FWIW - accepted EA Rose Hill/Business
D, T50 hard-grading priv. college prep
ACT 32C + 33C 34SS
GPA (9-11) 3.57/3.7 (G12 Q1 GPA: 3.88/4.48 (just core academic courses)
AP: ABCalc: 4, APENG: 4, APArt: 4 (ind study: no GPA bump). G12: BCCalc, Eng, CompSci
ECs: Strong/unusual
Also had already applied: LMU EA, UW-Foster, NEU (ED)
Admitted NEU (ED) as well so will be going to Boston in fall.
Iâve never posted on CC but Iâve found myself lurking on past yearsâ threads too many times - I hope to help someone down the line by sharing!
I received my decision at about 3 pm on Friday, 12/13 (their notification date was scheduled for 12/19 this year). Accepted EA to Gabelli Business at Rose Hill and offered $20,000+ Deanâs Scholarship. Iâm super excited!
Out-of-state
White female
1580 SAT
3.86 UW / 4.35 W (9th-11th)
2 AP Classes, 8 Honors Classes (9th-11th)
3 AP Classes, 2 Honors Classes (12th)
Rigorous High School, No Class Ranking
Triple Legacy
VP & Founder of Government Club
Member of 2 A Cappella Groups
Choir Officer Positions
National Honor Society
Volunteered with Special Needs Students
Played Field Hockey & Lacrosse, but dropped them to pursue music ECs
I donât believe I ever got a âlikely letterâ - didnât even know they were a thing before reading this thread.
Fingers crossed for the Presidential Scholarship! Good luck to the rest of you with all of your college decisions 
Youâll all end up where youâre meant to be.
Congratulations for all got admitted. Did you get emails about this? My son is still waiting:(
A moment ago. My son told me he got in Fordham. Cheers!
My daughter got admitted to Lincoln Center but our letter is not descriptive, we are having difficulty locating some of the things I am seeing discussed here like which school within the college and financial aid information. Is there a specific link or is everything in your letter?
@Sarrip all the info is in the letter.
@amsunshine OK, thank you. I guess we will have to wait for the financials.
"It is with great pleasure that I extend to you an invitation to join Fordham Universityâs Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
The Committee on Admission was most impressed with your accomplishments, both academic and personal. It is our hope that you will accept our offer of admissionâŠ"
the 2020 - 2021 aid box was blank.
There were links to financial aid but it only included the FAFSA and CSS Profiles and dates submitted. Thank You.
@Sarrip We also didnât get the school listed or anything about a major. Upthread someone mentioned that their AO said merit awards and financial aid will be coming out in early February.
Ok @MAmom111 , I am not alone. Thanks for responding.
For whats itâs worth, my son was admitted EA backing in 2012 and did not get aid package until mid-January. We went back and forth several times appealing for more aid. Had to show other aid packages from competitive schools. Eventually received an extra 5k per year (extra 20K over 4 years for just asking) Congrats to all and good luck. Fordham is a great school, located in a great city.
Daughter was admitted to arts and sciences!
1380 SAT
3.78 weighted GPA with a lot of growth
strong ECs including community service
strong essays and recommendations
congrats to all!
Son deferred (luckily a low choice on his list)
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.35 W
1290 SAT
All Honors with 8 APs
Captain Golf team, VP best buddies club, editor in chief newspaper, PT job
OOS
Congrats to everyone! I was accepted to Lincoln Center EA for Urban Studies with a 20k Deanâs Scholarship.
ACT: 35
English: 36
Reading: 36
Math: 32
Science: 35
GPA: 4.24 weighted
Rank: N/A
AP classes : APUSH (4), AP World (4), AP Psych (5), AP Physics (didnât take test)
Honors : 5 classes
IB HL classes : English A HL, Art HL, Global Politics HL
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Literature
AP Statistics
AP Gov and Politics
AP Macroeconomics
ASL 1 and 2 (accelerated)
Honors Chemistry
Extracurriculars : Student Leader for schoolâs affinity group, Theatre (in and out of school, ITS member), Progressives club member, Vocals (Acapella club section leader, audition choir member, county choir member)
Internship/Work: Working at well-respected museum library; not typically a high school position. Babysitting, Work with community organizing group as the youngest on the planning board
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer with group for children with autism and other disabilities during summer and school year
Essay: I personally think my essay was very strong. I talked about leading my schoolâs affinity group for women of color through a time of racial turmoil in the community. Showed my beliefs and my concrete ability to make change.
Teacher Rec #1: My Environmental Systems and Societies teacher from last year. We got very close over the year and she influenced my major decision.
