Some questions from a perspective student

Reader13
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:34:40 +0000

Okay, so I am going ot respond to some comments on here, because well, things need to get clarified.

“So I strongly suspect that the prohibition on evening classes is imposed exclusively on freshmen at LC. (At RH I know that a lot of accounting classes are at night and the Gabelli kids take those.)”

Nope. My CFM’s (Commuter Freshman Mentor) friend who is a sophomore wanted to take a night class this semester. She asked Father Vin herself and was told no. The administration at LC is firm about not allowing night classes. As I said before, sometimes the professors will register you in if you just show up. However it does not always work.

“I recommend to Reader that he/she take a course or two at Rose Hill. Its well worth the experience of a new venue, new professors, new classmates and makes you inclusive of the entire Fordham community, not to mention their athletics teams. A lot of RH students take courses at LC for that very reason. My kid took three at LC and enjoyed them immensely.”

lol I will, if I have the time. Right now I’m taking all the core requirements, which cannot be taken at RH. Also, not really sure I want to take classes up there. I have been up there for a few events and I find the campus too spread out for my taste. Yes, it is a lovely campus and all that, but I prefer the having classes near each other, since I cannot walk very far due to health issues.

"The comment about atheists is awkward and funny. SOME students at Fordham profess to be atheists, often in a phase of defiance and rebellion from parental control and what they perceive to be societal control. Its fairly normal to question ones belief systems. But to say many students at Fordham are atheists is incorrect, it seems to me. I dont know what the anecdotal evidence is at LC, but at RH they exist but not in large numbers. Just the same, its not a big deal since Fordham is University, not a Seminary for Priests (though some ultimately decide to become clergy and some even as Jesuits, which I admire immensely!) Fordham does have a large Jewish presence on campus. One of my daughter’s best friends at Fordham is a Jewish young man, who went on to Harvard graduate school. There is no problem being accepted if you are Jewish. While Fordham is Catholic and Jesuit, its about ethos, not doctrine. Nobody forces anyone, including Catholics, to attend mass or “be religious.” Its a personal decision. But I also tell you that embracing the Jesuits on campus as teachers and mentors is perhaps one of the best decisions a student can make regardless of their religious views. "

First off, let me start by saying that the opening sentence is VERY patronising. My answer was phrased correctly and is true. Anyway, I was in a Theology class of about 30 students, 20 students said they were atheists and were raised absolutely nothing and knew absolutely nothing about religion, it is not a phase of defiance. The other 10 were some type of religion. I found this outside of class as well. The Jewish population at LC is fairly small, but it’s there. You will not have a problem with religion at Fordham.

“Reader: Speak to your academic advisor and plan your coursework. Get your core requirements out of the way, to stay on track. But also the core is designed to prepare you for upper division courses and to broaden perspectives and introduce departments and majors to you. Relax. You have four years at Fordham. Rose Hill is a simple (free if you have a class there) RamVan ride away. Its a GORGEOUS campus, gothic, and next to the amazing and beautiful and renowned Botanical Gardens, and the Bronx Zoo. There are programs at both locations coordinated at Fordham, btw if you are a science type person. Fordham also has a joint program at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine (Yeshiva).”

I am already signed up classes next semester and already know what I want to do. I am almost hallway done with my core requirements already. I already know what I want to do and have talked to my advisor. I am on the ball when it comes to classes. Anyway, I have been to the RH campus and as I said before it is beautiful, but I don’t think I would take classes there. I would definitely go to an event up there though. Also, I have no interest in athletics. I’m more of a brains kid than athletic. Unfortunately, not too into science. been surrounded by medical stuff most of my life, which has left me to have no taste for it.

Please keep in mind I am current student in 2014 where things may have changed since your D graduated. I am not trying to discount your responses, but I am trying to give the latest information on what happens. I do not attend the RH campus, so things may be different there. I am talking as a current LC student. This does not mean my answers are incorrect or wrong, just different from what you think is going on at Fordham.