Some questions from a perspective student

Officiating
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:32:41 +0000

I joined cc mainly to gather information about Fordham. The reviews on another site are not overly positive (and we knew there had to be other views), we know few who have attended and we don’t live close to the school. Our child applied at the urging of a guidance counselor and after doing some loose reviews of the website.
Having the opinions of a current freshman like Reader (and former parent like Sov.) are very, very helpful. It is nice to see what the issues are from your eyes, Reader (by the way, the immature rivalry of LC vs. RH is something we have heard about again and again as we has started really researching the school).
If our child does attend Fordham, then maybe knowing some obstacles, even if just perceived, from the eyes of a recent freshman and how to address them from the eyes of older students or parents, will help.

Questions, since this thread was intended for that:
Does Fordham send out t-shirts to accepted students or a form/code for them to order one if they would like? If not, is the college’s bookstore the route to go to get one? Our child is getting more excited about this next step in life. Our state univ. sent a bumper sticker and another school sent a t-shirt and water bottle. We’d like to get her some Fordham gear but won’t if the university will be sending it (though I would think they have better things to do to serve others and we don’t mind giving to the bookstore)!
And
For parents…how did you get your child (if you had this problem) to focus on this school vs. the city? Our child seems to be interested in Fordham, truly. But our nephew and his pack of friends that applied at the 11th hour can’t get past the location…each time he texts my child about Fordham, it is about something new he found they could do in the Bronx or NYC! My sister is at her wits end with his immaturity on this process and in some ways hoping the pack of them do not get in!