<p>I got my acceptance letter march 27 last wed and it didnt come with a scholarship sheet. i am an above average applicant with a
3.35 gpa
1320/2010 SAT
top 9 %
many ecs and great essay</p>
<p>i have to vertify my financial aid so is this why i havent recieved a merit scholarship?</p>
<p>not to be rude but your stats are good but not great. Barely in the top 10% of class, not particularly high gpa, you have many ecs but are you passionate about them/are you a leader in them? Also, 2010 SAT is above their average but for top schools it'd be below average, so i wouldn't call those amazing either. I'd say you're one of those students right on the line between being a candidate for merit scholarship and not being offered one, so while I would be disappointed if I were you for not having received one, I wouldn't be shocked.</p>
<p>Please consult the above site for merit scholarship requirements at Fordham.</p>
<p>I received the $7000 scholarship, and I have a 3.5 1210 SAT.</p>
<p>Cool.</p>
<p>I'm not saying someone with the above stats can't get one, I'm saying someone with those stats isn't entitled to one. Got it?</p>
<p>greenday why r u so mad? you sound like your the one giving out merit scholarships</p>
<p>why do i have to explain my ECs and Essay to you. i have good stats, thats all that matter.</p>
<p>My son had SAT1 740-790-800 (1530/2330), academic honors every quarter, national Latin and Greek awards, NHS, school ministry council, co-head boy, peer tutor since freshman, summer service in lesser developed country, West Point's Summer Leaders Seminar, American Legion's Boys State, co-captain of varsity team plus MVPs, team championships, and schoolwide scholar-athlete award--and he only got a $10,000 Dean's scholarship (though he did get a four-year ROTC full scholarship plus an invitation to one of FU's Honors Colleges). Competition has been really tough at all of the better schools. Harvard turned down 1,100 applicants with 800 on SAT1 math and Yale turned down several SAT1 2400s.</p>
<p>AnotherOldDad is right.,</p>
<p>and 1989DC i'm not mad, i just am trying to convey to you that while you have good stats, they're not necessarilly excellent enough that you would be a shoo-in for a merit scholarship. Obviously if you didn't get one, there were other preferable candidates. That's not an indictment of your own accomplishments, it's just saying you're not in the "top tier" of their accepted applicants per se. And especially nowadays and this year with admission, your stats have to be even more spectacular to get good scholarships.</p>
<p>This year must have been the toughest. We thought our d. was a shoo in for a presidential scholarship but only received a deans with an invite into the honors program which states they only accept the top 25 students. D was one of the top two students in her class. She did receive a better offer somewhere else with many other perks too and has decided to go there. </p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone.</p>
<p>...which institution did Jane end up selecting, if I may ask?</p>
<p>i got a full tutition.</p>
<p>D will attend Lafayette. Congrats to you 1989DC on your haul.</p>
<p>State University of New York at Binghamton (USN&WR 2007 national universities ranking: 86; student selectivity rank: 61) stopped accepting applications six weeks early after receiving 25,132 (from The Journal News, a tri-county newspaper that covers suburbia immediately north of New York City and FU):</p>
<p>Link to re-publication of earlier article in The New York Times about difficult year for college applicants:</p>
<p>(USN&WR 2007 national universities ranking for FU: 70; student selectivity rank: 77)</p>
<p>Admitted early action and only got notification of the scholarship thru an email on Thursday. We didn't open it until Saturday as we couldn't access OASIS. Fordham was once a front runner and fell out of consideration as we couldn't understand the lack of any merit award. Very disappointing performance by Fordham</p>
<p>opmsma, please consult the application packet. Merit awards usually go out to the top of the applicant pool.</p>
<p>For most merit scholarships, you need an A average and 2200 and above on the SATs.</p>
<p>applied to fordham. Accepted to fordham. So SO disappointed in the fin. aid package.</p>
<p>Some schools have more money to give out than others. Think through this. What are your objectives? Where do you want to work and where? If you want to work in NYC you will be paid a LOT of money with a Fordham degree, versus somewhere else.</p>
<p>Financial aid is not everything. If you work hard and do well at Fordham, you will be rewarded with a degree and work in New York. Your loans will be paid off--a lot faster than some others.</p>
<p>^^depending on what major you get into. Like for theater, whether you make alot of money or not demands on both talent and fate.</p>
<p>Mackie: </p>
<p>I think Eruestan said it well...financial aid is not everything. Yes, its important and can be determinative for some families, sadly. But for those who can carry the loans a few years, it pays off in the end, we believe.</p>
<p>Theatre is perhaps more subjective on the employment front, but frankly, theatre majors at EVERY school have that same problem, and while going to a school outside of NYC for theatre may be cheaper, I think the "contacts" that Fordham has in the theatre disctrict may well pay for itself in later years.</p>
<p>People make decisions about colleges based upon a lot of reasons: money, location, sports, extracurriculars, reputation of faculty, campus buildings, weather, dorm life, job opportunities, internships, makeup of student body, overall fit for the student, depth of specific programs, some like a strong core curriculum, some dont, etc etc. </p>
<p>I hope you chose Fordham. Maybe my D will see you there!</p>