Reviews of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | United States

Useful | 6

nishatshah

H.A. College of Commerce (Gujarat University), Ahmedabad, India
Management Science, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

Room sharing with the students would be the easiest and cheapest way for accomodation. There are plenty of International students and many of them chose the room sharing in nearby apartments. If one can get graduate assistantship or scholarship then he or she can have choice to move into on campus dormatories or own the apartment individually.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

There are four major buildings for accomodation on campus. Two are near the computer lab and the other two are near library and cafeteria. A person has to pay also for food in cafeteria whoever decides to stay on campus. The halls are located on campus so distance to classes are not more than 2 to 3 minutes. On campus security is quiet well. Boys and girls cannot stay together and that is the rule. Accomodation on campus is still costlier than room sharing in nearby apartments. The nearby area named Kearny is better to stay and easy transportation of bus is available to university at 1.10 USD one way. The University provides free shuttle service to kearny and other nearer area like newark after 4 pm to 11 pm.

Useful | 4

nishatshah

H.A. College of Commerce (Gujarat University), Ahmedabad, India
Management Science, Graduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

If you are interested, i recommend any CIS (computer science ) course under professor Statica, any MIS course under Dr. Chakrabarti. CIS 652, 451 (data communication and networks) and MIS 635, 625 (Management of Telecomm and E-commerce strategies) are my favorite. MGMT 692 and 492 (492 under prof. Gopalkrishnan and 692 under Prof. Kirchhoff) are recommended.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

Useful | 0

marie t

ESC Lille, Lille, France
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

close to the other students and all the accomodation (classes, food, athletic center..)

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

could have been better because i had to share my room with another girl. I was lucky because she was pretty cool but if she had not been friendly, it could have been a disaster...i'd rather have my own room, especially with the price i paid for it...

Useful | 7

nishatshah

H.A. College of Commerce (Gujarat University), Ahmedabad, India
Management Science, Graduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I had proper guidance for first two semisters about rules, regulations and type of courses and universities initial exams which can affect to determine future courses. I didnt know it before.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

2

Costs

4

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

It has become costly now. The cafeteria is also costlier than near by campus restuarants!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Travelling is not a problem in New Jersey and New York City. To reach New York City, one has to take Path Train that are available from Penn Station. The university also provides shuttle service to Penn Station. From Penn Station one can easily go to other states and go to Newark Intl. Airport (20 minutes by bus 4 dollars one way). From the Penn station, one can also go to south jersey (princeton university area) by bus. Only thing is you ought to have the time.

Useful | 1

nishatshah

H.A. College of Commerce (Gujarat University), Ahmedabad, India
Management Science, Graduate, Independent

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

All the classes are in English except any literature classes which I am not aware of. The University is a public research university and many international students (Mostly Asian - India,China - and African) are studying in the university. Thus, your ability to understand and to speak convincing english will be tested like anything. Sometimes you do not understand what exactly a student coming from another culture is speaking about or sometimes you need patience to explain in english to the other students. But it is not cumbersome and it is fun. The test of English is far greater than of TOEFL :)

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