<p>Well at last I can find something to agree with sunshowers about. Hooray! LOL. That is precisely what I have been suggesting/recommending for some time here on CC. Not just for Fordham but all schools. My real issue with Fordham Financial Aid is they seem so arbitary on who gets the aid and who doesnt. Its all over the place. </p>
<p>And going to a LaSallian School doesnt mean someone won’t get aid. LaSallians are Catholic schools and that will help you, not hurt you. </p>
<p>No school “owes” anyone a free ride or reduced tuition. FAFSA is grossly inadequate. My beef is that the policy needs to be applied fairly and evenly across the board. </p>
<p>There are too many kids at Fordham walking around with a huge amount of money from Fordham who don’t need the money, and too many walking around with heavy debt burdens. And the disparity between them on gpa’s is minimal. In some cases, kids with the scholarships havent done as well. (This is anecdotal, by the way…) </p>
<p>I know some people in financial aid at OTHER schools and they tell me what the regs are and what is “discretionary” (policy) of the school. Fordham fits more in the latter category than in the former. </p>
<p>Fordham is a great school. But very few kids will graduate and get uber high income jobs/careers in Wallstreet or major network communications. Everyone else is going to be looking for work in average to low average salary ranges. That makes the expense of a Fordham education a question mark if they are making you take on debt. </p>
<p>I love Fordham. I don’t like what happens with Financial Aid however.</p>