<p>I'm from Melbourne, Australia and I'm personally interested in studying at NYU for the 4 years of an undergraduate degree... but the main problem which I would face is money.
Is there any way an international student could receive a full scholarship to some extent?</p>
<p>Right now I'm completing my High school diploma (starting Senior Year), and I'm aiming for a score of 97 or higher. (top 5% of Australia). would that be acceptable in terms of an academic level? </p>
<p>I'm really confused how It can cost so much in America to study. It's always been my dream to study in New York and NYU seems like the perfect opportunity.</p>
<p>Yes, academically, you would meet NYU’s criteria. Just remember, you would have to take the ACT or SAT and score a 30+ or 2,000+, respectively. </p>
<p>The cost of attendance yearly at NYU is $60,000. That’s roughly $57,000 AUD.</p>
<p>NYU give very limited financial aid to international students (as US students already receive sub-par financial aid from NYU). Typically, internationals pay full price. </p>
<p>Also remember that as an international student, you would not qualify for US funding, meaning no grants, scholarships or loans from the US government. The only way you could get a loan was if you knew someone in the US who would co-sign a loan for you.</p>
<p>But I believed that entry could in fact be based on the result of my high school diploma (VCE ATAR Study Score) as it says on the website.</p>
<p>So no chance of a scholarship? :(</p>
<p>In australia, all students are automatically signed up to HECS, a loan system that doesn’t require us to pay back our fees until we earn a certain amount of money per year while in employment. It’s also 0% interest…</p>
<p>for NYU you don’t need to take the SAT or other tests (but you can certainly take one)
but you (& your parents) have to pay more than $60000 each year plus living expenses. </p>
<p>you should consider applying to Columbia, which is also located in NYC and does offer financial aid for international students, although this rarely happens.</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about affording NYU, I suggest you prepare yourself to get close to no aid. NYU is known to give international students very little or absolutely nothing. </p>
<p>You said you always wanted to live in NYC…well there are plenty of colleges and universities in NYC. NYU isn’t the only school here. There’s Columbia, Fordham, and Pace.(and more schools in the other boroughs) And you also have the CUNY system, which is so much more inexpensive. I believe CUNY schools are no more than $6,000 a year. They are located all over the city (Queens, Manhattan, the bronx, brooklyn, and staten Island). So consider other options.</p>
<p>It can’t hurt to apply, but it is true that NYU is famously bad at financial aid.
The CUNY and SUNY schools are gnerally less expensive, but you’d need to read the fine print closely, as there may be residency/citizenship issues.
It would not surprise me if you could get a better offer from Columbia - the Ivy schools tend to have larger endowments, and resultant larger awards - and it sounds as if you would have a good shot at getting in.</p>
<p>So, it is not that NYU does not have any scholarships, only that they are few, and difficult to get.
Which is not to say that you couldn’t get lucky.</p>
<p>I’m an international student too and my advice is to find a scholarship within your country or any external scholarships to support your days overseas, this is what I’m doing and I quite recommend it.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about Australia, but in Singapore we have scholarship with bonds, meaning a company would sponsor your college education and in exchange you work for them for 3+ years. If you have a company you’re set to work for, you can check if they have such a scheme or if you don’t and you haven’t quite planned up to what you will do after graduation I personally think this is a good idea. Such scholarships usually cover not only tuition but also housing and textbooks etc. plus you even get living allowances. </p>
<p>To be honest, I’ve found NO scholarships by the Australian Government towards studying in the USA.
All I’ve found is the opposite, the chance for Americans to study here. :
Anyone found anything?</p>
<p>Highly doubt that NYU doesn’t require the SAT’s…</p>
<p>I also live in Melbourne and am looking at NYU as being a school at the top of my list…</p>
<p>From all the research I have done, the SAT 1 is required and financial aid is available, however it is very rare and depends on parental income and so on.</p>
