<p>I've been getting quite a few PMs and emails about why I decided not to attend Fordham at LC. So if anyone wants to ask questions, I figured here is a good place to do it and it will give other prospective Fordham LCers an idea of several different opinions. Ok so here is my opinion and anyone can ask questions or add their own opinion. I said I didn't get a good vibe and that's why I won't be attending FULC but here is a little bit better of an explanation although it is a little hard to explain, but here goes nothing.
I'm really big on karma and I just didn't get good karma from Fordham LC. Beyond the vibe/karma issue I also realized that it was too small for me. There are only about 1300 undergrads and 60% are commuters. I like ALOT of people and obviously LC doesn't have that. Also, the campus is tiny, only two buildings which are actually connected. I realize that NYC is right outside your door, but still I do care about campus and the one at LC isn't for me because I would feel too confined in the two buildings. Also, I'm a very musical person and while Fordham LC is trying to expand their music offerings they currently only offer 2 music courses a semester and I think you can all agree that that is slim pickin's. Finally, I realized that the people aren't the type of people that I'd typically become friends with. They were cool people and really nice just not typically the people that I'd be attracted to or usually be friends with. So in the end with all of that said, I just realized that LC wasn't where I belonged.</p>
<p>I hope this helps a bit! Good luck with admissions and with your desicion!</p>
<p>Hi sopranosweety! Fordham is either my first or second choice school right now, and if I go, it will most likely be to LC (unless I don't get in to that campus). You said that the people at LC weren't the type of people that you'd usually make friends with. Could you please tell me a little more about the kinds of people that you like versus the kinds of people you found at LC so I can have better idea of what the students there are like? Thanks!</p>
<p>I mean its hard for me to charecterize the people that I'm normally friends with. Like I said, I am very into vibes and I choose my friends on vibes. Weird, I know. You can call me a hippie for the year 2005. Anyways, I come from Bergen County NJ a particularly affluent area where people are typically kinda high and mighty. Fordham, and Manhattan, being only a half hour from Bergen County alot of the people at Fordham are like the people in Bergen County. Anyways, the people were cool but they were very much like most of the people at my current high school and I want to get away from that. I mean I don't want to be mean because they were certainly nice people just not typically the type of people I would associate with. They seemed to be concerned with appearances and such and I just try to stray from that. However, I can tell you that I only spent one night with these people so who knows, I might have gotten the wrong impression. The biggest suggestion I can give you is spend a night yourself. After spending a night at FULC I just knew that it wasn't for me. I hope you can have the same opportunity. Good luck with everything and I hope this helped!</p>
<p>Thanks, soprano! I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to visit FULC, but I'm sure that if I do end up there for college I'll (hopefully) be able to find some people who aren't <em>too</em> overly concerned with status. Thanks for the insight!</p>
<p>Sarah- I just wanted to add that this was like a group of 15-20 people that I met. As in any school there are all different types of people and you will find your miche no matter where you go. However, I have heard from girls from my school who now go to FULC that a good majority of Fordham students are like the ones I met however, I repeat, there are lots of types of people at every school and you WILL find your niche.</p>