Merit Scholarship/Financial Aid at Fordham

RelocatedYankee
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:25:59 +0000

@JerseyMomof2Boys Thank you for sharing your experience with the Fordham scholarships. Do you mind clarifying how you think financial need plays into merit scholarships at Fordham? I can see there is a need based component to the deans scholarship and you mentioned that you have to file a FAFSA. Do you sense that your sons scholarship could go up or down in subsequent years based upon need? I typically think of merit as being a fixed amount regardless of need. In our case our need will fluctuate pretty dramatically during the years that we have 1 vs 2 students in college. The Fordham cost of attendance is quite high so we’d need to know which portion of the scholarship is fixed.