Fordham University Class of 2016 Decisions

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1950 (590 M, 720 CR, 640 W)
ACT: 32 (34 English, 33 Reading, 31 Science, 29 Math)
SAT II: 790 US History, 740 Lit.
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 W
Rank: N/A
AP: US History (5), LangComp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, Honors Calc, Honors Religion, Physics, Honors Spanish 3, AP Gov Seminar
Major Awards: None really, a few from Model UN
Extracurriculars: Model UN (9-12), Field Hockey (9-12), NHS (11-12), Spanish NHS (11-12), Literary Magazine (Junior Editor 11-12), Campus Ministry (Eucharistic Minister, Peer Counselor 11-12)
Job/Work Experience: Nothing official, just babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Done a lot of service so I’ll just be brief/general, 200+ hours across all four years, lots of service clubs in school, Church Confirmation Mentor (9-12), service trips
Summer Activities: Elite Field Hockey Camps, Summer@Brown
Essays: Common App essay was about a surgery I had, not gonna lie - it was pretty good. Had some well placed humor in it as well. Told it was very well written by both AP English teachers.
Teacher Recommendation: My AP US teacher who also was Model UN advisor, and my AP LangComp teacher who I had sophomore and junior year. Didn’t read both, but I’d imagine they were pretty good. Have great relationships with both.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but imagine it was good. Also was my field hockey coach
Additional Rec: None
Interview: No, but I met my admissions counselor on his visit to my high school
Applied for financial aid: Yes
Intended major: Political Science
State: NJ
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100,000
Strengths: 4 yr class rigor (all Honors/AP except for a few) essay, ACT scores, SAT IIs, ECs (worked really hard on EC resume)
Weaknesses: UW GPA might be a bit low, SATs could be a bit higher
Other: Pretty excited about acceptance, also accepted to Providence EA</p>

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<p>Big envelope here for D today! Kind of thought so after that blooper on the myFordham account lol. This was a low reach for her so she will be very happy. She also got into BU the other day, so she will have to decide between the two. For reference she had 1820 sat and 3.7 gpa, very good EC’s and essay. Attends a rigorous, highly ranked public HS. No AP’s :P</p>

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<p>Didn’t hear yet; Will when I’m home. </p>

<p>SAT I: 1900 (not sent)
ACT: 34
SAT II: None
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1 (upward trajectory)
Rank: No Rankings
AP: None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AB Calc, Honors Hisory, Honors English
Extracurriculars: Lots of sports. Crew for 4 years (captain two of those years). Talked to Fordham coach. Wrestling all 4 years. Tae Kwon Do and teaching Tae Kwon Do (paid). Piano.
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Tae Kwon Do for long time as instructor.
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ but never recorded.
Summer Activities: Lots of rowing camps, national camp last summer. Not much else. a
Essays: About dyslexia and ADHD and how rowing helped me overcome it.
Teacher Recommendation: Physics and History. Both teachers loved me.
Counselor Rec: Nothing special.
Additional Rec: My music teacher wrote one.
Interview: With coach, none others.
Applied for financial aid: Nope
Intended major: Economics
State: NY
School Type: Medium (well known) public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Over $250,000
Strengths: ACT and EC
Weaknesses: GPA</p>

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<p>So we haven’t gotten the mail yet today, but that admitted student tab is back on my son’s portal. No announcement of acceptance, but the system will allow a deposit. When I look at the estimate of tuition, it specifies a “tuition award” of $9400, and calculates the amount for room and board. So I don’t know if this is a standard form, or specific to him. But it seems to read to me that he got accepted (Lincoln Center), was allowed on campus housing, and got merit money of $9400. I guess? Or maybe I’m jumping to conclusions and he should just wait for the mail!</p>

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<p>Congrats to all those who have been accepted!! Just wondering have your my.fordham accounts changed or do you still have the “applicant” link at this time?</p>

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<p>I just checked a couple of minutes ago and I only have the “applicant” tab. I haven’t gotten a letter yet, so I’m not sure if that’s good or bad</p>

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<p>Don’t worry ets894! My D’s still says applicant and she was just accepted.</p>

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<p>Thank you westie22. There is hope :)!!!</p>

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<p>Lol, it literally just changed. It has the admitted student tab now. But it still might not mean anything for you supashv, hold on to your hope!</p>

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<p>ets894, I just received my acceptance in the mail and my portal has only had the “applicant” tab all day–don’t worry!</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!</p>

<p>SAT: 1980 CR 690 W680 M610
GPA: 3.94 weighted
4 APs, honors classes for the rest</p>

<p>ballet dancer, tons of community service, editor in chief of school paper</p>

<p>Also accepted at Tulane and Northeastern, waiting for 6 other schools.</p>

<p>congratulations to everyone!!</p>

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<p>Accepted with a hefty Dean’s scholarship but they aren’t offering me any campus housing (probably because I live nearby). Don’t want to commute or live off campus in the Bx so…bye Fordham.</p>

