<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I will be entering my sophomore year of college in the fall. I plan on finishing out my sophomore year at the school I am currently at now, then hopefully transferring to Fordham for my junior and senior year. I am fairly confident that I would be accepted to Fordham, my grades are very good, I have an excellent resume, lots of internships, etc. (This is not a what are my chances post.) However, if there are any students who have already transferred to Fordham, students who will be transferring, or parents of students who have transferred, or current students who know people who have transferred, I have some questions about transitioning to life at Fordham and handling the course load. </p>
<p>First, would it be hard to transition socially at Fordham, as a junior, since it is a medium to small size school? I'm worried that the students wouldn't be very willing to make new friends or branch out by their junior year.</p>
<p>At the end of my two years I will have about 60 credits, most of which should be transferable. However, did any transfer students find it hard to complete the required core classes, as well the major courses? Also, I am planning to study communication and media studies with a political science minor. </p>
<p>Finally, for any transfers out there, how was your experience with housing? I know on the Fordham website it says that Fordham does not give housing to transfer students. I find this hard to believe, but I would really like to get housing! </p>
<p>Did anyone have a good experience transferring to Fordham that they would mind sharing?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>There are very specific rules about transfering. Generally speaking, most transfers do it their sophomore year, to avoid the problem of credits not being taken and to ensure they meet major and graduation requirements. While your gpa may make you a good candidate for transfer, there are many factors which go into that decision. I would contact Fordham Admissions directly (and now is a good time to do that before the next frenzied cycle gets started) and go over all the details. Ask them how many Juniors are allowed to transfer in, if that poses any problems to graduate ontime and so forth. Give them a copy of your transcript so they can evaluate it and give you some indication of what credits they will take and what won’t transfer. Fordham has a very long list of courses for core requirements and that can be a problem. </p>
<p>Just having a high gpa is not the only factor they look at. Ask Fordham.</p>
<p>Before you decide to transfer you have to really evaluate how it will affect you. First, transferring credits. This is the most important aspect. Though most of your credits will transfer, most likely all, the question is will they fulfill major and core requirements or will they be transferred as electives. This will determine how many classes you will have to take to earn your degree. You will most likely go through an evaluation of the classes that could meet a requirement at Fordham so make sure you have all of the syllabi for the classes you have already taken. Don’t worry about social life, just join clubs and make friends with your roomates. Housing will be very up in the air. It is definetly not guarenteed for anyone who was not given it freshmen year and from what I’ve heard from a transfer student is they don’t give it to then either. At the LC campus, housing is very small. It is one high rise building packed full of students. This is why 50% of the students are commuters. Regarding the number of students allowed to transfer in, Fordham has a +50% acceptance rate for transfers according to College Board. What people don’t realize is a lot of Fordham students are trying to transfer to other NYC schools (NYU, Columbia) or cannot cope to city life and move to a school closer to home. These kids that apply to transfer open up spots for people to transfer in. </p>
<p>If and only if, you know whole-heartedly that you want to go to Fordham, what you can do is take classes this year that are similar if not exact to classes that meet Fordham core and major requirements. This will help ensure graduating on time. </p>
<p>Good luck, and I know they’ll be atleast one spot open because I just transferred to Stern at NYU. So you can have my spot. Lol</p>
<p>Thank you both for the advice, I am going to visit Fordham (Rose Hill Campus) soon and I will be sure to go over the transferable credits and so on. </p>
<p>Rob2391, if you dont mind what made you decide to transfer to NYU? Was it simply a better business program?</p>
<p>As a transfer student myself I once spoke to a secretary at FU who told me that they prefer “fresher” transfer students over transfers who’ve already completed most of their schooling elsewhere. Maybe she didn’t know what she was talking about but I guess it makes sense that a school would want a student they could mold as opposed to one who has already had their “college experience” somewhere else.</p>
<p>Well Stern has always been my dream, but I also felt like Fordham wasn’t right for me. I made the choice to go to Fordham because I knew it was a great stepping stone to get to NYU. But that’s just me, I know a bunch of people who love it there and are happy and others who aren’t. I was also at the LC campus where things can seem very high school like and where you’ll find more of the unhappy crowd.</p>