Questions About Fordham, Any Inputs Will Be Appreciated

deezmom
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:38:47 +0000

I think the above posters gave you a lot of good information. My daughter is a freshman and seems to be doing quite well. It also wasn’t originally on our radar screen when we started looking, but the ore we found out, the more we liked it.

As stated above, RH campus is very traditional and beautiful, LC not so much, but perfect for some who want to be in NYC. The nice thing about RH is that you can have a campus atmosphere and yet hop on the “Ram Van”, the subway or Metro North and be in the heart of NYC. The people are nice and friendly.

A couple of caveats:

there is a strong “core curriculum” of requirements that may or may not be your daughter’s “cup of tea”. She will not choose her courses freshman year. It is similar to other Jesuits schools (maybe a bit more stringent). There are pros and cons to this, but might be a consideration. These include theology (my daughter had a Protestant minister teaching her so it is very ecumenical).

-housing was an issue for us. They were overwhelmed last year with acceptances so there was a shortage. Many, including my daughter were tripled.

Hope this helped!