Fordham Class of 2018 EA Results

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1470/2200 (710 CR, 7600M, 730W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 700 (Bio 9th grade) 710 (US History 11th)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A …91.24/100 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Psych (5) Euro history (4) Stat (3) Bio (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 2 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar With Distinction </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Young Adult Advisory Council (President, Vice President), Peer Drug Educator, Varsity Track, few others
Job/Work Experience: Barista 1 year, assistant manager 2nd year
Volunteer/Community service: over 200 hours
Summer Activities: Camp Business Residential at Drexel University
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: Very Strong
Counselor Rec: Very Strong
Additional Rec: Strong, from club advisor
Interview: None
Supplementary Material: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant):New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White(Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Rather not share.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Testing, Leadership
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores well above average, strong essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applying Cornell ED, EA to UNC, Georgetown, NYU, BC regular, few other safetys</p>

<p>General Comment: Awarded a Dean’s Scholarship; not sure how much yet, when do we find out?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 12%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Euro History (5), Language and Composition (5), Biology (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Caluclus BC, AP Lit, University Writing at the U of MN, Physics, Electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Finalist in the National Hispanic Recognition Program</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (section leader), Speech, Prom Committee, NHS, Pep Band
Job/Work Experience: School Store
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at elementary school
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Decent
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): MN
School Type: Very Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother goes to Fordham, URM</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: ACT
Weaknesses: Class Rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good enough ACT and GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Nebraska, University of Minnesota (Both Accepted), Applied to Northeastern and Ohio State
General Comments: Awarded Semi-Finalist Scholarship</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 630 M, 640 W (1220/1860)
[ *] ACT: Did not send
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Environmental Science, English 12 H, World Views H
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Students for Life Club (Treasurer), Interact Club (officer), Student Council (officer), Chemistry Club, Yearbook photographer
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Church activities
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very good I would guess!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good and detailed
[ *] Additional Rec: Also very good I would guess
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:</p>

<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recommendation from church advisor, Pro-Life Club Treasurer </p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Essay, recommendations
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT Score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (Same as hooks)
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of New Hampshire </p>

<p>**General Comments: ** Didn’t come from a very competitive high school, pretty well-rounded rather than having a few huge strengths. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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

