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The best thing bout Fordham is its location because Manhattan is close enough by, but being located in the Bronx, Fordham students have the benefit of having almost a separate "college-city" if you will. Arthur Avenue (the original Little Italy) is a block from campus and all of the great restaurants make a fuss over Fordham students and give a 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} discount. I think that Fordham is a great size- I never feel overwhelmed or unnoticed on campus. There's always a recognizable face but there's also always someone new to meet. In class, teachers generally know your name as well. There is a good amount of school pride on campus, but being a cheerleader, I get to interact with a number of alumni as well, and their school pride is shocking. Fordham alumni take care of each other and the university and to say that they are extremely proud to have graduated Fordham would be an understatement. At any alumni function, the alumni relations department makes sure to go above and beyond to take care of the alumni and it's really comforting to see. Even in my hometown or in my travels, whenever I encounter a Fordham graduate a great conversation is sure to follow. Fordham really does produce great individuals from all different walks of life.

best thing: new york city of course I would change the cafeteria, it sucks so bad, and it has the worst possible hours of service Size: since we have two campuses the class sizes are spread out, so I would say that it is a little small, but I do like seeing kids when i walk around campus Reaction:if I talk to someone on the east coast they think this school is prestigious, but if I tell someone at home in california, they are always like 'what? Florida?' so currently this school is not that well known out there Spend time: being pre-med and playing a Division I sport, i spend my time in the library and pool Town: only the best! it is new york city, there is always something to do, sooo much funnn Fordham's administration: I like them because they do a great job in making Fordham a better school, our president is wonderful and the goal of Fordham is to be the premier catholic school by 2016, and with Fr. McShane, I firmly believe that we will reach this goal, he is amazing. So for academics and creating a more and more prestigious school, the fordham admin is great. but when it comes to the awful cafeteria, the admin does nothing. also student activities are pretty lame that are run by the admin. controversy: it regarded the security gaurds. living in the bronx we need a big security force, and the issue surrounded if the guards could join the 'security guard' union, and the current security company would not let them join the union, so the students organized a demonstration for Fordham to switch the security companies, and the administration did switch companies. school pride: is weak, our sports teams aren't that good which is where most pride comes from. and our alumni donation is extremely low! unusual: a lot of gay guys, which is not bad by all means!! experience: living in new york city for the most fun 4 years of my life complaints: cafeteria (known as the 'caf'), dorm room policies (i.e. guests), underfunding of the athletic teams, especially water polo

The best thing about Fordham is the people you meet. The connections you can make are outstanding. The friends that I have made here I will be friends with the rest of my life, and that's more than I can ask for. I would change the amount of money that goes into the sports here. We don't have nearly enough support for the Men's Soccer team and I'm sure it's the same way with other sports. The size of the school is perfect for me. You will know alot of the people in your class, and that's just what I wanted. People are generall very impressed when you tell them you go to Fordham. It is an elite university with a prestigous name behind it. I spend most of my time on campus on an athletic field of some kind. Either on Coffey Field, Murphy, Walsh Training Center, or in Lombardi Center. I don't really like the way the school is run. I like the core programming idea, but there are some downsides. I HATE the lottery process, it's a rediculous idea. I love where I'm living next year but I hate the way it was chosen. I don't like the meetings that we have to attend. And the fact that we are punished for not going to something like orientation? Stupid. Some people just want to go to their classes. A friend of mine received a housing sanction fo missing an orientation meeting when he was clearly depressed about going to school here. That's just downright unfair. There is a pretty good amount of school pride, but not nearly enough. I wouldn't say that there is any controversy on campus, at least any I'm aware of. Fordham is an amazing school, so I would say that it's definitely out of the ordinary. The people you will meet here will shape the rest of your life, without a doubt. I will always remember my freshman soccer season. Starting 17 games, getting 5 shutouts and making the Atlantic-10 tournament after defeating Richmond away from home. One of the best moments of my life.

The best thing about Fordham is that it becomes your home away from home very easily. The people are nice and the campus is beautiful. If I had to change one thing, it would be the cafeteria hours. Other than that I am very pleased with my decision to go to Fordham. When people, hear that I go there they tend to be very impressed. Fordham has a great academic reputation. I spend most of my time on Eddy's in the warm weather, but when it is cold I spend a lot of time in the dorms with friends or in the cafeteria.

Best thing about Fordham is our large campus in the city. I would change the core curriculum a bit (not so strict, give more leverage). The size of the school is just right. People are impressed when they hear I go to Fordham. "What college town?" we have the entire city at our feet. Biggest controversy on campus was the security guards not being treated well.

