<p>I was accepted to Fordham as a transfer student.</p>
<p>They have lied about so much. They have lied about housing, about evaluation of credits.</p>
<p>I have written communications. Now they reneige. I hate them. I turned down other schools. My parents hate them.</p>
<p>I have written communication that I would need x number of courses to graduate, now they say x +2. Courses, not credits. They stink</p>
<p>I agree. My kid had to take a summer class. The professor just cut out for vacation and ended class one week early. No grades yet. And the school has the nerve to say that the kid needed this class.</p>
<p>She is trying to straighten out her schedule. Goes to meeting after meeting. With dean, etc. Head of her deparment sends her really nasty email. </p>
<p>Apparently they pride themselves on having the highest expectation for students, and the lowest for administration and professors.</p>
<p>Complaints about the “Fordham bureaucracy” and incompetence are nothing new…I’ve heard plenty from my S and I’ve had my own issues so I can surely sympathize but quite frankly it is something that you just have to deal with until you graduate. There really isn’t much you can do about it and hating them serves no purpose. And do you really think they went out of their way to lie to you just to get you to come? That is just plain silly. Hopefully this is the worst that you have to deal with and things work out for you in the end. You CAN still love Fordham even if you’re not crazy about everything. </p>
<p>Welcome to the Fordham family! I wish you the best of luck! :)</p>
<p>I agree. My S is often frustrated by the schools sub-par administration/advising and overly strict ResLife rules (not to mention the mediocre food). But overall, he is having a great experience at Fordham-RH and would not want to be anywhere else. No school is perfect, and Fordham certainly has things it can and should improve upon, but I’m guessing the same can be said for most colleges and universities.<br>
kayf - sorry things got off to a poor start. Hopefully everything will work itself out (even if you have to take a couple of summer classes close to home to get the credits you need).</p>
<p>My brother transferred into University of Maryland his Junior year and had so many stories to tell about how difficult it was to get his schedule straight. </p>
<p>He asked about getting his credits transferred, and was told he had to attend a 2 hour orientation seminar before he could get his credits transferred. He attended the seminar, then went back to the “transfer” office. They asked him where was the paper he received from the seminar instructor. He said no one mentioned anything about a paper, no one told him to get one, no one gave him one. They said he had to take the seminar again. He did, and made sure to ask for the paper. He handed it in, they told him to make an appointment and come back in 3 days. Whe he came back, they couldn’t find his paper. He had to take the seminar again. </p>
<p>But he laughed about it, and we all got a kick out of hearing his stories. He would always start out with, “Maryland is at it again…”</p>
<p>But in the end, he graduated this year, on time, (he did have to take a winter course over the holiday break), and he got a good job, which he found at a job fair at UoM.</p>
<p>Very misleading, OP usually posts as a parent! Over 2,000 posts!</p>
<p>I have been doing college fairs for some 30 years and the stories I have heard about transfer issues are just amazing. I have not heard one good college transfer story, especially when going to a better academic school. There is a quiet tend going on of families wishing to save lots of money by having their child go to a good local or community college, then transfer to a better school and graduate with that degree. Nothing wrong with that, but more schools are becoming less tolerant of that and more demanding of transfer requirements. Fordham is a fine school where the vast majority of kids are very happy, but there will always be exceptions and issues. I am sorry to say what this student experienced is unfortunate but very common for transfers. I can only hope the rest of the college experience can be positive and a good future awaits this student as it does for most Fordham grads (check out the amazing famous alumni lists an FUs Wiki pages!).</p>
<p>Not only are more schools less giving with transfer credits from community college/ AP credits, but there is very little money in scholarships for transfer students. When we did the math, the 4 year cost for 2yr CC then 2 yr Uni were not that far off straight 4 year uni because of lack of transfer scholarships with 2&2. And that is within the state “transfer agreement” programs available.</p>
<p>Good point vlines, one would have to weigh what they won’t be getting in financial aid with after a transfer vs. the cost of savings by attending a less expensive school before the transfer.</p>