<p>Sorry, Hve, I live in CA and was speaking from my experience here in California, and a colleague’s experience who is a FA officer. We see many students at the local high schools whose parents don’t have post a secondary education, and, I think it is a gross generalization to assume that American students don’t know what SATs and AP classes are just because their parents don’t have formal educations. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about NYU, except what former students have mentioned about their aid, but in California, we have the state non-resident supplemental fees that are not covered by scholarships.<br>
Every situation is different, but California’s State budget limits outgoing money to non- residents.<br>
<a href=“Descriptions of charges | UCOP”>http://www.ucop.edu/operating-budget/fees-and-enrollments/descriptions-of-charges.html</a></p>