NJSP is, in a nutshell, what education should be – learning for its own sake, making connections, and asking questions. These skills are what all students should strive for.

I was blown away by a completely unstructured phenomenon that occurred consistently: intellectual and spiritual conversation amongst my peers and the faculty that demanded self-evaluation, challenge, and mental spark.

This summer’s program has redefined my academic life and capabilities, and my ability to see academia as a process and not, in today’s matriculation-oriented mindset, a destination.

My brain really needed NJSP to love learning again.

I have never felt more mentally able to go out into the world! It wasn’t the facts that I’ll remember as much for this program goes beyond that. I believe that many of us obtained a new mind-set.

I was able to develop my own opinion about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict without any outside influence.

NJSP is truly amazing. . . I have learned so much and grown as an individual. I feel more independent and confident in my future as a college student.

The New Jersey Scholars Program is an intense academic experience. Just when you think you are at your limits, you get pushed and expend in ways you never thought possible.

The program has taken my scope from focusing on a 60-mile radius to a 10,000-mile one.

NJSP changed not only the way I view the Middle East but the way I view my world. The lectures, discussions and readings broke down barriers I had and propelled me to push my own academic limits.