Questions About Fordham, Any Inputs Will Be Appreciated

AdvicePlease
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:56:40 +0000

I have a special affection for Fordham as my father graduated in the class of 1946. He died in 1980 when I was just 21 and his voice is still there with me, my mother and all of my siblings!

My father continued on with a degree in History from Fordham to earn a Masters in Math from Columbia and a PhD in Math from UPenn. He was always biased about the Jesuits! One of his closest friends is now a Priest in Retirement living at Rose Hill. They are smart, smart Priests! They are not going to have any bias against you for being non-Catholic…as far as I know. They are intellectual to a fault and your daughter will receive a fine education.

Now as for my two daughters…my younger daughter is a high school senior. She was accepted with a $10k deans scholarship but…unless we get more merit money she will not be able to attend. We will not qualify for financial need. My older daughter really wanted to attend Fordham but with only academic award money and no financial need…it was not in the cards for us.

Also Fordham is in NEW YORK CITY!! Both of my parents are New Yorkers so…again…while I am from Pennsylvania I have indoctrinated from a young age to know that there is no place like New York City in the world…click you heels together … it is the finest city on earth.

So…accepting my obvious and overt bias if your daughter has the chance to go to Fordham at a reasonable cost…so be it! It is a wonderful school in the best city on Earth! If my daughter actually gets any more money to go there she will!!!