<p>Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 650 Math:680 Writing: 720 (Total 2050)
[</em>] ACT: 28 (did not submit)
[<em>] SAT II: (did not submit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/15
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English 5 AP Calculus AB 4 (only 2 AP’s offered at school)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:2 AP’s (only 2 AP’s offered at school)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School President, classical guitar for 3 years, head of pro-life club, head/founder of guitar/mandolin/ukulele class at school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as a bookkeeper for 2 years, worked as video editor for 4 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at therapeutic horseback riding facility, teach music class to raise money for nearby food pantry
[</em>] Summer Activities: took 2 college classes last summer - I did nothing constructive for the other 2
[<em>] Essays: did it last minute, I think it was pretty vague
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher taught me Calculus 1 and 2 and Chemistry, and knows me very well. He wrote a really strong letter for me.
[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t get to see it - not sure</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: private - tiny
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Don’t think I have any. Maybe because I’m a female majoring in Computer Science</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:GPA, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: I have no awards
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I applied (but havent heard back from) Cal Poly, UCLA, UCSB, and USC. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**General Comments: **
I was accepted to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It would probably be a better choice to go there since the Computer Science program there is ranked in the top 5, but I still may go to Fordham and enter the 3/2 program with Columbia</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 740M 710CR 630WR
ACT:
SAT II: 660 Chem, 710 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.64/5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~25/~400
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang & Comp (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, Honors English, AP Psych, Mixed Choir, Honors Mandarin V
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross country (captain), Varsity Hockey, Varsity Outdoor Track, Student Ambassador to the Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association, Club Hockey, Lead Singer of 2 bands, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Chinese Tutor, Scorekeeper at Hockey Rink
Volunteer/Community service: Elementary School Enrichment Summer Program, Help out at elementary schools during the school year for NHS, Volunteered at Middle School Hockey clinic one summer
Summer Activities: ^^
Essays: Good, not overly spectacular though
Teacher Recommendation: Good, haven’t read them but one was from my Chinese Teacher of 6 years and one from AP English teacher, talked with her a lot about my essay/rec and grew a lot in her class
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, variety of skills, AP scores
Weaknesses: nothing stands out in 1 particular area, SATS and GPA a bit on the low side
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall good fit
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Tualne rejected by Columbia
General Comments: Congratulations to all those accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 30 C E34 M25 R36
SAT II: ENG 800<br>
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP US Hist (5), AP ENG Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s incld Calc AB</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Basic stuff, AP Scholar,Presidential Award Academic Excellence x 2, etc…Scholar Athlete x 2</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of solid EC’s,Varsity Sports, theater,some amount of leadership, some community service</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Paid prof work experience
Essays: Good
Interview: None
Recs: teachers-excellent, counselor-very good
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None or female in engineering?
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Teacher Rec, EC’s, Essay
Weaknesses: Math scores
Why you think you were accepted/wait-listed/rejected: Good fit, variety of experience</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/wait-listed/rejected: Case Western-rejected
General Comments: Congratulations to all that were accepted! Daughter will hope other schools see past the math scores like Fordham did!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1400/2060 (CR:720 M:680 W:660)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 something
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% of 420 something
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), AP Chem, AP Micro, AP US History (5),
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Statistics, Honors Forensic Science, Ceramics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A (I never get recognized for anything, it’s whatever)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class of 2014 (SGO), Red Cross Club, (Varsity) Track and Field
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Elijah’s Promise soup kitchen
[</em>] Summer Activities: Sitting at home
[<em>] Essays: Okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Superb
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Impeccable
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Supplementary Material: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey (but NY native if that makes difference)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American/Hispanic (dad is from honduras)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 99k range (FA candidate)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, grade point average, scores, teacher and guidance counselor recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, essay
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I hate to throw race into the mix, but I was probably accepted because I’m an African-American student in a predominately Caucasian area with an extremely high GPA, class ranking, and sat scores. I honestly could not give a better reason.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Northwestern (I’m bummed but what the f ever I can always transfer). Accepted at U-Illinois Urbana-Champaign (will most likely attend over Fordham for FA reasons). I think I could get accepted (but more likely waitlisted) to U-Michigan Ann Arbor and accepted to Northeastern. I have no delusions; I’m hoping for the best but expecting the worst.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I think that Fordham is a great school and mega congratulations to the class of 2018. I’m so sorry for all who were rejected (especially after receiving emails inferring acceptance). I realize how lucky I am and that Fordham is a lot of peoples’ dream schools. Trust, me I am not taking this for granted. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if I will attend. I heard Fordham gives very bad financial aid and my mom is a single parent. I just don’t want to be given a hard time each year with the CSS Profile since my dad (who was not excited whatsoever that I’m his only child to go to college) has no intentions of contributing to my education. For those who got rejected, keep your heads up. I know how it feels to get denied from your top school. But life goes on and you’ll end up where you’re meant to be. And if Fordham is where you’re meant to be, you can always transfer in 2015.

  • Best of Luck, Ellie</p>
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<p>**Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.28
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP Euro (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: British Literature, The American Hero (Lit), AP AB Calc, AP Micro/Macro, International Relations, AP Biology, The Call of Christ, Theological Seminar, Select Chorus</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Secretary of the Treasury), Debate (Captain 11 and 12, National circuit), Mock-Congress (Captain 10-12), Forensics (Captain 12, National Qualifier), Theater (9 shows, 1 lead), Pit Orchestra (2 shows), Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, Pro-Life Club, Newspaper Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Barnes and Noble Bookseller for 6 months
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours, variety
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: yes
[</em>] Counselor Rec: yes</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] School Type: Private, Catholic, Jesuit
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[list]
[<em>] Strengths: I have awesome EC’s and I go to a phenomenal high school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: EC’s, ACT, high school reputation
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: UW-Madison, Loyola-Chicago. Waiting to hear from Boston University, American University, George Washington, Northeastern, Minnesota, and Marquette University</p>

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<p>Hey guys, how does the whole scholarship thing work out? </p>

<p>I was accepted to the Rose Hill campus with a 2300+ sat and two 800 sat2’s along with NMSF; do scholarship notifs come out later?</p>

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<p>Deferred
1400/1600 sat
2010 overall sat</p>

