Fordham Class of 2024

Any parents joined the fordham parent page as mentioned in the fordham email?

Accepted for CS back in like February
27,500 dollars in scholarships (12.5k Loyola Scholarship + 15k Tuition award)
1420 SAT (650 english, 770 math)
GPA 3.742 Weighted (A=3.667 +0.333 for AP)

Accepted for Political Science in Lincoln Center!

Strong Personal Essay
GPA (senior year): 4.0
GPA (Junior year): 3.6
GPA (Sophomore): 3.3
GPA (Freshman): 3.0
SAT: 1160 (640 RW) (520 Math)
Strong Recommendations
Coming from a Catholic school
US Citizen but studying abroad
APs: 3 (Psychology, World History, Macroeconomics)
IB: N/A
Pretty good ECs, but not anything that’s too shocking.

I honestly don’t know how I got in, though my overflowing amount of other rejections is getting quite disappointing. Nevertheless, I’m sooo grateful to be accepted in such a good school like Fordham. I will probably commit unless my other too schools decide to accept me in the upcoming weeks :slight_smile: To the incoming seniors, or even other students, NEVER lose hope and NEVER let anyone tell you you can’t do it. I spent a lot of time in high school not believing in myself and in my capabilities enough. I could’ve worked harder but what’s done is done. Good luck!

@silverpurple I did not join, i’m still awaiting decisions and will most likely decline due to better FA offers but waiting to get all offers in hand to compare first.

Rejected from Fordham for Biology

Name: Ivan
International student (non US citizen) who applied for aid (EFC:15k/year)
SAT/ACT Score: 35 C (36M, 36S, 35E, 34R)
G.P.A(weighted and unweighted): 93% CBSE India
Other unis you’ve applied to(post decision if any): too many
SAT II (score and subject): 800 Physics, 790 Chem, 790 Math2
Class Rank: N/A
AP Classes: N/A
Academic Awards: National awards by Government of India, regional competitions, Indian equivalent of Honor roll and more.

Extra-Curricular: International awards, invited to speak at multiple conferences, covered by all major news publications (Forbes, NBC, ABC, Fox, Yahoo finance) as was the youngest teenager to receive seed funding at 13 for my startup. Multiple leadership roles in school, president of numerous clubs and student council. Also, produce music with more than 140k streams on Soundcloud, 270k subscribers on YouTube, Music on Spotify Tidal Pandora and more. Volunteer at local hospital, schools and have been teaching underprivileged students English and Math since 8th. Many more ECs couldn’t possibly fit here.
Essays(1-10): Who knows lmao
Recommendations (1-10): I feel English(7), Biology(8-9) and Counselor rec(9-10) cause my counselor knew me pretty well
Additional Comments: Probably cause of aid requirement.

If fordham is online and not in person in august, do you think we will not be responsible to pay room and board?

Hi all,

I was accepted to Fordham under EA, and plan on majoring in Political Science and International Studies!

@anxiousenior1 Hey, I’ll be studying PoliSci at LC as well! Hope to see you!

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): NM Full Tuition

Major applied to: Ailey/Fordham Dance BFA & Mathematics

Academic stats:

Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.8

Rank: 6/344

Comments about course load (including senior year):
SAT (total and sections):
ACT (total and sections): 35 composite
SAT Subject Tests (if any):
AP exams (scores in parentheses): World History (5), Geography (4), US History (4), Physics (4), English Lit (4)
IB exams (score in parentheses): French (5), Dance (7) only ones taken in Junior year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Distinguished Young Woman state runner-up

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: HS Modern Dance company, Model UN
Job/Work Experience: Teach tap & contemporary classes weekly at 2 dance studios. Intern at tap festival.
Volunteer/Community service: Animal Rescue volunteer (over 200 hours), animal adoption coordinator, television spokesperson for adoption events
Summer Activities: Ballet & modern intensives

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public, IB program

Gender: F

Applied for financial aid?:Y

Reflection

Strengths: Academics, dance ability
Weaknesses: AP exams not prioritized at school, not as many opportunities in our area
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academics, strong dancer with strong interview skills at the audition
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: U of AL, OK, Hofstra, Reed Waitlisted: Case Western Waiting to hear from Northwestern & Columbia

Visited campus summer between Soph & Jr year

decision: accepted, lincoln center

Fordham Loyola Scholarship- $12,500 + Fordham Tuition Award- $11,500 =$24,500 total
SAT: 1510
SAT Subject Test: 800 (Math II)
school does not do gpa but about 3.8 UW
AP Test: BC Calc- 5, AP Music Theory- 5

White female, middle-upper class, NJ

Major: Music
Strengths: Incredible list of extracurriculurs. Mostly involving music (guitar, voice, piano, percussion), also play varsity softball and varsity ice hockey, theatre all 4 years, work as a camp counselor over the summer

I originally applied to Fordham as a safety (my only safety in fact), but I don’t know if I’ll get in anywhere else oof so who knows if I’ll end up here. Not a bad school. Thoughts?

I am writing this to help any prospective students.

Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major applied to Biological Sciences

Academic stats:

Unweighted GPA: My school doesn’t generate one
Weighted GPA: 93.4

Rank: 30/500

Comments about course load (including senior year):
SAT: 1380 (740 math 640 English)

AP exams (scores in parentheses): US his (3) , World His (3), Lang (3) and this year i take Calc AB, Studio art, Lang And Comp and Gov

Extracurriculars: Softball Vartisty 4 years captian for 2 , Volley Ball Varsity 2 years , Art club , And outside of school swim team.

Job/Work Experience: Life guard 2 summers , Camp Counselor , And a Church secretary

Volunteer/Community service: Weekends at nursing homes and hospitals

Summer Activities: Camp counselor, lifeguard, and studio art programs

Demographics

State: Queens, New york

High school type: NYC public specialized visual art school

Gender: Female

Applied for financial aid?: No

Reflection

Strengths: Letters of rec, Sat math score, and large art background and sports with keeping moderate grades.

Weaknesses: Gpa, Ap scores

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: That’s a question I ask my self daily, I know I had a pretty decent personal essay, it was different and showed well-roundedness while also displaying my passion for what I plan to do with my degree

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted to Suny Albany , Genneso 3+4 program , Cuny Hunter , Saint Johns Univerity, Hofstra, Boston University

Waitlisted to Rit and Suny New Paltz

Rejected to Northeastern and Barnard

still waiting for NYU, Binghamton, and Univerity at buffalo

General Comments:

Accepted to Lincoln Center! Only got 6k in scholarships:( My stats were very mediocre, but my essays were pretty good.
1270 SAT
4.3 GPA
400+ hours of volunteering and volunteered in Europe
Member of NHS and class president for 3 years
Got accepted to Brandeis and Lehigh but attending college in NY would be fun!

I am putting this for future applicants:

First-Generation and lowish income
Ethnicity: Hispanic
State: Bronx, NY
Status: Accepted EA (I suggest doing EA if available instead of RD)
SAT: 1240
GPA: 97 W (don’t know unweighted)
APs: Literature, Language (3), Spanish (4) – also taking DE Human Bio–
ECs: Cross country for two seasons, Track for one season, CollegeNow (take classes at another college), and volunteer at local community center

Financial Aid offer
total in grants and scholarships: ~$54,733
Jogues scholarship: $10,000
Commuter Scholarship: $10,000
Need based grant: $26,900
the rest is FAFSA and TAP

Any updates from the Fordham family? Online or in person classes? Tuition break? Anything of interest???

Thanks

@BmacNJ, if you look up Fordham on Reddit, you will get some good information on what the fall plans look like. Comments are from both students and a current professor.