<p>"Would you consider an offer of admission without University housing?"</p>
<p>Housing is important for me. Very important. However, I would still go to Fordham even if they didn't offer me housing, but it would make things so much easier for me if they did. It is specially important for my mom for safety reasons (is it safer to live in college dorms than an independent apartment? If not, how could I convince my mom about this?)</p>
<p>I'm really crazy about getting into this school, and my mom also loves it and wants me to go there (it's the only school she's willing to pay so much for). So if saying no to that question is going to decrease my chances of getting in, then I won't. Does selecting yes for the question decrease your chances of getting housing? Or could I still get housing?? </p>
<p>I do not know how it affects the admission decision, but living on campus, especially as a freshman, is, IMHO, crucial to making social connections and getting “the college experience.”
There are several services and clubs set up for commuters to help them integrate into Fordham, and there is a lot of movement between campus and the immediate buildings outside of the gates.
As for safety, dorms are MUCH safer than an independent apartment. The campus is regularly patrolled and is pretty well lit, with blue light emergency poles all over the place. No one can get into the dorm without an ID, and that means getting into someone else’s dorm is not permitted as well.
A regular street in the Bronx does not have these security measures. If you are not used to being in a large city, I would NOT recommend living off campus as a freshman.
Housing is at a premium, and many freshman are in triples. So, coming late to the housing game may mean you have to get on a waitlist.
Good luck! </p>
<p>I know someone who checked that box and was still accepted without housing so I don’t think it is that critical. This friend got on a housing waitlist as soon as it opened and got a dorm second semester freshman year (although the dorm was not ideal it got her on campus and she was then in the housing pool for the next year). I do agree that it is best to live on campus if possible. </p>
<p>You say that you would want to go there, even if you don’t get housing. So it sounds like you should answer yes to that box. How do your statistics (GPA, test scores) stack up to their averages? If you think you need to “boost” your admissions chances by any means necessary, then checking the box seems like a reasonable plan. Does it give any indication that you would get a lower preference for housing after checking that box? If so, and if you are solidly in the range for admissions and want to improve your chances for getting housing, then maybe you can elect to not check the box. But if you don’t get in, will you be regretting not checking that box?</p>
<p>It never occurred to me that freshman would not be offered housing. That’s a deal breaker for me no way would I send my daughter to any school she couldn’t live on campus her first year. It this accurate?</p>
<p>Ditto to Pepper03. Would be a deal breaker for us as well. The only exception would be the Northeastern solution to send freshman on a semester abroad their first semester, and we would carefully evaluate where she would be going. </p>
<p>Read these it says as a freshman your chances of receiving housing are slim.</p>
<p>I have never seens a school with limited housing put freshman on the bottom of the totem pole. If you get housing you are guaranteed for four years. Very odd. This will have to be addressed at the Open House next weekend. Too bad if it is accurate since she loves this school it’s at the top of her list.</p>
<p>I think that the comments here are misleading to other students applying. Are you within com uniting distance? A student that lives close to fordham will not be offered housing due to not having enough space. They might want to live on campus but they not be “offered housing” my son had his acceptance letter before Christmas and it included scholarship money and 4 years of guaranteed housing.
When question by parents, the school says housing is guaranteed unless a student moves off campus and then tries to move back on. Then it isn’t guaranteed anymore,
So if you live in NYC AND YOU WANT TO LIVE ON CAMPUS, it might not be right for you. </p>
<p>We live in NYC (not near Fordham -it would be a long and difficult commute to do every day) and my daughter was offered housing and has been happily living on campus. She had high stats and was offered the NMSF scholarship. On her application, she said that she would not attend if she wasn’t offered housing, as that was how she felt - she was not interested in commuting. She knows other students whose families live in or near the city who have housing. If I remember correctly, I think that close to 80% of the freshman class at RH live on campus, so most students were offered housing. Also, a new freshman dorm just opened this year so there is more freshman housing available now than there was in the past. From what my D has heard, just about everyone who wants housing at RH gets on campus housing.</p>
<p>While a new freshman dorm opened (Martyrs), another freshman dorm closed (Hughes) so I’d guess the total amount of freshman housing has remained relatively stable. Most people do get housing. If you get housing, then it is always guaranteed for four years. Some people. generally people in commuting distance, will get accepted without housing. Some of them choose to attend another school where they can have a full residential experience, and some come to Fordham and either commute, move off campus, or get on the housing wait list and hope to eventually get on campus housing. Applicants with high stats as well as recruited athletes, etc. always seem to get housing. Remember, that years ago, Fordham had a much larger commuter population and while more people want to and do live on campus these days, the housing that has been added is still not quite sufficient to meet demand.</p>
<p>@29happymom26 my intent was to get information not mislead as I had a real concern about this issue and thought this was the place to dome for help.</p>
<p>In the interests of not continuing to mislead anyone here is what I found. I was helped out by someone who pointed out to me that I read the part where is says freshman are rarely given housing but missed the rather important part where it said these are freshman on a waiting list-big difference there and I apologize for any confusion I may have caused with my question.</p>
<p>No we are not local so commuting is not an option.</p>