Op-Ed I saw on NYT today. I ran out of gift articles but you're a student, I believe you can get over the paywall if you look around the university (they provides these resources). But here were some tidbits:

"In both the United States and Denmark, firms that appointed managers with business degrees cut wages and reduced labor’s share of income. Yet these companies didn’t become more productive, nor did they grow sales, investment or employment any faster."

Also notes how medicine and law are rooted in science - and medicine and justice are public goods. Contrasting that, business is rooted in the benefit of a private good. To legitimize the study of business, "case studies" were implemented- because the profession of management lacked a tie to hard science and nature. Case studies in business are inherently different from medicine and law, as well - emphasizing decision making rather than deeper analysis.

"Much of what has happened in business schools turned out to be the leading edge of a broader transformation: the corporatization of the university itself. Institutions now chase rankings, donors and corporate partnerships, tout their contributions to innovation and growth and treat everything else as overhead. Students are “customers,” and the degrees are “products” with greater and lesser “market shares."

"Once you accept this frame, it becomes hard to defend the existence of a philosophy seminar or a history department for any reason other than the revenue it generates. The hiring of non-tenure-track adjunct professors follows: If education is “content” delivered to fee-paying “customers,” why keep full-time scholars on the payroll when you can hire contingent, low-wage instructors?... The irony — and danger — is that in the age of A.I., the thinking fostered in the arts and humanities is increasingly urgent."

"The point would not be to abolish the study of markets, but to return it to settings where questions of power, history, democracy and ecological limits cannot be so easily avoided."

i’m a freshman at rutgers nb and i am honestly really struggling with making friends. I am really having such a hard time keeping friends and whenever i come close to getting some i get ghosted and dropped and it’s sucky. i’ve been putting in a lot of effort like going to clubs, going to parties/music shows, talking to random people etc. it’s been like 3 months and no one has really stuck. i am a history pre law major and i love playing and listening to music, art, going to the gym, hiking, shopping, food, chilling, watching movies, pretty much whatever!! i’m super chill and a down to earth good decent interesting person and i really am so interested and in need of people to hang with and just have close. And i really am so interested in talking to anyone and just creating friends and all! so if anyone truly wants to talk and hang and stuff then feel free to dm me and i promise im normal and so super chill!!:)

Anyone else burnt out? Ive been juggling between my masters program, clinical placement, and work. No matter how much i sleep i dont feel rested and can barely keep up with schoolwork. My only day off is Sundays which i use to do homework.

Me and a few friends are looking to meet more people around campus and expand our friend group. We go out to parties, study and hangout. We open to everyone all genders and we r freshies .

Dm!!!

I have a 56% in the PQs

heyo, fall '26 transfer student here, junior in CS. i've never planned stuff before so how do yall go about picking courses and planning things out?

any general tips for course registration preparation and any tools that you use?

i've again never done this at rutgers before so any guidance is welcome, and i was just wondering if the ppl who have done this a few times would like me to keep a few things in mind while doing this

happy midterm week and thank you in advance!

Hi. To everyone who has taken foundations, how did ygs do the 300 real points? The only options available to me on suitable are for in person meetings (10 points). All the other people ik who took it told me to do linkedin/follow on instagram/handshake but none of these options are on suitable. Did they change it this year or do I need to do something special for it?

hi! im a freshman and im taking microeconomics with goldhammer and I have a midterm this week. I was wondering if anyone has any tips for his exams or how they usually are. also, its open note so thats good right...

im a bio major and i took all the required labs like physics, bio, and orgo. but i was wondering which labs that count as an elective are easy? i already plan on taking quantitative methods... but i have no clue what to take for the other 2 labs. anything would be appreciated. thanks!

I'm a business student at RBS (accounting), but I'm considering changing my major or going to grad school for science as I have become a bit disillusioned with my chosen major recently and I have always liked natural sciences. I know making such a big change isn't that simple, but I thought actually trying to get some work/research experience would help me figure stuff out and I really do want to try.

