<p>After receiving all my acceptances and rejections i have narrowed my selection down to Northeastern Syracuse and Fordham-Lincoln Center and I simply cannot choose, Unfortunately i cannot visit any of the campuses as my location makes it impossible, I plan to major in environmental Sciences. Could some people list some of the pros and con's of each college/uni, so that i can finally decide :)</p>
<p>Is money a factor? Will they cost you about the same? Can you afford some but not all?</p>
<p>I can only do Fordham Lincoln Center’s pros/cons, based on some visits and talking to students, both on the “panel,” and more privately.</p>
<p>Positives[ul]
[<em>] Heart of Manhattan, GREAT area
[</em>] Affiliations with so many organizations, libraries, other universities, NYC really is your campus
[<em>] Jesuit education, if you like that. Catholic community, but welcoming of other faiths. Allow Muslim students to pray in the chapel, a Jewish professor who has been there for years said he was more comfortable being Jewish there than he was at all the schools he had attended as a student and taught at as a professor (all Ivy League schools).
[</em>] Very inclusive community, everyone is welcomed. Good amount of diversity. When I last visited, I was seated with one student from Puerto Rico, one from China, one from California, and one from Costa Rica. None from the Tristate area, though I heard others there saying they were from NY or NJ.
[<em>] Good sense of community, from what I saw on multiple visits
[</em>] Top notch faculty
[<em>] Strong alumni network in NYC and Northeast (including Denzel Washington, not that he will have a particular effect on you)
[</em>] Second largest green space in Manhattan
[<em>] Nearly unlimited entertainment/social opportunities, much free, a lot reduced for students
[</em>] For residents, a midtown Manhattan apartment that most people could only dream of (multiple rooms, you share a room with your roommate, between the two or three rooms, there’s a common area, kitchen, bathroom, and some other things. Great views)
[<em>] Access to classes, services, and campus at larger Rose Hill
[</em>] Professors know and care about you. Dean told a story about a kid named Greg, who was a history major. A bunch of his professors were impressed by his abilities and got together to form a faculty panel to help him get into the best grad school possible. He’s currently on a full ride to Harvard’s PhD program.
[<em>] There’s a sense of self-reliance in the city, if that suits you
[</em>] On the rise. Growing popularity and recognition around the country. New building, expansion, research. Applicants going up each year, so it’s getting more popular, especially in other parts of the country
[li] New. York. City. Cultural capital of the world. “Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself.” -John Lennon[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Negatives[ul]
[<em>] Second largest green space in Manhattan is still pretty small. Campus is only four acres. Two undergrad buildings and a law school building. New law school and new residence hall being built, though.
[</em>] New York City can be overwhelming for some, and some people are not suited to it.
[<em>] If you aren’t good at making friends, then you may be out of the social scene if you’re a commuter and not living on campus.
[</em>] The city requires a sense of self-reliance, which doesn’t suit some people.
[<em>] The cafeteria isn’t for all your food needs and closes a lot. Your meal plan is small, since you need to get food elsewhere, so this involves grocery shopping and cooking
[</em>] It’s a pretty expensive area. There are certainly cheap places for good food around, but there are also a lot of places too expensive to be an every day thing for the average college student.
[<em>] Not quite the “traditional” campus or experience, which is more Rose Hill
[</em>] If you do not like Catholics, this isn’t the place for you. Religion isn’t pushed down your throat, but you will have to deal with seeing Jesuits a lot and having them as professors
[li] The core is too much for some people who want to just focus on one thing.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Of course, these are just my perceptions after some visits. Colleges tend to bring out the best for visits. Good luck deciding.</p>
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