According to my schools scattergram I have a good chance of getting into Fordham. I have a 91 GPA and a 1320 on my SAT. I have taken 4 AP Classes, and Two Honors classes. I am going to be President of my Drama Club next year, and I have been very active on my school’s radio station and acapella group. I’m not worried about getting in but i’m not sure of the vibe at Fordham. I visited back in the fall and I loved the campus but I would love to know what kind of people go to Fordham. I am a conservative who wants to study political science and due to the massive protests at some schools like Evergreen or Berkley I have been very cautious to avoid schools like that. I want to feel safe at my school, I don’t want to be attacked everyday for my beliefs. Is there a lot of tension on campus? Are students spirited? I want a school where students go to sports games and shout their team name to other schools when they verse them, is Fordham like that? I want to take my academics seriously but I also like to have fun, what is the party scene like at Fordham? Will the Academics challenge me? I don’t want to pass my classes easily I want to be challenged. If anyone can answer these questions I would appreciate it a lot. Thank you so much.
Hey! I’m a high school student (Junior) who’s researching Fordham as well. From what I’ve researched, Fordham is ranked #87 out of 747 schools measuring the most liberal colleges in America. The Lincoln Center campus seems to lean liberal, which makes sense judging that “artsier” people tend to be more liberal in general. The Rose Hill campus seems to be 50/50 from what I’ve read, but I believe that students are tolerable (as it should be) of the political views of others. There is an active Democrat and Republican club that regularly have debates, so be wary of that. As long as you treat people with respect, then you should expect to receive it as well. Rose Hill is definitely more sports orientated and contains more school spirit I believe. Fordham is not considered a party school, but students do take to go to bars in the area, Broadway shows, etc. As for fit wise, it is up to you to decide for yourself, but I hope that you benefit from my advice- and hey, maybe I’ll have an upperclassmen friend already when I (hopefully) go! 
Oh, and please, do not let the political leaning of a school dictate where you go 
Just graduated from fclc this May, lc feels more liberal than rh. theres been some conservatives who say they feel like people look at them differently and treat them with hostility because of it; check out the fordham observer website for some articles, it’s a good way to see what’s going on at lc form the perspectives of diff students. There’s protests at lc too, not sure about rh as much but as someone in the large liberal community at lc, i know that the extremely conservative kids who are really blatant with it often get made into a joke or have a bunch of students who are really hardcore against them, i.e students who have written stuff for the ram and the oddessy this past year. They get a lot of backlash from the liberal side of campus. Just like the observer, the ram is another place to read content by students to get a feel of the thoughts of some students. It’s up to you to decide how much it matters to you because a lot of the conservative students really dont seem to care about not being liked, so I don’t know how much you want to prioritize that as a deciding factor when you pick your school.
Rh is definitely more sporty since thats where the physical football games and events are held. Some lc kids go up for sports but you’ll find significantly more sports oriented students. Social life at lc is hit or miss. I commuted from home all 4 yrs so I didn’t make friends through dorming but I know a couple people who did and they said they usually went out with other people from their floor to bars and around the city. Sometimes lc kids go up to rh for the bars there after games and stuff like that. It isn’t a crazy party school but there are crazy parties off campus if you look for them.
Classes are challenging enough, not really any easy A classes that I can recall taking other than maybe english comp ii in my first semester. You do a decent amount of work for your class and you’ll do pretty well for most classes. Some are graded crazily and way too harshly but for the most part it’s fair. You get to explore a lot of disciplines through the core, too, so you might end up finding a second major or a minor through that. A lot of my friends found their minors through taking core classes and so did I. The political science department is really good here btw so it’s a good choice for that major. Really great professors and interesting classes.