<p>3.956 weighted gpa (20/193)
decent extracurricular</p>

<p>I guess i have bad luck, congrats to everyone else though</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone accepted!! Chance a RD applicant please? :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Take into account that I’m a Canadian citizen and international applicant (13 years education in US though) and Asian ethnicity.</p>

<p>SAT: 2280
Without writing: 1560
ACT: 34
GPA: top 3% of 400 (3.84 uw, 4.42 w)
EC: captain 2 years, VP, Treasurer are my leaderships.
NEHS, snhs, nhs… Plus more
200 volunteer hours
Good essay
Good recs</p>

<p>Applying for merit aid! Chance on that?</p>

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<p>Oh I forgot, 800 math II, 800 chem, (unknown) lit but first time it was a 640 (I think I may hit a 710 this time)</p>

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<p>Canadian chance:
Looks like you are in. Make sure essays are compelling. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 590 M: 620 WR: 730
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t do rankings or percentiles
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (3), AP Government, AP French Language, AP Calculus AB
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Government, Anatomy/Physiology, Pop/Mod English, World Religions, AP French Language
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Volleyball (2 years), Club Volleyball (all of high school and middle school), CSF, Mock trial, school ambassador (4 years), organized and lead a leadership conference at my school
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Teacher’s assistant at summer program for underprivileged, built houses in New Orleans, volunteer assistant coach at volleyball camp
Summer Activities: Volunteer at summer program for underprivileged children
Essays: pretty good, focused on my diversity
Teacher Recommendation: not sure (math, apush)
Counselor Rec: not sure
Additional Rec: no
Interview: No
Supplementary Material: No</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: private, catholic (this helped with the jesuit morals)
Ethnicity: Asian / African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: got terrible grades freshman year so really steady upward trend, possibly SAT score
Weaknesses: ECs (not as many leadership positions)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my school has a really good relationship and reputation with fordham, almost everyone is accepted from my class
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: for early, i find out about Georgetown tomorrow (legacy, possibly #1 choice), and northeastern later this week</p>

<p>CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT ACCEPTED, AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE DEFERRED, DON’T GIVE UP!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
SAT I (breakdown): 1230/1830 (CR: 600 M: 630 W:600)
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3).9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): French awards, Eurochallenge semi-finalist, many student of the month awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Gov (President), Yearbook (VP), NHS (President), French and Italian club (executive board positions), Ping Pong Club (PR)
Volunteer/Community service: Over 100+
Summer Activities: A lot of traveling
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: Very strong
Counselor Rec: Very strong
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Supplementary Material: Resume</p>

<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection
Strengths: Resume and GPA
Weaknesses: SATs are really look…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A LOT of ECs and good GPA, also my recommendation letters were probably strong.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Siena, UVM, Manhattan College, AUP and I’m applying to BU, Northeastern, Delaware, Binghamton, Drexel, Macaulay Honors,
General Comments: So happy I got in!</p>

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<p>Accepted Semi Finalist Scholarship Full Tuition $44,000 ish</p>

<p>Objective
ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):IDK 3.9?
Rank :1/155
AP :APUSH (4) AP Lit: (3) AP Span: (3)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs incl. B/C Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Hispanic Scholar </p>

<p>Extracurriculars : mostly community service pres of peer mediation club
Job/Work Experience: waitress 15 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours-ish
Summer Activities: Honors Chem
Essays: Ehh… Ok I guess</p>

<p>School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: Hispanic White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Strengths: Rank
Weaknesses: ACT only took once due to laziness
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:GPA rank scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Texas A&M
Arizona
Colorado School of Mines</p>

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<p>Did the Fordham financial aid calculator today…looks like I’ll have to pay 30k to attend! Yikes! Any help. 30k is too much for me! I can’t afford that! I’d be paying student loans till I’m 80!</p>

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<p>The financial aid calculator is a general estimate and is not official. File the FAFSA and CSS and see what Fordham gives you in grant money.</p>

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<p>We did not expect to get anything, but she got about 31% grant and guaranteed housing. File the forms.</p>

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<p>My S got accepted too. 2080 SAT, lots of EC’s, work, great rec’s. Waiting to hear from a few others before he makes his decision.</p>