Favorite Urban Campus Med Sized school (not top 25)

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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.

Undergrad is split between the Bronx and downtown campus with a bit more at Rose Hill. The majority of majors are offered at both campuses but there are a few majors that are only available at one campus (eg dance and international business are only downtown, regular business only at Rose Hill).

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U. of So Cal, maybe? Undergrad pop is fairly small-mid, compared to grad anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Most mid-sized schools are Catholic or Jesuit. I saw someone suggested Miami and Tulane, but those aren't urban...not really. They are in cities, but have well defined campuses and are are separated from the more urban areas. For example, in Boston, BU is urban, BC is not. Miami and Tulane are like BC.

I disagree. Tulane is urban. Is it in a gritty area? No. But it is still urban.

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Anonymous wrote:Most mid-sized schools are Catholic or Jesuit. I saw someone suggested Miami and Tulane, but those aren't urban...not really. They are in cities, but have well defined campuses and are are separated from the more urban areas. For example, in Boston, BU is urban, BC is not. Miami and Tulane are like BC.

I disagree. Tulane is urban. Is it in a gritty area? No. But it is still urban.

I agree, Tulane is urban. We visited of the campuses listed here like Drexel, Tulane, Fordham (Rose Hill), Charleston, Ohio State (I know this is a huge school) and others. The difference with Tulane, Fordham (Rose Hill Campus), and Ohio State was that they have defined campuses. You could tell when you were on campus and when you weren't. With Drexel it was hard to tell if a building was part of Drexel, Penn, or a commercial property. Charleston blended with the city a little bit more but also felt like it's own distinct campus. This might be something your student might want to think about. All of these campuses were walkable to shops, restaurants, entertainment, and public transportation.

Another school I haven't seen mentioned here is Stevens Institute of Technology (https://www.stevens.edu).

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University of San Francisco
https://www.usfca.edu/

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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.

You mean like someone using a silly metaphor to express an opinion, trying to pass off as fact, without providing any data to support their argument?

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Mine is at Loyola MD and he loves it. He also liked Duquesne, Manhattan, and St. Joe’s.

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I second University of San Francisco and Loyola Marymount, also consider Chapman and Santa Clara if urban adjacent is in the mix.

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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.

You mean like someone using a silly metaphor to express an opinion, trying to pass off as fact, without providing any data to support their argument?

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Especially if you went to a Tier 4 college.

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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.

You mean like someone using a silly metaphor to express an opinion, trying to pass off as fact, without providing any data to support their argument?

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Especially if you went to a Tier 4 college.

Is that what you've been doing? "Stupidity" "Tier 4 college"

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U Rochester or RIT

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Fordham - Lincoln Center. In a great section of Manhattan.

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Anonymous wrote:Fordham - Lincoln Center. In a great section of Manhattan.

I live near Lincoln Center. Love the neighborhood. Not where I would want to go to college as an undergrad. Particularly since most of Fordham is in the Bronx.

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Re: price sensitivity, if you qualify for need-based aid (FAFSA) UTampa can be very generous

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My kid who applied mostly to urban schools liked Case Western, Syracuse, Fordham, LMU. They also applied to Pitt, McGill and University of Washington but those are much larger. Of the four above, they received merit at all but Syracuse.