Reviewed on Jan 23, 2025(Enrolled 2024)
What Students Say
Likes
- Great location. It is situated in Hoboken on the Hudson river bank. The college overlooks Manhattan. Great Access to NYC.
- Great Professors, helpful and approachable
- Lot of small events for graduate students. Many events offer free food as well. For the location it has decent recreational activities.
Dislikes
- Too many Indian graduate students as a result the diversity is low.
- Class timings are in the evening, hence sometimes you will have class till 9 in the night (There are some labs till 10pm).
- Not much college culture since it is a small tech school in an expensive location.
Course Curriculum
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- The course is comparitively easy if you have relevant IT experience. It is a mix of theory and practice. It has good analytics subjects like ML and databases and also strategy and process courses.
- Positive aspect: it its project-based; you learn most by doing project-based work. Negative aspects is there is a lot of self-learning.
Admission Experience
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I applied to 6 colleges:
- Stevens (Accepted, Attending)
- Rutgers—I got admitted but I got a better scholarship from Stevens, hence I decided to go with Stevens.
- University of Dallas at Texas (Admitted, the best-ranked program from all my admits. I decided not to go as I found it too expensive)
- University of Maryland College Park (Rejected , probably because of low CGPA)
- University Maryland , Baltimore (Rejected)
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I choose Stevens because of 3 reasons.
1. I received a good scholarship
2. It was very close to New York City, hence, there is a good chance for networking.
3. I really like the curriculum of the MS IS program. It had a good mix of technology and business. - Although officially they don't ask for the GRE. I had a GRE score of 311. It enhances your application, especially if you have a lower GPA. Steven's considers your application holistically. Work experience, CGPA, and scores all come into play. You can highlight in in your SOP. I had 3 years of relevant work experience, plus the GRE got me the admission.
I also had an IELTS score of 8. Steven's accepted IELTS, TOEFL, and Duolingo. If you have a low English language score in your first semester, you will be required to take a 2-credit English course. This will be an additional 2 credits on top of your existing subjects. -
I applied for Fall intake. I had my application ready by January end. By March I recieved a decision by March. If you apply early they do get back to you early. They have rolling application review process. I choose fall as it was the biggest intake and the visa dates were better.
It took around 2 months. Steven's has a streamlined admission process. Requires 2 LOR, SOP and Transcipts. Once all documents are submitted which I did around July, I recieved a decision by August. Then I had enough time to schedule my Visa interview.
Class Schedule
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- Usually classes are from 3:30 or 6. Generally, students take 1 or 2 classes a day. And a total of 3.4 classes a week.
- Some classes have 25 and some have close to 50 students. Average would be 35.
- 75% of my class is Indian students.
Faculty
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- Good faculty-to-student ratio, since it is a small college. I faculty every 40 or 50 grad students.
- Teaching is mainly done through presentations. Faculty is great if you are a self-starter and show output in your work and projects.
- Not for part-time, but if you approach them, they might help you on tricks for full-time
- We have a great programme director. He makes sure he spends time with all his students.
Campus Life
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- They only have 1 main campus.
- We have a library, a football field, tennis, bowling, swimming pool, gym, music rooms, theater and medical services which is not great.
- The majority of clubs and festivals are for undergrads. Grad students have professional clubs like consulting clubs, business intelligence clubs, and also cultural clubs like the Indian Students Association. They host various events, like Diwali celebrations, etc..
- Gyms and sports facilities: Everyone can book using the app.
Part Time Jobs
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Very rarley, pay is around $15-$16.
There are Student Dining, Campus assistance and other administrative jobs are available.
Maximun is 20 hours per week. TAs get 5 hours per subject per week.
It is incredibly difficult to get one. You need have a good relationship with the professors or mangers who are hiring for the on campus job as the number of jobs is limited and competition is high. - They earn around $15-$16. This is the standard pay for all on campus jobs.IT is incredibly difficult to get one of these jobs. You need talk to professors and showcase yourself to get one of these jobs. There is a Workday portal for searching for these openings. Although managers hire people who they know rather than the applications from the portal
Placement
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- According to statistics around 90% get a job, but keep in mind there are no placements in the US so it all depends on the individual.
- Average salary is $75,000
- They apply using Handshake or Linkedin.
- Getting jobs is insanely difficult to the point it can affect your mental health.
- Steven's student gets hired in all big and small companies like EY, KPMG, Deloitte, etc.
Accommodation
Off Campus
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- I used whats app group an took rented an apartment.
- 3 bedroom apartment costs around 2300 dollars to 3000 dollars per month.
- Usually electricity,gas and Wifi is seperate. This will cost around $50 per month.
- Get on whatsapp groups and talk to people.
- Accomodation is around 1 mile from college, around 40 minutes. Most indian students stay in this area called Jersey City - heights.
Exams
- For English Language - IELTS (6.5+ is required) or TOEFL or Duolingo.
- Standardised Test - GRE or GMAT (GRE score of 310 plus is needed)
- Documents - SOP (SOP should be wholistic on you want to do this and your career vision, It should have how your program should bridge this vision) LOR from your faculty or managers, CV
- No there is no interview for Stevens
Fees
- Annual Tuition fees is $44,494. Living expenses is aorund $800-$1000 depending on the individual. Fees is charged per semster. There is also an option to split the fees into 3 parts using Nelnet for additional fee of $20. Using this a semsester fee can be broken down in to 3 parts.
- Major living expense in rent. Rent in this area starts from 500 dollars for shared rooms to $1000 for private rooms. Food and groceries can be done in under $150. Transportation is not a problem as Steven's offer shuttle services and since its a small area rest is walkable.
Student's also use bikes and e-scooters to commute around. They will cost around $300 which is a one time payment for your entire course.
Scholarship
- I recieved a $16,000 scholarship. This is given based on your profile. Studen'ts generally need not apply seperately.
- Many studen'ts in the school of business recieved scholarships, it can vary from $6000 to $16,000. You can also ask admission for scholaships.
- Not sure on average, but around 1/4 th of the admitted student's in school of business recieved scholarships.
