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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably not Penn, but Philadelphia drags down Drexel and Temple due to their location.  Baltimore certainly drags down Johns Hopkins.

Conversely, Boston props up Boston University and Northeastern, while New York props up NYU and Fordham, but not necessarily Columbia.

There are a lot of mid-sized schools in depressing towns in New York and Pennsylvania that would have higher profiles if they were in nicer areas either in New England or the South.  Hobart/William Smith, Bucknell, and Washington & Jefferson come to mind. [/quote]

Have you been to Fordham? It’s in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the Bronx. It’s far from the NYC glam that applicants expect. I have friends who live in other areas of the Bronx and try to avoid the area. [/quote]

I wouldn't say the Fordham area is one of the most dangerous parts of the Bronx, but in any event the NYC location gives Fordham a boost among students from other areas it probably wouldn't otherwise enjoy.  Plenty of kids want to go to school in NYC, and Columbia is super-competitive and NYU super-expensive. [/quote]

That’s exactly it. And for folks not from NY it’s understandable.  But the previous poster is right. They are not going to hanging in the city - they are going to be hanging in the Fordham bars and going to White Castle @ 4 am. My DD thought the Fordham location was great because of the adjacent metro north station. Her Mom, born and raised in the Bronx was having no part of it. [/quote]

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