Reasons for Recommending RutgersCamden

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Reasons for Recommending Rutgers-Camden?

• Stefanie Pottle

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Reasons

• Close to home
• Cheaper than most colleges
• Small Campus

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Close to Home

• Located in the very heart of the metro
  Philadelphia region.
  
• Rutgers-Camden is accessible from all major
  highways, as well as by most forms of public
  transportation.
  
• Easy to get from school to work

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• Public Transportation
• Regional RailNew Jersey Transits RiverLINE
  light-rail system has a stop on the
  Rutgers-Camden campus at Third and Cooper Sts.
  
• PATCO Speedline offers easy access from southern
  New Jersey and Philadelphia. The City Hall
  station at Fifth and Market Sts., one block from
  campus, is the Rutgers-Camden stop.
• Amtrak stops at 30th Street Station in
  Philadelphia. Catch the SEPTA Market-Frankford
  Line to the 8th and Market stop, and then board
  the PATCO Speedline into New Jersey, where the
  first stop, the City Hall station, will provide
  access to Rutgers-Camden.
• BusNJ TRANSIT buses stop at the Walter Rand
  Transportation Center. Rutgers-Camden offers
  shuttle bus service to and from this
  transportation hub. Call the Rutgers University
  Police Department at [phone] to arrange
  rides between the Rand Transportation Center and
  the campus.
• FerryThe RiverLink Ferry offers seasonal
  service between Penns Landing in Philadelphia and
  the Camden Waterfront.
  
• AirplanePhiladelphia International Airport is a
  15-minute car ride from Rutgers-Camden. Take
  Interstate 95 North to the Benjamin Franklin
  Bridge, then follow directions from Philadelphia
  to the campus. Using public transportation, take
  the SEPTA R1 Airport Regional Line to the Market
  East Station in Philadelphia. At that station,
  board the PATCO Speedline into New Jersey, where
  the first stop, the City Hall station, will
  provide access to Rutgers-Camden.
• Student Discounts from NJ TRANSIT

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Cheap Tuition

• Rutgers-Camden University- 4,098
• Fairleigh Dickinson University- 10,410/annual
• Monmouth College- 11,820/annual
• Rider College- 12, 860
• (According to College Compass)

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Small Campus

• Other Colleges are too overwhelming for students
• Same type of education that a big university
  would have.
  
• Easier to find classes and buildings

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Next Step

• How to get more students to attend
  Rutgers-Camden.
  
• More advertisements on Rutgers-Camden
• Have current students talk to prospective
  students on why they recommend it
  
• Have transferring from one school to another easy
  and quick
  
• Have a program for students where they can earn
  rewards for there grades.
  
• Free Parking
• Free Books
• Etc.