(Fordham) (regarding Lincoln Center Campus ONLY)

Educational Quality	B-	Faculty Accessibility	A-
Useful Schoolwork	F	Excess Competition	C+
Academic Success	B-	Creativity/ Innovation	B-
Individual Value	B-	University Resource Use	F
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	C+	Friendliness	A-
Campus Maintenance	B	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	A+	Extra Curriculars	F
Safety	A-

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Male

2210

Quite Bright

Useful Schoolwork	F

Surrounding City	A+

He cares more about University Resource Use than the average student.

Date: Oct 29 2007
Major: (This Major's Salary over time)
(regarding Lincoln Center Campus ONLY) Having lived on the west coast in the suburbs my whole life, it was quite a change coming to new york city. But if you love new york, itâ€™s definitely worth spending four years here, and the dorms are nicer than any apartment youâ€™ll find in the city (you have a kitchen and a living room). The social scene sucks, not only are half the kids commuters, but most of the kids who dorm are from jersey so they go home every weekend leaving the school literally deserted. There are alot of â€œhipsterâ€ kids here who care more about looking artsy than actually possessing any talent. There are also a fair share of rich trust fund babies who want to go out and hit the bars every night because itâ€™s the first time theyâ€™ve been away from mommy and daddy. Though itâ€™s hard to make friends with commuters at first (because theyâ€™re always gone) youâ€™ll find they are some of the nicest most down to earth people here. Res life is highly overrated, and many students who dorm for the first year or so end up moving off campus. The fact that anyone would be willing to give up a nice spacious dorm for a crappy apartment in harlem or queens shows you how annoyingly strict the rules are. Generally you are better off just finding an apartment and commuting like most people do anyway, if not, prepare to have your freedom and privacy invaded. The faculty is mostly helpful, with a few notable exceptions. Ask someone about a professor before you take a class so you know what youâ€™re getting into. If you get into the honors program go for it. Youâ€™ll work your ass off, but youâ€™ll get a good education and it makes core alot easier to finish, as youâ€™re pre-registered for classes. Clubs are for the most part pretty lame, as the administration is too strict to let anything fun happen, and most people donâ€™t stay around on campus. Also, alot of the clubs are for a set niche of kids, for example it only took one SOL (students of latino origin) meeting to figure out I was unwelcome because I came from a middle class background and didnâ€™t grow up in the projects listening to hip hop. The worst things about the school: dead socially, ridiculous CORE (two years of classes you donâ€™t choose) and a suck ass cafeteria. The best things: New york city. Basically, donâ€™t come here if youâ€™re looking for the typical college experience. If youâ€™re not from the tri-state area know what youâ€™re getting into before you come to the city. Youâ€™ll have a lot more responsibilities than most college students (buying your own food, being street smart, dodging homeless men) but a lot more freedom (if you want to go anyway you need your feet and a metro card, unlike most students who are stuck on a rural campus if they donâ€™t own a car). Prepare to learn how to be an adult and do things for yourself, because if you want the support group atmosphere of most college social scenes you can forget it. If youâ€™re coming from far way (like I did) you better be independent and mature because no oneâ€™s going to hold your hand ie new yorkersâ€™ have a reputation for being tough for a reason. Overall itâ€™s a good experience, I feel like Iâ€™ve become a stronger person academically and emotionally. Itâ€™s like they say, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, If New York City doesnâ€™t kick your ass nowhere will.

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