<p>i know the lincoln center campus is near central park and rose hill is in the bronx, but are they good areas? i live in CA and i dont really know..help please..!!</p>
<p>^ First, the term is “ghetto” and not “getto”. I don’t understand what has happened with this computer-age generation that the dictionary is ignored. Even with using dictionary.com, one would be referred to the proper spelling in this case. Typo-s is one thing, but I would doubt it in this case.</p>
<p>Second, at least in this country, the above term has racial and ethnic derogatory overtones to it and really should not be used in an open forum…especially in a title of a post. There are other words that can be used which lack these inferences but probably gets to the heart of your question, ie. the safety or crime surrounding the Rose Hill campus.</p>
<p>Third, the “search” button is your friend in this forum. Even by using the word “ghetto” as the search word, a few past posts come up. In fact, in the following one:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/fordham-university/278595-accepted-fordham-students.html?highlight=ghetto[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/fordham-university/278595-accepted-fordham-students.html?highlight=ghetto</a>
Fordham Admissions chimes in on the negativeness of the word “ghetto”.</p>
<p>But I would suggest using the search term, “crime”, because I think that’s what you really want. The below thread definitely goes into this topic more fully although that wasn’t the focus of the thread’s title:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/fordham-university/389992-move-freshmen-classy-very-well-organized-event-well-done-fordham.html?highlight=crime[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/fordham-university/389992-move-freshmen-classy-very-well-organized-event-well-done-fordham.html?highlight=crime</a></p>
<p>if youre honestly worried about being in the ghetto, please don’t go to fordham…</p>
<p>WOW someone is WAYYYY too conserned with political correctness!!!</p>
<p>If you are so concerned about the neighborhood maybe you’d be better off staying in your quaint suburb and commuting to a college. Your post is absolutely ridiculous.</p>
<p>Don’t be so mean, I think to be concerned about the surroundings of a college is legit. She’s probably just concerned about campus safety, etc.
I also live in California, but I definitely do not live in a “quaint suburb.”
I imagine that Fordham is probably similar to USC in that it is a good campus, but just not in the best part of town?</p>
<p>Idee-
A good friend’s son is at Rose Hill in the Bronx. Initially his family was worried about him not being street smart in the city, but within a few weeks they’d stopped worrying. There are bars near campus frequented by Fordham students, walks into the local “little Italy” neighborhood for dinner, and plenty of subway trips into NYC. No problems so far. She’s no crazy about him walking home from the library alone in the middle of the night, but that’s true anywhere.
I haven’t seen the campus (which she says is beautiful) but don’t get the feeling they are trapped in a little bubble within a tough neighborhood or anything like that.</p>
<p>yeah… the neighborhood is not so good, because its closer towards the southern part of the Bronx. Since u’ll be living on campus, i wouldn’t worry too much about it. U can just skip the neighborhood and take the metro-north to the city. O and if u DO want to hang out in the bronx, it is highly advisable u go in groups and use the Ram Van.</p>
<p>It’s a good question that I was wondering about too. And the word ghetto doesn’t have any racial meaning it’s just used as a part of a city where the poorer people are, kind of like in the 1800’s in Italy where that term is from. Stop attacking random people.</p>
<p>wow! where’s all this defensiveness coming from? the more anyone knows about any prospective school, the better for the student AND the college. and yes, safety, especially for females is and should be a concern ANYWHERE in the country…and out of the country, for that matter.</p>
<p>^^^i think the concern was about the OP’s word choice and the implications behind it…</p>
<p>Its not defensiveness because of a problem, happy college mom, its because its an old saw by people who want to hurt Fordham…or in the case of an innocent question, its from people who have heard false and negative comments. Some of the same things are said about USC being in the Watts, and Duke being in Durham, and Vanderbilt being near downtown Nashville, and WashU St. Louis being in a rough area (its not). The Bronx is not the Hamptons to be sure, though lots of kids from Long Island go to Fordham! The Bronx is not today what it was in the late 70’s. But Fordham is perfectly safe and secure, the kids all travel in groups anyway when they go off campus. </p>
<p>Security is a concern in most college campuses. Its okay to ask questions. We just want to make sure people have the correct perception of Fordham and not some wrong idea. In fact, its a gorgeous campus right next door to the New York Botanical Gardens.</p>
<p>I think the response to the word “ghetto” is just a little political correctness gone wild. I grew up in the Bronx, not too far from Fordham, and absolutely love the recognition that Fordham University is finally getting. Within 5 or 10 years, Fordham will be as desirable as the other top universities in NYC. The area has changed, for the good, tremendously. I recently drove through Fordham Road and was astounded at the positive changes. Granted, you still have to be careful. A little common sense is warranted. But no more so than in any other part of the city.</p>
<p>I think the response to the word “ghetto” is just a little political correctness gone wild. I grew up in the Bronx, not too far from Fordham, and absolutely love the recognition that Fordham University is finally getting. Within 5 or 10 years, Fordham will be as desirable as the other top universities in NYC. The area has changed, for the good, tremendously. I recently drove through Fordham Road and was astounded at the positive changes. Granted, you still have to be careful. A little common sense is warranted. But no more so than in any other part of the city.</p>
<p>I know Fordham gets a lot of inquiries about local crime. But if you go to boards over at UofC,Tulane,Trinity,Yale, etc. you’ll see people are yapping about the same crime cramp. Such a shame, because statistically more college students will be involved in a car accident or have alcohol poisoning rather than get mugged on Fordham Rd.
I’m at the Lincoln Center campus and crime happens in midtown too. Back in Oct a guy was in the middle of a marriage proposal in Central Park near W.74th ( a “good” area) and BAM the couple was robbed. LOL…***** happens.</p>
<p>muggings are definitely a problem there. About three kids a week get mugged. And it doesn’t always happen late at night. Sometimes at 11 AM. I’m sure it happens because they are walking alone or with one or two other friends.</p>
<p>What on earth are you talking about? I have heard no such reports and Fordham’s security reports do NOT indicate any such level of criminal activity either on campus or off campus.</p>
<p>You can get “mugged” at any time in most American cities, its a fact of life. At Fordham, you must be smart and not take unreasonable risks like walking alone off campus or late at night. But scaring people with irresponsible remarks doesnt help either.</p>
<p>What do you think happens on and around Columbia, Barnard, Sarah Lawrence, NYU, Manhattan colleges? Or Northeastern, Tufts, Boston U, Boston College, Harvard etc? Or Villanova, Penn, Swarthmore, St. Joes etc?</p>
<p>and why dont you pull up the criminal activity/security reports at “pretty schools” like Pomona, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, UCLA, USC…it may surprise you.</p>
<p>The word ghetto is inappropriate.</p>
<p>Fordham campuses are like any other campus; students shouldn’t be cavalier about wandering alone in deserted areas; leaving their personal possessions around. Anyone planning to live on either campus should be happy about all the opportunities that come from living in NYC, including tons of opportunities for learning about and working with less-privileged residents of the inner city.</p>
<p>ilyasaber14, ummmm, I don’t think so. Although I’m at LC, I (all FU students) receive email security alerts for both campuses. Here is a link to a great website giving real statistics on campus crime all over the U.S.
[OPE</a> Campus Security Statistics Search Page](<a href=“Campus Safety and Security”>Campus Safety and Security)</p>