Does anyone know if Fordham considers electives into GPA?

sovereigndebt
Fri, 16 May 2014 12:47:58 +0000

I am unclear as to what year of high school you are presently taking/completing.

Generally, colleges wont punish you for poor grades in 9th grade IF you quickly recover and accelerate/improve continuously the remainder of your high school years. By the end of Junior year, you have the gpa they will see when you apply to colleges first semester of senior year. If you apply RD to some schools they will see first semester senior year grades.

Statements and recommendations from high school counselors explaining the situation, the improvements/maturity go a long ways to “forgiving” bad grades.

Conversely, if you have stellar grades for 2 years and then a set of poor grades Junior year, its looked upon very negatively by admissions counselors. Never a good idea to have a downward slope in gpa.

Fordham looks at the whole person. They look at which classes you took and what the grades are for each. I am inclined to think you wont get harmed from freshmen classes if you improve and if you take a rigorous college prep curriculum, you have stellar extracurriculars, recommendations, and a very good SAT score.