Hello again! I just spoke to an AO over the phone. He said that yes, CSS Profile IS required for all incoming freshman. However, aid is not awarded until February, except for a small percentage of students who get scholarships early (I don’t think my son has high enough stats to be in that group. There wasn’t a hard deadline for CSS Profile he just said that son’s app would go to the bottom of the pile so to speak until it was in…for awarding aid, not for admission.
So, since we’re this close I’m going to wait until EA decisions are in and see if DS gets accepted and Fordham is even in the running before doing the CSS profile. Son hasn’t even visited, but he is interested based on location, size and Jesuit.
@TS0104
I just wish the information was consistent! Our email said the deadline was November 15 for CSS, that it was required, and to get it in ASAP. At least it’s done now. Hopefully D wil get a nice merit award with her admission decision (assuming she’s admitted).
@PepperJo I asked if merit scholarships were awarded at admission time, and he said no except for “a few students”. But you’re right about consistencey…I don’t know that I trust any answer at this point. He definitely answered each question with confidence and SOUNDED like he knew what he was talking about! (Unlike the emails which were either super short or too long and neither really made sense).
@collegemom506 my son is a sophomore at Fordham Rose Hill and I know that we were also led to believe that they needed to be filed to be considered for merit money and we have to continue to file them each year for him to continue getting the merit scholarship that he was awarded.
does anyone know if we will get an email a few days before notifying us when the decisions will come out. or will we only get the email when they do come out?
@mansion2001 I heard about someone getting an email earlier this week- maybe even last Friday? It was like a congrats, sign up to something and meet other people who’ve been accepted. Was it similar to that?