Loyola Chicago or Fordham

TS0104
Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:48:32 +0000

My S looked at both. As for the value/worth, that will be your judgement call to spend the money or not, but my opinion is no. And that’s not really about these two somewhat similar schools, its about the super high price of Fordham…for me it’s hard for any school to be worth that sticker price. With clinical psych she’ll be looking at grad school, so maybe the savings is even more important! Didn’t LUC have a 5 year psych program?

I feel like LUC has a bit of a disadvantage in its market because there are so many really excellent schools in Chicago. Other than that, I can’t help, not living in either. I tried to get at this question on our visit (in terms of competing for internships) but honestly didn’t get a great answer other than “there are tons of opportunities here.”

We didn’t look at grad school success rates from each, even though my S is also interested in clinical psych…for him we were focused more on fit of the school (just a personal decision based on his personality and not feeling 100% sure about the major and career). After reading some things here and on N***e.com about social life at Fordham, LUC was a better fit for him (although he ultimately chose a different school altogether).

Sorry, this is not super objective like you are looking for! Good luck!