<p>Will anyone fit in there and be happy? Are people friendly? Is there much of a community there? What is a typcial night consist of socially. Do you meet a lot of people in the residence hall? Does anyone know if there is a lot of hands on training in the media concentration? Have you had difficulty getting all courses you wanted at the LC campus?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I go to FCLC and have met many different types of people who fit in quite well. If you want to meet a lot of people in the residence hall you will, but if you’re not actively looking to get to know people it can be easy at times to get lost in the shuffle socially. Although I never really went out of my way to find people and consider myself friends with almost everyone on the floor. A typical night socially is whatever you make it. For a while my typical night was studying till 2 then going to sleep. Then a typical night was staying up till 4 playing music in the common room, and now i almost always spend each night watching movies with friends. Weekends are different though. On an average weekend the dorms empty out significantly between 10 and 2-3. You’re in Manhattan so basically a typical night socially can be anything you want it to be.</p>
<p>I agree with Brian. My daughter is a freshman there and has met lots of people and has many different groups of friends. Some of her roommates are not as social, and stay in the dorm more, but have become friends with others in their dorm who are like them. Some of her other roommates hang around with people in their classes, but have not extended themselves to meet others. It’s really what you put into it. If you are open to going to different extra curricular clubs and groups on campus, you will meet lots of people. If you make an effort to meet others on your floor, you will also have a larger circle of friends. There is so much to do in Manhattan and so many opportunities to have different experiences, if you even look a little, you will find lots to do and lots of people to do it with. One tip that is helpful is to consider doing Urban Plunge, a two or three day program before orientation, that is an outreach into the community and you also meet a great group of people before school even starts. Many people have made very strong friendships right away with people during Urban Plunge, and you get to meet upper classmen as well.</p>
<p>My daughter is only a first semester freshman, so she has not had much experience in getting classes, but she had no trouble getting the classes she wanted fall semester or spring semester (they pre-registered for spring already). She is a communications and media major, but has not taken any of those classes yet as Fordham has a very specified group of core classes, which she is taking this year.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Current freshman at LC speaking from personal and collective experience.</p>
<p>Will anyone fit in there and be happy?
Yes and no…We have a joke you either have to be a hipster, a dancer, or oriented a particular way sexually to go to LC. Although its a joke, it still holds some validity. There are a ton of “creative” types, alot of the girls are dancers (which is a plus if youre straight, believe me 
), and quite a few that are oriented differently sexually. This is in no way shape or form much like the Fordham RH campus. Its an urban campus, the traditional college experience is not really here. The people you meet in your first few weeks will become your tight knit group of friends unless you reach out, which is somewhat difficult here. The fact everyone lives in an apartment isolates us as students because we dont have to leave the apartment to eat, be entertained, use the restrooms, etc when we would have to at a normal dorm style school. The doors aren’t allowed to stay open either due to fire regulations. But you will make friends from your own friends, branch out if you want to…its just a little different here.</p>
<p>Are people friendly?
Like I said, yes and no. The school is so tiny you’ll begin to recognize people and such, so yes and no.
Is there much of a community there?
Typical college community, no. There aren’t pregame rallys, no sort of all school partys or concerts, just events thrown by this club and that (and theyre all pretty terrible…)</p>
<p>What is a typcial night consist of socially?
Personally, I am in the city at clubs, concerts, other friends dorms (NYU, etc), bars. We pregame here then head into the city for dinner or whatever the night holds. Some people just drink here and watch movies, play games, go to broadway shows, SNL, that sort of thing. The campus is really dead though, there arent huge events on campus on the weekends at all, so you’ll have to venture out. The RA’s are strict on noise violations and drinking (clinking bottles are a sure giveaway), so people try to be lowkey down here. Columbus circle is a major hub for the subway system so getting anywhere isn’t hard.</p>
<p>Do you meet a lot of people in the residence hall?
Nope, like I said, it tends to isolate you and the RA’s do little to try to bring everyone together.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there is a lot of hands on training in the media concentration?
My good friend is in the media concentration, and its an intensive program. Don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>Have you had difficulty getting all courses you wanted at the LC campus?
The academic advisors are still getting used to the new core, so registering for spring was an absolute mess. Alot of the courses are reserve-closed, meaning that other students are “preferred” (I think upperclassmen or people NEEDING them for their major) to register into them due to reasons beyond me. Alot of my classes were filled and I had to scramble to register for different ones although the course selector online said they were still open.</p>