Fordham Deferral-Bad first semester grades

Okay I’m really panicking over this because Fordham was my top choice and I flew in from the west coast to tour schools on the east coast over break and I was very assured by Fordham staff I would get in, but my application was deferred instead.

And because of some very very bad circumstances, by grades dropped my first semester senior year and I ended up with two A’s, two B’s, two C’s. Generally my grades are A’s and B’s with only one C before this. These are the worst grades I’ve ever earned but I really don’t want to be denied from Fordham.

My SAT comp score is 1900 and before this drop in grades I had a 3.41 GPA. If it helps, one of my B’s was in an AP class so it could count as a regular A though.

Should I focus on getting new SAT scores and getting letter of recommendations and getting my counselor to send them some notes about my bad circumstances? Please help! Thank you!