LC vs. RH

<p>I basically want the main difference between Lincoln Center and Rose Hill. I know that Rose Hill offers a more traditional collegiate experience, but I wanted to know what the people are like. I also wanted to know what the academic setting is like for both schools. Is LC harder? Or is Rose Hill's academic environment more difficult? Which campus is it easier to make friends at? I've heard a few stereotypes about the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses, but I prefer not to divulge them because I know they're probably misconceptions. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Wow, no one has answered this yet?
I’m not the most experienced here but I can tell you what my daughter said once. She goes to LC. The first time she went to RH, she noticed a difference. At RH, the kids wear athletic wear, at LC, they wear skinny jeans and scarves.
LC is much more artsy.</p>

<p>I would expect the academics are the same at both, although some majors are only available at one campus or the other.</p>

<p>My daughter is in the theater program, which is the only reason she chose Fordham. She picked it over other theater programs, like NYU Tisch. She would never have looked twice at RH. In her Freshman suite are 3 theater majors, one dancer, and a student whose brother goes to RH but, from what I’m told, fits in great with the LC crowd. I’m sure LC must be more artsy, as many students choose it for its theater and dance programs.</p>

<p>I am on the RH campus. The RH campus is the larger and more traditional campus experience in the Bronx (there are things to do in the Bronx and there is easy access to Manhattan) while the LC campus has a small urban campus right in Manhattan. In terms of housing, the RH campus has more double rooms your first two years and then suites for junior/senior year while the LC campus has one dorm which is all suites. </p>

<p>As a stereotype, the students at RH are considered a bit more conservative/less artsy but I find there is a great mix of people at RH --RH has business school while LC has theater/dance so the majors alone attract different student bodies. Also, some majors are only offered on one campus so check to see if both campuses are even a possibility for you. The best thing you can do is to visit both campuses and see where you feel you’d be happier.</p>

<p>Forums are for promulgating misconceptions, don’t’cha know? [=</p>

<p>Neither campus is hard to make friends at. Take spirit’s advice and check out your fit on each.</p>

<p>I’m most definitely planning to be majoring in the Natural Sciences at LC. Do the non-artsy kids still fit in with the crowd? Stereotypes are welcome, haha.</p>

<p>So what is it Marc that draws you to LC and not to Rose Hill? What are YOUR stereotypes? </p>

<p>Go where you will excel and be happiest. For some that means fitting in. For others that means being counter cultural and contrarian. Its up to you.</p>

<p>Well, from what I’ve scoured from CC, LC is more of the mini-NYU experience. I think it would help for me to add that yes, I am applying to NYU. I believe that both schools are distinct from each other, however LC being much smaller in comparison to NYU. RH, like the other poster mentioned, is for those that want the traditional college experience. However, I don’t want that. Instead, I want a non-traditional college experience and hopefully LC fulfills that.</p>

<p>The artsy crowd at LC are there for theatre and dance etc. The artsy crowd at RH are there for the opportunity to do school theatre but want a larger campus and bigger school. There is diversity at RH. Politically, socially and geographically. But LC is not all arts and theatre. They have produced a lot of Fulbright Scholars and a Cambridge Scholar and Boren Scholars. </p>

<p>For some living in a small environment at LC and in one building for dorms is just what they want. There isnt really a cafeteria to speak of at LC so you either eat out more or cook more, all four years. At RH the freshmen and sophomores (most of them) live in dorms and eat in the cafeteria, while Juniors and Seniors often have on campus apartment dorms with kitchens and some cook in them.</p>

<p>The faculty are separate at both schools. But many students take classes at both campuses, with the RH kids taking courses at LC frequently for an added experience, and some LC kids come to RH for a business course or IPE or maybe a professor they have heard about. </p>

<p>Its all good.</p>

<p>Based on what you are saying, is LC equal to RH in terms of diversity?</p>

<p>Okay then Marc…LC it is for you and sounds great. I think LC is a better experience for undergrads than NYU because NYU is so large and urban and one can get lost in the shuffle. LC is intimate and everyone is very close with professors. Both LC and RH kids venture down to The Village and shop or go clubbing or experience all that it offers.</p>

