<p>How are the internship/job placement opportunities at Fordham LC with it being in Manhattan and all?</p>
<p>^ I can’t speak personally so far because I have yet to get an internship in the city, but Fordham has a HUGE advantage over other schools with regards to internships. Why? Because you can intern with a company during the fall or spring, while you take classes. (This is usually done by taking all four, or possibly three, of you’re classes on two days of the week, and working the other three.) This is incredibly important because internships are MUCH less competitive during the fall or spring compared to the summer. An internship that is usually highly competitive during the summer becomes easily accessible during the school year.</p>
<p>And, while it’s not exactly easy to balance school and an internship at the same time, it’s incredibly easy to commute to anywhere in NYC from Lincoln Center, and it’ll probably take you 20 minutes or less by subway. </p>
<p>Another advantage of having an internship during the school year is that it saves money because you can get credit for it. You can take 3 classes as a junior or senior, and the 4th class will be the internship. (I you can take it as a 5th class as well, but I believe you need to get the dean to approve this.) This means you don’t have to pay extra tuition over the summer if you want to get an internship that requires school credit. You also don’t have to pay for housing over the summer. If there’s any clear-cut advantage to Fordham and getting you’re career off the ground, it’s this.</p>
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<p>I was also accepted to FCLC recently. My question is how is the gay population at Fordham? I heard LC has significantly more than RH, which is a great thing for me. Anybody can confirm this?</p>
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<p>I would say for every straight guy, there are two or three gay men. And for every two or three gay men, there are two girls.</p>
<p>Gay population at Fordham was much larger when I was there, I think. I knew maybe 5 straight men. That could have just been me.</p>
<p>Sunshowers, when I was there we had to take 5 classes in order to graduate. I don’t know if they changed the core or whatnot.</p>
<p>We have a very big and friendly LGBTQ population at LC. Our Rainbow Alliance is one of the prominent clubs on campus and has various LGBTQ and Ally programming throughout the year, including movie screenings, dialogues, and a “queer prom”. :)</p>
<p>i was accepted to Fordham College at Lincoln Center and i have some questions. First about the dorms. What exactly is their layout? I’ve seen it described as “apartment style” but I just wanted to be clear on what that means. Apparently there are certain amenities such as a kitchen with appliances? What about bathrooms? Are they only shared by roommates or more communal?</p>
<p>And I’ve read through the whole thread but forgive me if i missed the answer to these questions.</p>
<p>Also, how do the faculties of each campus stack up? I just want to make sure that LC isn’t just like a “satellite school” for those who couldn’t get accepted to the “flagship.”</p>
<p>And I’ve seen people talk about the social life being limited at the LC campus. Do you feel that class sizes are at least large enough so that I may find people to befriend? I live just far enough away to make returning often impractical and I’m leaving a social life that really sustained me especially through this last year so I understand the importance of making a few close friends and hope I will meet enough people to take the edge off leaving home.</p>
<p>I received a substantial amount of “gift aid” and am unsure as to what it qualifies as. Is this my entire financial package from Fordham? Or is it possible that I may have been awarded some scholarships and just haven’t been notified yet?</p>
<p>Finally, I was wondering if anyone could compare Fordham to UConn as it’s the other school I have been accepted to and is in a similar price range after receiving the “gift aid.”</p>
<p>and just curious, nyc2013: i just finished reading your thread that became inactive in september and in it you seemed to have a much more positive outlook on fordham maybe i’m wrong but if something did happen to change your opinion what was it?</p>
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<p>Apartment is just that – an apartment. It comes with a kitchen, bedrooms, and bathroom(s). The kitchen has a full size fridge, sink and oven. The bathrooms have a shower and a toilet. No bathtubs. And they are only shared by roommates/suitemates. There are generally two to three people per bedroom – two to three bedrooms per apartment. Generally, the apartments with three bedrooms have two bathrooms. </p>
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<p>I feel that LC is just a satellite school in that LC does not have any on-site research and most of the money goes to RH. I feel like less of a student than my RH counterparts, but I can easily take courses at RH, I am just too lazy to go there. So you can have the benefit of Manhattan AND the opportunities (and classes) at RH, too. </p>
<p>As for the “flagship” – that is not the case. LC is more selective than RH. </p>
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<p>They are large enough. And if you are concerned about leaving your friends at home, then maybe you should consider community college.</p>
<p>You will be in Manhattan. If you can’t make friends, there is a greater problem. </p>
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<p>Did you receive an official packet in the mail? If so, then yes.</p>
<p>okay thanks for your answers. </p>
<p>i understand what you’re saying about research and funding but what about the actual quality of the faculty?</p>
<p>And i’m not that concerned about leaving home, its one of the things i’m looking forward to actually. but another thing i’ve been looking forward to is making new friends and based on the descriptions given on this and other threads i was concerned that i would only meet a couple dozen people or something and if i didnt like any of them i would be out of luck. obviously i know i’ll meet people off campus, i already have friends spread throughout NYC at other schools and what not. but i’m glad to hear that these descriptions aren’t the truth.</p>
