<p>I understand that a 3.0 is required to maintain some of the Fordham scholarships. Are there any other requirements?</p>
<p>We investigated this issue for another school and found that, for instance, they require the students to do 100 hours of community service each year (and they help students to find many one time events or ongoing service to an area organization) to maintain the scholarship from year to year. This is not listed on the initial scholarship information, but is good to know when factoring things in (and by the way I like the service idea).</p>
<p>Aside from the 3.0, are there any other mandates to maintain scholarships at Fordham?</p>
<p>Also, just to be clear, from what I have read on the board here the honor's program is not directly related to any scholarship(s), correct? Meaning, by getting certain scholarships you are not offered nor required to participate in the honor's program, correct?</p>
<p>Happy New Year, Taben1112!</p>
<p>For sure, on the honors programs – there are many fewer honors program students than scholarship recipients. And, yes, the honors selection process is separate from the scholarship award process. Further, a student offered a place in an honors program is not required to accept it.</p>
<p>The website says there are only 3 requirements to maintaining Fordham scholarships: 1) complete the FAFSA annually (and, for NY residents, the TAP) 2) maintain full-time enrollment status, and 3) maintain a 3.0.</p>
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<p>I am not aware that the standard merit aid scholarships at Fordham require any community service. There may be special scholarships that are restricted funds for special students from certain backgrounds or schools that may have requirements, I dont know. </p>
<p>I do know that some smaller stipend scholarships that accompany an invitation to the honors programs within certain departments, like the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies (ACS) require some community service as part of the major, and they facilitate internships accordingly. But that is wholly separate from the Freshman Honors Program.</p>
<p>I also dont know any participants in the Freshman Honors Program who are not on scholarship, as it stands to reason being in top percentage of Fordham incoming students, they are by definition scholarship students.</p>
<p>Also Gabelli School of Business also has an honors program separate from the Rose Hill Freshman Honors Program.</p>
<p>And many departments at FCRH have special honors curriculum available by invitation of faculty, generally after freshmen year and based on your gpa and class rank. My kid had several offers from several departments, accompanied by a 5 year masters program invite, essentially recruiting strong students to major in that field. She chose the interdisciplinary ACS program and has an honors title on her transcript. </p>
<p>Fordham does a very good job of identifying the top performers early and then tapping them on the shoulder and shepherding them to outstanding opportunities and mentors.</p>
<p>My daughter has the Jogues. Renewable annually by filing the FAFSA and maintaining a 2.75GPA.</p>
<p>Okay, then Fordham seems to have very reasonable terms to keep the scholarships. D has a friend who has to keep a very high GPA to keep her scholarship and it is proving to be much more difficult than she expected.
As for service, hopefully most will do this of their own accord!</p>
My son received an invitation to the interdisciplinary ACS program at Fordham. Can you tell me more about your daughter’s experience with it? Would she/you recommend his participation? I appreciate your input.
Certainly. First, congratulations. Its a very small cohort of about 25 or so people. Its an honors curriculum, though not the Freshman Honors Program. His transcript will indicate its an honors curriculum when he graduates.
The names and faces have changed somewhat, as the Founder is now the Dean at BC, its a very strong program and requires a lot of work. I think they require community service through an internchips as well, but those are not hard to get as the faculty have contacts. Its multi disciplinary in theology, philosophy and history. There is some indvidual choice in the area of concentration.
For my daughter, it was a tremendous opportunity and a life saver. It helped her tremendously in finding her path at Fordham and in life. It was life changing. The faculty were amazing and often extremely challenging. Some of the best and brightest in my daughter’s class at Fordham were in CACS…and proved to be a strong motivation for her scholarship excellence…good competition.
CACS is also a fabulous entree to graduate schools. If he performs well, the graduate programs will be there when he graduates. And she formed lasting friendships there…a tight cohort among faculty and students. I strongly recommend it. Do it.
He will be worked to the bone. But its so rewarding.
My daughter was unable to attend the CACS anniversary in May due to a schedule conflict…very unfortunate. But its a superb program and enjoys a well deserved position of prestige in academic circles.
The website (on Fordham’s site) is helpful as well. My daughter did internships in Manhattan and in the Bronx.
Thanks very much for your response. If I can ask one further question - you mentioned that your daughter received several offers from different departments. This is the first my son received. Maybe there will be more. Was there any particular reason that she chose the CACS over the others?
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