<p>i live in jersey about an hour drive from rose hill. i applied in september and was offered housing. from what i've heard on facebook, you can go on a waitlist for a dorm. they accept more people than they know will enroll and so MOST freshmen will be in a dorm when fall comes. maybe it has something to do with when you applied and how close you are.</p>
<p>i called FU on friday to make sure i was accepted to rose hill (the email did not specify). i was but the next day i got a letter that said I was accepted to lincoln center. it said this included housing. i contacted them and they told me it was just a mistake that it said lincoln center and that i was offered housing at rose hill. i sent in my deposit for $300 (the amount if you reside on campus) today.</p>
<p>I think people probably already said it, but you should still go to Fordham even if you can't get housing. I think commuting is great for freshman year. Take it from a resident of the dorms at Fordham, my roommates keep me up until 3am, it can get pretty crazy.
And if you don't want to miss out on the partying, its easy to make friends with residents and you can stay overnight.
But, anyway, Fordham is a great school and its getting better every year, so if you have the chance to go you should.</p>
<p>and say the exact opposite. maybe i'll be the lone one saying so idk. but i commuted and it sucked. and i was local too. it's a very different atmosphere for commuters at fordham. there is still a divide that can be felt, especially that first year, because freshman are getting to meet each other in the dorms, and the commuters can't meet as many freshman since they commute. they can try to stay and hang out but even that's tough since you are commuting. and as far as staying over night at dorms if you commute, good luck. fordham is horrible when it comes to having non-dorm residents into your building, even if you dorm on campus. i could live in hughes and if i try to have someone over from almuni court south, they have to get signed in and show id. otherwise you can't go in. and then you have to get signed out. stay passed 330am and you get fined unless you get a visitor's pass which you have to get at least a day in advance i believe.</p>
<p>some people say that it'll be better if you commute and healthy for you, but that's because they went through it. unless you go through it yourself you're always going to be left wondering what it could have been like dorming. it's quite different from commuting. i live in the bronx, and i still dorm.</p>
<p>on a side note, i've noticed fordham can be really weird about assigning housing. i've had friends who were from nj who didn't get offered housing their freshman year. those friends ended up just renting an apt off campus. i've also met people who lived right in the area (the bronx, and other parts of the city) but were offered housing. i won't try to make sense of it. maybe their exceptions or have excruciating circumstances. who knows, but weirder things have happened.</p>
<p>the important thing is that if you want to dorm you should get your name on that waiting list asap. if you don't get it first semester, you'll probably have a better chance of getting it the second semester as many people transfer out or leave school for whatever reason.</p>
<p>seafoodlover, you said, "Frankly, you may be better off commuting. While its a pain in the neck you still meet LOTS of people in class, hanging out on Eddie's, in the cafeteria, in the gym, or over at Pugsly's across the street."</p>
<p>This is patently falsethere is little to none commuter/resident interaction. As a current student, I can say that I have had little luck in pursuing friendships with commuters; it's the simple fact that they must and do leave campus. As a resident, I would never, ever, ever, ever want to be a commuter. Fordham is taking away a vital part of college life in not offering housing to certain people. I can think of no other university that systemically denies freshmen housing. Can you?</p>
<p>I think it's great. Fordham needs to move away from being such a regional school. If they can fill spots with people from outside the Tri-State area, they should. If it means some kids from the area that would otherwise have gone to Fordham no longer want to go there, so be it. I think it's a wonderful means for controlling the yield, for getting a more geographically diverse population, and reducing the commuter population.</p>
<p>fordhamgrad23 I agree. the commuter population is a remnant of Fordham's past, and needs to be done away with. every student should have a bed. and Fordham should offer money so it's affordable = happier students, more alumni donations, more prestige, et cetera. I've never met a group so dissatisfied with their Fordham experience than the commuter population.</p>