Baurch Vs Fordham Vs Manhattan for Business/Finance

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<p>Hi there, I'm a current New York City Senior and have a dilemma that I would hope this forum can shed some light upon. I plan to major within Business/Finance within college and hopefully grab a job in Wall Street. I don't plan to move out of NYC, at least not for a while, but it is a plausible future. I do plan to commute between all three schools.</p>

<p>For Baruch College, I was accepted as regular student and since my family's income is on the lower spectrum, I'm pretty sure the Financial aid packet would cover all of the tuition.</p>

<p>For Fordham University, I was accepted as a HEOP student in the Gabelli School of Business at Rose Hill Campus which covers all of tuition. When I did my interview for HEOP, the man who interview stated the max amount of loans I would take out for school purposes would be three to six thousand each year.</p>

<p>For Manhattan College, I was accepted as a regular student to the School of Business with a Dean's Award. This dean award covers about 11.5k each year. The financial aid packet that was sent with this school says the total Financial Aid for the year of 2013-2014 would be a total of 35.8k With 3.5k of Fed Firect Subsd Stafford Loan and 2.0k of Fed Direct Unsub Stafford Loan alongside a 1.5k workstudy.</p>

<p>Any information given would be taken much into consideration, Thank you.</p>

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<p>They’re all good schools, and they’re all similar enough in prestige that your success in getting a job after you graduate will depend more in internships and such than on having a name-brand degree. They’ll have their own pros and cons, most likely related to their greatest strengths (for example, Fordham - great Catholic/Jesuit educational heritage and nice Bronx campus translates to some overly-Catholic residential policies and a long commute into midtown).</p>

<p>Where would you be commuting from?</p>

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<p>I’ll be commuting from The Bronx, to walk to Fordham would be roughly 20 minutes and to take the train to Baruch would be about an hour, as to Manhattan College would be about 30 minutes by bus.</p>

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<p>I dunno really, business isn’t my area of expertise… For me, it’d be a coin toss between Fordham (slightly more expensive, slightly better reputation outside of the b-school) and Baruch (great location but with a long commute).</p>

<p>EDIT: you do have to keep in mind that the primary undergraduate population at Fordham is residential, while most Baruch students are commuters. You might feel like you’re in the minority if you commute to Fordham. And unfortunately, a disproportionate number of ethnic minorities are commuters and vice-versa. Nobody’s racist or judgmental about it, but one can’t help but notice…</p>