Getting a little worried!

sovereigndebt
Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:09:40 +0000

I am glad you found it informative Pepper. Please visit Fordham early and often. There are many stories of improved financial aid as tuition rose rapidly the last ten years. I am just saying there are also stories of frustration and sadly for some they elected not to attend Fordham because of poor financial aid offerings. Or worse, some kids had to take on too much debt to finish.

Fordham’ endowment has also been replenished/restored since the great Crash of 2008. They completed a 500 million dollar capital campaign and hopefully some of those funds will be used for improved aid.

This is the only real thing about Fordham that I complain about and voice openly. Otherwise, I am all about Fordham. My goal is to improve financial aid and make it more objective and fair, and less subjective and unfair. Again, if it were up to me, people who need help/aid would get all the money and the people who dont need it wouldnt get it. Not sure where I would make the cutoff or how steep I would taper that award.

People SHOULD apply to Fordham. But they also need to know the facts going in (the published class profile at Fordham is the best judge of what it takes) and the financial picture.