Fordham Class of 2021 Decisions

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I’ve spent so much time reading these the past year so I figured I’d write one

**Decision: Accepted **

Accepted with full tuition scholarship
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 720 M, 800 W)
ACT (breakdown): did not take
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics, 730 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank (but my counselor wrote in my letter I was 1/300)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Human Geography (5), AP World (4), AP Bio (4), AP Physics 1 (4), AP English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Chem, AP English Literature, AP US Gov

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi Finalist, school awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross country (4 year varsity letter) Indoor/outdoor track, Engineering club (president), NHS (president), student council senator grades 10-12, Business club (leader), service team member

Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarded during the summer about 35-40 hrs/wk
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at an elementary school weekly about 10 times a year, Two1 week long service trips,
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding
Essays: I rewrote it about 5 times and was really happy with the final product, 9/10
Teacher Recommendation 1: 9/10, physics teacher, I’ve taken 3 of his classes so I think his letter was really good
Teacher Recommendation 2: 10/10, ap gov teacher and coach, knew me really well
Counselor Rec: 9/10, knew him really well and I think he worked really hard on my letter
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: engineering physics
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First language French/canadian citizen,

Reflection:

Strengths: GPA, course load, SATs, recommendations
Weaknesses: Service
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: seems like northeastern is mostly about scores, so my scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted pitt, penn state, northeastern, have yet to hear from Villanova or PSU Honors College (only other early schools)

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Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1370 (670 math, 700 english)
ACT (breakdown): 29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: 5.15 (out of 8)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 40%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(4), AP Bio(4), AP English language(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP World History, AP Government, AP Literature, Honors Calculus, Microsoft office, Ceramics(required art credit)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim(Junior Captain), Varsity Track, Model UN(Treasurer), Academic Decathlon, Political Society, Debate Club, Yearbook club (President), Boy scout(Lots of leadership and soon to be Eagle Scout)
Job/Work Experience: Over a year at Birthday place, 2 years with Boy Scouts, Internship with MA House minority Leader
Volunteer/Community service: Various Boy Scout camps, and Nursing Home
Summer Activities: Internship and volunteer work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 (Talked about my history in speech therapy and new found love and success in politics and Public speaking)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Probably good all know me well and have worked with me throughout high school

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Suburban High School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class (less than 100,000)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths: Leadership, test scores, and course load
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not a great GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Drexel, Temple, and UMass Amherst, awaiting decision at Tulane

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Decision: Accepted
Full Tuition

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 - Reading (760), Math (710), Writing (730)
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: 1440 - Reading (720), Math (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.3/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/190
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp (5), Computer Science A (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics I & II, AP Calc, AP Lit, Spanish IV, Photography, Health and Wellness
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program, NCWIT Affiliate Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Model UN (Treasurer), National Honors Society (Treasurer), Varsity Field Hockey (Captain), Fencing, Computer Team, Latin Club, Science and Engineering Team, Girls in STEM at MHS (founder), BAE Systems Women in technology program
Job/Work Experience: Data Entry, Sales Associate
Volunteer/Community service: 30+ Hours animal shelter/soup kitchen
Summer Activities: Boston University High School Honors Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, talked about relationship with estranged father
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 Computer Science teacher/ computer team mentor, known me for four years, taught me everything I know
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 Modern world teacher/ model UN advisor, known me for three years, pretty good
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: physics
State (if domestic applicant): new hampshire
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: mexican
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

Reflections: this was my saftey, applied because of waived fee
Strengths: gpa, extra curriculars
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected - stanford

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Gabelli Business at Lincoln Center

SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (m: 730, e: 670)
ACT (breakdown): 31c
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Lit: 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Spanish: 6, IB Physics: 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, IB Mathematical Studies, IB Biology SL, World Cultures, History through Journalism, Argument and Rhetoric.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Most Valuable Athlete Award for Wrestling, 6th and 3rd for Wrestling State Tournament, 6th for Judo State Tournament

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teacher Assistant, Wrestling (2x Team Captain), Judo (2x Team Captain), Ceramics
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: The Rotary Club, Malama Moanalua, Beach Clean Up
Summer Activities: Took College Classes at Georgetown University: Intro to Marco (B+) and Public Speaking (B+), Wrestling (went to national tournaments), mostly sports training during the summer.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): (9/10) wrote one essay about my diversity and wrote a second essay (8/10) about failure in wrestling.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):10/10, got a recommendation from my history teacher who wrote amazing things about me.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10, got a recommendation from IB physics teacher, she wrote some cliche things, but it turned out well.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t get to view it, but I have known my Counselor for a long time, and she helped manage the Interact Club (Rotary Club) that I was a part of. Maybe a 7/10 or higher.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 got a recommendation from a Wall Street Banker who has been a big shot for years. Wrote me a fantastic recommendation. Also, he has known me since birth. My father is basically a brother to this guy.
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
Country (if international applicant): United States because some people don’t know that Hawaii is a State… LOLOLOL
School Type: Catholic School
Ethnicity: Asain and Latino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brazilian, family of contradictions, four-year varsity letter for both wrestling and judo…

Reflections:
Strengths: SAT 1 and ACT were okay, SAT 2 were superb
Weaknesses: Definitely my GPA… FML and courseload
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Presented myself as being well rounded
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Case Western Reserve, Deferred from Georgetown and Santa Clara

General Comments (if any): Stay hopeful my friends!!!

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 20
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.5
Weighted GPA: NA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
IB (place score in parenthesis): 25
Senior Year Course Load: HL History, HL Lang.&Lit, HL Theater, SL Enviro. Systems, SL Math Studies, SL Spanish B
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NA

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Self-taught multi-instrumentalist, 16 yrs of soccer (with multiple awards w/in various countries), video editor for some embassy events, MUN, leader of multiple rock bands, Senior Girl Scout
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 6 years of various forms of Community Service
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 (About fighting against stereotypes in regards to me being a black person who listens to and performs rock music.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10/10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7/10
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Information Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): (American but live in Sri Lanka)
School Type: Private IB School
Ethnicity: 1st Gen. African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, World Traveller, Being known for my “Out-of-the-Box” thinking (Long story short, DIVERSITY)

Reflections:
Strengths: Subjective and Other
Weaknesses: Objective
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My scores were not high enough to compete, but I have strong subjective components.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pace U. (NYC) & UMass Dartmouth

General Comments (if any): Fordham is my first choice, and yes it’s a reach… But I really hope I make it in!

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@VirginiaDare There was no mention of merit aid in my acceptance letter last spring. However, later on, I received about 50% off tuition. Keep Fordham on your list!!!

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As a regular applicant, did any of you guys receive a request for your social security number for financial aid award even if you didn’t request financial aid?