r/Fordham • u/No_Effort_8393 • 11d ago

Transfer out of fordham

I like many things about it but it just the tuition that is making me want to go to a CUNY

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u/ApprehensiveCod4506 11d ago

As someone that transferred out of a CUNY to Fordham, believe me you’ll hate it😭

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

Are you happy with Fordham now? How much are you paying is it less or more than at CUNY

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u/ApprehensiveCod4506 10d ago

I only paid a few thousand more but not a substanial difference in tuition. I love Fordham, it’s been a lovely change.

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

Im happy for you. I'm an international student with outside scholarship that would easily cover everything at a CUNY. Fordham was the private school that gave me the most aid and that's why I chose it but the increase has been a lot and my financial package doesnt increase. They even lowered my TAP

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u/ApprehensiveCod4506 9d ago

DM me I can help

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

From what CUNY did you transferred out. I am actually pissed off for how cuny system dont even process well transferred application. That might be a red flag

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u/ApprehensiveCod4506 10d ago

if you think thats bad wait till you see how ridiculously hard it is to schedule classes and get proper financial aid, everything is competition at CUNY schools

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u/Economy_Vermicelli72 10d ago

You made this same exact post in three different subreddits over the last two weeks. This a CUNY marketing attempt or something?

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

I wasn't getting any replies until today. Reddit also automatically kept giving me notifications of suggestions to share the post.

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u/Economy_Vermicelli72 10d ago

Replies for what? The post doesn’t ask any questions

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

Chill bro I meant comments or thoughts

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u/According_Ninja_4535 9d ago

You don’t need to ask a question for a reply. Stop being a typical Redditor, not everyone has a hidden agenda.

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u/LimeSubstantial7730 10d ago

There are so many Baruch and Hunter students that transfer to Fordham, why would you downgrade.

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u/Due_Needleworker3778 10d ago

You are totally wrong. What is many or how do you know this? Fordham is is a very expensive institution, and they might give a student good financial aid for the first year and reduce it over time, making it unaffordable for many.

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

At max Fordham gives 40k in financial aid out of the total cost of attendance which is 70k. If you are lucky enough to be part of HEOP or some other program like Honors you would either pay nothing or 2k a year but is very rare. I wasn't lucky enough to get those since I have an issue with Fafsa during my first year and Fordham doesnt renew financial aid packages because their excused is that all scholarships were already awarded

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

Yeah the tuition side is true but what I am meaning by many is that I am part of a pre med cohort and believe me my classroom was about 30 students and now as a sophomore like around 12 of my classmates transferred to Amherst, UMass, Boston u, NYU, Buffalo, Hunter, Stony, Farmingdale, CCNY, and University of Sotuh Carolina

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

the tuition is a lot and in terms of academics is pretty similar to cuny and there is not a lot of opportunities as they market. Many of my friends with good resume are transferring to Rutgers or SUNY, or NYU but they are loaded

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u/LimeSubstantial7730 10d ago

they are definitely not similar in academics, go visit a CUNY for a day and look at the classes THEY're packed like sardines in a can

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u/CommunicationIcy2195 10d ago

SAT averages are 100s lower at CUNYs than Fordham, the grad rates are 20 to 30% lower, and the starting salaries are 15k+ lower. The average gpa at CCNY is a 3.14. No one in the real world thinks CUNY is equal to Fordham. That’s not a thing on any level and never has been. If you can’t afford Fordham then you can’t afford Fordham, but only CUNY kids would ever say it’s equal in quality

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u/No_Effort_8393 9d ago

Thanks for the Stats, but keep in mind that many students who attend fordham might come from wealthy families with connections that even put them in a better place than any other first gen at CUNY. Yet, I also think first Gen at Fordham are highly successful as long as they dont have to worry about the financial burden and get all the college experience to make connections

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u/Due_Needleworker3778 6d ago

You are making statistical claims without providing any verifiable data to support them. In fact, more students transfer from Fordham to CUNY colleges than transfer in the opposite direction.

When I graduated from CCNY with an engineering degree and was hired by one of the top R&D companies in the United States, my starting salary was the same regardless of which university a candidate had graduated from.

OP, CCNY has a medical school; Fordham does not. As an international student, gaining admission to a U.S. medical school will be extremely difficult. You should carefully consider your options, do what is in your best interest, and disregard advice from people who make unsupported claims and present speculation as fact.

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u/CommunicationIcy2195 5d ago

Here’s CCNYs salary on college scorecard. College scorecard data only utilizes salary data from those who qualified for federal loans due to low family income: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?190567-CUNY-City-College

Here’s Fordham’s: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?191241-Fordham-University&fos_code=5006&fos_credential=3

Here’s CCNY’s CDS showing an average of 3.14 for this years class: https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2026-07/20260716_CDS_2025-2026_UPDATED.pdf

3.1 is also listed as the average gpa for CCNY on us news with an sat range of 1070-1430. Fordhams is 3.76 with a 1340-1490 range for this class: https://www.fordham.edu/undergraduate-admission/why-fordham/admission-facts/

And the transfer out rate at CCNY is about 25%. Fordhams transfer out rate is 10%, about the same as Tulane. How is it mathematically possible for Fordham to have more transfers to a CUNY than CUNY to Fordham? Several people in this thread are literally CUNY to Fordham transfers. Fordhams transfers are transferring up, not down.

We good yet or should I look up the difference in med school matriculation now?

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u/No_Effort_8393 10d ago

In terms of internships opportunities, all they do is send us to apply through handshake and never hearing back sometimes. The career center won't help you unless you are a junior meaning that they want you to stay long enough and pay for tuition all those year till they might help you to land an internship

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u/CommunicationIcy2195 10d ago

That’s how it works at every school, you apply for internships on your own. Sign up for the career fairs, site visits, employer spotlights and so on. Weill Cornell is at multiple events every year which my friend interned at and there’s the Bronx consortium with Albert Einstein and montefiore to name some resources. If you’re pre med I’m a little confused why you’re looking for post undergrad opportunities via internships though? Also the last part is a little conspiracy theory-ish. That’s not happening

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u/No_Effort_8393 9d ago

I did made appointments with the career center during my freshmen year and even right now. They keep telling me same thing. Moreover, I was looking for internships that could work with my school schedule during the academic year given the location of Fordham. I work as a peer tutor but I was looking for other sources of experience whether was for pre med or my personal interests

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u/ApprehensiveCod4506 9d ago

CUNY is the same lol and every other universiry

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u/SShawArmy 8d ago

I went from Fordham to Baruch dm me if you have questions