<p>my gpa is pretty low - 3.4 unweighted, and my SAT score seems pretty average for fordham - cr 690 math 660 wr 670. i'll probably be able to bring it up by a few points but who knows. my ec's aren't great, i've been on my school's varsity "team" since i was a freshman but will only letter for two years. i will also be in french club for four years. is it worth applying to fordham? do i have a chance?</p>
<p>btw my father is hispanic and my mother is asian and neither graduated from college. am i still considered a URI, despite being asian? does being a "hispanic scholar" count for anything (don't know much about it, but my counselor said it's based on my PSAT scores)?</p>
<p>you should apply. It’s not a difficult application and you’ll probably get a free one from fordham at some point within the next few months. I’m not saying you have great chances, but many people with lower stats than you have gotten in.</p>
<p>ok I actually took a second look at your stats and I actually think you have a pretty good chance of getting in. Your SATs are on the upper end of fordham’s middle fifty which will definitely help you. Just try to boost your GPA a little if possible and you should be fine</p>
<p>Write a killer essay and start working on your application this summer. You might get the Fordham Your Choice application…a lot of people do in their marketing efforts…but I would complete the Common App because this is another option for Your Choice applicants and they don’t have to pay either if that makes it more appealing to you. I think the Common App is better because you can begin work on it 7/1, create different versions of it and use it for other schools as well. </p>
<p>If you apply EA then admissions will see your grades only through Junior year before making a decision or deferring you but if you apply RD then they will see the mid year report. That is a choice you will have to make. If you think that you can improve your GPA and that you will have additional relevant info for your application, then apply RD. </p>
<p>Also, you will need to develop your EC’s on the application and I don’t mean embellish them. But what DID you do with your free time? Were you working? Caring for a younger sibling? Writing? Music? Any volunteer work? Do you have any leadership positions in French club or on the teams you were on? Do you have any other awards? How rigorous is/was your courseload? What is your intended major? What campus are you applying to? All of these factors will count. The URM and Hispanic scholar can help but you need to present a compelling application.</p>
<p>One thing I would also consider before applying is whether Fordham is an affordable choice. And the truth is you won’t really know this until you’ve applied and been accepted. You might get financial aid but their awards seem to vary so be sure that you apply to at least one school that you know you can get into and you know you can afford. You are probably an “on the fence” applicant for Fordham depending on your answers to all of the above questions and at this point, without any other info, I would say that it could go either way. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Relax. Presuming your weighted average is 3.7 or better, you are fine. Its getting very selective at Fordham, but you are in pretty good shape. I don’t know how they view the URM issue in your case, or which parent(s) have to be hispanic to give you hispanic status. On the other hand, Fordham wants more Asians on campus so that can’t hurt either.</p>
<p>Community service or social justice EC’s also help. Be yourself. Apply EA. Good luck in the fall.</p>
<p>Oh I didn’t mean to scare you…you should definitely apply next year. Just with 27,000 applications this year, do your best to present who you are and what you will add to the campus community. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>You should always apply, the chance is definitely there and the worse that can happen is rejection (which you get anyway if you don’t apply). If you can get your SAT’s up it will definitely help you. Which campus are you applying to/ resident or commuter?
The hispanic scholar element/ being a urm will definitely help you.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, they mailed out the Your Choice application either over the summer or early fall. I’m not sure you really had to qualify for it. It was more like a marketing campaign and a lot of people got one.</p>