<p>Hello
Does anyone know when is the freshmen orientation at fordham college at rosehill? i seemed to lost the flyer..also the commuter bbq at rosehill? i would appreciate ur response! thanks</p>
<p>Check this site:
[Now</a> What?](<a href=“http://www.fordham.edu/admitted/now_what/index.asp]Now”>http://www.fordham.edu/admitted/now_what/index.asp)</p>
<p>it shows orientation, but i couldn’t find anything about the BBQ</p>
<p>The summer stuff is optional anyway. The “real orientation” is after you report and get dropped off by your parents in September, which is the first three days you are living on campus before classes start.</p>
<p>can you describe the activities of the “real orientation”?</p>
<p>for the most part.. you will be sitting. yes. just sitting and listening to lectures for hours on end in a cramped auditorium. there will be a few fun things at night, like casino night, and some game shows, but for 70% of the time, i’d say you will be bored to tears. i apologize if this upsets you, but this is what we went through last year. bear with it, because after that, the real fun begins!!</p>
<p>what’s the difference between august 31st (post move-in) , september 1st, and september 2nd?
or is each one just hours of lectures?</p>
<p>first day is ok. you get to know you’re orientation group leader. everyone listens to Father McShane’s speech, which was excellent by the way. Then you just have some food and games and things like that.<br>
The next two days are filled with very long lectures, lasting many hours at a time. I think on the last day, i got there at nine and sat there until lunch, and then we had to sit for another two or three hours on top of that.</p>
<p>Well…in defense of the “system”, let me say this:</p>
<p>If you drop off 18 year olds and expect them to know what to do and how to be responsible, you are kidding yourself. Fordham has orientation for a few days to get kids acclimated living on campus and get to know people in the dorms and where things are and then some advice (the lectures) which are essential for your safety. People who ignore the advice will regret it. </p>
<p>Further, it would be cruel to drop kids off at college and have classes begin the next morning. As it is, for freshmen, the classes begin soon enough and the heavy lifting is not until a little later in the semester..most profs dont dump on you the first week, though the reality is definitely “in your face.” </p>
<p>On the other hand, reporting to school and having classes begin two weeks later is asking for SERIOUS trouble. Party havens crop up, and grossly irresponsible behavior would set in. </p>
<p>Fordham has been “doing this Freshmen Orientation thing” for a number of years…wink…and I think they understand the big picture of what is needed to get kids well adjusted and off to a good start. </p>
<p>College is about school, some fun, and just growing up a whole lot. Be WELL advised NOT to go binge DRINKING EVER. Its illegal if you are under 21, its HIGHLY dangerous to your health and safety, and if you get caught on campus can result in serious repurcussions. At almost 50k a year, I think your parents would be deeply disappointed and stressed out if they learned your behavior was “over the top”. Still yet, it happens every year and kids are flunked out by Thanksgiving. </p>
<p>If you get behind in your courses at Fordham, Lord Help You. Its the devil to get caught up and still be prepared for finals and get papers turned in on time. </p>
<p>MANAGE YOUR TIME WISELY. Be prudent in your leisure time and activities. Have fun, but stay within the rules of reason.</p>
<p>And dont forget, Parents Weekend comes sooner than you expect. I was there last year and saw one set of parents sadly moving their kid out of the dorms while we were heading off to the Football game. Got it?</p>
<p>Good. Have fun.</p>
<p>i totally agree, i just think they could tack on another day or two to spread the lectures out a bit. I think 7 or eight hours of lecture all at once is a bit much.</p>
<p>I’m flying in on the 31st, and won’t arrive at the airport until about 4:30. Will I miss anything?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>The 31st is Sunday, move in day for freshmen. Flying into LaGuardia (I presume) is a simple taxi drive away. </p>
<p>On that day, a lot goes on in the afternoon as parents and kids arrive with their stuff and move into the dorms, meet room-mates, get their computers online (there will be tech services people to help) have lunch, etc…and then comes the mass on the lawn concelebrated by several Jesuits, chief celebrant is Fr. McShane, Fordham’s President. Its a great mass and attended by HUNDREDS…which I think is around 5:00pm. Then a cook out of hot dogs..but the parents have 99% left. Immediately after the cookout you run to your designated area on the lawn to pick up your class schedule and learn about orientation activities. So…its an important day. Getting in at 430pm may not be a critical problem, but you will likely miss Mass. Leaving from the West I know you lose three hours flying and so unless you leave at 600am, its hard to arrive much earlier. I also presume you have sent most of your stuff ahead of time, and that you are arriving alone, sans parents? So I think you will be okay, but once at LaGuardia come DIRECTLY to Fordham…its about a 30 minute or less taxi ride to the Bronx…at that time on a Sunday afternoon likely 15 to 20 minutes. Get directions from admissions, but I believe you take the Triboro Bridge (named for the three boroughs it straddles over the East River) and there are clear signs to the Bronx from there. Taxis should know this. Just be FIRM in where you are going and how to get there, i.e. “Fordham University- BRONX campus on Fordham Road, take the Triboro Bridge please!” They can drive right on campus and will drop you off in the center of campus.</p>
<p>An alternative is to fly in the night before and get a DECENT hotel, like the Holiday Inn in Manhattan (get them online cheaply…weekend rates are CHEAPER than weekday rates anyway…) and then take the Metro North Train - New Haven Line, from Grand Central which will drop you directly at Fordham on Fordham Road…it costs 3.00 and is about three stops and takes no more than 20 minutes. And enjoy the entire day. Its up to you.</p>
<p>But after the parents leave following mass on the lawn, the fun begins! </p>
<p>Good luck and WELCOME to the Fordham Family!</p>
<p>That of course presumes, Montana, that you are admitted to Fordham College at Rose Hill and not the Lincoln Center Campus. If its Lincoln Center, then its a different schedule and you take a taxi directly from La Guardia to Lincoln Center campus residence hall.</p>