<p>as a junior beginning the college process Fordham seems like a great fit...except my parents as well as myself included, all choked at the high price tag. (covering residence costs as well of course) while I am an excellent student I am by no means the type of person to get merit scholarships etc. How does one handle this?</p>
<p>I would also like to add that i currently am enrolled in a private catholic high school and do not fit the requirements of financial aid</p>
<p>i didn’t think i’d get a scholarship when i applied to college, but i got some merit from F.U.<br>
Since price will be a large factor in your college decision process, i would recommend looking into small state schools. I’m sure there are great state schools that can offer the same thing fordham does at a fraction of the cost.
I’m finishing up my freshman year, and let me tell you something, i would not be attending this school if i had to pay for even over half of the tuition. It is simply not worth that huge price tag.</p>
<p>give us your stats so we can see if you could get money</p>
<p>class of 2013</p>
<p>SAT: currently: 1030/1690
Reading:590
Math:440
Writing:660
ACT: 25
GPA: 4.03(weighted) </p>
<p>Hon. History/Social Studies 4 yrs
Hon. English 2 yrs
AP Environmental Science
Reg. Science 3 yrs.</p>
<p>Hon. Summa Theologica 12
Reg. Theology-9-11</p>
<p>Basic math courses 4 yrs.
(IEP diagnosis-ADD) basically I have a learning disability Attention Deficit related. </p>
<p>Select Chorus- 2 yrs
Hon. Chrous- 2 yrs
French-2 yrs
Field Hockey- 9/10 grades
Lacrosse 9-12
Dance-7 years
Swimming 13 yrs </p>
<p>Key Club Vice President
Member of Catholic Vision Club
Academic award in Math/Science
Chosen to attend Notre Dame Summer Program
100+ hours of Community Service
100+ hours of church-related service</p>
<p>at least 3 Excellent Recomendations</p>
<p>Great-Grandfather was a prof. at Fordham (I dont know if this matters)</p>
<p>obviously im trying to bring my low sats up as well to around a 1750/1800 at least</p>
<p>do they rank? everything sees good except for very low SATS</p>
<p>If you live near Fordham and want to live at home they can take $6,000 off tuition. Of course, you still have to eat and transport yourself but that’s one option. I don’t know if there are any requirements for this; my daughter got a letter saying she would be eligible and her SATs aren’t that high.</p>
<p>if you can bring your sats up you might have a shot at merit. my weighted gpa was about the same with a top 20% class rank with higher sats and i got $8000 in merit</p>
<p>yeah I really wnated to go here, however they lost all of my financial aid paperowkr and I didnt find this out till a week ago, hwich makes it too late to go there now(since my parents will not pay that much for me to go here)</p>
<p>I’m hoping maybe I can transfer next year since this school is much better than the one I will be attending</p>