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School Says - General Information
Founded in 1841, Fordham is a world-renowned Jesuit, Catholic university with two campuses in New York City. In our programs and policies, we draw on the nearly 500-year history of the Jesuits, a distinguished, intellectual and spiritual community within the Catholic Church. We offer numerous academic challenges and expect excellence; we care for the whole person; we ask the members of our community to be men and women for others-to put their education in service to the common good.

School Says - Student Body
Fordham students run 135 clubs and organizations-award-winning newspapers and celebrated musical groups, ambitious academic societies and vibrant cultural groups. A few examples: Mimes and Mummers is one of the nation's oldest collegiate theatrical troupes. Our top-ranked Fordham Debate Society is the eighth oldest collegiate debate society in the United States.

Fordham claims a proud history of intercollegiate athletic competition. We support 22 NCAA Division I teams; cheerleading; seven club teams, including our league champion ice hockey team; a spirited intramural program; and many recreational programs.

School Says - Academics
The University offers numerous programs and services to expand the minds and hearts of students. Academic advising at Fordham puts into practice the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, the care of the whole person.

The Service Learning Program allows students to integrate serious scholarship with civic action.

The 3-3 Law Program permits qualified students to enroll at Fordham's top-ranked School of Law after three years of undergraduate study.

The Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Professions Advising Program claims a proud history of guiding students into the country's finest medical schools; boasting a 90 percent acceptance rate for a recent graduating class.

Fordham's extensive relationships with firms and organizations provide 2,600 internship opportunities every year.

The University offers access to year-long, semester-long and summer study abroad programs in more than 55 countries, on six continents including the London School of Economics and La Sorbonne in Paris.

The Manresa Program is a living-learning opportunity for freshmen, who live and study together in the newly renovated Tierney Hall, engage with faculty in interactive seminars and participate in activities that nurture the development of the whole person.

The University's Honors Programs are intentionally small, unabashedly intense and deeply supportive of exceptional academic ability.

School Says - Admissions
Admission to Fordham is highly selective. We consider our applicants' academic records, standardized test scores, letters of recommendation, co-curricular activities and admission essays-not in isolation, but as parts of a unified whole. This information helps to convey what applicants might do at Fordham, how Fordham might help them and how they might contribute to the community. Applicants can complete and deliver an application online or through the mail. You can apply in one of two ways: Regular Decision or Early Action. Freshman applicants should complete four years of high school English, three to four years of science, three to four years of math, three to four years of social studies and two to three years of a foreign language. Students who want to pursue a math, science, or pre-medical curriculum should have at least four years of math and one each of physics and chemistry. Business students should have four years of college preparatory mathematics. Most successful candidates will have maintained an A/A- average.

School Says - Campus Life
Fordham's Rose Hill campus is located in the Bronx, one of New York's most diverse, multifaceted boroughs; only a 20-minute ride from Grand Central Terminal. The quintessential college campus is spread across 85 green, leafy acres, with several athletic fields and distinguished Gothic buildings.

Fordham's Lincoln Center campus is located in midtown Manhattan, in one of the nation's premier cultural destinations. Situated on eight landscaped acres, the campus is adjacent to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and a few blocks from Central Park, Columbus Circle and the headquarters of major media corporations.

School Says - Cost Aid
Tuition for the academic year 2009Ââ€"2010: $35,825; Room and board: $13,716 for double occupancy, including meal plan. For more information, visit www.fordham.edu/tuition.As a Jesuit University, Fordham is committed to providing an outstanding education to qualified students. We try our best to support students and families who donÂ't have the resources to pay our full tuition. Fordham also claims a long tradition of welcoming and supporting first-generation college students. More than 80 percent of our students typically receive some form of financial aid, including both need-based and merit-based aid. Fall freshman applicants should file the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms by February 1. Spring freshman applicants should file by November 1.

Students Say - Academics
Fordham University-"the Jesuit school located in the capital of the world"- "offers a sense of community and a true college experience within the hustle and bustle" of New York City. Noteworthy majors include the performing arts and "an exceptional business program." There's also an "excellent honors program" and "a pretty good library." Another perk at Fordham are the "vast and exciting opportunities" for internships, which are abundant and "heavily encouraged." Students here tell us that they receive "a broad and holistic liberal arts education," thanks in large part to a "strict" and "extensive" core curriculum with a "somewhat large number of degree requirements." Classes are "small," and the "incredibly accessible" professors "love what they do." "Each of my professors has made me interested in their subject, even if I was only taking the class out of requirement," relates a finance major. "I get the impression that they are genuinely interested in what the students think." "I do not think I have ever had a really bad professor," adds an English major. Be warned, though: "The grade differentiation between some professors for the same class is absurd." It pays to ask around before registering. Opinion concerning the administration is decidedly split. Some students tell us that management is "friendly and approachable." "You can drop anyone an e-mail and expect a response back," proponents say. Critics pan the staff for an "overall lack of collaborative spirit" and gripe that the red tape is "fairly annoying."

Students Say - Campus Life
Fordham is two schools in one. There's the school's long-established location in Rose Hill, a "beautiful, Gothic, green" college campus complete with a "huge lawn" that is "located in an oasis in the middle of the Bronx," adjacent to "the original Little Italy" and its "amazing Italian food." There's also another, smaller campus at Lincoln Center in the heart of Manhattan. The big complaint here is the on-campus grub, which ranges from "pretty bad" to "prison-grade gruel." "Honestly," asks a mystified first-year student, "what is this stuff?" Otherwise, students are quite happy. Size-wise, Fordham is "just small enough that you'll see people you recognize whenever you walk around, but just large enough that it's always different people." "Life at Fordham is busy," explains a junior. "Obviously, we are all here for the academics, and that is a big focus for everyone but, additionally, almost all students are involved in activities on and off campus." There are "extracurriculars for every taste." "People love to play intramural sports." Fordham is big on community service as well, and "There are so many ways to get involved with volunteering." Students also spend a lot of time just soaking up all the "extensive and vibrant culture" "that New York City has to offer on any given day." "The choices of things to do here are endless." "Students often spend a lot of time in bars," and it's possible to "party four or sometimes five times a week." However, parties are usually "kept under control." Fordham students are more serious than not. They "know when to put their academic well-being before" a good time.

Students Say - Student Body
Students fit into two main groups at Fordham: East Coast prep or NYC hip- ster. Many students graduated from private high schools somewhere on the East Coast. It's generally an "upper-middle-class," "hardworking" crowd. "Dress is stylish." Fashions are especially trendy among the more artsy "urbanites" at Lincoln Center. However, "There is room here for every kind of person imaginable because, after all, this is New York." Students at Fordham "get along very well and tend to dabble in a variety of clubs and programs." Students "tend to socialize in smaller groups," but "stereotypical cliques, like you would classify in high school, don't really apply here." "The Catholic culture contributes to a willingness to suspend typical political labels in exchange for a deeper look at the moral and social issues of our day," reflects a senior. "Everyone finds their niche."

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