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Overall, I would rank Fordham University a B.AverageEconomics
Overall, I would rank Fordham University a B. The academics are good, and the school has a great reputation that keeps growing every year, especially on the east coast. There are a lot of opportunities for internships and working on or around campus. However, the student body sucks. There are either very arrogant rich suburb kids, or loser religious kids who practice abstinence, there are few people in between. Most of the students are young republicans, and when Obama won there was a major disappointment as well as many racial comments. Pretty much everyone wears designer clothes and drives fancy cars and looks down on those who don't. The sports teams suck, and there is no school spirit. No one ever goes to sporting events because they would rather pre-game in their room before going out to 1 of the 4 bars around campus. Speaking of which, the RA's are very strict about alcohol in the rooms. They will listen against doors just as an excuse for a noise violation, and then right you up for alcohol possession. The punishments are ridiculous too if you get caught: alcohol meatings, alcohol and drug school, and so on. The night life is decent. There are 4 bars that everyone goes to, but pretty much there is 1 bar for each class, so it gets so crowded and you end up seeing the same people all the time. The house parties suck, and usually break up by 1. And as for extra activities, no one does them because it cuts into their social life. There are only like 5 club sports teams, and they suck. So all in all, the academic aspect of the school is great, but the social aspect sucks, mostly due to the snotty people.
1st Year Female -- Class 2012
Campus Aesthetics: A, Surrounding City: D
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Students are treated like middle school students.Quite BrightBusiness - Management and Administration
Students are treated like middle school students. The on-campus environment is so strict that learning to grow and develop is almost stunted. I visited many school and Fordham is by far the strictest. The residential life staff are everyone's enemy. They seem to enjoy messing with students. Sad actually.

My grades are good so I have had some good opportunities, but average students get nothing. The dean staff seems to look down on students under a 3.5.

The business school has a strange system of offering courses which works if attending class is the only thing you do. Have a part time job, forget it, the classes work against you. Hope to select class times and sequences that work better for your individual learning style, not in Gabelli Business. A couple of nice deans, the rest all seem to be reading from the same script. If you think outside the box, this is not the business school for you. If you want to learn to be a business clone, you must apply. There are non catholic students, but this school seems to only care about the catholic students. Being catholic seems to impact many of my classes as well. My catholic high school was more open minded.

4th Year Male -- Class 2012
Perceived Campus Safety: A, Social Life: F
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Zombieland - only the finest of cognitive retardsSuper BrilliantJournalism
Zombieland - only the finest of cognitive retards may basque in their mass academic and social incompetence.

*Drunk days - Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
*Girls - shallow slutty somewhat preppy airheads
*Guys - typical east coast baseball boys - brain damage from getting pegged one too many times in the head

*Bronx - shit-hole 101, half of the student body is too afraid of black people to go outside anyway
*Cafeteria food - horrible
*General student attitudes: A. I know it all and I'm gonna make it big (they won't) B. I don't know or give a shit about anything

1st Year Male -- Class 1920
Collaboration/Competitive: A, Education Quality: C
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