Chance me for Fordham University and Merit?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ello,
I am a male Junior and can you let me know if it is possible I could obtain a merit scholarship from Fordham? And I really like them, therefore I will definitely apply EA, would that help me get in? Thanks!

GPA UW: 3.8 (4.0 scale)
W: 4.25

Class Rank:
Top 10% of 500

ACT: Composite 29
English 29
Math 30
Reading 30
Science 27
Writing 22

EC’s:
H.S. soccer for three years and varsity for one year
FBLA Vice President for two consecutive years and member for one years
Innovation and Economics member for one year
DECA member for one year
Full Court Peace member for one year
Volunteer head soccer coach for 3 years for the same team. Around 140-160 hours of it.
Referee for boy’s basketball for two years.
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Work Experience:
Worked in a soccer shop freshman year, was promoted to manager as well.
Worked in a Concession stand for freshman and sophomore year
Worked as a summer camp counselor for soccer for freshman and sophomore year summers
Currently working all year and summer long at a After School program and Summer Camp. Recently got promoted to head counselor.
Babysitter for three years

Rigor of Courses:
7 honor classes by end of Junior year. Also I am taking French IV Honors and 1 AP: APUSH.
Senior Course Load will be AP Environmental, AP Psychology, AP Gov Poll, English Honors and some other prerequisites.

Awards
National Honors Society (Most likely got the invitation)
National Business Honor Society
National Science Honor Society

Intended Major:
Political Science and then pursue a law degree after.

Any guidance and information would be a tremendous help. Thanks!

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You have a very good chance of getting into Fordham, it’s definitely a match school but don’t expect merit aid there. While your scores are good, they’re quite the average for Fordham.
But since you are a junior, try and get your ACT Score up to a 30-31 and above and merit aid is much more likely.

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You have a decent chance at getting in but likely with very little to no merit.

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Agreed with above. My D was admitted EA, initially with with no merit this year. She did then get a $12K award. She is a National Merit Finalist with a 3.94 UW GPA and 32 ACT.

To get the higher merit awards, others on the Fordham EA thread say they were in the 34-36 ACT range, with GPA and ECs to match.

I wouldn’t count on it merit.

I think EA admission is possible, but a couple more points on the ACT would certainly help.

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I got in with merit EA with similar stats this year but it was a relatively small merit package and not enough to persuade me to pay the massive price tag for Fordham.

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My son got in EA and found out in Feb he got $23,500 in merit money broken into 2 scholarships. He has very similar work experience and volunteer experience to you which I think the colleges loved. He applied as a history major to Rosehill. GPA is 4.0 weighted with big upward trend since freshmen year (not top 10%) and sats 1980. I think you may be pleasantly surprised.

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My son was accepted there last year and received about $25k in merit aid. He had an unweighted GPA of 3.5 from a challenging high school and an ACT of 34. His EC’s were good, Eagle Scout, and 4-year varsity athlete. I hope that helps.