Hi supertrout89,
I just want to share the experience of my application to Rutgers GSOE with you. Actually, I applied for it last year because I also thought their program really fit my study interest. However, the "cold" manner the school dealt with applications really annoyed me a lot. Totally no responses at all during the entire process! Eventually there was only a simple line showing on the application website telling me that I was rejected. It was a very bad experience for me, not particularly because I was rejected, but because of the way they said no to students. I was rejected by many other schools last year, of course, but I really hate the way Rutgers did it.
Just for sharing. Wish you the very good luck after all!!!