Fordham University Decisions Thread

<p>Post accept, defer, deny? </p>

<p>For me: </p>

<p>ACCEPTED
3.25 GPA (rose each year by 3-4 points on a 100 scale)
570 CR, 650 M, 540 W
Competitive private school in upstate NY
Extras: Alot, lacrosse and volunteering, camp counselor was big for me
Personal Statement: Creative, about portaging, very well written.
White Male
Hook: Sister is in the honors program</p>

<p>accepted
3.6 gpa
1910 on the SATs
public school on long island
Extras: Class vice president, piano for 8 years, a few others
personal statement: i thought was pretty good
female</p>

<p>Congrats to both of you. Welcome to Fordham!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>4.0gpa uw
610/660/690 SAT
public high school on long island
Extras- Class President 3 years, music, sports, volunteerism, and then honor societies and stuff.
Hook- First generation, hispanic (guatemalan) and middle eastern (egyptian)</p>

<p>gotta admit, i’m really happy haha congrats everyone!!</p>

<p>Accepted to the Lincoln Center campus!</p>

<p>RI Catholic private HS, very competitive
93/100 gpa, unweighted
640/700/690 SAT
Hooks: asian?</p>

<p>don’t forget to add the college you applied to (LC, RH, or CBA)</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to CBA
(with semifinalist scholarship!!! =D)</p>

<p>4.0 UW GPA
1500/2300 SAT
Catholic school in Ohio
ECs - student council, yearbook editor, lacrosse, model UN, investment club, some service stuff
Hooks - NASA internship; had my research published</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!
Gpa: 3.6
SAT: 11860
Public competitive high school in Connecticut
Extras: Captain of State Champion Mock Trial Team, Fed Challenge team, FBLA, Hospital Volunteer.
Hook: My grandfather is a professor there and i wrote an extra essay about how i have wanted to go to fordham for ten years
So clearly im pretty excited!!!</p>

<p>I’ve always wanted to do one of these!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: College of Business Administration
Applied Major: Marketing</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 5/108
ACT: 30
AP: World History (3) , APUSH (2 - FAIL, my teacher sucked), English (taking this year), plus 3 joint-enrollment college-level classes which are weighted the same as AP’s
Senior Year Course Load: AP/College-level English, College-level Physics (taking AP exam), College-level Calculus (taking AP exam), Political Science H, Economics H, E-Commerce, Theology 12, Health, Presentations
Awards/Honors: Centro Civico Certificate for Academic Achievement, National Honor Society, SUNY Albany Achiever of Color, Dartmouth Club of Eastern New York Book Award, 5 Varsity Letters, three track awards (1st place ribbon, 3rd place ribbon, 6th place medal)</p>

<p>School Type: Catholic school in Upstate New York
State/Country: New York
Ethnicity: African American and Native American
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s (Leadership): Young Actors Guild (Apprentice Trainee), a cappella group, school newspaper (Editor-in-chief), FBLA (team captain), Key Club, Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field, Student Council, NYS Math League
Work Experience:: 30 Week Internship at Hannaford Bros. Co. Supermarket (regional chain, learned about all aspects of the store and developed a marketing proposal); Cashier / Service Clerk
Volunteer Experience/Community Service:: only about 40-50 hours of community service
Summer Activities: engineering program, accounting program, Young Actors Guild, summer camp, job</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): About my indirect experience with Hurricane Katrina, and lost contact with a family friend for weeks after the disaster. (7 or 8)
Hooks: URM</p>

<p>Feel free to copy my format, which I partially stole from the NYU forum. All the info will help out the nervous RDers and the EDers who didn’t get their letters yet.</p>

<p>accepted- rose hill (economics)
3.7 gpa
1900 (590V 710M 600W) on the SATs
public school on new jersey
Extras: 4 year varsity for winter/ spring track, cross country.
Letter of rec from the federal reserve bank.
Hook: haha… asian?</p>

<p>Do you guys think they only sent out merit-aid info for Semifinalist scholarships? It’s the only one anyone’s heard back about.</p>

<p>Accepted- Rose Hill (Biology)
3.67 w gpa
34 composite ACT
public school in new jersey
Extras: volunteering, leadership in clubs. bilingual?
decent letters of rec, good essay
summer programs.
Hook: um. asian?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: Fordham College at Rose Hill
Applied Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.0
Weighted GPA: 3.32
Rank: 34/134
SAT: 800 CR 660 M 590 W
AP: US 3 , World 4 , Euro 5, Human Geo 5 ,AP English this year
Awards/Honors: A.P scholar</p>

<p>School Type:medium public
State/Country: RI
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>EC’s : Mock trial, swim, xc
Work Experience: bagged groceries, pizza delivery
Volunteer Experience/Community Service:: only about 20 hours of community service
Summer Activities: Haha</p>

<p>Personal Statement (Personal rating out of 10): I talked about how reading Starship Troopers made me less of a ******
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Accepted - Rose Hill campus
3.58 UW avg, 3.91 weighted
800cr, 800m, 780wr
Pretty good public school in MA
Extras: volunteering, research, work experience
Personal Statement: pretty stupid, tbh
White female
Hook: SATs? I dunno.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED- rose hill</p>

<p>Major- English and/or History
4.4 GPA weighted
690 CR, 640 M, 740 W
AP exams - 5 AP English and 5 AP US History
Competitive public school in NJ
Senior Year Classes: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP World History, AP Spanish, AP English, Honors Music
Extras: 1st Chair Alto Saxophone in Concert, Marching, and Jazz Bands. Pit band and piano lessons. Spanish and environmental club. Editor-in-chief of school newspaper. Work as a tutor and also volunteer as a tutor is several different tutoring programs. Went on Rotary Youth Leadership Conference and Award.
Personal Statement: About how cooking (especially cooking with my Italian grandmother) influenced my life.
White Female
Hook: Both my mom and uncle attended Fordham</p>

<p>My only concern is I received nothing about scholarships! If I don’t get a scholarship, I can’t go =/</p>

<p>any rejection or deferral letters?</p>

<p>My D was accepted at Rose Hill</p>

<p>94 UW GPA, full IB diploma candidate
2040 SAT (not sure of breakdown)
30 ACT
really interesting and unique ECs
Medieval Studies major</p>

<p>Found out today? Where do you live?</p>

<p>A friend’s daughter was deferred today. She is devastated.</p>

<p>i just got deffered right now tooo…pretty badd
but im waiting for northeastern now…thats my first choice and would just be amazing:/</p>

<p>ACCEPTED - Full tuition scholarship
3.90+ GPA (UW)
690 CR, 710 M, 690 W - 35 ACT
Competitive private school in CA
Extras: Music
Personal Statement: Well written.
Hispanic Female
Hook: National Merit Semifinalist</p>