Fairfield University Class of 2026 Early Action

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So grateful to be accepted!! Is the magis scholarship an invitation to the honors program, is this a guarantee to be in the program?

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Iā€™m deferred

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I have no idea why Fairfield is SOOO expensive. Itā€™s right up there with BC, UPenn, and Villanova. Crazy. Cannot justify paying that for Fairfield!!

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My daughter got into their nursing program and she did not submit tests scores and her WGPA is 4.297. She is a certified EMT tho. Surprised your daughter did not get admitted, she probably will the second time around.

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Aww. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Much appreciated. She has other great options so it will all work out regardless. And maybe Fairfield not admitting her just saved me a lot of $$. :).
Good luck to your girl!

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Although Fairfield is expensive when looking at sticker price, they do give a lot of merit aid which the other schools you listed do not. If your student has the numbers to get into UPenn then they should get a pretty big scholarship from Fairfield. We didnā€™t think Fairfield was affordable either but the $ they offered have it a possibility.

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Anyone know how you get into the Honors Program at Fairfield? Would that offer have been in my acceptance letter?

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It is a beautiful school. She got into others that gave a lot of merit as well. NO football team is a deal breaker. She wants to be part of that school spirit. I hope all that want to be there get in. Good luck to all!

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Just curious. Why apply in the first place if there was no football team?

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Because she is a nursing major and it is extremely competitive. She needed to have some other choices if her 1st choices fell through.

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Just got my financial aid notice on the portal. Received an email notifying me of a status update.

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I got mine in my acceptance letter

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Do most applicants get some sort of financial aid? How do you know if you receive aid?

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Anyone know when ED2 is posted for Fall 22 applicants?

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fairfield requires both the fafsa and the CSS profile (can access this app through college board)

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Is anyone else struggling with the high cost of attending this school? My daughter was admitted to Dolan for business with a $20k scholarship, but we are still choking on the price. Tuition for 2022-23 will be $54,455 with the added yearly ā€œgeneral feeā€ of over $800 on top of the $53,630 tuition. Room and board will be $16770.

Both tuition and room and board are significant increases that seem to be happen every year. We really love this school and think itā€™s a great fit for our daughter, but we donā€™t qualify for aid, and even with 20k off, we are still looking at over $50k a year with a higher total each subsequent year.

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Yes! My son accepted into Dolan as well w merit. We will be attending admitted studentā€™s business visit on 4/22 for a deep dive to see if itā€™s worth the hefty price tag. He was accepted at Marist, Bryant and University of Scranton as well with more merit. I think Fairfield is best fit. Time is ticking, a choice has to be made!

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Hi Linda, my daughter is applying to Fairfield BSN direct entry this fall. Out of curiousity, did your daughter write her common app essay about why she wants to go into nursing? I canā€™t tell whether my daughter should use a supplemental essay for that or if it is important to write about that in the common app?