<p>Son applied to 12 schools and narrowed choices down to Fordham, Loyola, Scranton and Marist. S plans on studying business and after school believes he'll be staying in the NYC metro area. Fordham and Loyola have slight edge and cost may be a factor.
Looking at what the schools have to offer in terms of
1- quality of business programs
2- quality of overall education
3- job placement/networking
4- social life
5- overall college experience</p>
<p>son attends all boys catholic HS, good student (3.8gpa), athlete, easy going and Type B personality.</p>
<p>Great choices he has, sportsman! </p>
<p>All else being equal (although you said on another thread there is a $9000 difference in there), with his desire to stay in the NYC metro area, I would probably choose Fordham. My H went there and loves it to this day. Plus they have a great President (former President of Scranton ;).)</p>
<p>If for some reason you rule out Fordham, knowing what I know now about Jesuit education, I would select either Scranton or Loyola. As for educational quality and job placement, I can tell you that one of S’s friends at Scranton has a NYC accounting job in hand already for after graduation. Others are also set but I don’t get all the details all the time :). But that is not to disparage Marist either. Marist was originally on our list but, for reasons unique to our situation, it came off. It may work perfectly for your son.</p>
<p>Each one of those campuses is different with a different feel. Can you visit each school again so he can compare them one last time in his own mind?</p>
<p>Well have done several visits to Scranton and I am personally very happy with the school and everything else. Fordham is 35 min. away and will be going back, Loyola got a date in April and Marist is 1 hour away so will get it done. Did recaluate numbers again and as of now it was actually $6500/yr difference. I also spoke to friend VP and 20+yrs at JPMorgan. Said Loyola and Fordham are pretty equal in business programs, then Scranton, but Marist is not as strong or well known. Need a 3.25 gpa at MINIMUM for the big firms to even look at your resume and once in it what you can do, like most other jobs. We will do our round one more time and likely will come down to preference.</p>
<p>I almost went to scranton but finally decided that I really didnt like the area, I grew up near marist and they have waterfront access and are closer to the cool part of Po-Town so maybe he would like it there more. If you really like the city enviorment I would say Frodham</p>
<p>Decision was made. Scranton. Cost of attendance to colleges was a factor as well as many others but it knocked out 2 of his top choices (Loyola/Fordham). While S liked Marist and has 2 good friends going there he also liked Scranton and for him had a great feel/fit. Not sure what snowboarding opportunities are in the P-town area of Marist but Scranton has that as well as other things.</p>
<p>Great decision. My son will be in his third year come August . He has done very well & made great friends. Unfortunately he will be moving off campus ( as most do ) .</p>
<p>lettielou ~ My son also moved off campus for junior and senior years. Although I would have liked him to live on campus, it worked out great for him and his friends. Even though the house was not quite up to my standards ;), it was a very sad day when we cleaned out the house after graduation, closed the doors for the last time and drove away. I didn’t expect either of us to be quite so emotional, but the whole Scranton experience was truly a part of all of our lives. </p>
<p>The new upperclass housing complex will provide more options for the juniors and seniors, so I will bet more will be staying on campus. I know my son’s landlord didn’t have his house rented for next year until almost the end of this past semester which was really late. I remember son and friends had to sign their lease by Christmas of their sophomore year to secure it!</p>
<p>That’s certainly a sign of changes to come with rentals. I have not been to the U campus since February but will be going to the orientation. Son was going to go with a couple of classmates who are also attending U of Scranton but school was pushing it and I wanted to see it myself again anyway. Kitty56, I have meet many alum and parents of current students or alum in the past few weeks. Have heard that the kids are very happy with academic challenge, programs and social life and many fond memories. I think it was the right choice for him and so a new journey will soon begin.</p>