<p>i hope i get it this week...does applying business hurt my chances?</p>
<p>i haven't got mine either though based on the fact that someone else from ct got it... it is probably in the post office down the road... they just probably won't sort it for awhile <em>crosses fingers</em></p>
<p>For the person who asked about stats, I have a 3.4 GPA and 1400 SATs (590 writing).</p>
<p>haha talk about being youngest in the class...i am still 16.</p>
<p>CBA is the toughest college at Fordham to get in to.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted at Lincoln Center</p>
<p>SATs: 1300 (1940)</p>
<p>SAT IIs: Did not send them</p>
<p>APs: Music Theory, Us Hist, Euro Hist, Psych, Brit Lit</p>
<p>ECs: 4 years varsity crew, 1 year varsity track, choir, play 2 instruments (sax and guitar), latin club, NHS, math club, literary magazine, performed at Stockton College, Rowan U, and TCNJ</p>
<p>i got deferred...i bet applying to the CBA hurt whatever little chance i had. I am going to send some more recs and hopefully i will get in. is getting deferred really just delaying the rejection?</p>
<p>inthesun: youngest person in my entire grade, turning 17 next year. i feel for you :)
kingadam: how are your grades?</p>
<p>I got into Lincoln Center
Stats:
1300 SAT
3.405 GPA</p>
<p>Plus they gave me a full tuition scholarship, so thats a plus.</p>
<p>I got in
1300 SAT's
3.6 gpa
25/490
pfft I didnt get any scholarship, that sucks...</p>
<p>My D stats are odd --- 510 V, 600 W and 720 M with a 730 in Math IIC --- only took the new SATs once.</p>
<p>APs -- AP Scholar -- completed 3 courses scores of 5, 4 and 4 and is taking two more</p>
<p>Class rank - top 6%, all honors or AP courses in major subjects.</p>
<p>She also received no scholarship but maybe something will be there...if not the price is our of our league and she's had some money offers from other schools specializing in math and engineering (definitely a female shortage in these areas) .....Fordham is her top choice though!</p>
<p>AdvicePlease, I wish you daughter luck, she sounds like she will get $ offers from other colleges that might "grow" later. Fordham isn't known for generousity (unless you're a 1400+) but you never know. They seem to give a lot of 7,500 awards or close to it. My son's GC tried to tell me about the low grant/scholarships after years of working with them, but last year it was his favorite and we hoped. Luckily, although he got in, it isn't his top choice now and we didn't get an offer with his acceptance. A lot of students from his catholic school went there and a few have told us,they have quite a bit of debt now. They all loved it, but reality hits when you're a senior (if not before) and it's a hard decision for some. I didn't hear this directly from the college so it's hearsay, but one student told me that their criteria for merit $ is higher than some colleges, a 3.5 GPA. Two colleges he turned down had 3.0 for the same amount, which would of been less stressful, but Manhattan was a big draw.
I'm sure with your daughters interests, she will find wonderful offers coming her way. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hi Debruns -- Thanks for your advice. Fordham was the 5th school that my daughter was accepted to definitely her favorite but we're realistic in that it's out of range price wise without a scholarship. We're not in the "financial need" range but it's anybody's guess how we could come up with the $40,000 per year cost of Fordham....</p>
<p>She has received academic money offers from 2 of the other schools....not full scholarships but significant. Her attraction to Fordham was the location, a great "feel" for the school after interviewing and exchanging emails with the Computer Science department. </p>
<p>We've visited some schools with more of an engineering/science focus and while that's where her academic strengths are --it's didn't feel like a match. </p>
<p>My father (now deceased) received a degree in history from Fordham in the 1940s, followed it with a Masters of Science in Math from Columbia, and then a PhD in Math from UPenn.....he received a fine education from Fordham.</p>
<p>That said, while we are Fordham fans and believe that a Jesuit education is a superior experience, she will probably not attend without some money which seems unlikely at this point. A Jesuit education is great....but......we also strongly believe in remaining financially solvent!!!</p>
<p>Thanks again for your kind words!</p>
<p>My daughter also did not receive any merit money as far as we know. She had 2010 SATs and a 800, 710 and 580 in her SATIIs. Many wonderful ECs too and a 3.7uw, 4.1w GPA. I guess you need 2100+ SATs for merit money at Fordham.</p>
<p>I've been reading so many posts describing the lack of merit $, but has anyone actually applied for financial aid? If you have not received merit aid automatically after getting your acceptance letter, you'd be surprised how much you can get if you fill out the FAFSA. There are other awards you can get. I got almost half my tuition paid when I combined all the grants in aid and scholarships I was awarded after filling out the FAFSA. </p>
<p>Thats my two cents! G.L. everyone!</p>
<p>sarit_om: I have around a 4.0 cumulative unweighted</p>
<p>AMILkita - Thanks for your thought....we did complete the CSS profile and submitted it and they said that additional information will be sent in January.....as my husband and I both work full-time we're not hopeful that'll we'll get financial aid. My daughter's GPA is great 3.7 uw and 4.5 weighted and her rank is very high......so maybe. </p>
<p>Fordham is a great school.....but a very expensive one!!</p>
<p>I know of 2 students that are currently seniors at Fordham. They only received $5,000 for what I was told were "commuting expenses". Obviously, they both commuted. One family frankly did not need the financial aid, but the one did (one parent household, with absent father-and the father was totally out of the picture for at least 12 years before college applications rolled around). In my opinion, the first family did not even deserve the 5,000 for commuting expenses b/c her family clearly did not need the money. The second family will be in major debt after graduation.</p>
<p>Just wanted to add that when I say the first family did not need the commuting money, that is b/c the student told me that one of her parents earned over 400,000/year!</p>
<p>$400,000 per year!!! Clearly they did not need the commuting money...was it "academic" money or financial need money...how could they be awarded anything other than merit money at that income level.</p>
<p>I was told by the student that it was awarded as $5,000 to cover "commuting expenses". Pretty sad, in my mind. She is a bright student, but not exceptional, and I would think average for Fordham (from the info I have). I do not know, but I doubt the fafsa was filled out. The 400,000+ in income is earned by the custodial parent (parents are divorced). The other parent also earns a comfortable income, but most certainly not anything approaching 400,000, and was able to contribute a fair sum towards her education too.</p>