<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 700 M, 690 W</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 650 US History, 620 Bio, 610 MathII</li>
<li>ACT: 32</li>
<li>APs: 7 total</li>
<li>IBs: not offered</li>
<li>GPA: 4.2 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs - A lot of very involved activities</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably ok</li>
<li>Applied on: Regular</li>
<li>Hook (if any): theatre minor, but with a lot of experience.<br></li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yay!! Excited! My application fee was waived so i thought i would be accepted, but i was worried when i hadnt received anything from them!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!
Stats:
SAT: 1660 (570 CR, 510 M, 580 W)
SAT IIs: N/A
APs: School doesn’t offer any but have taken all honors and college credit courses possible.
GPA: 3.6 UW
Rank: 16/129</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Were outstanding, not only were they very personable but they showed a great deal of knowledge about the school and my passion to attend it.
Teacher Recs: My Recs were outstanding; I was checked in the top one percent in every category. The letters attached were not just generic and said a lot about my character and potential.
Counselor Rec: Excellent, was very personal not generic at all.
Applied On: I would say October 3rd, Deferred Early Action
Extracurriculars: Student Council: President, Newspaper: Editor-In-Chief, Law Club: President, Mock Trial Team: Founder/Captain, NHS: President, Spanish NHS: Vice-President, Internship with the District Attorney, 500 hours of community service teaching young children how to swim
Hook (if any): Essays, Recs, and Extracurriculars</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments: Thrilled to have been accepted!! I was deferred EA and I wasn’t quite sure if I would get in RD, but I did… Congrats to everyone else…</p>
<p>By IUB I assume you mean Indiana University at Bloomington. If so, then I concur in your selection. Its a fine school and frankly, its good to go away to school in my honest opinion. If you are in at IUB already, then fire away and send in your room reservation deposit and lock it in. Congratulations. Sorry you didnt get into Fordham this time around. As you know, admissions can be strange creatures. Been there, done that. </p>
<p>knight: You are blessed to get in with those SAT scores. However, your application is compelling on other grounds, clearly and your fight to the finish also likely played a huge role! Congratulations! Now, the hard part comes! Fordham is hard work. So come prepared to work extremely hard.</p>
<p>The others above, particularly those with high STATS:</p>
<p>Congratulations! Fordham is a fabulous school with really good opportunities. I strongly encourage you to visit campus for the accepted student orientation in a few weeks. Its vitally important that you see the school and feel the vibe! Don’t be overly influenced by rankings of other schools you may be accepted to. Fordham accepted you because they want you. There are many, many students at Fordham with stats like yours and who are doing extremely well. I can assure you that you will be challenged and have outstanding opportunities presented to you, as well as having a really good time.</p>
<p>wow rayc0702 i think you should have been accepted. but did you have and EC or work besides your good sats and gpa. maybe that could haven been a factor. just speculating here. im just saying you should have gotten in.</p>
<p>i had two jobs before, being on varsity basketball teams for two years, got an scholarship from the Art Student League of New York, and a few other activities…nothing spectacular but again, not horrible…</p>
<p>what really makes no sense is that i also applied REALLY EARLY (Your Choice Application)</p>
<p>wow rayc0702 i would complain as you have better stats than some of the people on this list and frankly you have the right to be mad, your exactly what they want it terms of credentials. you should call them up and ask for an explanation for the decision they gave you.</p>
<p>thanks javaid91, your inputs are really sincere and relieving=] but i guess i wouldnt even bother to do so cuz i’m already very disappointed…at least i have some other schools to go so its not the end of the day for me</p>
<p>Ray have AMAZING credentials but also they need diversity soo is not only based on grades. Like i have a friend that got much lower SATs than u but she speaks 4 languages, is international and lived in many countries…Its also about LUCK.</p>
<p>well I’m a minority(paki) and i also know 4 languages (Urdu, Punjabi, English, Pashto) and i have a widow as a mom so diversity wasn’t considered in my case. i wrote all this on my resume and essay.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/790/740/680
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: took 5 already, taking 4 this year.
[<em>] IBs: not offered
[</em>] GPA: 3.7 UW
[<em>] Rank: no rankings
[</em>] Other stats: national merit finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: band, community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring and some stuff abroad
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): bad
[</em>] Teacher Recs: i’ve had this teacher 2 years (pretty rare in my public school)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>] Applied on: deadline day
[<em>] Hook (if any): none. NMF?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): highly competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: refer to CC login name
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I applied to fordham as my financial safety…and also because it was in new york and because the business school was pretty good. it lost a lot of spots in the businessweek rankings for this year though x[</p>
<p>It lost spots on Newsweek’s list because that magazine ranking had a lot to do with jobs/employment after graduation and they know that Fordham has a stellar record of getting kids into wallstreet firms and they PRESUMED Fordham would be hurt really badly with WallStreet blowing up last fall. Wrong! First of all, a high percentage of Fordham CBA kids go on for their MBA’s and very prestigious schools, including Fordham’s MBA program. (Note: Fordham has an MBA campus in Beijing as well.) Some go onto Law School, including Fordham’s highly ranked Law School. And many go into business, both in hedge funds, mutual funds, I Banking firms, and all sorts of industry. Fordham has a HUGE number of companies that recruit on campus. Why? Because they know Fordham kids are well rounded, grounded, have an exceptional work ethic and are even better people! </p>
<p>So before you break out your Newsweek and USNWR and follow the “prestige” rankings in making your college selections, I strongly suggest you visit Fordham, talk with kids, talk with the fabulous faculty (after researching their amazing credentials online), and look at the big picture.</p>
<p>Fordham is extremely well connected. Did you know, for example, that Fordham has an exceptional and extremely highly regarded Honors Program in American Catholic Studies, which is a grooming grounds for Fulbright, Truman and Rhodes Scholars? That this program is interdisciplinary and can be combined with many, many majors and is also open to CBA students? Fact.</p>
<p>Dig a little deeper, people, than magazine rankings, please.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of you on your admission to Fordham. Its a fabulous school and you won’t be disappointed. Even if your SAT scores are north of 1500/1600.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 600 CR, 560 M, 620 W
SAT IIs: none.
ACT: 27.
APs: nope.
IBs: nope
GPA: I really have no idea. 3.4?
Rank: 39/140
Other stats: like what?
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: SADD, SDS, FOR, yearbook editor in chief, film club, art club, NHS, NSHSS, volunteer religion teacher for the past 5 years/
Job/Work Experience: 2 years at part-time job as a dishwasher/prep cook. baby sitting jobs.
Essays (subject and responses): best essay I’ve ever written.
Teacher Recs: I didn’t read them, but I’m assuming good.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read that either, still assuming good.
Applied on: um. I applied EA but got deferred.
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: female
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: compared to some of the people who got waitlisted here I really am surprised that I go in over them…Fordham is my number one school, so I realllyyyy hope I get to go!</p>
<p>“Fordham has a HUGE number of companies that recruit on campus. Why? Because they know Fordham kids are well rounded, grounded, have an exceptional work ethic and are even better people!”</p>
I’ll post my stats as soon as I hear from all my colleges.</p>