Fordham v GW

molly12
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:24:09 +0000

My sons decision came down to choosing between those 2 schools as his top 2 choices. He did research a lot of quality of life things that were important to him and while I would agree that GW has a better “ranking”, his decision came down to revisiting both schools and going with his gut feeling. He announced his decision in the Fordham book store when he was picking up a sweatshirt to purchase. As we left the store to leave campus a bell was ringing and my husband said he read that the bell signifies a victory for one of their sports teams, and as we passed the stadium we realized that Fordham had just beaten GW in baseball. This made us feel that he made the right decision for him and it was meant to be. We all liked GW also, but as a parent I thought it might offer too many distractions right outside your door and with it’s lack of a true meal plan would end up being much more expensive (on our visit one of the students admitted that he ran out of meal plan money by October during his first semester). My son is in the business school at Fordham, if political science, international relations, or a job in government were part of his plans he might have opted for GW.