<p>Well give it a shot. Do a really good job on the essay. Apply early, NOT at the last minute. And work your tail off in senior year and get REALLY good grades fall semester. PROVE yourself.</p>
<p>I think you will be fine. So just relax, but work hard in school and on the application.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Some other schools in the area are Wagner, St Johns, Iona, Manhattan College, Manhattanville, New School, City University, Post, SUNY Stonybrook,</p>
<p>alGorescousin: is it a good idea to apply early? cuz then i dont have enough time to "prove" myself and show them my senior grades (if i do better)</p>
<p>Well.....its a judgement call. Fordham is early action, meaning its non binding. They could defer if they werent sure and that is their way of saying that they want more grades to see if you can improve. It also depends a great deal on the application pool each year. Waiting for regular decision is a bit risky. I would apply early action and also show them your course workload senior year. Most colleges require at least your first semester grades for senior year anyway, and in any respect require a completed transcript in June to prove you graduated. At many colleges its a tad bit easier to get in early action than regular decision. Though some its the opposite. Discuss this with your high school counselor.</p>
<p>If you visit Fordham this summer and stop by admissions office, you can ask them what they think about that. But I would expect its better odds to apply early. In any event, even if you apply regular decision get your application in as early as possible so they can open a folder on you and start working. Too many kids apply near the deadline and that puts too much pressure on admissions and you wont get as thorough a read. Like apply late November or EARLY December and follow up with your grades in January. </p>
<p>cpt has some good suggestions also. I second Manhattan College. A fine school just up the road from Fordham.</p>
<p>^ could you explain all that stuff with early action, early decision and etc? Because I heard that if you get in with one of those, you HAVE to go there and also there are no scholarships offered and I would have to pay full tuition.</p>
<p>voodoo, Early Decision is binding - if you get in, you have promised to go there. It is definitely not true that there are no scholarships; your financial aid package is generally the same whether you apply Early or Regular decision. Students applying Early Decision have also gotten merit scholarships. Some people believe that if you apply Early Decision, you are less likely to get merit scholarships since the school doesn't have to "entice" you to go. There is no empirical evidence for this.</p>
<p>That being said, however, if financial aid is a consideration it can be dangerous to apply Early Decision because you cannot compare aid packages from different schools. (Do a search of the Financial Aid forum for more details on this.)</p>
<p>Early Action, on the other hand, is not binding - you do NOT have to go there. You still have the right to wait until May 1, after you have all your acceptances in hand, to decide where you want to go. Fordham has Early Action - non-binding.</p>
<p>Check the websites of the schools you're interested in to make sure which Early option they have.</p>
<p>Ooh, Fordham.</p>
<p>Syracuse's Whitman School of Management has a lovely new building that my family's business is painting, if that helps at all. Whitman has a great entrepreneurship program. </p>
<p>Syracuse is a 4 hour's drive from NYC though. If that's what you're after.</p>
<p>^ could you describe it a little? like the student body, area (urban/suburban), expenses and such</p>
<p>Voodoo.....your inquisitive nature is fine...but at some point, my friend, you need to pick up the ball yourself and do a little homework. Syracuse is an excellent school and actually a tad higher ranked on the National University level than Fordham but otherwise a very close school in terms of its test scores etc. Its a great alternative to Fordham in that it is substantially less expensive for New York residents. Its also a lot bigger. Its a lot colder in Syracuse in the winter than Fordham/NYC is. </p>
<p>Where are you located? What kind of school are you looking for? </p>
<p>Get online and do the research at Fordham.edu or Syracuse.edu. Check out many websites: Princeton Review, IPEDS, College View etc. Visit the schools and see where you feel like you fit the best. Talk to people. </p>
<p>If you are overseas, then write the schools and investigate the number of foreign applicants etc.</p>
<p>IPEDS is the official US Dept. of Education stats and such for every school. Its likely one of the most reliable sites. Compare and contrast schools.</p>
<p>Get a copy of Petersen's or Barrons or Fiske College resource books and examine the schools and their offerings.</p>
<p>Make your list of schools. Make your list of your personal objectives and desired "experience" in college. Apply and go where you fit the best. Because that is where you will do your best. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>hi voodoo,</p>
<p>Fordham has a comprehensive FAQ section on their website which could help answer many of your questions and learn more about the school. Good school, by the way. Good luck.</p>
<p>Fordham</a> University: FAQs</p>
<p>tyvm guys, and yes your right i should do a bit of research on each individual schools myself, but i would like to know a list of schools to research in the first place. i ask it here, because it seems like a lot of people here knows quite a bit about colleges and stuff :P</p>
<p>Ok I narrowed my list down, I want schools near or in New York City...please help :P</p>
<p>Hofstra, SUNY Purchase, Hunter, CW Post come to mind.</p>
<p>St. John's also</p>
<p>For Business Accreditation cross reference go to the AACSB website.</p>
<p>bumppppppppppppp</p>
<p>You could add Manhattan College (Christian Brothers and highly respected math and engineering programs), Marist College and Vassar College and Sarah Lawrence College.</p>
<p>Marist and Vassar are LAC's in Poughkeepsie... and you do not want to live there.
Manhattan college has a great campus, very nice neighborhood.
St Johns is a great school, especially if you choose to stay in NYC for employment.
Fordham is probably behind only Columbia and NYU.</p>
<p>^ u guys think i have a chance at nyu or fordham? (i heard fordham was ok but nyu seems to be a stretch...a big one)</p>