<p>While we realize there will be some hard feelings when students get a decision other than what they wanted, almost all the decisions left our office within 24 hours of each other. So there wasn't a scheme to inform admitted students on a dramatically different timeline.</p>
<p>We're sorry that this is the perception amongst students and parents as we've worked so hard to avoid this type of confusion.</p>
<p>What we cannot account for is how mail is handled once it leaves our campus. Some students who live near campus still haven't received acceptances mailed monday while others who live across the country heard on Tuesday. Go figure.</p>
<p>In an effort to allow admitted students to begin planning campus visits, we did email students on Monday about their acceptances. Given that some folks need to book plane reservations and hotels, we wanted to give them notice once all offers of admission had left campus.</p>
<p>Simply put, in an age of instant communications, College Confidential, Facebook and the like, news of what we share with a small number students becomes instant fodder for all sorts of speculation. We do what we can to account for this in our planning but we'll never have a totally perfect process.</p>
<p>Good luck to all, regardles of decision, on the decisions you need to make in the days ahead.</p>
<p>Thank you for clarifying. I was under the impression that rejections went out later because the first waitlist I heard about was received yesterday, and the first rejection was today. Monday-Tuesday it was all acceptances. I guess it was just miscommunication/not hearing from the rejections.</p>
<p>I am sorry Fordham Rep to put you on the spot but I simply don't agree. I personally called Fordham 4 times in 2 weeks. One rep told me they 'NEVER' send out e-mails that speak to acceptances. When I pointed out that I knew students that had received it I was told "don't worry about everyone else'. Further, I personally gave my D name and SS # to another rep to see if the letter had been mailed out. They confirmed it did but went above and beyond to tell me not to worry, the e-mail (which isn't sent out) doenst mean anything, and they sent out all notifications in waves...THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION AND IT WAS A REJECTION!. Why would you do this ?? I know it sounds like sour grapes, but as a college rep I want you to know that I think it has to be done better. I am a law school graduate so I have been through the process. At this point I want to switch carreers and open a business entiltled 'applying to college 101 for parents and students-THE REAL DEAL!' Anyone want to join me?</p>
<p>I dont agree entirely. Parents and students have to understand that decisions can never be given out over the phone, and that it is as much a question of legal tidyness--those answering the phones are often not admissions counselors themselves, and are not privy to the factors that influenced a decision--as it is of propriety. The decision is made official, so to speak, in print. That said, I think the emails were a huge mistake and tended to confuse rather than clarify. Congrats to all who were accepted, and good luck to those who were not.</p>
<p>Once this admissions round is complete you may want to examine how your office handles its communication with prospective students. If your sending "early write" emails to a select few, then say so. If you're sending emails to all accepted students on a particular day, then say so. If waitlist and rejection letters are sent later than acceptances, than say so. Having a higher volume of applicants is a good problem, but it doesn't excuse poor and inconsiderate communication.</p>
<p>FYI to Ailey-- Not a good practice to send Summer Intensive invites to students applying to the BFA program. It gives a false impression that they are accepted into the Fordham/Ailey BFA program</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear ANYTHING.
And I'm a legacy. I feel like it's really unprepared of them not to offer admissions status online, like a lot of other schools do. It would take the edge off.</p>
<p>i still haven't heard anything yet either but i'm assuming i'm rejected since i didn't receive the email. i just find it very hard to believe that acceptances were not sent out first when the people i know who were accepted got the packet on the same day. this doesn't pertain just to fordham, but i just don't understand why schools send out rejections later, it's like they are just stringing the applicants along.</p>
<p>I got rejected. I am going to write a letter to adminstration office, about their process, I applied to 12 schools, and I am exstremly disappointed in this school, I had such high hopes for it.I was lied to on the phone when asked if all letters were mailed out at the same time, they told me Yes. Which is clearly untrue. As I got my rejection letter 2 weeks later, than those who were accepted. On top of all that, I am going to send them and another school, and example of what a good rejection letter looks like, even though Fordham was not my first choice, their letter was almost mean and mocking in my opinion.</p>
<p>Also, other people besides me seem to have the same exsperince.</p>
<p>Actually, my daughter is pleasantly surprised -- she was expecting a rejection. That said, with 3,000 people on the wait list, I suspect her chances of eventual acceptance are slim to none.</p>
<p>sooz115 - the same thing happened to my daughter - she got waitlisted instead of rejected. However, she got rejected from the theater program. Does anyone know if, in the unlikely event she got into Fordham, if she could reaudition for the theater program and what the chances would be? Also, are students eligible for any scholarship money if they get waitlisted?</p>
<p>SeaShells, my daughter also was rejected from the theater program. I suppose any student could reaudition for that program, but I don't know that one's chances would be improved by already being enrolled in that school. As for scholarship money, I'm assuming that by the time a wait-listed student was accepted that there would be no such money left. But a call to the admissions office contact listed on the wait-list letter would probably yield more definitive answers than what I could offer.</p>
<p>can someone post up their stats if they were waitlisted? I was waitlisted and it total was a surprise - many of my friends with the same stats got in & with a lot of scholarship money.</p>
<p>I think there are a few other considerations (or maybe 20 more) than just stats at any college. One not mentioned much is your major. I would assume that there is more competition for the business major than classics.
There are more girls applying that boys. I am guessing that it is harder to get in for a girl - to a degree at least-though I don't know at any individual school what they do about this.</p>
<p>My wait-listed D's stats: 630 CR, 520 Math, 560 Writing; 3.5 GPA*, good EC's, great recommendations. She applied to and auditioned for the theater program, but indicated a willingness to go into a non-theater major if she didn't make the cut (and, as in all theater audition programs, the vast majority of applicants do not. The acceptance rates for these programs range from 5 to 10 percent, at best).</p>
<p>*Our school district's grading scale is as follows: an A or 4.0 is 94 to 100; B+ or 3.5 is 90 to 93; B or 3.0 is 84 to 89; C+ or 2.5 is 80 to 83.</p>
<p>I just picked up my mail...nd nothing has come from fordham yet...nd there office is closed...isnt today the last day they culd of notified me cause i dont get mail on sunday</p>