<p>Neither were my top choice, but due to the surplus of waitlist envelopes, I've had to alter my college plans. I applied as an english major to both, and I plan on pursuing either a career in journalism, or attending law school. </p>
<p>I know that both are great schools academically, but what about the social aspect? Being a girl from North Jersey, I want my college experience to expand beyond house parties and otherwise uneventful weekends. </p>
<p>I've yet to visit GW, but I'm going sometime this week with my father. Basically, what I'm asking is for someone to tell me the honest truth about the school, a more insightful opinion than a brochure would offer.</p>
<p>DC is anything but uneventful. In fact, I’d say it’s very eventful.</p>
<p>I went to GW and loved it. I was an English major, actually. The English program at GW is good, but not great. The journalism program is actually a part of a separate school called the School of Media and Public Affairs. You have to apply to it separately, but you could transfer after freshman year. It is an amazing and competitive journalism program with very distinguished professors. If you are potentially interested in law school, a poli sci major would be smart. Obviously, the poli sci program at GW is hard to beat.</p>
<p>I have no idea how good the English program is at Fordham, but that would be worth looking into. If you really want to major in English, GW may not be the best choice. I really don’t know much about Fordham at all to be honest, so I can only tell you what GW is good for. </p>
<p>DC is very eventful and social. There is always something to do in the city. I would be hard pressed not to find something to do on the weekend. The campus is literally in the center of the city, within walking distance to the White House. GW is a not a house party kind of school. Students venture into the city, and take advantage of it. NYC is obviously more eventful than DC, but DC is is no way boring.</p>
<p>I got into both places too. Fordham was my safety tho so I’m probably not going</p>
<p>Fordham Bronx or Lincoln Center?</p>
<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I just visited one of my friends who goes to Fordham last weekend. (I was considering transferring to Fordham-Rose Hill). In my personal opinion, I ended up not liking the school. It has a beautiful campus, but it is located literally in a very urban, low-class neighborhood. Safety isn’t an issue, but if your not used to that type of culture it will definitely be a shock. Everyone I talked to seemed to like but not really, really love Fordham. From what I saw, students at Fordham like to party hard. There may be house parties, im not really sure, but I know for certain that students frequent three off campus dive bars on the weekend. (This seems to be the extent of weekend nightlife) Also, even though fordham is in the Bronx and is very close to Manhattan, about 15-30 minutes by train, most students I talked to said they did not go into manhattan very often. That being said, Fordham will probably be able to offer you a very “collegiate,” experience if that is what your looking for. </p>
<p>I am also looking into GW, I visited it and loved it, and I think it has more to offer in terms of things to do as well as a better program academically. (I am looking into political communications)</p>
<p>GW has a wider range of students studying different disciplines. The Foggy Bottom campus is urban and the Vernon campus is serene. The school runs quite smoothly, and new projects are always being implemented to improve the students’ experience here. Most of the students are from the Northeast so there is regional commonality but anyone from a different part of the country or the world can fit in.</p>
<p>i actually applied to the journalism program at GW; i heard it was very selective, but im not too sure how accurate that really is.</p>