<p>Fordham has a healthy endowment. Its a lot healthier than they let on and I know schools with much more modest endowments who are much more generous with their financial aid and scholarships. Its a policy question. The Board of Directors has chosen to be stingy. Fordham ranks very low in the rankings of schools meeting needs. At Fordham you can have substantial need and have it being met about 40 percent or less. And Fordham places too much weight on the SAT score, often even ignoring very poor grades…and gives out scholarship money to people like that. They are very inconsistent in their policy application.</p>
<p>Some schools have a financial aid office which bends over backwards to be helpful and making sure all students have the funding they need to attend. Fordham is not that kind of school. They make a decision and thats it. Take it or leave it, or even leave school. They simply don’t care.</p>