<p>My son was recently admitted to the Theatre program at Fordham LC. He is definitely attending. (Already mailed the deposit.) We live in Mississippi so visiting Fordham for the admitted student day involves airline travel. We are willing to make it happen if someone out there can tell us it is too good to miss. A little background: he did audition on campus and we did get the tour already. I would love to hear Fr. McShane's address however, and I understand we could sit down with a financial aid person to ask any questions we have (although I can imagine they would be just as helpful through other means of correspondence). Any thoughts? Should we bite the bullet and go? Or should we save those valuable frequent flyer miles?</p>
<p>First of all, congratulations and welcome to Fordham. Admitted students day is a really nice event, but it is in no way mandatory. For many it is a way to decide if the school is a good fit, but since your deposit is in, that question has been answered. Yes, Fr. McShane is an amazing speaker, but at least at RH, he speaks again on freshman move-in day. And it sounds like your you feel your financial aid questions are adequately dealt with. As nice of an event as it is, you may want to save those frequent flyer miles. My son is a RH so maybe someone from LC can chime in to let you know their experience at that campus. Again, congratulations.</p>
<p>You will have the opportunity to hear Fr McShane speak again at Move In day and since your S is certain to attend for Theatre (GREAT choice btw!) I wouldn’t worry about missing it. Yes, there will be a presentation by the Theatre department and yes, it is very nice to have the opportunity to sit down with a FA counselor if you have questions regarding your son’s FA package but you already sent the deposit so it seems to me like you are able and willing to pay and perhaps were just looking for more general information which you can get over the phone. The only other reason to attend would be to stock up on Fordham gear for the family and you can do that online! </p>
<p>There is also a one day Summer Orientation but again that is not mandatory. But your S would have the opportunity to meet other new students while you are engaged in parent workshops including FA so that might be something else to consider. Another suggestion is for him to submit an Urban Plunge application and if he is accepted he will get to move in two days early and meet and work with other new freshman on community projects. </p>
<p>Congrats to you and your S and welcome to the Fordham Theatre family!!! :)</p>
<p>Adding: I do want to say that Fr. McShane’s speech at the Spring Preview WAS awesome though! I remember he said he was there to convince those considering Fordham and to confirm for those who had already decided that Fordham was the school for them…and confirm, he did! It was a really exciting day for us…my S handed in his enrollment deposit and we came home with all our Fordham gear! But we live 45 minutes away and so it was MUCH easier for us to get there and much less expensive a trip. The only sticker shock we had that day was the bookstore bill combined with the celebratory dinner at P.J. Clarke’s! :D</p>
<p>Thank you both for the very helpful feedback. I think we have decided to save our miles so that our whole household can make the trip in August to “say goodbye.” He is unbelievably excited and so is his family. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Magnolia - congrats to S! We just toured last month as S (BA Music) was admitted EA but hadn’t seen the LC campus where he chose to apply. Very impressed with theatre program. </p>
<p>Really posting to confirm your decision. We didn’t attend the admmitted student day for D who is now a Jr (much to her disappointment) but we too had already sent in the deposit. We did attend her orientation in June (3-day event at her uni) which made her happy. All will be well if you miss it :)</p>
<p>I think you are making the right decision. Since you’ve already had a tour, and sent in the deposit, there wouldn’t be much more for you to learn that day.</p>