<p>What schools would be a safety? And which would be a reach?</p>
<p>Again, my measly opinion: </p>
<p>Columbia - Match
NYU - Match / Safety
Fordham - Safety
CUNY Baruch - Low match / very safe Safety
Cooper Union - ??? I’m not familiar enough with this school to guess. I would assume it would depend on her math and science scores pretty heavily. So if she’s an “art” person, Reach
NYU Poly - Low match / Very safe safety</p>
<p>My guesses. :o</p>
<p>Great thanks for the help.</p>
<p>wait, what did you mean by boroughs?</p>
<p>i.e. Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, etc.
[New</a> York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“New York City - Wikipedia”>New York City - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>You know what? I forgot about Pace. That’s also an option. There’s also St. John’s (?) I probably messed up that name. It’s St. something. They give free laptops (which is enough to keep me away, but to each his own).</p>
<p>Not sure if you want other input, but in addition to the schools mentioned and depending on how “artsy” your sister is, NYC a couple of specialized schools such as Parsons and FIT which are mainly art/architecture/design type schools. There is also the New School in the Village. To follow up, Sarah Lawrence is a small, formerly all woman’s college about 20 minutes north of NYC with a good reputation. Cooper Union is primarily an art/engineering school which has free tuition, making it competitive to get into. Another saftey would be Manhattan College (in Riverdale, Bronx). With her grades/scores, she should land at a great place - the school just needs to be a good fit for her.</p>
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<p>Thanks so much for all the help Plattsburgh. She, my dad and I seriously just spent the last hour or so looking at NYC colleges and she’s narrowed it down to Barnard, NYU and Sarah Lawrence.
My dad is actually planning to come to NYC in the next few weeks so that she and he can tour all of the schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions! I never even heard of Sarah Lawrence before, so you definitely helped us out. So far it looks like Sarah Lawrence is her first choice, then Barnard, then NYU. (I kind of wish I hadn’t showed her the website because for the past hour, all she’s talked about is Sarah Lawrence and Googling the school and looking it up on every college search site in existence. It does look like a perfect match for her)</p>
<p>Now I just have to figure out a back-up for myself if Brown doesn’t work out…
It’s so much easier helping other people than it is yourself lol.</p>
<p>ilovetoquilt- Is this the same person as nocousin, southernbbq, etc? Because if so, it’s just getting really creepy how you keep creating new usernames for the same reasons; defend Fordham as if it’s your job. Why? Your attitude/accusations just turn people off more than anything, and it’s seriously just strange! And you accused “PlattsburghLoser & WantsBrown” of bashing Fordham when they hadn’t said anything negative about it. The former transferred because FU wasn’t a fit for her, that doesn’t mean she can’t still post on this board, especially when she’s just sharing her firsthand opinion. Fordham isn’t for everyone</p>
<p>You don’t have to attack the posts of everyone who isn’t doting at Fordham’s feet, or who you disagree with; give us incoming/potential students some credit. We can make up our own minds without you trying to make it for us. Your attacks are just misguided and I just want to know why you insist on continuing this? It kind of makes me want to stay away from the Fordham board…It’s just so weird.</p>
<p>WantsBrown- ilovetoquilt (or whatever her real name is)'s behavior isn’t representative of the Fordham student body. I’m class of '13, but from the people I’ve spoken to, both incoming and upperclassmen, they’re all pretty chill and not…aggressive. They’ll tell you what they love/appreciate about Fordham, but they’ll be straight with you when it comes to its faults. I do love Fordham;–that’s why I chose the school–but I know it’s not for everyone. No school is for everyone; that’s why we have so many options. But some people don’t seem to get that…</p>
<p>If your sister is looking for something artsy and in NYC, well there are a lot of schools that fit that description. I don’t know too much about Sarah Lawrence, but I’ve heard good things about it. I feel like, with her stats, NYU would probably be her best bet, in terms of everything she seems to be looking for. She could also apply to Fordham at Lincoln Center (plenty of artsy/hipster types) as a mid to low match/ high safety; she could be looking at some really good FA.</p>
<p>Edit: Just read your last post. Barnard is a match, I think. She’ll most likely get it; and it’s a really good school! Hope she gets in.</p>
<p>And PlattsburghLoser, to respond to what you said before the whole mess started, yes Fordham does have a pretty good law school 
I’ll no doubt apply there, but the dream is probably NYU or Georgetown (if I decide I want to move back to D.C.)</p>
<p>from what I understand, plattsburghloser was at LC. </p>
<p>Columbia and NYu are not really matches. That’s like saying Harvard is a match. Its a long shot for even the most amazing students/</p>
<p>Pace has a very small nice campus downtown. FIT and parsons are for those that want a very specialized education.</p>
<p>Nyu and Sarah Lawrence are planets apart when it comes ot “ambience” Amazing schools, but really different.</p>
<p>If she is applying to NYU, barnard and Columbia, she needs more real matches.</p>
<p>And a city campus, like NYU is very different from a more suburan campus, like Sarah Lawrence, just like LC is very different from RH. Neither worse nor better, just different.</p>
<p>Ps- you can’t assume anything about any reach or match schools these days. With some schools having 10% admitance rate, calling it a match is foolish. Or to assume you will get in is foolish. There are no real matches for the top 25 schools. Its a crap shot even for the best of the best. And wantsbrown sister needs to be aware of that, or disappointment will prevail.</p>
<p>Look up some of the posts from kids who got rejected. Some amazing stats, amazing ECs, amazing recs, but when its one out of 10, or `1 out of 8, shear numbers get in the way.</p>
<p>Anyone else out there want real uptodate information about Fordham, move in, etc, please ask the informed posters here.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the help! I think Barnard or Sarah Lawrence is a good match for her too. She and my dad haven’t visited either yet, but from the little we’ve seen, it seems very “her” at both schools.