<p>I dont have stats on diversity at LC, but I am sure admissions can provide it. I would expect they try very hard to make it as diverse as possible within the context of housing so many theatre and dance and art students. I expect LC to be a bit more liberal overall than RH in its student body. But neither campus is an activist campus. Politics are not hotly confronted…debated and discussed, but not like it is at Columbia, fwiw. Professors are not controversial…thought provoking and engaging, but not radicals.</p>

<p>My kid finished Phi Beta Kappa at RH, but took 3 courses at LC and loved it…really good experience, and did an internship on the upper west side. </p>

<p>Depends on your career goals and aspirations and what tickles your brain cells…</p>

<p>By diversity I mean not only racial and socio economic, but also geographic and political and religious. I think more centrist Catholics attend RH, but that LC may have more non Catholics in their student body as a percentage of that campus’ religious diversity. But dont hold me to that.</p>

<p>Well now that we’ve established that LC is the school for me, can you answer some of my other burgeoning questions? </p>

<p>Overall, if your child had to pick one campus to go to, would he/she have picked LC over RH or vice versa? Based on what you have said about your child having an opportunity to intern at the UWS, are there many resources available to students in LC? At RH? In such a great expanse of a school, does RH offer a more close-knit community? And, in contrast, in such a small school, does LC offer a close-knit community as well?</p>

<p>In terms of diversity, I am more on the stance of how the school caters to many people of different walks of life. NYU prides itself on being one of the most diverse schools in the nation. Can Fordham say the same thing?</p>

<p>I have no idea how diverse Fordham is. I can tell you that my daughter’s suitemates last year hailed from Korea, the Phillipines, Seattle, Atlanta, Maryland and Pennsylvania. She has a friend from Salt Lake City and a friend from New England. People are from all over. Black, white, asian.</p>

<p>Try not to think of LC as… “well, I was going to apply to NYU and this is almost as good…” LC, Fordham itself, is a great school and has many things going for it over NYU. We looked at both. My daughter thought she liked NYU until she visited LC and LC clicked for her. LC is not NYU Light. </p>

<p>You can call the admissions office if you need more info on diversity.
As far as tight-knit… hard to say. People have their friends and there are others they don’t talk to. But one thing I can say is when I go there, I am always amazed at how many people actually wear Fordham shirts. They seem to have a lot of pride in their school. I think that adds to the community feel.</p>

<p>What has your daughter said about the dorms at LC, since you started talking about suitemates, etc.</p>

<p>The dorms at LC are good, common area is roomy although kitchen and bathroom are a bit small. A triple is a bit crowded but will save almost $4,000 a year. Can’t beat the location, and the views are good, too.</p>

<p>My daughter is happy living at LC. Last year she was in a triple, so it was seven girls in three rooms, plus two bathrooms, kitchen and livingroom. This year it’s the same set up but only 6 girls. It’s always a challenge, living with people, but you will have that anywhere.
Each suite is shaped differently, depending on where it is in the building.
Her kitchen is better this year. The living room is big. Bathrooms are pretty good, she never complains about them. Having two is great. She has her own closet in her room this year, last year three girls had to share one closet. They can control own their air conditioning and heat. </p>

<p>She loves living so close to the classroom building. She has walked around RH, at night, in the rain and in the snow, from one end of the campus to the other, and she is grateful that she lives at LC where you can get from your bed to your classroom without ever going outside, or just taking a quick walk through the plaza. </p>

<p>The location is the best for her because she is a Broadway Nerd and is always walking back and forth to shows. Central Park is right there. </p>

<p>She says the food is getting better because the current company wants to keep it’s contract and is making improvements.</p>

<p>LeftyLou: Approximately how much did you guys pay for housing? Also, did your daughter become close friends with her suitemates? Or did she find closer friends outside of the dorm? Reason I’m asking is because many people find their “best friend in college” from their roommates. (But don’t hold me to that, haha.)</p>

<p>I can’t remember the housing cost, but it’s on the website.
My daughter had a difficult time with her suitemates and roommates in her freshman year. It was not a good year. But she made other friends outside of her suite, and that’s who she is roomming with this year and life is light years better. The girls from last year come around and visit, but at least they don’t live there.</p>