Fordham 2011 Forum

blacklawboss · Post by **blacklawboss** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:41 pm

LS-boundNYC wrote:
blacklawboss wrote:
aaaaaah wrote:Still stuck at my first complete date of 1/20. Arghh. Fordham, I want youuu.

Anyone else stuck? I'm starting to freak out.
Stuck on 2nd date 2/15
2/15 was my 2nd, and I changed to a 3rd today. Hopefully you get some movement soon!

I hope so! Thanks and good luck!

ashleyryan · Post by **ashleyryan** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:44 pm

I'm still complete at 2/1

waaaa

ku1185 · Post by **ku1185** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:52 pm

complete at 3/1. boo

kruiz88 · Post by **kruiz88** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:09 pm

Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:11 pm

kruiz88 wrote:Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!

yayyyy! congrats! i was rooting for you

how does Fordham rank on your list?

next up for both of us ...NYU!

kruiz88 · Post by **kruiz88** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:25 pm

Gemini · Post by **Gemini** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:28 pm

kruiz88 wrote:
Gotti wrote:
kruiz88 wrote:Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!
yayyyy! congrats! i was rooting for you how does Fordham rank on your list?

next up for both of us ...NYU!
It was number 2, then fee waiver from Columbia put it a number 3, with NYU number 1. If no NYU or Columbia(no way),
its Fordham vs. pretty much full scholarship at Cardozo. Everyone I know is going to put serious pressure on me to go to Cardozo for the scholarship, so what do you think? Fordham at full tuition(I think) or Cardozo for free?

Are you URM? (just curious)

It depends on what you want to do, and full tuition vs. free ride is a tough and personal choice to make.

subtle · Post by **subtle** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:32 pm

kruiz88 wrote:Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!

Congrats! And you were so convinced that you weren't going to get in!

kruiz88 · Post by **kruiz88** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:45 pm

subtle wrote:
kruiz88 wrote:Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!

Congrats! And you were so convinced that you weren't going to get in!

Happy to be proven wrong

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:51 pm

yeah if you want to go into govt work or PI, go to Cardozo. If you want biglaw, go to Fordham. It's a tough choice though.

Stringer6 · Post by **Stringer6** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:54 pm

Everyone I know is going to put serious pressure on me to go to Cardozo for the scholarship, so what do you think? Fordham at full tuition(I think) or Cardozo for free?

fordham got 25% into biglaw last year, cardozo 12%

i don't think those numbers will go down for those entering school in 2011, but that's just my opinion

that pretty much clinched it for me

unc0mm0n1 · Post by **unc0mm0n1** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:55 pm

Gotti wrote:yeah if you want to go into govt work or PI, go to Cardozo. If you want biglaw, go to Fordham. It's a tough choice though.

It's crazy still haven't gotten into Fordham but just got my JR1 at Harvard and I applied two months later than Fordham. Oh and what happened to the Keri Hilson pic. Didn't know you digged 2pac. Pac is great but Keri is nicer to look at. Did you hear from Berkeley yet? I been kind of out of it for a while, I'm in Germany.

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:01 pm

unc0mm0n1 wrote:
Gotti wrote:yeah if you want to go into govt work or PI, go to Cardozo. If you want biglaw, go to Fordham. It's a tough choice though.
It's crazy still haven't gotten into Fordham but just got my JR1 at Harvard and I applied two months later than Fordham. Oh and what happened to the Keri Hilson pic. Didn't know you digged 2pac. Pac is great but Keri is nicer to look at. Did you hear from Berkeley yet? I been kind of out of it for a while, I'm in Germany.

haha keri is nicer to look at but that pac picture is just HIGH-larious. I'll prolly change it back to miss keri babay soon enough. Or Rihanna. Yeaaaa I got dinged at Boalt. Expected, so I'm not crying over it haha. Congrats on the JR1 at Harvard!

Lwoods · Post by **Lwoods** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:03 pm

kruiz88 wrote:
Gotti wrote:
kruiz88 wrote:Applied 1/1, last complete 2/2, ACCEPTED 3/4!!!!!!
yayyyy! congrats! i was rooting for you how does Fordham rank on your list?

next up for both of us ...NYU!
It was number 2, then fee waiver from Columbia put it a number 3, with NYU number 1. If no NYU or Columbia(no way),
its Fordham vs. pretty much full scholarship at Cardozo. Everyone I know is going to put serious pressure on me to go to Cardozo for the scholarship, so what do you think? Fordham at full tuition(I think) or Cardozo for free?

Congrats!

Are there any stipulations attached to the dozo scholarship (other than "good standing")? If so, I say Fordham. I know a lot of bright people who got good jobs out of Cardozo, but I've heard the atmosphere is pretty brutally competitive there.

If money is a big concern, maybe look into transferring into Fordham PT and getting a day job? Legal secretary type jobs start around $40/45k...that would cover cost of living.

kruiz88 · Post by **kruiz88** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:14 pm

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:18 pm

kruiz88 wrote:
Lwoods wrote: Congrats!

Are there any stipulations attached to the dozo scholarship (other than "good standing")? If so, I say Fordham. I know a lot of bright people who got good jobs out of Cardozo, but I've heard the atmosphere is pretty brutally competitive there.

If money is a big concern, maybe look into transferring into Fordham PT and getting a day job? Legal secretary type jobs start around $40/45k...that would cover cost of living.
No stipulations at Cardozo, and money only concerns me because I could potentially leave law school with little to no debt. If I did decide to got to Fordham, I'd go full time. Clearly Fordham is the better school, but is it $120,000 dollars better? I mean how much difference do you think it will make job searching from Cardozo than from Fordham? If its large enough, maybe the 120,000 investment would be worth it.

Like I said...if you're trying to do biglaw, you should pick Fordham over Cardozo. Fordham at sticker when you want to do government or PI work is a bad decision IMO

Eugenie Danglars · Post by **Eugenie Danglars** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:57 pm

Got my fin aid award today, and got some need-based money- more than I was expecting from the whole "Fordham is stingy," so don't lose hope!

Stringer6 · Post by **Stringer6** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:57 pm

Did you get your need-based award via email?

SemperLegal · Post by **SemperLegal** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:16 pm

Got my FA mailer, between Merit, Need, and Third Party schollies I will be getting out with <$50.000.00 (@6.9%) in debt if I choose FU (and thats a super-worst case scenario). Which I think calls for around $600 a month in payments.

Very exciting and confusing times these are for me.

Good luck to those still waiting.

fakemoney · Post by **fakemoney** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:17 pm

Oh, man. I've been waitlisted for a while and probably have at least another month-and-a-half before I can even begin to think about anything happening. I'd get pretty discouraged, but from browsing the Fordham threads around here and seeing some of the success people have had with waiting out the process I've been inspired to stay in the game

harrijust86 · Post by **harrijust86** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:45 pm

Just want to bump this and wish the best of luck to everyone waiting like me!

Eugenie Danglars · Post by **Eugenie Danglars** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:28 pm

Stringer6 wrote:Did you get your need-based award via email?

They both came by email.

SupraVln180 · Post by **SupraVln180** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:18 am

In Part-Time. Now my decision just got tough. UNC with an almost full scholly or Fordham PT, I might need to come back to NY. What should I do?

youarereadingthis · Post by **youarereadingthis** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:11 pm

SupraVln180 wrote:In Part-Time. Now my decision just got tough. UNC with an almost full scholly or Fordham PT, I might need to come back to NY. What should I do?

Full scholly UNC.

flyfree · Post by **flyfree** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:38 pm

In via email today. PT, 163/Foreign school GPA.

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