Hip, enthusiastic teaching, and ability to engage students
in the process of learning. lndependent study and research are
Honors students have exclusive use of the James A. Kennedy Honors
Resource Center, which provides space for study and social interaction
and includes a special networked computer center. Honors students
have their own governing body, publish their own newsletter,
and are offered the opportunity freshman year to live on a special
honors
floor inone of the residence halls. The more than
500 highly qualified students enrolled in the Honors College
have been active in high school research projects.extracurricular
clubs, academic competitions, and community service. More
than one-fourth are women. Average SAT score onentry is 1315.The
average GPA upon graduation is 3.6. More than half have continued
their studies at graduate or professional schools,
including NJIT, Columbia, Cornell, Georgia Tech,
Johns Hopkins, MIT, Penn State, Rutgers, Stanford
UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Seton Hall Law School,
Yale Law School, and Rutgers Law School. Other graduates
have accepted positions at AlliedSignal, AT&T,
