<p>Thanks to those sharing stats. It is helpful for managing expectations. </p>
<p>Wondering about Gabelli, also. Non-Gabelli applicant, 2230, top 5% received the email, while sibling with essentially the same stats did not. We received the info to allow us to file the FAFSA for both by phone last Friday. I took care of that Monday - great to be so far along in the process.</p>
<p>I applied to rose hill. 4.1 GPA, 32 ACT, national merit commendation, and from New York</p>
<p>Did any of you apply to the Ailey / Fordham BFA program?</p>
<p>DD also applied to Gabelli and no email. GPA 4.75W 32 ACT top 4% of class.
Everything submitted Oct 22. </p>
<p>If any Gabelli applicants received the email, please let us know!</p>
<p>I did the SAS for anyone who wants to know about it. They take your financial info and will complete the FASFA for you in Jan. Apparently we will be the first students in the country to have it done. They can also send it to other schools for you not just Fordham. We’ll get a fin aid package estimate in Dec.</p>
<p>My stats 33 act, 96 avg, top 4%.</p>
<p>I applied to Lincoln.</p>
<p>Fordham19 - my DD applied to the Ailey BFA program and has not heard yet. Application complete as of 10/25 and have not heard about audition yet either. Have you been invited to an audition yet?</p>
<p>pmcolorado - no my DD hasn’t heard yet either and she completed app on 10/25. let’s keep each other informed, ok?</p>
<p>Just curious: Is the email everyone is getting an actual acceptance or a “likely letter”? My S got an email saying you WILL be offered admission and then recommends filling out the FAFSA. Did someone get an actual “You ARE accepted”?</p>
<p>@jrmama496</p>
<p>Yes, that’s an acceptance letter. Congrats!</p>
<p>I received the FAFSA letter and email but I am unsure if it is an acceptance letter. Would anyone (who was accepted) mind giving a brief description of what your letter said? Thanks.</p>
<p>Here’s what my son’s email from Fordham said:</p>
<p>“The Committee on Admission regards you as a truly outstanding applicant and has asked that I do two things. The first is to advise you now – in advance of the December notification date – that you will be offered admission to Fordham University for the Fall 2014 semester. Congratulations!”</p>
<p>So that’s sort of an unofficial acceptance, I guess – not yet the formal offer, but a declaration of intent. (Somewhat more than a “likely letter” but not exactly an acceptance letter.)</p>
<p>The second thing (that the email-writer was asked to do) was to urge us to call Student Aid Services (SAS; their “trusted partner”) to give them all of our financial data, social security numbers, dates of birth, etc. over the phone, so that they could file the FAFSA for us in January. If we do that, the email says, we will get “early notification of [our] financial aid award” from Fordham.</p>
<p>I, too (like the earlier poster on this thread) am curious about whether there’s any downside to using SAS – has anyone had any problems with information not being entered correctly, personal data being disseminated indiscreetly, etc.?</p>
<p>I called the number given in the Fordham email and talked to a SAS representative, who couldn’t seem to think of any disadvantages to using their service. He did mention that they would be happy to take the names of the other schools to which my son is applying and so that the info would also go to those schools when they submitted it in January. Which I guess could mean that Fordham would know all of the other schools where my son is applying (?) – not necessarily info that we want them to have… Plus the rep did concede that we would need to update our figures in January with the most recent info – and he steered us towards doing that online, although he said we could call SAS back and have them do it for us.</p>
<p>The representative also hedged when I asked him if any colleges other than Fordham used SAS (basically said not that he knew of) – and I found out later (by googling) that they serve 550 colleges around the US, apparently! Seemed a bit weird that he wouldn’t know that about the company he works for, which made me wonder whether he was being totally upfront with the other info he was giving me.</p>
<p>I should mention that so far with my web searching, I haven’t come across ANY complaints about SAS – which also makes me wonder. I mean, really?? You can google anything and find someone who’s unhappy enough with it to post something on the web… but maybe SAS is just a great service that never puts a foot wrong! (Of course, it’s also hard to google something with a vague name like “Student Aid Services” and pinpoint the specific organization.)</p>
<p>So – has anybody out there used SAS? How did it go? Did you call them to update your info in January or did you update it yourself online? Did using SAS specifically help you in making your college decisions? (i.e., was it worth it to get early notification of aid awards, or did you have to wait to hear from other schools anyway?)</p>
<p>^to get early notification of aid awards^</p>
<p>I meant, “to get early notification of your Fordham aid award”</p>
<p>Last year’s acceptance thread on CC has a number of reports of people using SAS, with no posters expressing any concerns or problems that arose.</p>
<p>The only thing I can imagine as a concern is if you have a complex or particular financial picture that would affect how you report, you would need to do your homework. For instance, I had to look up how FAFSA wants us to value a business, as there are various ways to do this. For many people, it is all pretty straightforward – assets outside of retirement accounts, mortgage.</p>
<p>As for the customer service rep being a bit squirmy regarding other schools - I suspect part of their training is that the agent is to be a representative of the particular school that you are responding to. His training may have emphasized that, without preparing him for the general questions regarding their business. He may have just not known how to handle the question.</p>
<p>I got in also and will be using the SAS service. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Whoops, in my post above, I should have said “home value,” rather than “mortgage.”</p>
<p>Fordham’s NPC is pretty accurate in coming up with merit/aid amounts as it does ask for gpa and test scores. So give that whirl to get some idea what to expect. Congrats to all accepted!</p>
<p>I got in with:</p>
<p>3.65 GPA
730 CR 690 M 660 W 1420/2080 SAT
32 ACT</p>
<p>Got my email a week ago but didnt see it until today! I’m so excited!</p>
<p>4.4/4.0 GPA
32 ACT
6/626 rank</p>
<p>so happy :)</p>
<p>Gabelli applicant daughter has now received her email; rather, I received an email from Fordham saying daughter had received her email last week. Whoops! Either they goofed and didn’t send it, or they sent it and it got caught in spam or accidentally deleted. In any event, we are happy!</p>
<p>Daughter’s stats: Top 5%, 32 ACT/2180 SAT, National Merit SF.</p>
<p>Congrats to all who were accepted early! :)</p>