<p>I'm applying as an incoming sophomore to transfer from St. John's University, and am aware that housing at Lincoln Center is limited. As an out-of-state student from New Hampshire, residence life at Fordham says I will have a solid chance of getting housing, but the Fordham website encourages transfers to begin exploring housing options before recieving an offer of admissions.</p>
<p>My question is this: what would be my best options if I am accepted without housing? I've heard about the EHS, but I seem to hear more bad things than good things about them. What are some other options?</p>
<p>See if you can join a Facebook page for incoming students – my daughter was invited to the Fordham Class of 2017 Facebook group. There you might be able to find some students in the same boat looking for room mates.</p>
<p>I agree not to go through any student housing company. We explored that when my daughter thought she’d be interested in Hunter, which has very limited dorm space, and the offerings were very costly, not close by, really just hotel rooms made into dorms and not really populated by kids from the more prominent city schools.</p>
<p>@My3Daughters I think what I’ll do if I don’t get housing is live in off campus housing near Rose Hill and take the Ram Van to LC until space opens up at Lincoln Center. There’s a housing waitlist, so I would probably get housing eventually.</p>
<p>Transferring is just so much more stressful because things you took for granted like housing and scholarships are suddenly such a long shot :(</p>
<p>I’m sorry to hear about your dilemma. This is exactly what I’m warning my daugher about: sure, you can transfer if things don’t work out, but you likely won’t get the same deals elsewhere that you were offered initially.</p>
<p>jorlando94, I have a daughter at Fordham LC who lives in the dorms and will stay in them for another year at least (she is a freshman). Her sister goes to Juilliard, which is literally three blocks away. She live in the dorms her first two years, but this year she was able to get an apartment with friends. The cost is slightly less than the cost of the dorms, but the lease is 12 months instead of 9. She lives in the low 100’s on Amsterdam and commutes by subway. Friends of hers live more cheaply, up in Washington Heights, or in Brooklyn or Queens, but they have a much longer daily commute. Those who live near Lincoln Center pay a huge premium for location. I’d recommend living in the dorms your sophomore year if you do get housing at LC, and then trying to find a place with friends for the following year. NYC real estate is a little stressful- you will probably need to pay a broker, so factor that into the cost. And one set of parents will need to serve as guarantor for the lease.</p>
<p>@glassharmonica thank you, very helpful. If I don’t get housing, I think I’ll try seeing if I can find a cheap place by Rose Hill and take the Ram Van to LC until housing opens up (there’s a waitlist, a space would likely open up for me eventually). If worst comes to worst, I could always stay in Queens near where St. John’s is since I’m familiar with the area and know people, it would just be a longish commute. Worth the money I would save though</p>
<p>jorlando94, that sounds wise. New York is different from other college towns/cities in that many student who would otherwise live on “campus” end up commuting. At Juilliard it is required for freshmen to live in the dorms, but it is common for sophomores to move back in with their parents, if their parents live within the distance of even a fairly long commute. Some commute to school for over an hour. It’s just so crazy expensive to live in New York.</p>
<p>I’m just hoping I will be offered housing, because it would make adjusting to the transfer easier. I was told that the fact that I’m from outside of the tri-state area gives me a pretty solid chance of being offered housing though.</p>