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<p>Daughter got accepted today too with housing at Rose Hill! She’s very happy. Well , that’s it on hearing back from all the schools on acceptances! Now comes the waiting for FA and numbers crunching.</p>

<p>FYI if you are wondering: 3.98WGPA, 1940SAT, NHS, Vice Pres, a ton of leadership and community service stuff and sports. Very good recommendations, I didn’t like her essay (“whatever”).</p>

<p>All in all, 12 acceptances, 1 waitlist (Villanova) and 1 rejection (Northeastern).</p>

<p>Best of luck to everyone during this stressful time!</p>

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<p>Hey LowReach, I’ll trade guaranteed housing for your Dean’s scholarship! lol!</p>

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<p>Hi everyone and congrats to all those accepted! I live about and hour and a half outside of New York City and have yet to receive a decision from Fordham. I was just wondering, is Fordham one of those schools that only sends emails to those who were rejected or do rejected people receive a letter too? SO MUCH STRESS!</p>

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<p>I got accepted today too! (In NJ)
Did anyone receive financial aid packages yet?
Also if you didn’t have a scholarship with the packet does that mean you won’t get one?</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone waiting!</p>

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<p>Did anyone from Massachusetts recieve anything yet?</p>

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<p>Got a yes letter today in MA.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Dean’s Scholarship)
Objective:
SAT I: 2160 (800 Math, 690 CR, 670 Writing)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 760 Math II, 700 Spanish, 750 American History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95
Rank: School doesn’t rank —> Top 10%
AP: World History (5), American History (5), Calc BC (5), Comparative G&P (4- audited the class, took on my own)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English, Calculus 3, Differential Equations, AP Statistics, AP US G&P (Self-Study), AP Micro/Macro, AP Physics, French 3
Major Awards: AP Scholar with honor, Member of a select Academic Team at HS (only 3 students out of 500 selected), ample Baseball awards (Both summer ball and School recognition- community, newspaper)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity Baseball (4 years- captain senior year), Math Honor Society (VP), Math tutor (2-3 hrs/week), Study Abroad for 5 weeks in Venezuela (70+ hrs community service), Summer@Brown course July 2011, President of Model UN (Organized a conference around my area, attended multiple national conferences), Tutor Spanish (1-2 hrs/week), among many other extracurriculars
Job/Work Experience: Assistant Store Manager at Pizza Hut (Worked there since November of Junior year, promoted over the summer) 30 hrs/week
Summer Activities: 70+ baseball games, work ± 40 hours week, Summer @ brown, Abroad in Venezuela
Essays: Common App- VERY RISKY! seemed to have worked, but VERY obscure, others were well-written and apparently successful
Teacher Recommendation: probably could’ve been better because the teachers merely taught me for one year, but it is what it is
Counselor Rec: Probably very strong, maybe a bit general because she has so many students, but she adores me, and believes in my abilities</p>

<p>State: NY
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks: none
Strengths: extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: test scores, Transcript, Recs</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: BU, Northeastern Honors, Macaulay Honors College. Waiting to hear from: Brown, Harvard, Penn, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU
General Comments: I heard early from them in mid-February, verifying me that I was a “strong applicant” and “I deserved to know” also that I was up for “Scholarship Consideration”… Apparently they liked me! I’m so excited to hear, but I’m not sure if I’ll even end up at Fordham! Congratulations to everyone else!</p>

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<p>Accepted! Lincoln Center w/ housing</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I : 1910
ACT: 28 (didn’t send)
GPA: 3.65 UW 4.15W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro, Micro, Calc AB, Stats, Psych (5)
Honors: Algebra, Geometry, Chinese, Chemistry, Physics</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (Treasurer), Key Club, BuildOn, Volunteer’s Club, Make a Difference, Red Cross
Job/Work Experience: advisory board for youth empowerment
Summer Activities: Foreign exchange program
Essays: I thought they were pretty good, somewhat different.
Teacher Recommendation: 1 - chinese teacher of 2 years. didn’t read, but it must’ve been good enough!
Counselor Rec: meh, somewhat generic. large school</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than $25,000
EFC = 0
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen college, low income</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Augustana (IL), Pace, Canisius, Drexel, St. John’s U
Waitlisted: UC San Diego, Brandeis, Northeastern
Rejected: UCLA
Waiting: NYU (doubtful it will be a good answer LOL)</p>

<p>General Comments: I would have loved to have been able to attend Fordham, but unfortunately I only got about $15k in aid ($22k including loans) and my family simply can’t afford to spend $40k a year for me to attend here. :frowning:
Congrats to the others who got in, and good luck to those still waiting to hear back! I’m sure someone amazing will take my spot. :)</p>