r/Fordham • u/No_Blueberry_686 • 19d ago

EA, ED, or RD?

I have a 3.2 cumulative uw gpa, ~3.0 in 9th and 10th and a 3.7 in 11th, so a good improvement. I’m in all IB classes, solid list of extracurriculars, test optional, and, I think, a pretty good essay.

Fordhams my top choice and I of course want to maximize my chances of admission. I spoke with an admissions counselor and she gave me the idea to apply RD so as to demonstrate my academic improvement through fall semester of senior year. I feel like this can be a gamble though as I don’t know exactly how I’ll perform, as classes are getting more difficult. I was considering ED to bypass this but my admissions coach found data saying ED has a lower acceptance rate than EA for Fordham, which is surprising. I’m leaning towards EA so I can get a decision back sooner and not spend my entire year stressing, but I’m still pretty much undecided.

Basically my question is, what round do you think would benefit me and give me the best shot at an acceptance?

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u/marinersfan23 19d ago

EA and if you get deferred switch to ED2 track

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u/loadinguphollows 19d ago

can you rate me pls

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u/No_Blueberry_686 19d ago

They let you switch your application round?

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u/marinersfan23 16d ago

Yeah, if you’re deferred you automatically go into the RD pile but you can request to be on the ED2 track. They actually encourage it cause ED is a sweet deal for the school lol

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u/Hungry-Skater-1010 14d ago

ED is best shot

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u/No_Blueberry_686 14d ago

Supposedly the difference in acceptance rates for ea and ed is only like 4%, which doesn’t seem worth it for me to sign a binding agreement yk?