Tell me about Fordham

[Anonymous]

I have a sophomore in HS who goes to a Catholic school. He is thinking about colleges now and one of the schools that he is interested in is Fordham. He wants a Jesuit school that is near a big city. Fordham fits the bill. Anyone have a kid who went there? Pros/cons? From searching this board, it seems that the area around the campus is sketchy. He doesn’t have the stats for Georgetown or BC. Any other ideas? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

DD was interested but Fordham REQUIRED that we complete the FAFSA (what we the financial aid form is) to review her application. We declined, she moved on.

[Anonymous]

For a lot of schools -- the FASFA is required in order to give out merit aid. It is not that difficult of a form to fill out.

Oh well -- more merit aid for others!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD was interested but Fordham REQUIRED that we complete the FAFSA (what we the financial aid form is) to review her application. We declined, she moved on.

Bizarre that you turned down a potentially good fit for this sole reason. Utterly bizarre.

[Anonymous]

OP here. We will definitely need FA so the application is not an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a lot of schools -- the FASFA is required in order to give out merit aid. It is not that difficult of a form to fill out.

Oh well -- more merit aid for others!

Not a lot of schools require for merit aid. In fact, very few require it.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure? DS received a ton of merit aid from Fordham and we did not feel out the FAFSA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was interested but Fordham REQUIRED that we complete the FAFSA (what we the financial aid form is) to review her application. We declined, she moved on.

Bizarre that you turned down a potentially good fit for this sole reason. Utterly bizarre.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We will definitely need FA so the application is not an issue.

M

Unless your kid is NMF don’t expect the cost of a Fordham to be under $40k/yr. And that would be a best-case scenario (a lot of merit aid).

[Anonymous]

Villanova?

[Anonymous]

Loyola Chicago
Gonzaga
SLU
Marquette

Depending on stats, Santa Clara, LMU, albeit more suburban

Potential reach, Villanova (suburban Philly, not Jesuit, Catholic Augustinian)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We will definitely need FA so the application is not an issue.

M

Unless your kid is NMF don’t expect the cost of a Fordham to be under $40k/yr. And that would be a best-case scenario (a lot of merit aid).

So the school doesn’t offer much in aid? Bummer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loyola Chicago
Gonzaga
SLU
Marquette

Depending on stats, Santa Clara, LMU, albeit more suburban

Potential reach, Villanova (suburban Philly, not Jesuit, Catholic Augustinian)

Thanks for the suggestions. We are looking for something on the East Coast within a day’s drive of DC.

[Anonymous]

By far the best Catholic college east of the Rockies for LGBT students (USF, Santa Clara, Seattle, and Loyola Marymount on the west coast are even better).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the suggestions. We are looking for something on the East Coast within a day’s drive of DC.

maps of Jesuit universities https://sjjtitans.org/about_us/global_jesuit_education_map, https://www.ajcunet.edu/institutions

also, a list of Catholic universities in the US