<p>I have officially been accepted to Fordham (business school) early action and am anxiously awaiting a merit scholarship offer... Can anyone give me an idea how big of a scholarship I could be offered (if any!!)
ACT:31
Close to a 4.0 GPA
Tons of extracurriculars, two honor societies...
Top 10% of my class
Several 5's and 4's on AP Exams etc.</p>
<p>I know there is no way of knowing for sure what I could be offered but I want a general idea because money is an issue.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>It seems to me that the Fordham awards I have seen have been heavily test score related. My son got about $30K with nearly perfect SAT1s. His friend with about a 2100 SAT got about $20K. The awards were announced in the spring even though they were accepted EA. Neither guy had close to a 4.0 average but I know a lot of kids who did have such a GPA but lower test scores and they did not get a dime. I don’t know anyone who submitted ACTs who got an award so I don’t know what scale they use for that test.</p>
<p>Yes…heavily score related merit. GPA seems to be less important as long as the GPA is good. Test scores are important.</p>
<p>You may be offered some merit. How much do you need??? Fordham seems to offer its larger merit for VERY high test scores or NMF status. </p>
<p>My son was offered full tuition as a NMF. My other son had an ACT 33 and was offered about $25k.</p>
<p>In the world of merit, an ACT 32 and a 1420 M + CR seem to be benchmarks for larger merit awards.</p>