Teacher Rec #2: My Spanish teacher from last year. I was definitely her favorite in the class and despite getting a 5/7 in the class I think her rec showed the effort I put into a difficult class
Counselor Rec: I have no idea. Guessing it was nothing special because Iâm new to the school this year.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
School Type: Online (Previously attended public (9-10) and IB school (11))
Ethnicity: Biracial (black and white)
Gender: Female (cis)
Legacy?: No
deferred
applied to lc
1350 sat
3.63 uw gpa
Congrats to everyone who was accepted! I was accepted to the Rose Hill Campus with full tuition. Hereâs my info:
ACCEPTED
Date applied: 11/1/2019
Date accepted: 12/13/2019
Which school/major: Engineering Physics
Scholarships: Fordham Scholarship for Semifinalists
ACT: 34
Weighted GPA: 4.5
AP: Spanish (4), European History (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), English Language (5), United States History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP English Literature, Physics Honors
Major Awards: National Hispanic Recognition, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics (captain), Makerspace (mentor), Student Government (vice president), founder of an ongoing school project, National Honors Society (treasurer), writer for STEM magazine
Volunteer/Community Service: local hospital volunteer work
Summer Activities: volunteering, college engineering course, mentor at a leadership seminar
Essays (rating): 8/10
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10/10; 8.5/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes! all aid has not yet been released
State: CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Reflection
Strengths: grades, test scores, a strong commitment to STEM
Weaknesses: didnât have a lot of major awards, summer activities were kind of lacking
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my PSAT score definitely helped with the scholarshipâŠI think I showed a lot of passion in my common application essays
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: if you werenât accepted itâs OKAY. everything happens for a reason.
Accepted EA!
My stats:
30 superscored ACT (36 in English, 33 Reading, math and science were 25/26s)
Applied as an English major
GPA: 96%
All IB and AP classes junior and senior year
From upstate NY
Extra Curriculars: mostly music groups/lessons/tutoring + vocal performance (you donât need to do anything and everything, just show committment to your passions)
I didnât get any scholarship info yet. WIll they be giving out more in Feb. or just the standard aid packages?
Accepted EA to FCRH, invited to Honors program! :)))
34 ACT, 4 APs taken, will have 7 by graduation
pretty good extracurriculars (2 or 3 leadership positions, involved in honors societies)
school does a weighted gpa so idk
Deferred for rose hill, pre-med biology
sat-1340
GPA of 3.6
varsity softball captain four years, 27 highschool art credits, varsity volleyball three years, church volunteer 100+ hours
I know itâs a reach, and pre-med programs are hard to get in everywhere, so Iâm glad it wasnât a straight rejection.
Accepted for rose hill, Biological Sciences
Sat: 1440/1600
W GPA: 3.8
Sat 2: 800 Math 2C & 760 Chem
Yayy
but too expensive i wont be attending here lol
Hey guys! Super excited to be accepted to Rose Hill with full tuition paid. (Fordham Scholarship for Semifinalists). I am a biology major on a pre-med track. For those who are interested:
BACKGROUND:
- Out-of-state
- Mexican-American female
- middle-class
STATS:
4.51 W GPA/3.9 UW
Class rank not reported at my school
ACT: 35
English: 36
Reading: 36
Math: 33
Science: 35
Writing: 9
PSAT: 1460 (NMSQT Commended Student, National Hispanic Recognition Program)
Reading: 720
Math: 740
APs: will have taken 10 by graduation
AP European History: 3
AP Spanish Language: 5
AP Environmental Science: 4
AP English Language: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP US History: 4
Currently taking: AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, AP Biology, AP Literature
Service:
around 100 service hours working at a childrenâs center of a hospital
Extracurriculars:
Frosh, soph, junior class president
Student Body President
Robotics team co-captain (junior year)
Robotics team captain (senior year)
Ambassador for school
Volunteer at local childrenâs medical center
Founder of blog
Published author
Harvard Model Congress
Piano player for 10 years
Rotary International Youth Leadership Award
National Honor Society
Leadership Camp Counselor
LINK leader
Awards:
National Hispanic Recognition Program
NMSQT Commended Student
Achievement in Science Award from school
State-level piano award (MTAC Certificate of Merit)
AP Scholar with Distinction
California Scholarship federation
Southwestern Youth Music Festival winner
I also took an engineering course at my local CC.
Essay: 9.5/10 or 10/10; I had been working on it for five months and felt that it truly reflected who I am and what I stand for.
Recommender:
Teacher #1: 9/10
Teacher #2: 10/10
College Counselor: 9/10; it might be important to note that he was my AP Spanish teacher, which might have helped.
Again, congrats to everyone accepted and good luck to those applying regular decision!