Class of 2015 Decisions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Fordham University
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<p>I thought I'd get you started! Please post your decision and stats when you get your letter...it really helps those who are still waiting and those in future classes! Good luck to all! :) Copy the format below. </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted! or Rejected! or Waitlisted!</p>

<p>College:
Applied Major: </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA:
Weighted GPA:
Rank:
SAT: CR-M-W
ACT:
AP: </p>

<p>Awards/Honors: </p>

<p>School Type:
State/Country:
Ethnicity:
Gender: </p>

<p>EC's:
Employment:
Community Service:</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10):
Hooks: </p>

<p>Applied to:
Attending:</p>

<p><strong><em>Use this format: [ b ][ color=green ] to post your decision [ /b ][ /color ] and don't forget to remove the spaces from between the brackets!</em></strong></p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>College: Fordham University at Lincoln Center
Applied Major: Double majoring in Communications and Philosophhy</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: N/A
Weighted GPA: 3.4
Rank: N/A
SAT: CR-M-W 670-540-640
ACT: N/A
AP: N/A</p>

<p>School Type: Private
State/Country: Dominican Republic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female</p>

<p>EC’s: Drama Club, Newspaper Club, Choir, Leadership Club
Employment:
Community Service: 80 Hours</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 9
Hooks: First generation college student</p>

<p>Applied to: Manhattanville, NYU, Fordham, The New School, Pace
Attending: Undecided</p>

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<p>Decisions: ** Accepted! **</p>

<p>College: Fordham University at Lincoln Center
Applied Major: Undecided</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.52
Weighted GPA: 3.44
Rank: 17/190
SAT: 750-650-700
ACT:
AP: English Comp.:5 Stats:4</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: French National Honor Society</p>

<p>School Type:Public
State/Country: CT
Ethnicity: Indian/Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s: Editor in Chief of school paper, Vasrity/JV sports
Employment: 2 years work experience at 2 different jobs
Community Service:50+ hrs recorded at time of application, almost 100 to date</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 9
Hooks: strong essay, SAT scores</p>

<p>Applied to: NYU, UConn, Columbia, Harvard
Attending: won’t know for sure till after 4/1 :/</p>

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<p>Decision: ** Accepted! **</p>

<p>College: Fordham U at Rose Hill
Applied Major: Communications</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.01
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Rank: 46/319
SAT: CR 680 M 680 W 670
ACT: 27
AP: English Lang/Comp 4</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: National Honor Society, German National Honor Society</p>

<p>School Type: public
State/Country: NJ, USA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>EC’s: peer development program, tutoring, elementary class German teacher, basketball statistician
Employment: two part time jobs
Community Service: Pass-It-Along, Habitat for Humanity, coached soccer</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): wasn’t too pleased but I’m a perfectionist, it must’ve been ok
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Applied to: NYU, USC, UCSD, Brown, Northeastern, BU
Attending: I have NO idea yet:/</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: Lincoln Center
Applied Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.55
Weighted GPA: 3.83
Rank: Top 30%
SAT: 600-750-690 (2040)
ACT:
AP: Physics B (3)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:</p>

<p>School Type: Private-Roman Catholic
State/Country: NJ
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s: Asian Cultural Club (Co-President), Computer League, math League, Science NHS, Literary Magazine Staff.
Employment: Cashier.
Community Service: 200+ Hours at Religious Facility. 50 Hour daycare. 25 Hour animal shelter.</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 8
Hooks: 1st Generation College Student. URM (I think Asians are underrep’d at fordham, correct me if Im wrong)</p>

<p>Applied to: Fordham, Villanova, BC, Loyola Maryland, Rutgers, SUNY-Stony Brook, Renssaelaer Polytech.
Attending: Either Fordham or Villanova.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!
College: Gabelli School of Business
Applied Major: International Business</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA:
Rank: 16/265
SAT: 610-610-610
ACT: 28
AP: (10 total) World History I & II, U.S History, U.S Gov & Politics, Literature & Composition, Language & Composition, Physics B, Environmental Science, Statistics, Spanish</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, German Honor Society, SOAR </p>

