<p>I have a question for anyone familiar with commuting to Fordham. Do commuter students miss out on anything? Socially, academically etc. If you commuted to Fordham, would you do it again?</p>
<p>Living on campus would cost me an extra 15,000</p>
<p>i commute from yonkers. i kinda miss out on clubs and stuff, but that is because i am heavily loaded w. work. But next year i expect a lighter load, so i'll be able to go to various social events</p>
<p>If i go to Fordham (which hopefully i do), i will be commuting to LC. I mean look, its not like you wont know about the events, im sure friends or bulletin posts will have them listed, so if theres something you want to attend im sure you can unless its a problem with time, which may be the case since the students who are residents wont have a problem with that. As far as academically, i cant find any reason why we would miss out on anything academically...i mean the class time is class time, you go to class, study go home, i dont think they would hold class on a different time out of the blue, if so im sure you'll still b e notified. So i dont think you will miss out on a lot. </p>
<p>Plus Fordham from what i have heard has good partnerships with many companies etc... So i bet there are many kids who dont even attend those social events and are more involved with their school work and internships etc..., hope that helps in some way, if im wrong please correct me, again this is just what im inferring/ thinking.</p>
<p>i commuted my first semester. it sucks commuting, and i live right in the bronx. you miss out on opportunities to meet more people at the very least. i am dorming now, but to be honest as far as being active on campus that isn't happening now either. that's mostly a choice i've made. i just work and go to classes but it's a lot more convenient to live here than it is to commute if you can spare the money. it's really up to you on how active you want to be on campus. however commuters are really separated from campus life. it's not something done on purpose, but it's just how it is since residents can bond more. i didn't have the money either and i still don't, but i work on campus and applied for an outside scholarship which is helping out quite a bit. it's made it possible that's for sure. and if you have a metro grant, it converts to a room grant if you do dorm. good luck.</p>
<p>During Orientation, make sure that you get to know several residents. It's going to be more difficult getting to know them as the semester goes underway. You'll see them in your classes, but it'll be hard to strike a conversation since technically you don't know each other...and hasn't had the opportunity to do so.</p>
<p>I commute from Long Island and I don't think I'm missing out. Though some would say that I am, and that I just don't know what I'm missing. Do try to be involved in school events or functions, though you don't absolutely must do so in order to have a social life. If you're friendly to everyone you come across, you'll eventually make some friends even if you have to dash off by a certain time to make the train.</p>
<p>I occasionally have troubles with parking my Scion xB and being stuck in traffic jams. Other than that, I actually like it.</p>
<p>i agree with the fact that its really tough to make friends. When your a res. you have a roommate to make you more comfortable when meeting people. But when you commute its kinda hard to strike up a conversation with any random person.
one great way of meeting and befriending people is through group projects that certain professors assign.</p>