<p>BTW....Could anyone give me an idea at what "percent applicants accepted" number would be a match for me.
Example: With my stats, I should look at schools that accept 80% of the applicants as a match for me.</p>
<p>Oh and one more thing...
With Fordham, how would I know which campus I would live on? What does each campus specialize in?</p>
<p>brandeis is not known as a business school (though our economics major and business minor are both very popular and wonderful). Also, we have an International Business School for graduate students that is one of the top in the world, and undergrads can take courses there. </p>
<p>bentley and babson, which are both in the area, are "business" schools. </p>
<p>I think Brandeis has what you're looking for... we have 3100 undergrads on a beautiful safe, suburban campus, but it's so easy to access Boston (with a FREE bus and commuter rail stop on campus). "Work hard Play hard" is certainly a good description of many Brandeis students. Many students take their academics very, very seriously, but have fun on the weekends (and some weekdays) with parties (in the alcohol sense of the word) and many other events like dances, shows, etc. Our acceptance rate is in the mid 30s. I think it's a slight reach/match for you. </p>
<p>I see you wrote for your paper, I'm very active in the Justice, our newspaper. I love it. The people in it are great. I also learned so much from our small, but, strong department.</p>
<p>1) Fordham - The main undergraduate campus is in the Bronx. The Lincoln Center (Manhattan) campus is mostly graduate schools.</p>
<p>2) Please post a summary of your tours when you get back.</p>
<p>surfette:
My son applied to Fordham. The Rose Hill campus is a very nice, tradional campus, self-contained, picturesque and all that. The Lincoln Center campus is one (or two?) TALL buildings right next to Lincoln Center in Manhattan. I suppose lots of kids choose Lincoln Center because they are in the middle of the city, but it would be a different sort of college experience. I'm sorry to say that I do not know the specialities of the two campuses. My son applied to Rose Hill.</p>
<p>Fordham gives out merit money, but watch the details. They offered my son $10,000 for freshman year in a non-need based scholarship, but he would have had to reapply every year and it was unclear what the "qualifications" were to have it renewed. I was concerned it would vanish that second year. I must confess though that I did not pursue the issue with admissions because he had already decided to go somewhere else. Perhaps if I had called it would have turned out to be just fine.</p>
<p>I checked out Brandeis and Fordham, and I am very impressed by both. I won't be able to visit either one because my parents don't want to brave NYC and Maryland is too far out of the way, but I will definitely consider applying to both. Once I find out my acceptances, I will be able to fly back to the East Coast and figure out which school I would want to attend. </p>
<p>BTW...Is the Jewish population at Brandeis very overwhelming?</p>
<p>Surfette--</p>
<p>Brandeis is right outside of Boston, it's not in Maryland, so you may be able to squeeze in a visit. The school is about 60% Jewish, but the administration is actively seeking religious diversity.</p>
<p>surfette--</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me if you'd like suggestions on things to do in Boston (my hometown) over the weekend.</p>