<p>and i was led to believe that LC is only more selective because of housing. is it more competitive academically as well?</p>
<p>and i’m not sure what exactly you meant by the community college comment. surely you thought about leaving your friends behind and were at least a little apprehensive about making new ones? i have no problem making friends, i was just hoping that i would meet enough people to find a few that i could be close with and the information i had been previously presented with raised a few doubts.</p>
<p>According the the 2009-2013 freshmen class profiles, LC and RH are equally difficult to get into and have the same averages when it comes to SAT, GPA, etc. Fordham often boasts that neither campus has a more or less qualified student body than the other. There are differences, that’s for sure, but the overall academic talent is comparable.</p>
<p>It is more difficult to get on-campus housing at LC.</p>
<p>RH is the larger, traditional gothic/green campus. LC is very small, but right in the heart of Manhattan. They are very different from each other, but Fordham does not consider one a satellite school of the other.</p>
<p>okay. that makes sense, thanks.</p>
<p>Question: How are the internships for those who want to pursue law school and would like to become a lawyer… can Fordham LC place you in one of the many prestigious law firms in NYC as an intern or are the internships exclusive and popular for the he research/sciences and economics majors?</p>
<p>i know i’ve asked several times about the dorms at LC but does anyone have any pictures or know where i can see some? i heard the dorms were amazing and since the other school i have been accepted to so far is fairly similar academically, i’m looking for anything that would give one or the other an edge</p>
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<p>You cannot have an internship until 60 (or 64?) credits. That doesn’t mean you can’t have one… but it won’t be recognized academically by Fordham. I had an internship for the summer and fall of my freshman year though. They aren’t hard to find.</p>
<p>But I don’t know how hard it would be to get an internship at a prestigious law firm. It really doesn’t the school as much as it matters how much you have to back it up. If someone at Fordham has great experience, they aren’t going to pick someone from Columbia with no experience. (My internship was with a junior at Columbia, an NYU undergrad and now graduate student, and a sophomore at Princeton. I was a incoming-freshman to Fordham.)</p>
<p>And don’t say that you want to be a lawyer just yet. Nearly everyone at Fordham claims they are either pre-med or pre-law in the beginning. By the end of the first semester, everyone is beyond over it. Bio I is not fun – I’ve heard pre-meds work really hard and only receive a C. The ones who really excel in at are the ones that stick with it. Pre-law is nice in that you don’t have to have any specific class requirements (like premed), so focus on your major. If you still want to be a lawyer by the middle of sophomore year, then go forth with it. But I highly recommend that you don’t focus on it or have it be the making or breaking point for you. </p>
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<p>I can’t see professors being “better” over there. All of my professors are ivy league educated and have wrote several books. They are highly credential and brilliant. I am blown away every time one of my professor speaks. </p>
<p>Fordham University Press used to write under New York University Press until a few days ago where we are now in contract with Oxford University Press. You can’t get any higher than Oxford! </p>
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<p>Eh, most of my friends were already in college in Manhattan, so the transition for me wasn’t anything. I was happy to leave behind my suburban friends. </p>
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<p>I’ll see if I can take photos of my apartment later tonight.</p>
<p>did some research and answered my own question. for any interested, there are pictures of lincoln center dorms on fordham’s website. they take some navigating to find so here’s the link:
[Pictures</a> of McMahon Hall](<a href=“Fordham University”>Fordham University)</p>
<p>but thanks monoclide, if you still can your pictures would be useful since i’m sure not every dorm looks like the one on the site</p>
<p>^^^The pics are accurate. Just figure a triple bedroom will have bunk beds and extra furniture.</p>
<p>Quick question-- so if I applied as a performing arts major, I’d be stuck at Lincoln Center? There’s no better location for actors than Midtown, true, but it seems like everybody unanimously prefers the pricing, amenities, and location of Rose Hill…</p>
<p>^^^You are absolutely right that there is no better location for actors than LC and not that I know all of them personally, but still, I haven’t heard of ANY Theatre majors wishing they could have been at RH. But if living in Manhattan is an issue for you, you might contact Matthew Maguire, director of the Theatre program and ask if RH students can at least MINOR in Theatre. They might be ok with that since you can take classes at either campus but I really don’t know…you’d have to ask them. And the beauty of minoring in Theatre is that it doesn’t require an audition. </p>
<p>But you most definitely cannot MAJOR in Theatre and live at RH. So in that sense, yes, if you applied to Fordham as a Theatre major, you would be “stuck” applying to the LC campus. But if you didn’t get into the Theatre program, there isn’t any reason why you couldn’t switch to RH then as long as you were accepted to Fordham academically.</p>
<p>you probably could minor in theater at Rose Hill because they offer intro theater classes at Rose Hill. But that’s something you should probably check</p>
<p>You also can major in theater at LC and then if you decide if you don’t want to stick with theater, transfer to RH pretty easily if you have the grades</p>