<p>Saw this on a couple of other boards and it looked fun! If you think of items to add, copy and past then add your items! Here is a start:</p>
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<li>Beautiful campus in Rose Hill and an expanding campus at LC</li>
<li>A research university & resources, but smaller LAC attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility -- with a solid foundation in the Core</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New York City with all that it offers</li>
<li>Some of the best Italian food off campus</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to transportation</li>
<li>Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens as neighbors</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused and accessible</li>
<li>Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>A great leader in Fr. McShane</li>
<li>Some amazing alumni where some are seriously famous</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The community service and volunteer opportunities</li>
<li>Campus used in many movies</li>
<li>Excellent internship opportunities</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
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<li>Traditional campus with football stadium, etc.</li>
<li>NO fraternities or sororities. </li>
<li>Close to home, but not too close.</li>
<li>Well respected by recruiters.</li>
<li>Campus looks nice in all four seasons.</li>
<li>Getting more competitive every year. </li>
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<li> Arthur Avenue/Belmont restaurants.</li>
<li> Opportunities to help give back to community through internships in the Bronx.</li>
<li> Amazing ties to communications/media firms and moguls.</li>
<li> Amazing museums in Manhattan.</li>
<li> The incredible number and array of Churches in NYC, their architectural wonders and religious icons.</li>
<li> St. Patricks Cathedral.</li>
<li> Fordham University Church as a historic building, but also its splendor and amazing pipe organ.</li>
<li> New York style pizza all over the city!</li>
<li> The best bagels in the world.</li>
<li> Association with the Albert Einstein School of Medicine of Yeshiva University.</li>
<li> Discount tickets to Broadway Plays available.</li>
<li> Discount tickets to Yankees games.</li>
<li> The incredible views of New York City from the Bronx.</li>
<li> The beauty and gifts of the fabulous Long Island Sound.</li>
<li> Fordham Rams being the team with the most wins of any collegiate baseball team in the United States.</li>
<li> Haunted buildings at Rose Hill!<br></li>
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<li> London School of Drama semster</li>
<li>3/2 Engineering program w/#15 ranked Columbia School of Engineering</li>
<li>BFA for top dance students with Alvin Aley</li>
<li>One of the oldest and best ROTC detachments in the nation</li>
<li>Edgar Allen Poe hung out on campus! (his poem “The Bells” was based on the University church bells)</li>
<li>Where legendary football coach VINCE LOMBARDI played college ball</li>
<li>114 acre Calder field biological research center in Armonk</li>
<li>The oldest collegic basketball arena in the US</li>
<li>Business school growing and will soon have PhD programs</li>
<li>Respected Marist College started classes under a charter from Fordham</li>
<li>Fordham’s Bejing MBA program rated best American program there by Forbes</li>
<li>Fordham named a “Catholic Ivy” (1964 Time magazine)</li>
<li>Short bus ride to City Island: great seafoodI</li>
<li>Paris School of Mines international ranking of CEOs in Fortune 500s ranks Fordham 16th!!!</li>
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<li>The Terrace of the Presidents: The tradition of engraving the granite steps leading up to Keating Hall with the names of heads of state who visit the University. Among the names engraved are George Washington, who visited the Rose Hill Manor before it was succeeded by St. John’s College in 1841; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon; and the names of various other heads of state from around the world.</li>
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<li>Honors: Fordham students in 2014 continued a tradition of academic excellence, taking home 99 national and international academic, cultural, and service-oriented awards. As of May 12, this scholarship season has included eleven Fulbright awards, a Gates Cambridge award, and a Truman scholarship among its honors. Since 2012, Fordham is one of the top producers of Fulbright students in the U.S. (source: Fordham.edu).</li>
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