Hi! I am an up and coming Senior from NJ and I am very interested in attending Fordham University in the Fall of 2016. However, I need as much money as possible as I have two other siblings who both attend Catholic school and my parents cannot afford to pay the full price of tuition at Fordham. I was wondering if it was better to apply Early Decision to Fordham, versus Early Action, in the hopes that I would get more money by doing so. Does anyone have any suggestions as to which I would get more money? Any and all comment would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I’ll attach my stats below so you can get a better feel of what kind of student I am:
White
Female
Middle class
Applying for:
Major: History
Minor: Theatre
GPA: weighted: 4.05
AP’s: 6
APUSH Score: 4. AP Eng. Lit. Score: 4
SAT: 1970 (I know it’s not the greatest, I plan on re-taking the SATs in October)
Upcoming Senior Schedule:
Forensic Science
AP Biology
Honors Select Chorus
Honors Spanish 4
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology
AP English Lang.
EC:
Jobs: Referee K-2nd graders (for one fall season), currently a Lifeguard at a day camp for one full Summer (working approx. 40 hours per week), currently a Hostess at a restaurant during the fall/winter/spring
Volunteer Service: Set up and take down of Senior graduation, set up and take down of 8th grade graduation, worked the Senior dinner night at my school, was a Tour guide for 2 Open Houses at my current High school, I am a member of my school’s Key Club (we do volunteer services), and a member of my school’s Habitat for Humanity program, I helped with the set-up and take down of my town’s Relay for Life walk (for 2 years in a row), I volunteered to do Stations of the Cross at my Church, I helped out with my school’s 8th grade theater production for 2 years, I participated ina walk to raise money for starving children in Ethiopia, I am a member of my School’s Select Chorus and we volunteer to sing at Funerals as well as community events, I aided in my school’s Book Swap (brought books and supplies to different teachers), I also volunteered at a MS Center to aid in the organization of an MS Event, and I also recently did a run to help find a cure for MS.
Extracurricular Activities: I played on a travel soccer team my Freshman year, my Sophmore through Junior year I switched to a different travel soccer team (I was a starter on defense), I also play Soccer for my High School team (I played 2 years on JV and 2 years on Varaity), I played Basketball for my school my Freshman year of high school, I have done all of my school’s shows (we do about 2 a year, one drama and one musical), I was in my local college’s Equity production, I was a member of my town’s Theater program for 8- 18 year olds for 5 years (in which I received many lead roles), and I have been taking Voice lessons for 7 years.
Awards/ Certificates: Book Award ( I was awarded a Scholarship to a college for my academic achievements), I have my Lifeguard Certification, I also have my Basic Life Support Certification, I am going to be one of the head counselors on a Christain retreat I am going on in the Winter, I also received an Academic Award from my school for my improvement in my math class
Skills/ Achievement: I am a member of both National Honors Society, as well as Spanish National Honors Society
Athletic Achievement: I played on JV for 2 years ( the second year I was the Captain), now I am on Varsity for my second year
Leadership: One of the Head Counselors for a Retreat in the winter, Head Producer for my school’s play organization (an executive staff leadership position), was selected to attend a retreat run by adults from our school (on,y a select few are asked to go), Selected to go on a Leadership Retreat outside of school ( only 5 people from our school were selected to go), and I was the Captain of my JV Soccer team.