Favorite Urban Campus Med Sized school (not top 25)

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Anonymous wrote:Boston
Pitt
VCU

Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized

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SMU in Dallas is beautiful

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Anonymous wrote:So far have seen on this board: Loyola MD, Loyola Chicago, Xavier, Marquette, St Joes Philly, Dayton, Denver, Maybe Seton Hall? seem to be a lot of Catholic ones which is ok with us even though not very religious. Anyone have experience with these or any others to add? Undecided major but most likely accounting or marketing. Loyola MD probably too small for kid but keeping it on here because they have generous aid and we are price sensitive.

Well the Jesuit/catholic schools are awesome. They truly care about the students and ensuring they do well in college. We are a completely non-religious family (one parent was christian, other hindu, we don't follow either). The jesuit schools like Marquette, Gonzaga, etc are not overly religious. You have to take a few religion courses and philosophy courses but other than that, it's not forced on you. What you get is a great experience at a school with only 5-8K undergrads most of the Time, and professors that value teaching undergrad students

+ 1 million. Kid toured St Joe’s, Marquette, Loyola Chicago and going to St. Joe’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SMU in Dallas is beautiful

Yes but also not sure what OP means by urban. It is in the middle of Dallas but not downtown or anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Seeing a lot of love for Fordham among the local grads this year.

I wonder why Fordham doesn't get more love as it just seems like they have so many positives. Beautiful Campus (RH) in urban setting, mid-size, no greek. Sure I know they are expensive but merit aid is really good for a higher level student. Maybe they get squeezed out by state publics that are more cost effective and T-50 that are more desirable not sure?

I absolutely loved our Fordham tour and was happy when DH got accepted with a great merit package. Unfortunately when we went back the next time we spent a bit of time in the area and that was the deciding factor. It is such a shame since the campus is gorgeous and it the school has a great reputation, but the surrounding area is a deterrent for many.

We are from a rural area - so maybe not as big of a deal to those coming from cities.

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Anonymous wrote:Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, U of Washington

Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized

+1000

Hello 25-40K undergrads at each

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seeing a lot of love for Fordham among the local grads this year.

I wonder why Fordham doesn't get more love as it just seems like they have so many positives. Beautiful Campus (RH) in urban setting, mid-size, no greek. Sure I know they are expensive but merit aid is really good for a higher level student. Maybe they get squeezed out by state publics that are more cost effective and T-50 that are more desirable not sure?

I absolutely loved our Fordham tour and was happy when DH got accepted with a great merit package. Unfortunately when we went back the next time we spent a bit of time in the area and that was the deciding factor. It is such a shame since the campus is gorgeous and it the school has a great reputation, but the surrounding area is a deterrent for many.

We are from a rural area - so maybe not as big of a deal to those coming from cities.

Can you share stats and net cost after merit?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far have seen on this board: Loyola MD, Loyola Chicago, Xavier, Marquette, St Joes Philly, Dayton, Denver, Maybe Seton Hall? seem to be a lot of Catholic ones which is ok with us even though not very religious. Anyone have experience with these or any others to add? Undecided major but most likely accounting or marketing. Loyola MD probably too small for kid but keeping it on here because they have generous aid and we are price sensitive.

Well the Jesuit/catholic schools are awesome. They truly care about the students and ensuring they do well in college. We are a completely non-religious family (one parent was christian, other hindu, we don't follow either). The jesuit schools like Marquette, Gonzaga, etc are not overly religious. You have to take a few religion courses and philosophy courses but other than that, it's not forced on you. What you get is a great experience at a school with only 5-8K undergrads most of the Time, and professors that value teaching undergrad students

+ 1 million. Kid toured St Joe’s, Marquette, Loyola Chicago and going to St. Joe’s.

OP here- can you share some of the things you liked about these schools? From Chicago so familiar with Loyola. A lot of kids from Chicago go to Marquette and are very loyal alumni but don't know much about it. What tipped the needle to St. Joe? A colleague of mine mentioned it has a lot of commuters but I have no idea if that is true. Kid loves Philly so keeping it on the list.

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Fordham punches above its weight job wise - they aren't getting elite roles at Goldman, but they tend to land quite well. I have worked on Wall Street with a few Fordham alums and they are generally very bright and do well. Its law school is the same - top of the class their goes to the best NY firms, even though the degree isn't worth nearly as much outside of NYC.

But Fordham undergrad is in the Bronx.

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Northeastern but hard to get in.

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Denver U
LMU
USD
Boston College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Temple but bring a gun. UPenn is in a slightly better area. Macalester if you're woke.

UPenn is top 25 and Macalester is tiny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fordham punches above its weight job wise - they aren't getting elite roles at Goldman, but they tend to land quite well. I have worked on Wall Street with a few Fordham alums and they are generally very bright and do well. Its law school is the same - top of the class their goes to the best NY firms, even though the degree isn't worth nearly as much outside of NYC.

But Fordham undergrad is in the Bronx.

Sounds like Fordham would then be "punching at its weight".

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Anonymous wrote:Boston
Pitt
VCU

Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized
Not mid-sized

BU is close to mid-sized, with around 18,000 undergraduates.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fordham punches above its weight job wise - they aren't getting elite roles at Goldman, but they tend to land quite well. I have worked on Wall Street with a few Fordham alums and they are generally very bright and do well. Its law school is the same - top of the class their goes to the best NY firms, even though the degree isn't worth nearly as much outside of NYC.

But Fordham undergrad is in the Bronx.

Sounds like Fordham would then be "punching at its weight".

No. Better than its ranking. And better than its reputation outside the NY Tri-state area.

Everyone here is constantly trying to show how smart they are in trying to correct people and inevitably just advertise their stupidity.