A Catholic University in New York City. It’s kind of an oxymoron if you think about it. I mean, here I am, enrolled in a strict Catholic school where I can’t even have my boyfriend stay in my room past 3 in the morning. But I’m also in one of the most liberal cities in the world where anything goes and anything is possible. Fordham and the city play a game of tug of war with the students. I mean, on church on Sunday, there is always whispering of how awesome our weekends were and how drunk we got and how we can’t remember a thing from Friday night. The administration, run by the Jesuits, is strict and firm about their policies. I guess they have to be in a place like New York. Our gates are guarded at every entrance. In each and every dorm there is one entrance and one guard. Not only does Fordham teach us the curriculum, but my friends and the stupid rules at Fordham promote kids to be creative in getting around them. Sneakiness and rule-avoidance is an important trait if you want to make it around here. Rule Number One: At Fordham, not only do students from other schools need to sign in, Fordham students who don’t live in that particular dorm need to sign in as well. I find this a bit ridiculous. I mean, anyone who goes to Fordham should be able to get into any building with his or her student ID. But this is not so at Fordham. My friends and I have some tricks to get around this stupid rule. For one, my good friend and I look pretty similar. Unfortunately, she lives in a different dorm. Instead of worrying about signing me in and out, she’ll come outside and give me her ID. I’ll walk in with it, flash it to the guard so he sees that I live there, and walk right in. No signing in, no problem. One tip though, make sure your friend is able to get back into her own dorm. That could spell trouble. But if this does occur, there is always plan B. If you have a friend who lives on the ground level of the dorm destination you are trying to reach, they can remove the screen, you sneak over to the window, and hop right in. Easy as that. No harm, no foul. What could be the reason behind this rule? There has to be one. The guards at Fordham must see some crazy stuff. We are surrounded by the Bronx. I got a clue as to why the guards are so hard ass on this rule. While in my previously mentioned friend’s dorm, we were watching a movie upstairs in her room. It was late, so she had fallen asleep. When my roommate and I went to leave, we went downstairs to sign ourselves out. (This was before we had figured out the schemes to get around this.) We explained to the guard that our host was asleep and we were just going to sign out. “No you really can’t do that,” the Jamaican-accented man boomed at us from behind the desk. “Why not?” we asked. “We feel bad waking her up.” “Just have her come down here. I have to make sure you haven’t raped and killed her.” Well, I’m not an expert on rape or murder or who normally fits those profiles, but I never before thought I would be a suspect. I am 5’6, weigh 130, Caucasian female, with brown hair and green eyes. I know we aren’t supposed to judge people by the way they look, but I think this guard may have following that ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ rule too strictly. However, it is comforting to have these guards here on campus. Who knows what can happen in the dirty B.X.? Rule Number Two: Those students who have significant others and want them to sleep over can’t get an overnight pass for someone of the opposite sex. This is because Fordham is a “Catholic University” and premarital sex is not allowed in the Catholic tradition. Fine. But did these Jesuits fail to recognize that homosexuality isn’t allowed in the Catholic Church and is much more frowned upon? If they are going by that logic, our Fordham homosexuals who have significant others coming to stay would have no problem getting a guest pass and consequently getting it on. But nevertheless, for all of our heterosexual Fordham students, we have one easy fix for this rule: make friends with a guy or girl in your dorm and have him or her get a guest pass for your boyfriend or girlfriend. Piece of cake. The security guards don’t really care as long as you have the paperwork. They are too busy hating their lives signing drunken 18 year olds in and out from 10 pm to 6 am.

-The best thing about Fordham is it's location. Our motto really holds true: "Fordham is my school, New York is my campus". Options are endless being so close to Manhattan. -I would change the food provider on campus. The food is just DISGUSTING... poor quality and sometimes inedible. We pay so much money.. the least you can do us is feed us well. -I feel the school's size is just right. -People are usually impressed when I tell them I go to Fordham. We have a very good reputation. -I spent most of my time either in my room, or in off-campus housing. I frequent the library, as well. -"What college town?" Fordham students stick out like a sore thumb in the middle of the Bronx. -I am not impressed by Fordham's administration. I feel like there is no one on this campus who will advocate for me. I often feel like I can never find guidance from anyone when needed. -Biggest controversy? Um... security guards being treated unfairly? -I think there is a moderate amount of school pride. I don't think everyone is as involved as they can be in the school's athletics and such. -Nothing unusual about Fordham... that i can think of. -Most frequent student complaints are about the food at Fordham. YUCK.

Hmmm... Best thing about Fordham?! I'd have to say the opportunities --- there's so many doors open to you - whether thats a study abroad program, a community service activity, anything going on in the city, internships, academics, or the massive amount of clubs or activities on the campus itself. You become a Fordham student, are handed these opportunities, and you get to spend four years tryng them out. I have to be stereotypical in what I'd change about Fordham - the food plan. Lots of other schools have chains of restuarants on campus where the meal plan is exclusively dollar for dollar and there are many establishments throughout campus. While Fordham has a couple of places to eat around campus, I think improvements could be made. And Fordham's large enough that you are not limited in possibilities, but small enough that walking across campus is not like walking through a bunch of strangers - you always run into familiar faces going from place to place (and that's something I found very comforting Freshman Year!) The name Fordham represents something valuable, especially in the corporate world today. It gets people to look up from the desk and listen to what you have to say. College town - not exactly --- but College City - most definately. I think the most memorable events are the spontaneous ones... in the winter after it had snowed, Eddie's Parade became a sheet of ice. During exams, as people exited the cafeteria after Midnight Breakfast and headed back to the dorms, people began skating across Eddie's. It started out with a couple of kids and within 10 minutes theres must have been 200 of us on the lawn. It was childish, it was silly, and it was just the temporary stress reliever we needed to motivate us to get through a couple hours of studying. And for all the parents that wondered how I did on the exam the next day - I got an A!

