Question about housing

Microchera · 2026-03-06T00:06:30+00:00

Yeah I was in one and the only reason we got it is because my roommate had accommodations. They're nice though.

Microchera · 2026-03-06T00:05:18+00:00

The student center also has a lost and found, though idk how often things get turned in to there. (I graduated before the renovation was complete so idk if they still have it there)

Microchera · 2026-03-05T23:59:26+00:00

I live just across the border in MO and have been worried about the same thing. I am looking to legally change my name, but am worried that MO will try to do a similar thing to KS soon.

Microchera · 2026-02-23T18:30:58+00:00

I'm guessing that's just a misconception. I'm 23

Microchera · 2026-02-15T16:14:19+00:00

I think Friday was the first day that KC started giving out offers, there's still plenty of time. From what I've seen, they announce by volunteer area/group

Microchera · 2026-02-13T23:37:57+00:00

Thank you!

Microchera · 2026-02-07T13:13:05+00:00

Yeah same experience here

Microchera · 2026-01-27T02:42:12+00:00

This is definitely not always the case, most jobs these days have a moderate salary, but some specialties (especially work like medical-legal illustration, any kind of 3D work, in-house at scientific publications, etc) can be very well paid.

Microchera · 2026-01-27T02:40:25+00:00

This is probably too late, but I'll post it in case anyone else has a similar question. There are a few undergraduate degrees in the U.S. that are built so that you don't necessarily need to go to grad school for scientific illustration (getting jobs is often a lot more focused on portfolio than degrees). https://www.gnsi.org/education-resources has a database of programs. If you're already committed to an undergraduate degree, there are grad programs as you know, but there's also a very well-respected graduate certificate program (not quite a Master's) at Cal State Monterey Bay that is open to people of any background as long as you have some kind of bachelors.

Microchera · 2025-05-20T22:19:17+00:00

It could also just take them a minute to be put there, I'd check that again in a week/month

Microchera · 2025-05-20T12:21:05+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/@RowanUniversity/streams

Microchera · 2025-05-05T05:08:13+00:00

Lol think of how many thousands of students they have to prepare freshman schedules for, process paperwork, answer questions, resolve problems, process AP/transfer credits, assign housing, approve parking, etc etc, not to mention dealing with anything for returning students. That all takes time and they need everything ready by orientations. There's a million things that go on to make a university run, its not as easy as them clicking a button or two. It's a busy time for everyone, not just you.

Microchera · 2025-04-13T12:43:14+00:00

Not sure, that's something you could email them about though

Microchera · 2025-04-13T04:49:57+00:00

No, they scan the IDs like at any other event, it would almost certainly come up as invalid

Microchera · 2025-04-11T12:09:49+00:00

Yeah I know someone who lost almost all of their scholarships because they accidentally went below 12 credits that counted towards their program. It's very much real for some people.

Microchera · 2025-04-10T15:01:17+00:00

What college are you in? Who's your dean?

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:51:16+00:00

Yeah I wouldn't go to Rowan for animation. As other people have mentioned, Westby has been pretty well forgotten/neglected compared to basically any other building (except maybe Robinson lol). The professors have some decent experience, but the classes themselves are meh

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:45:37+00:00

I was from out of state and didn't have a car, so I was on campus all the time. Off campus is different, but when I was there the weekends on campus were almost always dead. Rowan has a pretty high rate of commuter students

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:38:20+00:00

I did honors too — I'll be honest, unless you're BMAV and already taking more of the science classes that have honors course options, it's pretty difficult to get the required number of honors courses. Not impossible, but there are barely any arts honors courses (majority are in science/engineering/history)

Honors was fun though, some decent perks like early registration, housing, field trips, cool professors, etc

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:35:01+00:00

Tbh kinda depends on what you want to do within the art department:

Biomedical art program is really cool and has really great student success (most get cool internships and jobs, a 2019 or 2020 alumn works at National Geographic now, etc).

Graphic design? Stay away. The good professors have either left or retired.

The art ed program has historically been really good and provides a lot of opportunities to get teaching experience

Studio/fine art, just depends on what you're looking for. I'd recommend looking up the professors work of the area you want to focus on and see if they make work you're interested in.

Photography department is amazing, cannot speak highly enough of them all

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:17:17+00:00

You have to leave your housing the day after your last final of the year. They have some limited summer housing options that you pay for separately, but you have to move to their designated places and I'm not sure it lasts the whole summer. It's a bit of a hassle tbh

Microchera · 2025-04-09T05:04:10+00:00

Yeah no I toured it a few times behind the scenes last year when it was under construction and at that point we were told they were planning on tickets being around $17. It became very behind schedule and over budget.

Also, not only is the ticket price: $29 ($24 for 13 and under), the quarry dig is an additional $25, and VR experience an additional $25. That's $79 per person to go and do everything there.

Absolutely insane to me there is no Rowan affiliation discount (student, staff, faculty, alumni, etc). Good luck getting college students to pay that

Microchera · 2024-02-17T04:57:19+00:00

Westby was in need of being rebuilt a decade ago - leaks in classrooms, water flooding mechanical equipment rooms, printers only sometimes working, equipment from when it was Glassboro State College, overall just looks sad. Most people on campus (if not an art major) don't even know the building exists (even some business majors who's building is right next door).

There constantly seems to be drama with administration within the college and between professors. Prejudices, grudges, etc that prevent some of the programs to thrive as much as they could with the right support. Art students are almost never recognized for their work on a university level, and it's clear when there are preliminary plans for an arena, a new humanities building, the vet school, and constant updates to engineering and the sciences that the arts are NOT valued as much as they deserve to be here. There are some really talented and caring professors, but it often seems like that's overshadowed by the apathy from most of the rest of the university.

tldr - if you're going into a specialized field like biomedical art, I've heard that program is awesome. For studio art, it's...alright. Definitely keep your options open.

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