We’re all coming up to NYC in a few weeks, I’ll ask if she wants to look at Fordham too. What’s Lincoln Center? </p>
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<p>You seem to know a lot about Plattsburgh. I have to second their question, are you “stalking” them? I don’t know that much about anybody on CC. And if you’re spending that much time reading their old posts, that is really strange. Especially seeing as how Plattsburgh has thousands of posts. </p>
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<p>Not to mention the hypocrisy of it. Don’t attack Fordham but we’ll attack both of you. </p>
<p>I’m glad they are not a representation of the school. Besides ilovetoquilt and dlcor, everyone else has seemed pretty friendly.</p>
<p>THe reason I noticed that platssburghlooser went to LC is that the LC orientation dates, move in, process, is DIFFERENT from the RH one, and that is an importnat thing to know if someone is talking about the school.</p>
<p>Also, the campuses and programs are different, just like the two campuses of pace are different. Just like Barnard and Columbia have different processes.</p>
<p>Its also important to know, if someone is talking about their experiences at a certain school, if they are takling about the dorms, did they live in the dorms or just know by word of mouth. If they are in a special program. For instance, if you want to be an engineering major, the school you go to, their engineering department would matter. Would you go to a school that is more known for its liberal arts, has a core curriculum, etc if you want to specialize in engineering?</p>
<p>Also, if you are going to talk about problems you have at a certain school, wouldn’t you want to know which campus that person actually had experience with? If a person complained about the campus, are they talking about LC or RH?</p>
<p>As well, when someone declines to give answers about a certain school and their summer program, etc, I wonder how much experience they really have there. Especailly if they are saying its light years better than a school they just left. </p>
<p>If you are going to represent yourself as having experience someplace, then its good to know what expereience you had and where.</p>
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<p>Plattsburgh answered all of my questions. Just not yours.</p>
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<p>Is this you admitting that you didn’t ask Plattsburgh those questions because of “your D’s interest” and you were indeed just playing check up?</p>
<p>Also my question was about posts like this
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<p>How do you know all of this unless you’re really following this person around? It’s bizarre.
You know his lease, his major, when he transferred, where he lives. That’s creepy as hell.</p>
<p>And if collegebound was right about you having more accounts, then your weird rating just went up about ten notches. </p>
<p>You know a lot about somebody you claim to dislike</p>
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<p>Fordham has two campuses, one in Manhattan and one in the Bronx. Rose Hill, the “main” campus, is in the Bronx; that’s the big, pretty one you’ve probably seen in the pictures, with the green space and beautiful buildings. It’s larger, and got more of the traditional college feel to it.</p>
<p>Lincoln Center is the campus located in Manhattan. It’s not as pretty, basically a couple of buildings thrown together. Since it’s right in NYC, it’s attracts more artsy kinds of kids, and a lot of the students are in theater/dance/visual arts programs. There are other majors too, (for example, I’m a poly sci major), but those seem to be the dominant majors here. It’s a little harder to get into LC if you want to dorm, since there’s limited space, but there building new dorms so that shouldn’t be an issue soon.</p>
<p>No I really want to know about Columbias summer porgram. I know that there is a way to take cross courses between columiba and fordham,and that they are part of a library consotium. Its a real question. I tried to shift the focus away from personalities and give Platssburgh a chance to brag on Columbia. But got nada.</p>
<p>And you don’t need to follow any one around. Egad. All I did was go to threads create by plattsburgh here on CC. Its easy, go take a look yourself. In her posts, the headlines are about engeering programs, deciding between two schools, sending in depostis to both (an ethical no-no, etc) Took all of about 5 minutes.</p>
<p>And as I follow the FOrdham thread, I noticed her posts. People look at other peoples posting histories all the time. Its a common practice, otherwise, why would CC even bother to have such an easy way to look?</p>
<p>So, you can plattsburgh can just have this thread. I am not childish, nor immature, merely curious when I sense something that just doesn’t feel right. I asked Plattsburgh a very valid useful question that might have helped others. A chance to start over. If she read into more than that, not my problem.</p>
<p>Which one is better? Where do you go to?
I’ll try doing a quick search on both.</p>
<p>Also, it was important to note that plattsburgh went to LC, as that was the scool she couldn’t way to leave. Seems an important distiction to make.</p>
<p>You are pretty immature, ilovetoquilt. You’re acting very childish and are attempting to bully someone who is probably less than half your age and, are now, getting into an argument with someone in high school.</p>
<p>By the way, I’ve sent Plattsburgh the PM you sent me. I think it’s only fair.</p>
<p>Anyway, thank you to the two of you who helped me out with schools for my sister. I know my million questions were probably a little irritating but I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>I’m dreading dealing with my schools now. I only have one picked and am going back and forth between choosing backups or being so bold as to only apply to Brown.</p>