Fordham compared to other top NY schools ?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Fordham University
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<p>Old Thread, I know…but I just read that article by the girl who has ‘fallen in love’ with her safety school: Fordham.</p>

<p>But, Fordham is the great sleeper college for those looking for the Jesuit experience. And, it has the best athletics in the city (and yes, I am including that Big East College in Queens) and a surprising amount of 'school spirit (given that few North eastern Schools, let alone Jaded NYC schools truly embrace the joys of ‘Rah-Rahism’!) It’s a great school, has a very entrenched alumni base, and resides in the greatest Metropole in the Western hemisphere.</p>

<p>I’m heartened to see so many balanced and thoughtful comments on this School…It makes me think there is some value to CC after all. </p>

<p>Professor Q</p>

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<p>My daughter is thrilled to be there.</p>

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<p>Im heading to read that article now as we speak. I am thrilled its apparently about Fordham! Safety schools are safety to the applicant, depending on SAT scores, its not a label on the school per se.</p>

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<p>Columbia, NYU and Fordham represent the “BIG THREE” private colleges of NYC. Yeshiva is a strong school academically, but is limited and caters to a specific group and as such is not included here as a wide rage university. There is also a BIG THREE in Boston that compares closely to NYC’s Big Three and fill similar roles. Consider:</p>

<p>Harvard-Columbia: top 10 schools, Ivy league (even the Radcliff-Barnard women’s college is similar), billions in endowment, attracts the brightest kids. Rich in history and tradition.</p>

<p>Boston U-NYU: huge private schools, large student populations, no formal campus per se and integrated into the urban landscape. Both on the expensive side. No football at either.</p>

<p>Boston College-Fordham: both the best Catholic schools in their respective cities, both Jesuit, both considered “Catholic Ivy”. Both have 2 campuses and the main campuses are bucolic, filled with Gothic buildings.</p>

<p>So, as to the OP, one is a top Ivy school, one is a large city school fully integrated into NYC and the third is a traditional school with historical ties to the Catholic church and the most collegiate feeling of the three. Can’t go wrong with any of the Big Three.</p>

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<p>Two Thoughts…perhaps that little STEM school called MIT ought to be in the Boston big three (closer to boston proper than Harvard). Also, NYC has another pretty great school, right in the heart of Manhattan, that you left off your list: Cooper Union.</p>

<p>However, on the whole, your sentiments are good-all these schools offer great urban college experiences from different collegiate cultural angles.</p>

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<p>Well professor, I was comparing the three similar private schools from the two cities. As to your points, not sure if I agree: MIT is a tech university and not a broad scope, wide offering school. Top ranked yes, full scoped no. While not as good as MIT, NY schools that compare are Rensselaer poly, Rochester Institute of Technology, Brooklyn Ply, so no easily comparison. Cooper Union is such a unique school and small (under 900 total students) that used to be tuition-free but again is not a full scope university and is categorized as a regional not national university. It resides in a few buildings and is focused on programs in architecture, art and engineering so not a wide ranging school like those I listed.</p>

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<p>Uh, MIT offers numerous Ph.D’s and BA/BS’s (very well-regarded ones at that) degrees in History, Philosophy, Linguistics, Economics,Creative Writing, comparative media studies, several languages, etc. In fact the PH.D’s in History, Philosophy, Political Science and Economics are truly internationally elite programs of study.</p>

<p>Plus it has one of the most vibrant Management schools and MBA programs on the globe (Sloane is incredible, and there is nothing at RIT, RPI or any other STEM school to rival it, nor at BC, BU, Tufts or Northeastern for that matter). </p>

<p>And they even offer focused certifications and minors in a wide range of studio and conservatory fields, theatre and fine arts (that are all, world class). MIT is every bit as intellectually diverse (and educationally diverse) as any Boston school. Or any school. </p>

<p>MIT, in terms of being 'fully scoped (though I prefer fully Listerined), is a lot more Like Rice University than RIT (which, actually, is a ridiculous comparison).</p>

<p>I had a quite a bit of experience with it’s graduate history program some years ago. It was eye-opening to say the least. While there is a core vision that unites the MIT education more dynamically and specifically than many other universities, it’s diversity in discipline, and the quality of those disciplines, is astounding. I mean, really, MIT out of a Boston ‘Big Three?’</p>

<p>Again, my initial response was in support of your posts, which I said was on target (you just need to give up on the poetic symmetry of a Big Three for these rival Towns).</p>

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<p>But I (and many) like poetic symmetry…makes for more interesting posts. ;^)</p>

<p>And I am glad your experience at MIT was a good one as evidenced by your post, an excellent school I agree and you are right to be proud, but I still maintain it is not viewed as a liberal arts school as are the other schools mentioned here. I have known some who attended RIT, RPI and Bklyn Poly who all wanted to go to MIT. As an institute of technology, its mission is clear, but I fully concur it is a great institution.</p>