<p>I heard that NYU doesn't give as much financial aid? My family is small and extremely poor, we don't have a house so we are saving money for either a house or a college tuition first. NYU is where I want to go but if it's too expensive then no thanks. Any other colleges in the US (preferably east coast) that is cheaper and offers financial aid and is more importantly, close or as good as NYU? Appreciated.</p>
<p>Intended major?
State of residence?
How much can you / your family afford to pay?
Test scores, GPA, etc?</p>
<p>Dartmouth, perhaps. It’s an Ivy League and in New Hampshire. Financially:
“Dartmouth guarantees to meet 100% of your demonstrated financial need for all four years. That’s right, 100%.
Students coming from families with total incomes of $100,000 or less—and possessing typical assets—receive FREE tuition at Dartmouth and no loans in their financial aid award!
What’s more, because Dartmouth provides a global education, if you decide to study abroad your financial aid will travel with you.” (source directly from an email I received.)</p>
<p>Why do you want to go to NYU?</p>
<p>If you’re a top top student, apply Ivy League or such and you’ll get great aid. If you’re stats aren’t up to par, then unfortunately you’ll have to deal with the loans (especially if no merit aid is available).</p>
<p>Google search 63 most generous universities in america. You will get a list of the 63 colleges that claim to meet 100% need or close to it.</p>
<p>They are selective i must say. So yea, they are as good as NYU, maybe better.</p>
<p>Ivy League may be a bit too hard, but Dartmouth looks fun.
What about Fordham? My grades are good enough for Fordham but NYU is a bit steep, and it looks good.</p>
<p>Get your family income information, or sit down with your parents. Run the Net Price Calculator to see what Fordham would cost you. Sometimes students can get merit aid in additional to any need based aid, but that won’t often show up in the calculator. You have to apply and find out. That kind of aid usually go to just the top applicants.</p>
<p>What does “as good” as NYU mean? Academically? Size? Urban location?</p>
<p>Columbia is better than NYU and is located in NYC, if that’s what attracted you to the school. There are also several inexpensive CUNY campuses in NYC - Hunter, Lehman, City College for example.</p>
<p>Fordham is a great school and a great suggestion. I don’t know what their financial aid is like, though.</p>
<p>If you want a large urban university, there’s also</p>
<p>Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern University
Temple University
American University
George Washington University (also not known for good financial aid, though)
Emory University
Tulane University</p>
<p>If you don’t mind a bit smaller than NYU, there are a lot of smaller schools in the Boston metro area - Brandeis, Bentley, Lesley, Suffolk, and Tufts.</p>
<p>Yea I thought about Tulane but it’s too far and hard to rent a house there. Temple, meh, my parents think it sucks. I’m looking for a college just as good as NYU academically, isn’t that what’s most important? I can get into Temple so easily anyway.</p>
<p>I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member–Groucho Marx</p>
<p>What state do you live in?</p>
<p>How much can your parents pay?</p>
<p>What are your grades and test scores?</p>
<p>NYU has been known to shell out massive amounts of money for students that it really wants - especially low income students from New York State who qualify under HEOP. If you do, get your guidance counselor to give you a hand with your applications, and NYU may be possible.</p>
<p>Run the Net Price Calculators at the college and university websites to get a notion of what your aid packages there could be, and spend some serious time in the Financial Aid Forum reading up on the money issues. Start with the stickied threads at the top of that forum that discuss guaranteed and competitive merit-based aid.</p>
<p>USC, although its on the west coast.</p>
<p>OP, you still didn’t answer my question. Why do you want to go to NYU?</p>
<p>Well I heard it’s good and my parents can live there and find a job there because of friends.
I don’t live in NY state but close to it.</p>
<p>“I heard it’s good” is not much of a reason to choose a school. You need to look deeper and find out for yourself. Personally, I don’t get the attraction of NYU. I live in NY, and until recent years, it was never considered a top school. Stern is very good, thanks to proximity to Wall Street (if that’s your goal), but otherwise what’s so special? All costs considered, it is the most expensive school in the country. If you have money to burn and want to be in NYC above all else, then consider NYU. If you’re concerned about cost and value, or want an actual campus, it’s not the school for you.</p>
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<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>I’m guessing Pariah lives in Pennsylvania since he mentioned Temple, so maybe Pitt? (Not sure about Pitts financial aid, however).</p>
<p>Furthermore, are you suggesting that you would have your parents move to NYC and find new jobs if you were to attend NYU? Are they on board with that?</p>
<p>I don’t wann go to pitsburgh, I want to go to something maybe just a bit easier with grades as NYU but just as good academically. My family doesn’t mind moving to California or anywhere far, I just don’t like Pitts. And what’s the difference between stern and nyu?</p>