students day in January???

Got the email!! Super excited. I am planning on being at the admitted students event in January depending on what time it takes place.

IzziesGal wrote:Anyone going to the admitted students day in January???

I'm going to be there. I'm looking forward to it.

ddp wrote:Got the email!! Super excited. I am planning on being at the admitted students event in January depending on what time it takes place.

The email I got says 1:15.

That's weird...must be different emails. Thanks for the info, I will be attending in that case. Does your email say when the event is expected to end?

ddp wrote:That's weird...must be different emails. Thanks for the info, I will be attending in that case. Does your email say when the event is expected to end?

Nope

I just got the acceptance package today!!! Never got the email just got the package.

Sergis, you give me hope!!! We have similar numbers...

sergris wrote:I just got the acceptance package today!!! Never got the email just got the package.

Congrats!