During ski week in February, we did a college tour in New York and Boston.
We first visited Wagner College, which is a small, private college in New York. The school has a beautiful campus, and probably the best thing about it is its location: Wagner is just a (free) ferry ride away from Manhattan. Wagner also offers a free shuttle between campus and the ferry, so getting to and from downtown New York is really easy. Wagner is small – 1900 undergrads and several hundred graduate students, and that small school feel is evident throughout. Typical class size is 19 students; most first-year classes have about 25 students. Wagner takes advantage of its proximity to New York City by fostering and encouraging various internships and programs that include the New York theater and art scenes.
We also visited Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City. This is one of Fordham’s two campuses – the other, much larger and more traditional college campus, is located in the Bronx. Again, the best thing about Fordham is its location in Manhattan; they tout the City as their campus. But it was a major disappointment to find that the entire campus, including the dorms and cafeteria, is limited to a single building. You could literally spend days without ever leaving the building. To us, this really took away from the “college feel” and left us a bit claustrophobic.
Contributed by the Jordan family. Thank you!
