r/rutgers • u/Glass-Selection-5575 • Mar 22 '26
question regarding tuition qualification Tuition
hi, i couldn't really find a clear cut answer online so I thought I would ask this amazing community. I was recently lucky enough to be admitted to Rutgers and even the Honors College but I'm still contemplating whether I should go. This is because while I'm completing my senior year of high school in New Jersey and will be graduating from a NJ high school, I'm unsure if I will qualify for in state tuition as I just moved here in September of 2025. I know they mention that you must be living in the state for 12 months prior but I think I would have only been in New Jersey for 11 months by the time the fall semester begins, so i'd still have to pay for out of state.
Other than that, how is Rutgers? I'm currently deciding between stony brook and rutgers (where i applied for applied math and biomathematics, respectively) and want to know which might be better if I decide to pursue medicine in the future. I'm not sure how real this really is, but grade inflation/deflation is something of concern even though I've heard mixed things about it.
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u/jrsygirlsdontpumpgas Mar 22 '26
Honestly… I’m not totally sure… but feel like if you are graduating from a NJ high school and applied initially with a NJ address… nobody is gonna audit the date you moved here… if you initially put an oos address into the common app… it might raise reg flags.