About Me

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Intro

If you're looking for a tight-knit campus community with gorgeous colonial architecture that also happens to be one of the top-ranked institutions in the country, look no further. I'm nestled in the suburbs of Central Jersey (yes, there is a Central Jersey) and just ten minutes away from the closest Wawa. Whether you want to rush a sorority or fraternity, dominate in a poetry slam, or just stay in on a Friday night, you'll find your niche here.

I'm often praised for my nursing, engineering, and education programs. In fact, I used to be called the New Jersey State Normal School. I was just a teacher training college back then, but I'm so much more than that now. Budding artists, journalists, and marketers pick me to teach them and it's not hard to see why. US News & World Report consistently ranks me as the number one public institution in the Northeastern United States.

And I mean, how many other schools include "the" in their acronyms? Yeah, I went there.

Name

Roscoe the Lion is my name, don't wear it out. I've lost track of how many times I've had to listen to "Roar" by Katy Perry. It's permanently stuck in my head. The only thing that drowns it out is the cheering at my athletic events...which is why you can almost always find me at one.

Hometown

Ewing, NJ. People say there's not much to do around here, but they’re flat-out wrong. More on that later.

Birthdate

1855

Body Type

I'm pretty slender for such an esteemed university, taking up only 289 acres. The majority of me is confined within "the loop," a road that circles around my academic buildings, residence halls, library, and dining hall. I hold 6,650 undergrads and around 700 graduate students at any given time, and it only takes them fifteen minutes to walk from one end of me to the other.

Current Living Situation

Most of my students live on-campus and most of my freshman live in the freshman towers, Travers and Wolfe. I have "townhouses" and "apartments," which aren't exactly what they sound like, but they are arguably the nicest residence halls I offer. Each apartment has a kitchen and bathroom inside.

Campus Town recently opened on the lot adjacent to me, but it's so close you'd think it's part of me. My students can work out at a new state-of-the-art gym, chow down at Panera, Mexican Mariachi Grill, an awesome pizza place, or Mr. Sushi. Campus Town also offers a bank, a Barnes & Noble bookstore, and apartments—real full-fledged apartment buildings with furnishings. How awesome is that?

Relationship Status

I'm currently single and that's how I'd like to keep it. I have a pretty competitive rivalry with Princeton, though. Sure, it's an Ivy League school, but what does it have that I don't? We still argue over me "stealing" their name. Get over it, that's so 1746.

I don't get along too well with Rutgers or Rider, either. They act like they're smarter than me, but their reputations don't even come close to mine. They hate us 'cause they ain't us.

Religion

I'm not affiliated with a single religion but I have a Spiritual Center with a Meditation Chapel that's open to all students. There are worship services there sponsored by student organizations such as Chabad, Catholic Campus Ministries, the Islamic Society, and Hillel.

Politics

I'm mostly liberal-minded. I mean, I'm a liberal arts school. What did you expect? Many of my students can be found staging die-ins to protest police brutality and arguing with a particular preacher who comes to campus every year to denounce homosexuality and premarital sex.

I must have misplaced it, but I have a photo somewhere of two guys kissing in front of him.

I do, however, have active chapters of both College Democrats and College Republicans, so I have students on both sides of the aisle covered. And since I'm right next to Jersey's state capital, there are plenty of opportunities to become politically involved.

You should apply to me if...

you don't want to be a nameless face in a lecture hall, you want the feel of an Ivy league school without the price tag, or if you want a Fat Sandwich delivered to your dorm at 3:00A.M. Trust me, you do.

Website

http://www.tcnj.edu