<p>Wee got 12k a year. This is plenty so probably gonna enroll (unless I get in from the CMU waitlist)</p>
<p>Ha anyone been invited to join Gabelli Global Business Honors Program?</p>
<p>@citymind9
I have been accepted to the global business program, too :)</p>
<p>Hi! I was accepted as well but haven’t heard back from financial aid.
I only filed the CSS Profile</p>
<p>Is the scholarship for international student posted on the application check website? I will not be able to affford Fordham without a scholarship :(</p>
<p>If you dont file a FAFSA form you wont get financial aid. Scholarships are awarded based on merit. </p>
<p>For those who have paid your deposits, it there somewhere in the portal reflecting that? I’m not seeing it. And the MyFordham screen appears the same – with the link to pay the deposits, but nothing I can see that shows we have paid it. No credit/debit account. Help! I’m trying to make sure everything is in order.</p>
<p>Called the FA office last week and again yesterday since we do not have a FA package online. We did receive the PIP, but the updated one was supposed to be available by April 1st. FA office says it will be up in the next couple of days as they are overwhelmed at this point. Must be crazy over there this time of year. </p>
<p>No update on FA yet. Keep checking my.fordham.edu every day…hard for D to make a college decision if we don’t have all of the information. Will call tomorrow afternoon to see when they will have it updated. </p>
<p>we just called again as it is Friday and they said within the next few business days. So looks like by Tuesday. </p>
<p>Thanks, VirginiaDare, was just about to call again. So Tuesday, hopefully. Is Fordham your S/D first choice?</p>
<p>Mexusa, it’s one of her top 3. the other 2 both offered her merit and both about the same. She’s waiting on Fordham to make her decision. If it’s a lot More Merit, she will choose Fordham, if it’s less, then it’s between the other 2, if it’s the same then back to a tough decision. We did go to the admitted student day at Brandeis this weekend and she really loved it. She actually loves all of the schools, so it seems as if money will be the deciding factor. Keeping my fingers crossed that they hear today! </p>
<p>Does anyone know when Fordham will be announcing the Presidential Scholarship recipients? </p>
<p>VirginiaDare: any decisions yet? Went to Spring Admittance Day and all was positive. D is attending, sent deposit in today. We are all happy and excited.</p>
<p>@gretcc I would assume that those Scholars have been announced as the big Preview Day and Scholars breakfast has been held.
@mexusa and others, our D had hoped Fordham, given the NYC locale, would be the most diverse of the catholic universities she applied to. However it seemed similar to the others. She is looking forward to college bringing lots of exposure but did not see that sat RH. My nephew will attend, but she is unsure. I was pleased and financially it is a steal compared to others on the final list, it also trumps the others with the nyc location. But others are winning with name recognition and alumni connections away from NYC. </p>
<p>Officiating:</p>
<p>I understand its a difficult and personal decision. We are from out of state and whittled our choices to three and took until the last hour on the last day of April 30 to decide. Tears and more tears as friends begged her to stay with them at another school…but in the end it was NYC and the diversity and just getting away that did it for her. Fr. McShane’s closing speach and his kindness in speaking to us in the McGinley Center for the reception helped. We knew it would likely be Fordham…but waited until the last day. </p>
<p>Its a personal decision for kids. Their very first big decision as an adult that affects their lives. </p>
<p>I can assure you that there will be diversity at Fordham. It has over 25% ethnic diversity. No, its not like some public universities with 40% or more but its still very diverse. Its also diverse geographically…moreso every year. A lot come from New York upstate and TriState area, true. Yes there are a lot of upper middle class kids (often from Long Island and Connecticut) at Rose Hill. But there is socio economic diversity as well. </p>
<p>There is political diversity…and Fordham is very middle of the road politically. Both right, left and center are there.<br>
Its an amazing school with fabulous warm and endearing faculty (future mentors!). Fordham kids get great jobs in Manhattan and elsewhere and get into fabulous professional and graduate schools (for those who work hard and perform!) </p>
<p>As Fr. McShane says, its a school for transformation of students and that is precisely what will happen. A lot of growth and transformation. </p>
<p>We had choices too. Hard choices. And now we are so glad we chose Fordham (2007)…and it wasnt all peaches and cream and easy…lots of ups and downs (freshmen drama)…that ended beautifully. </p>
<p>My kid actually wants to return to the Bronx to work! And is working on maybe doing that now! She has a masters degree in hand and a twinkle in her eye about her beau. </p>
<p>Prestige only carries you so far. You have to look at fit. And your likelihood of success. Fordham is HUGELY respected. I can assure you. When my kid finished grad school the employers were all over her…and remarked about Fordham…its special. And not just another “big name” school. My kid had friends at Fordham who got into the Ivies…or who deferred on Ivy League for graduate school. Fordham is very challenging academically. Professors will pick out the stars and LOAD on the work…to prepare them for graduate school. Trust me. Been there and done that. </p>
<p>Other than that I can only say be patient, let her decide and tell her Fordham cares and its a great school. Good luck.</p>
<p>@officiating We are a minority family and attended the event. We certainly also noticed the lack of diversity on the surface. However, we did find that Fordham is not the ‘upper middle class all Catholic white tri state’ student body some think it is. As we talked to families, we met people from across the country. We also specifically asked about the diversity issue and were told, in sum, that the students are not many but those who reside on campus are quite active. We also heard many people talking about aid and need and therefore it was clear that not every student had parents who could simply write the check for tuition.
