Getting a little worried!

molly12
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:35:20 +0000

Spirit, I agree with you. Mom was trying to be helpful and fully admitted that she thought that the Catholic HS her child attended probably helped with Fordham admissions. She was clearly not trying to promote or brag about her child’s stats. She was trying to give information from a couple of years ago because it’s more current than 5 years ago (RamRay’s info).

JackRedBlueGreen, good luck with your application. Most of the advice on here has been good. I would advise you to apply early action if Fordham is really your first choice and prepare for the possibility of being deferred. Work hard to get good grades this semester and if you are deferred you can try to get additional recommendations or supply them with new information for your application (accomplishments, awards, volunteer work) do it. If you end up waitlisted, don’t give up hope. Write to them and tell them why Fordham is your first choice and that if accepted you will attend. I know someone who did this several years ago and was admitted from the waitlist a week later. He is a great kid and Fordham is lucky to have him. His advice to anyone who is deferred or waitlisted is not to get angry, or feel hopeless or rejected, just keep trying for Fordham if it’s where you really want to be. Good luck with this process.