chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Fordham University
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<p>im just wondering if i can consider a school like fordham a "true safety"... cuz ive just been deferred from UPenn and am now really kinda nervous that i may not get in anywhere, as im unsure i have a "true safety"... right now its BU... ive already gotten into ursinus cuz they sent my a free app, but i dont really wanna go there</p>

<p>So, im currently a male senior from CT (fairly competitive public high school in one of the rich counties) Im curious as to what you think my chances are.</p>

<p>GPA- UW – 3.4 W – 3.7 (low, I kno, but GC wrote about how junior year I missed almost a month of school whilst in 4 ap and 3 honors classes with shingles+surgery which is y my gpa isn’t as high as it could be)</p>

<p>School doesn’t rank...</p>

<p>Frosh and soph years u can only take 2 honors classes, which I did and from there on I have one of the most demanding courseloads</p>

<p>Im Asian… Thai Laotian Chinese Indian</p>

<p>SAT - 1450/2130
Math - 730
Writing - 680
CR – 720</p>

<p>SAT 2
MATH1-720
MATH2-680
USHIST-660</p>

<p>Teacher recs - i read one of them who said i was one of the best she had had in 17 years of teaching and that while i was a junior in a class meant for seniors i emerged the leader and made evereyone else around me perform better... the second one that i sent i didn’t read becuase the teacher doesnt allow it but i asked my GC if i had to send one which would i send and he said it was a tossup... so it must’ve been very good</p>

<p>My essays were actually fairly good... writing is kinda my thing</p>

<p>i got a
5 on the AP English Lang
4 on AP US Hist
4 on AP Psych (self study)
3 on AP Govt (self study)</p>

<p>the thing that im hoping to make up for my gpa are my pretty good ecs...</p>

<p>I am...
-vice president of fbla
-captain of debate (finished 5th at state finals)
-editor of the school paper
-co-founder of my own tutoring business
-One of two students on a regional board to talk about the problems teen face in my community
- two varsity sport (wrestling and track)
- ambassador of intramural football league in charge of arranging playing times
- i umped baseball for a few years
- part of youth chapter of charity organization that sends money to sponsor schools in villages in India
- went to a third world country where mom grew up to help teach english (wrote one of my essays kinda about this)</p>

<p>if it makes any difference, average accepted GPA to get into fordham from my school is a 3.7 with an avg sat of 1300</p>

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<p>Yea you can probably use Fordham as a true safety...I wouldn't worry about it much. I just got in today (w/10 k a year Scholarship) and it was my safety. I have slightly lowers SAT's (2120, 800 V, 670 M, 650 W), I do however have a higher GPA. But all in all I don't think that you should worry about it.</p>

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<p>I agree, don't worry about it. I got in with slightly lower test scores than you, even though my GPA was a little higher.</p>