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Date Posted: 09:41:06 03/21/08 Fri
Author: Franks Tanks
Subject: Re: Hah!
In reply to: Realist 's message, "Re: Hah!" on 09:23:15 03/21/08 Fri

I dont believe that is what I said. Fordham is a fine school and I am glad they are in our league. I understand the US News ranking are BS in many ways but they still are effective in grouping like schools. Fordham is ranked next to Clemson and Miami of Ohio. Nothing wrong with that and Fordham still attracts many great students who become very successful, but the fact remains that Lehigh is still significantly harder to get into than Fordham. Oh and i'm actually a Lafayette grad, I dont even like Lehigh, but I am also a crusader of truth and the american way so I adressed the issue. Ok I guess thats enough of this pissing match

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Hah! -- Realist, 07:44:02 03/22/08 Sat [1]

So you're a Lafayette grad defending Lehigh? Cats and dogs, living together. Here's something for you to think about. Sources such as The Gourman Report rated Fordham's academic departments, as a whole, higher than any of the core PL schools. In fact, among the schools associated with the PL, Gourman ranks only Georgetown and Fordham in the 4.0 to 5.0 range -- the top tier of the rankings. No core PL school can claim to have stronger academic departments than Fordham in fields such as philosophy, theology, humanities, classics, literature, history, journalism and communications, psychology, etc. Moreover, not only does Fordham have internationally recognized scholars on its faculty, but it requires that all faculty teach undergraduate courses. At Fordham, you can take, for example, Avery Dulles as an undergraduate, and you get lectured by Avery Dulles, not his TA. Your comparisons to Clemson and Miami-Ohio are way off the mark. This is whay Fordham graduates do well in so many field. They are pushed by a demanding faculty and curriculum, and are taught to work hard for success. You in the PL should be touting Fordham as an underrated gem, and the equal to any school in the league (although, the "public perception" is beginning to catch up with the reality at Fordham, and its US News ranking will most certainly reflect that in the next 10 years or so).

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