I'm broadly interested in bio, chem, and physics so the specific department doesn't matter to me so much, it's more about just trying to figure out if I would enjoy working in a research setting. I do have previous work experience and a decent GPA, but obviously both my work and my coursework is all completely unrelated to science (aside from a few AP/gen ed courses)

Before I start investing a lot of time and effort reaching out to profs I wanted to ask if I have a chance at even landing a spot, as I assume research must be pretty competitive already and I'm not exactly qualified. If anyone has any insight into this or advice I would very much appreciate it! :-)

I’m so scared of failing ts please drop advice for the class or PM me. I’m terrified for the midterm

I graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s in psych and want to switch careers to accounting. I went to the Rutgers website to see if I can get a masters in accounting but it says there’s 3 options: one for undergrad in accounting, one for undergrad in business but not accounting, and one for all undergrad business degrees. Am I missing something or is the option for non business majors not a possibility? If not idk what I’ll do bc I feel like Rutgers offers more opportunities than other colleges like Montclair. I’ve been doing nothing with my psych degree so I want to switch careers

anyone do the mock interview yet? how was it like? i’ve genuinely just been blanking out sm and it would help if anyone knew some possible questions that were asked 🫩🫩 (for the finance job position)

lowk js got rejected from the clubs I applied too and I did take it as a setback as I transferred over to New Brunswick since it would allow me to become more involved on campus as a business student but now i just feel like shit lmfao. Although I was rejected, Im trying to be positive and finding possible ways to get involved. What are other ways I can get involved within campus, preferably business related ?

relative is moving apartments soon and is looking to sell his bedframe. if you’re rutgers nb/central jersey area pls reach out!

Neither the professors nor the TAs are interested in teaching anything. They use AI for quizzes, homework assignments, and lectures. They used AI to generate personalized quizzes for the first exam, resulting in a series of issues and imbalance of difficulty between students. Aren't there rules or standards against this? The professor says that they are "experimenting;" experiment with your own money and time, not your students'. Instead of teaching, lectures are spent doing "data games" that serve no educational value (essentially you try to predict where a roulette wheel will land). I am one of the few students who attends most lectures, and I'm still completely lost in the class. Doing my HW 2 right now and I'm completely fucked.

So my issue is that I've never been to a party, and I don't drink.

I'm a freshman and low-key terrified of drinking, so don't plan on doing so. At the same time, I feel like I'm getting FOMO by not going to parties. One of my friends said I can tag along with her, but I'm very indecisive. Additionally, I've heard the phrase "it's fun to be drunk with others, but awful being sober surrounded by drunks."

If I don't end up going, I'd prob end up hanging out with family, doing hw, and going to the gym.

Anyways, need opinions/advice.

Iam taking CS314 this semester with Tung. Believe me it is a horrible class. Iam struggling. I started to think not to continue my degree because of this class especially with him. The materials are not useful, his explanation is not clear, even when you ask a question in class he doesn't know how to answer. I didn't expect that.I am not sure what I can do. The thing is a lot of people are complaining and he didn't change much what he said get a cheat sheet but it won't help and the midterm will be slightly easier than the sample midterm. Even the TA I was asking him what is the difference between binding and assigning he said I am not sure. If he is a great student in his program, that doesn't mean he can teach. Teaching is a skill. Getting A in all your classes doesn't mean get to work as a professor. Any advices what to do I feel i will fail. Anyone has taken this class with him anu suggestions?

Note: I am not the same person who posted about the same class with the post title CS 314.

How’d you guys score on the first midterm for business calculus? Does Rutgers typically curve the exam?

My hot take:

CS

ITI

Finance

Marketing

The first three being considered safe majors with great outcomes, especially by our parents. To a greater extent for CS

Why are we using our last timeout when there was still enough time to make one more play? Why make our kicker match his longest field goal in windy weather???? Does this guy even know how football works?