<p>School Type: Public
State/Country: NY
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F</p>

<p>EC’s: Spanish, German, Interact, Junior/Senior, Math team, Art, DECA, Track
Employment: -
Community Service: A lot, don’t feel like adding</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 7
Hooks: First generation</p>

<p>Applied to: NYU, BU, Columbia, Cornell, Stony Brook, Hamilton, Chicago, Yale, Fordham
Attending: Idk</p>

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<p><em>update</em>
after being waitlisted at NYU I’m going to send my deposit to Fordham unless by some miracle i’m accepted from the waitlist or to one of the ivies</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>College: Lincoln Center
Applied Major: Undecided</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.99
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank:24/479
SAT: 720CR-740M-750W
ACT: 34
AP: US History (5), European History(5), Calc BC(5), Biology(5), English Lit(5), Spanish(2), US Gov, Statistics</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/Distinction, Boys State Representative, NHS, Academic All American, Debate National Qualifier</p>

<p>School Type: Public
State/Country: UT
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s: Debate (Overall Captain), History Club (Activities Coordinator), Spanish Club (Treasurer), GSA (Publicity), Track etc.
Employment: N/A
Community Service: Operation Smile Fundraising, Key Club, Venturing, Salvation Army (200+ hours overall for IB at least)</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10):8
Hooks: No</p>

<p>Applied to: Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Fordham, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, U Chicago, Macalester, Carleton, Westminster (UT), U of U
Attending: Dunno</p>

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<p>Congrats you guys! I hope you will visit to see if Fordham is right for you! :)</p>

<p>It would probably also be helpful if you would add any scholarships that Fordham gave you to your posts!</p>

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<p>i was awarded the jogues scholarship</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>College: Lincoln Center</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.2
Weighted GPA: 3.7
Rank: top 33% UW/top 25% W (class of 700ish)
SAT: 690 CR 720 M 680 W (2090 total)
ACT: didn’t send
AP: 9 + Calculus III + Differential Equations + German Literature at University of Colorado - Denver</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: AP Scholar with distinction, about 10 other boring awards from my school, Colorado Radio Controlled Technology, artwork has been featured in galleries in Denver and Boston, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key, Scholastic Art and Writing Honorable Mention, COTSA 1st place in Promotional Graphics (both 11th & 12th grade) </p>

<p>School Type: Ranked Public
State/Country: CO
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s: VP of German Honor Society in founding year, Technology Student Association (4 yrs), Summer Artist Residency in Boston, Foreign Exchange Student to Germany, Soccer, some other minor clubs
Employment: none
Community Service: nothing substantial</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 7 (my GPA sucks haha)
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Accepted: Boston University (some finaid), Syracuse University (tons of aid), Knox College (multiple scholarships), Colorado State University, Winona State University (tons of scholarships), Carthage College (full ride)</p>

<p>Waitlisted: American University</p>

<p>Rejected: Fordham</p>

<p>i’m not really surprised given that the acceptance rate dropped so immensely. i wasn’t expecting that. oh well. i got strong offers from Boston University and Syracuse so it’s really no big deal. :slight_smile:
good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>College: Lincoln Center
Applied Major: Psych/IR</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 3.5ish
Rank: N/A
SAT: 1960
ACT: N/A
AP: APUSH (5), Gov (Pending), Eng. Lit. (Pending)</p>

<p>I didn’t receive my financial aid notice in the mail! When I checked online, it was also still pending. Does anyone know when I can expect it? By April 1st? Agh!!! :frowning: I really like this school and would love to attend, but money is, of course, a huge issue</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: Rose Hill
Applied Major: I forget</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: my school does not do this
Weighted GPA: 4.07
Rank: 18/534
SAT: CR-M-W: blech. did not take.
ACT: 30 (E:33 M:27 R:32 S:27)
AP: US History (5), Art History (4)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: Academic Letter, Academic Pin, 50+ Hours of Volunteer service at local hospital, Comcast Leader and Achiever, Sports/Chorus awards</p>

