Where can I find my school’s graduation rates/amount of people on free-or-reduced lunch? I know I’ve seen these numbers somewhere, I just can’t remember where.
My EFC is 0, I believe.
I don’t really understand how those calculators work, if I’m being honest. Also, the NYU website says that you need to attend a six week summer program and that you receive counseling/tutoring. The link I pasted below is a bunch of people on CC talking about how their SAT scores are too high to be considered for it, so I’m thoroughly confused now. Do you have to be academically and financially disadvantaged in the normal sense or is it like you said with academically disadvantaged applying to you if you are thoroughly financially disadvantaged? I personally don’t need tutoring or counseling, nor would I need to go to this six week program to ensure “smooth entrance” to the university.
I would not bank on it. Even if you got 45K, you would still be be left with almost a 30k gap. HEOP is probably the only program at NYU where you are guaranteed to have 100% of your financial need met.
the 6 week program is to assist you in making the transition from high school to college. Getting A’s in college is not the same as getting A’s in high school. The program puts supports in place to ensure that you are successful and that you graduate since funding is only for 4 years.
So how would you recommend me seeing if I’m eligible for HEOP? NYU says that it automatically considers it when you apply, but is there a way to see right now? The charts/calculator you sent me have confused me to a degree and I don’t know all the information there that’s money related to my family because they’re not here with me right now.
You look at the number of people in your household and the income. If your income is below the income on the hart for the number of people in the family, then you are financially eligible
What do your psat reading and math scores look like
“HEOP serves New York State residents who are both academically and economically disadvantaged. Disadvantaged students are individuals from low-income families with potential for successful collegiate experiences but who have not acquired the verbal, mathematical, and other cognitive skills required to complete their college work.”
I’m still struggling to see how I qualify for this because it says it’s for those who haven’t qualified verbal/math/cognitive skills for college. What would disqualify me for HEOP?
There are 6 requirements to be eligible for HEOP and number 3 says this:
Be educationally disadvantaged. An educationally disadvantaged student is a student who otherwise would not be accepted as a matriculated student under the institution’s normal admissions standards in the degree program for which application is made. At open admissions institutions, an educationally disadvantaged student must meet one of the following criteria:
Possess a high school equivalency diploma? or b) Possess the equivalent of a GED? or
Have no high school diploma? or
Meet other acceptable academic criteria, which differentiate the HEOP student from regularly admitted students (e.g., lower test scores, lower GED scores).
It would depend on the program at NYU, you may be eligible for some programs. Your current scores would not net you enough scholarship aid through general admission to make it affordable
You would meet HEOP eligibility at Columbia/Cornell (it would be your scores, which would be considered low)
Right now your scores would not get you into Macauley Honors at Hunter
Are you saying my scores are too high or too low for NYU?
My scores will definitely improve. I took the PSAT with no prior studying, just a quick leaf through of the booklet that they gave us. I’m hoping to have a final ACT score of 33+
They may be a little high for HEOP at NYU but too low for any serious merit $$. Keep I mind that virtually all HEOP programs use a holistic approach do it will be more than grades and scores. It will be essays, recommendations, ECs, interviews, etc.
definitely look at Questbridge
Well, NYU says that you’re automatically considered for HEOP once you apply so I shouldn’t have to worry about
filling out specific apps then. Questbridge sounds good, and they’re partnered with Columbia, which is good. They allow applications in the beginning of senior year, though, and I’m not nearly there yet, lol.
At this point…this is research only. Keep in mind that schools do change policies…so really, you will need to check all of this again when it’s time for you to apply.
Admissions staff don’t want to hear about “dream school” and you’ll be so much more ahead if you get that out of your head. Instead look at your dream profession or goals for your life and have multiple ideas to get there. You are limiting yourself. Broaden your horizons.
If you’re interested in doing research, apply HEOP to Hamilton, Vassar, Skidmore. The professors there do high level research and because they’re undergraduate -focused, they involve undergrads. (at nyu i’m not sure how easy it is to know your professors, let alone work on research for them.)
If you’re a girl, look into Barnard.
The six-week transition program is very good: it helps you make friends, find resources, get used to college demands (not just academic but rather everything else !). If was set into place and made mandatory because most students wouldn’t think it applies to them since by definition they’re excellent students ; then something normal would happen, like a C on an exam or a paper, and they’d be flummoxed, ashamed, depressed. The transition program ensures that when you get that C (like all freshmen do) you know how to react and how to work through it to get to a B or an A, from knowing what you’re supposed to do about it with the professor, to who you’re supposed to reach out to, to asking the right questions vs. “not knowing what you don’t know”.