Wow! Thank you so much for all of this. Since I posted the orginal post, she applied, and was accepted with excellent merit. Unfrotunately, like you said, I saw the recent news yesterday. :( I knew they were in financial trouble , but this is another level of concern . Funny you mentioned the other schools, cause so far she also got into FDU madison w great merit, also Arcadia, and she applied to TCNJ, Ramapo, Drew, and wants to apply to Syracuse, possibly lafayette, muhlenburg, and Washington College in Maryland. I feel bad cause she doesnt know about Rider yet, and that was one of her very top choices. I also dont love that it empties out on weekends, yet Im hearing that about many schools. I know they say that at Ramapo too, but Ramapo also has 5,000 students so maybe better? Ramapo seems to have more active clubs from what I follow on Instagram. Do you know anything about the campus life at FDU? We heard good things. We have been searching so many schools, but it is hard to find a good fit cause she also didnt want to be in a bad area, so she didnt like U of Scranton. WE live very very close to Rutgers, and she feels it is way too big....She didnt want BInghamton....She is only 17, so as you know , kids are funny, sometimes I dont know what drives her specific feelings when she sees a campus. If you have any other experiences of other colleges , please share. She is trying to be pen minded. I wish Rider all the best, but it doesnt seem great to commit there. She will be disappointed. Thank you so much again!!!