<p>There was a mention of potential scholarship dollars…</p>
<p>I meant for the kids who are dying to attend NYU, this would be a way to go for a semester. They could attend the college that offers them the best deal and then do a study “abroad?” in NYC without going broke with four years of tuition.</p>
<p>Yes that NYU or bust is interesting. I mean there are other colleges in NYC! I think colleges get “trendy” with the kids. WashU, Carleton, NYU, Macalester just to name a couple (and there are others) have been around for a long time. They all “gave” a great education and you always knew one or two that went there. It seems like they are just so “popular” these days cropping up in posts from kids all over the place. I remember a bunch of us being so jealous because a friend got to go to Bennington and look at the writers that Bennington turned out a couple decades ago…so cool. Now you rarely hear that one.</p>
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Maybe they are attracted to the mandatory meal plans and access to dorm food. After all, without the close proximity of a familiar dining hall, it might be hard to decide where to get a meal. ;)</p>
<p>Re #282… that brings back memories! I remember when Bennington was cool, too!</p>
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<p>I’m not really even convinced that you even have to go to college to visit New York City. If all you want to do is go sightseeing, then going $150,000 in debt seems a little foolhardy; with that kind of money, I could probably finance a backpacking trip across Europe or a road trip coast-to-coast in the U.S. </p>
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<p>That’s a good point, and it’s a good idea if it’s affordable. I was just a little baffled by the repeated refrain that I hear from NYU hopefuls that one of the main reasons they want to go there is so they can live in NYC. It just seemed unnecessary, sort of like enlisting in the Royal Air Force just so you can visit London for two weeks.</p>
<p>I am glad my younger D got her NYC time in with CUNY and Macaulay - free tuition! ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, susgeek – but I think you have to have parents who live in NY to get that free CUNY/Macauley tuition… in which case the appeal of NYU isn’t all that great anyway. (I do know quite a few kids who have received excellent educations at NYU with free tuition there as well, because their parents are on the faculty – not a bad deal at all).</p>
<p>Anyone, including internationals, can get free Macaulay tuition (we don’t live in NYC - D had to rent an apartment). </p>
<p>[Macaulay</a> Honors College - Frequently Asked Questions](<a href=“http://macaulay.cuny.edu/prospective-students/faqs.php]Macaulay”>http://macaulay.cuny.edu/prospective-students/faqs.php)</p>
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<p>Wow… I didn’t know that. (Now you tell me! aargh ;)). Why would anyone go into debt for NYU with that opportunity? </p>
<p>(OK, I’m happy that my d. went to Barnard even with the debt she & I took on to make it happen … but I still wish we had known about McCauley back in 2006)</p>
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<p>According to Public Law 666, anyone found roaming NYC having fun without being a student at NYU is immediately shot and killed by the NYPD. Or something.</p>
<p>Or maybe they just didn’t get into Macauley. I dunno. People are different.</p>
<p>ROFL @ Gardna!!!</p>
<p>We are looking for loans as well. For our son.</p>
<p>NYC is a fantastic place. My son wanted to go to NYU, but he accepted the full ride for accounting at the sixth ranked program in the country. The career office is so good there that he posts has posted his resume on the career site and a fortune 500 and a mid size accounting firm have already contacted him about internships without him seeking them out, which is pretty good for a rising junior, as he has not even actively sought out an internship yet. We visited NYC earlier this month, stayed in New Jersey at a cheap hotel and took the train to Manhattan six days in a row. Way cheaper way to see NYC than going to college there. Not regretting the decision at all to get a free education at IU and visiting NYC. IU is good enough that he could probably work there after graduation, or spend like forty years of his work life there with no 100k-150k student loan debt to hound him for a good part of his working life.</p>
<p>So I’m flying to NYC to visit King’s next week, to see if I like it. :)</p>
<p>Have you already notified NYU that you aren’t coming – or are you going to wait until you can check out King’s before making that decision?</p>
<p>I’m going to check out King’s first. I dont want to commit to a school that I havent visited.
But I’m pretty sure at this point I’m def not going to NYU no matter what. I dont want that much debt…</p>
<p>Unless I’m looking at an old link it looks like Marymount Mahattan, Pace and Hofstra both still have opening and financial aid available. You might look at those websites and if you’re heading for NYC see if any of those are of interest.</p>
<p>Pace does? I WILL have to check them out.</p>
<p>Also, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus – see: [Home</a> - Long Island University](<a href=“Page Not Found | Long Island University”>http://www.liu.edu/)
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St. John’s University – [Home[/url</a>]
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St. Joseph’s (which has a Brooklyn campus, though I don’t know if there are openings there) - [url=<a href=“http://www.sjcny.edu/]St”>http://www.sjcny.edu/]St</a>. Joseph’s College](<a href=“http://www.stjohns.edu%5DHome%5B/url”>http://www.stjohns.edu)</p>
<p>See [Space</a> Availability Survey Results 2010](<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Research/SpaceAvailabiltySurvey/Pages/SpaceSurveyResults.aspx]Space”>http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Research/SpaceAvailabiltySurvey/Pages/SpaceSurveyResults.aspx) for full list</p>
<p>Make sure to call the admissions office to verify the info on the list is up to date.</p>