Well I had the chance to visit the art bldg., sit in on a class with Stephen Westfall and go on a tour with Anine. She's quite cute and overall helpful. So I went to undergrad. at Columbia and I've seen their studios and comparatively Rutgers is about as good as it gets in the East Coast as far as the sizes of the studios go. But the overall bldg feels cramped and small because there are a lot of departments in one shared bldg. (I think it was some kind of program irrelevant to art...think business or economics). I think I was a little rushed when I took the tour in one day, or at least it felt that way because the previous week I spent a whole week in Madison touring the town and the University of Wisconsin. So I was probably primed for low expectations since I loved the serenity and cuteness of Madison. As a resident of Brooklyn, I envy the space and quiet of places outside major cities. So that beings said, I didn't make many impressions of Rutgers. The class I sat in on was really intense. Not in a bad way though. Just like my undergrad days in good ol' philosophy classes talking about metaphysics and simultaneity and Spinoza. So you should expect high academic standards. The critiques are sophisticated as are the faculty and students. Anywho, its damn close to NY so what can you expect from an art school in NJ?