The best thing about Fordham is that there are a few teachers and classes that are absolutely excellent. It also has a good location. To change the school I would fire every single member of the administration that is not involved with Academics and replace them with someone who can do their job. The school size is fine. Some people are impressed when they hear I go to Fordham because it has a prestigious reputation, others thinking I'm saying I go to "Florida." Fordham is not in a college town, it is in a neighborhood in the Bronx called Belmont which partly hates Fordham students because they are obnoxious after 11PM on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday and partly needs them because of the economy we push through the otherwise poor neighborhood. Fordham's Administration will see two paths. One path will be short, effective, and toward the goal. The other path will be long, expensive, windy, with no end in site. Fordham's administration, in every single situation, without fail, will go with the longer, harder way of doing things that may or may not actually achieve the goal. The Student Affairs division, with a particular emphasis on the office of Residential Life, are easily the most ineffective administrations of any school I've ever gone to or heard of. That is saying something considering I never thought it would get worse than my high school. The most recent controversy on campus was our underpaid security guards. The Progressive Students for Justice, or the most obnoxious and alienating group of students on campus, protested to have the contract with Summit Security terminated. Their protests were successful and the school is currently accepting bids from security companies who will pay the guards more money. There is a decent amount of school pride. The pride is limited from growing by the fact that the minute you step into this school, every office but the academic offices treat you like shit until about six months before you're going to graduate. It leaves most graduates bitter. Fordham is a traditional 85 acre campus in a city. That is pretty unique. I'll always remember move in day. It was raining. The most frequent student complaints are everything I listed above and the food at the cafeteria.

best thing is the radio station....great opportunity. id say the parking garage should be for everyone. the size is ine i wish people liked going to the basketball and football games more. not enough school pride. ill always remember the opportunities ive had here being so close to the city. the bars in this area are absolutley terrible and we need new and better ones with more room, food, dance floors, better prices, a stage, and something for everyone.

There is no one good thing about Fordham. Its location, the beauty of the campus, and the flowing tradition and history of Fordham University makes it a great place to spend four years. It is not a large enough campus where one can get lost in the crowd, but it is also not small enough so as to know every other student. The various clubs, honor societies, and intramural teams consume time outside of the classroom. Easy transportation into Manhattan is also available, where students will spend time going out to dinner, seeing a movie, or exploring the Big Apple. New York City has something for everyone and offers great employment and entertainment opportunities. Many of the students, especially the upperclassmen and women, know the Fordham fight song ("The Ram") by heart and will recite it acapella at sporting events. The most memorable moment I have had to date occurred when I attended the Fordham University Fundraising Dinner, which honors Presidential Scholars. Alumni, young and old, came together at the Waldorf-Astoria and sang the Ram in unison. I was never prouder to be a Fordham Ram than at that moment.

Fordham Lincoln Center is a weird place. You have two options: Live in the dorms or off campus and this severely changes the way you experience the school. When you live in the dorms you can go a little crazy. There are about 10 floors of dorms in one building so you are stuck with everyone. Also the dorms are connected to the classroom building so it can get a little clautraphobic. Some people don't go outside for days or weeks at a time, which creates a kind of stressful environment. If you don't live in the dorms however it can be difficult to get a "college experience". Because you are in Manhattan, there is little reason to stay around school if you don't live there.

The best thing about Fordham is its location. While it is in the Bronx, it is incredibly close to the city; students have easy access to major cultural and learning centers etc. Population wise, Fordham is just right. You see new faces every day, but classes are still a reasonable size. People are often impressed when I tell them I go to Fordham; some replies I get are: "Wow, great school!"; "It must be tough!" etc.

I'll stick to Lincoln Center here. Fordham has a few really great departments, whose faculty and resources of which a motivated student can take advantage because the school is so small. Fordham, as the school makes sure to note to prospective students, has a large core requirement. The idea is to provide the student with a well-rounded liberal arts education, but the details of the requirement are poorly thought-out and the school staffs many of the core-require classes with adjunct professors, to varying success. By the time one graduates, they will have spent a lot of time and money on poorly-taught classes. One of the only advantages Fordham Lincoln Center has over the other major private colleges in Manhattan is that, compared to Columbia or NYU, it feels of the city, rather than just a campus located there. A large percentage of the student body is composed of commuters who grew up in the city. Furthermore, thanks to a dearth of student activities, a Fordham student is forced to spend a lot of time away from school. This will probably change, over the next 30 years Fordham plans to spend a lot of money to build an expanded, fortress-like campus. The two other common complaints are the cafeteria and the campus. The cafeteria really is as bad as students would have you believe, but there are a number of other food options close by. Some students complain that the Lincoln Center campus is too small and doesn't feel like a real college. This is true, but if one chooses Lincoln Center over Rose Hill there's no reason to expect otherwise.