Fordham RD 2024

Colleges & Universities Fordham University
21

Accepted with merit scholarship :slight_smile:
(I received an email last week letting me know early that I would be accepted with a scholarship, but now it’s official!!)

Applied RD political science major
White female no legacy
Unranked suburban private catholic all girls school
SAT 1550, math 2 730
GPA 100.4 W
8 APs all 4s/5s
Strong essays
Biggest hook is being extremely involved in Speech and Debate - team president, academic all american (awarded to 2% of students in speech and debate across the country), finalist at several national tournaments
Other extracurriculars were mostly academic or service based

Congratulations to all of those accepted and best of luck in the decision making process!

22

Son (CS) is accepted with very generous awards! :slight_smile:

23

Still nothing there ?. Am I looking in the right place??

24

accepted rd w/ 20k/year scholarship!!! so excited and happy esp. since i was deferred ea and didn’t think i would get in this time around lol

stats:
SAT: 1400 (680 m, 720 r)
gpa: 3.3 unweighted, 4.2 weighted

25

D was accepted after being deferred. Generous merit award. Probably will not accept as she was accepted to her first choice. My wife graduated from Fordham in the ‘80’s and we’ve been to dozens of events over the years, from homecoming football games to class reunions. We love the school and part of me hopes she’ll still consider.

Good luck to everyone!

26

D was hoping for Presidential and Honors Global Business - no luck on either. She received the National Merit award, but it’s still likely out of our budget. We’ll wait and see though - they said we’d hear about financial package 4/1.

Congrats to everyone who was accepted. It’s nice to hear some good news!

27

ACCEPTED WITH NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIP COVERING 80% of TOTAL COST! No merit sadly (trash stats)

Demographics:

  • Go to Cristo Rey school with mostly first-gen Latinx/Hispanic community
  • Second-gen, Asian [Vietnamese male] = URM in higher academia
  • Eligible for testing waivers and Reduced Price Lunch program
  • Live in Northern California - Silicon Valley: San Jose, CA
  • EFC: $13,003

Scores:

  • 1300 SAT Superscore (650 E, 650 M)
  • 3.88 UW / 4.02 W GPA
  • Rank [school doesn’t rank]: Probably ~ 3/102
  • Took 6 out of 9 APs available: 3’s on APUSH and AP Seminar; taking psych, calc ab, and computer science principles in senior year

Extracurriculars:

  • Did Speech & Debate (policy) = placed 2nd out of 8 competing novice teams
  • 3 Internships: Stanford Lane Library, VMWare, and Juniper Networks
  • 50+ hours of voluteering at middle school and homeless service
  • Coding boot camps (w/ scholarship)
  • Online graphic designer of online teen community, managed social media = Discord and Instagram
  • Tutored family for citizenship exam
  • High school representative for national Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice at D.C.

Major:

  • Math & Computer & Information Sciences @ Rose Hill (might switch to 3-2 engineering at Columbia University]
28

Accepted with a 10K scholarship. Major: biological sciences and I wanted to participate in their 3-2 program with Columbia University for my interest in biomedical engineering. I received about $46,000-$47,000 in scholarships so I have to pay about $9,900 out of pocket but with scholarships I hope to that I’ll be able to cover the cost. I’m considering it as one of my options but I’m still waiting for a lot of schools.

29

just recieved 10k a year jogues scholarship:)

30

Hey everyone I was accepted this year (RD) so I thought I’d share!

Demographics
Asian
First generation immigrant (non citizen born in Philippines)

Attended academically rigorous (top 10 in US) private day school
Also attended public school online during junior year during an extended hospital/ sick leave.

School has no grade rankings or gpa, but straight As for the most part
No official AP courses offered but took most advanced classes

SAT 1520
Math 2 730, Chem 730

Not much ECs at all, only a couple varsity sports, art club, piano lessons, and some volunteer work.

Personal Essay: eh

National Merit semi finalist

Teacher Recs: I think they went well lol

Legacy: I have a cousin in Fordham I guess

Overall I think my school got me in, it’s somewhat of a feeder school to many Ivies (none of which I got into haha). I was studious but did not pursue many other interests in HS.