<p>School Type:Public
State/Country:Indiana
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Female</p>

<p>EC’s:Cross Country, Track, Volleyball, Chorus, Show Choir, German Club, Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Local quiz show, Academic Team, Church Youth Group
Employment:volunteer for a local hospital
Community Service:volunteer for a local hospital, Church youth group volunteer, legislative and senatorial page</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): I thought that my application was pretty good. I am just sad that it was not good enough for other colleges that I applied to.
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Applied to: Indiana University (accepted), Tulane University (Accepted), University of Chicago (rejected), Vanderbilt University (rejected), University of Notre Dame (rejected), College of William and Mary (still waiting to hear)
Attending: no idea</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (780 Math, 670 Writing, 660 Reading)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Spanish, 770 Math II, 650 Literature, 660 French
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.812 Weighted: 6.112
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) AP CAL AB, (3) AP English Language, (4) AP French, (5) AP Spanish
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, Art (required), Yearbook, Internship, AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Dartmouth Book Award, 4th Place Business Math (FBLA-District), Honorable Mention Model UN, AP Scholar, Teacher’s Choice for Math, Silver Knight Nominee for Mathematics</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP, Secretary, and Sergeant of Arms of Class of 2011, Secretary of Mu Alpha Theta (sponsor wrote rec), President of French Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society (sponsor wrote rec), Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, Learning Mandarin, Fluent in French and Spanish, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Crew, Peer Mediator, Heritage Panelist, HIV/AIDS Educator, EESAC (Educational Excellence School Advisory Council) Representative
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Psychology Firm, Language tutor, Math tutor, Chiropractor’s Office
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach Catechism in Church (4 years), Shake-A-Leg (children with disabilities), Teens for Jeans (collected over 500 jeans for Haiti), Organized for a Holocaust survivor speak to the school
[</em>] Summer Activities: Princeton JSA Summer (International Relations), Yale Quest Bridge Conference, Dual-Enrollment Courses (Psychology, Mandarin, Acting, Nutrition-all As), Acting at the Actor’s Playhouse (main part in a play)
[<em>] Essays: Really good! Were checked by head of English department and she loved them!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great! Know teachers very well!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic :slight_smile:
[</em>] Additional Rec: No
[li] Interview: None Offered</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Finance
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL (see below)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Peru, living in US
[<em>] School Type: Magnet, in top 60 schools in nation
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <25k</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: NYU, BU, UF, UM, USC
Rejected: Rice, UVA, Vanderbilt (but conditionally because I am international, and if I can prove to them that I can finance my education they will accept me [they explicitly said so in my letters]), Stanford
Waitlisted: Carnegie Mellon, UChicago (I was waitlisted for the same reason I was rejected by the above mentioned schools)
[*] What would you have done differently?: Take the SAT more seriously[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: ** Accepted! **</p>

<p>College: Gabelli
Applied Major: Finance</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank: ~25%
SAT: CR-M-W (690-700-710) 2100 total
ACT: n/a
AP: APUSH (5), Stat, Chem, Calc AB (4), taking Bio, Calc BC, Gov, and a college english class this year plus self studying three more AP exams</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: n/a</p>

<p>School Type: Public
State/Country: WA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s: Prez of two clubs, regional officer in another one (Pacific Northwest region), robotics stuff, internship at a lab at UW (summer 2009), internship with political campaign (summer 2010), Math and National honor societies, etc.
Employment: n/a
Community Service: key club (200 hours ish)</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): 9
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Applied to: UW, WSU, Fordham, USC (Marshall), Swarthmore, WashU (Engineering & Biz), NYU (Stern), UMich, Penn (Wharton), CMU (Tepper and CIT), UChicago (Econ)
Attending: USC baby!</p>