The reality, however, as we have told our kids, is that unless they attend a large state university they likely will not have a hugely ethnically diverse campus. Some are more diverse than others (we met a girl who had just come from NYU and said it was night and day from Fordham in everyway, especially diversity) but many, especially Catholic ones, are not hugely diverse. What becomes the issue than is the atmosphere of acceptance. We felt welcomed at Fordham by future and current students, and administrators. If we had felt differently than this, I would share it. It was actually a non minority family that piggybacked on our question about diversity to a Dean, as the father said he absolutely did not want his daughter in college with all kids who were like her…he wanted her to grow and learn from other cultures and backgrounds. When I saw him at the end of the day, he was still undecided solely because of the student body make up, but his daughter seemed sold and was using the exposure of the Bronx to drive her point home. She made a great argument for herself.
Finally, @sovereigndebt we heard a lot of complaints and concerns financial aid. We were on the benefitting end of the SAT system with child one, but will not be with child 2. If merit is used, I just don’t know what other objective factor they could use as grading scales, recommendations, school rank, etc. all so much depend on the school you come from. Need should be first, but I do think merit will help Fordham sway kids with offers from other schools and as a result increase the strength of Fordham in the long run.
Our child is still undecided, but I did find the campus to be beautiful and friendly.</p>
<p>I second Fordham not being very ethnically diverse, especially Rose Hill. At LC there is a decent diversity because of commuters and foreign students attracted by the Manhattan location (although those tend to only talk to hang out with each other). Rose Hill is very white. Not completely “upper middle class white catholics” but definitely not “diverse”.</p>
<p>Some expensive colleges get to be diverse because people from around the world want to go to them. Everyone knows about and wants to go to NYU, Ivies, etc. I’m not saying people don’t want to go to Fordham—I’m saying most people in the US, and the world, don’t even know about Fordham unless they go to a Jesuit high school or live in the Tri-State area. I know no one except me and another Catholic girl knew about Fordham (this is in Texas), and the friends I’ve made from other states say the same. And most of the people that study in Jesuit high schools tend to be white.</p>
<p>So unless Fordham gains a lot of prestige, endowment, and publicity, it won’t be very diverse, just like any other expensive Jesuit school.</p>
<p>Fordham can’t force minorities to apply. They get a lot of hispanic applications…often because hispanics are Catholic (but not the only reason.) Black students may not want to attend a Catholic college (if they are not Catholic). Or Asians for that matter. I dont know. I don’t know of a survey that exists as to why people didnt apply to Fordham or any religious private college. Cant prove a negative kind of thing. I do know that if minorities apply and have the scores and get accepted that Fordham wants them. The reason the number of minorities at Fordham is not higher is not because Fordham is doing something wrong. I commend minorities who apply and are accepted and who attend. </p>
<p>Fordham is Jesuit. That is special. Its about ethos and ethics. Its about being holistic. Its about giving back to community. Its about a broad based core in order to graduate, making students think about subjects from a multiple of angles, not just one perspective. </p>
<p>I have a hard time with minorities who are accepted at Fordham and then decline because its not diverse enough. Because they are part of the reason why its not diverse enough…walking away. Make sense?</p>
<p>If you truly want pure diversity and socio economic equality I am afraid at most prestigious highly selective colleges you won’t find it. The Ivy League has made tremendous strides in 40 years and shed their reputation as being colleges for elite northeastern prep schools. But therein speaks the problem…there is tremendous competition for highly skilled minorities…</p>
<p>Fordham IS diverse. Trust me. We arent rich. We arent from the TriState. And my kid went to public school. She did fine at Fordham…Phi Beta Kappa. Friends from all over the place. Friends from all religious backgrounds and races and ethnicity and socio economic circumstance. </p>
<p>I think Fordham admissions does an excellent job on THAT level. </p>
<p>I know Fordham isnt Harvard and cant just dole out financial aid and not give merit scholarships. I get that. But in a perfect world that is how I would do it. I dont have an answer for the SAT. I am just saying I wish it was more just and people paid their fair share. Unfortunately, to retain the super smart kids with extraordinary scores and grades merit scholarships are needed or they bolt to another school who is giving out free money, even if they dont need it. Its a conundrum. </p>
<p>I will say that my kid taking on some student loans made her really work hard for her grades…skin in the game if you will. </p>
<p>Finally, I can tell everyone that Fordham doesnt give out A’s like halloween candy. They are earned the old fashioned way. If you choose to attend, come prepared to work hard. 
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