What you must remember that your parents are first in line when it comes to paying for college. When you get need based financial aid, you are attending through the generosity of other peoples parents (where do you think that the monies come from). If you don’t want to go through the process of getting the information, then do you. However, you must live with the reality that your application will be incomplete and you will not receive any institutional aid.
If you feel that it is so egregious, to attend school in the USA, again, do you, it is a big world and go where your grades and money will take you.
You are very fortunate to live in NYC where you have opportunities in the SUNY and CUNY system, which is the largest urban public university system in the country along with being the 3rd largest public university system in the country (with the California having the largest public university system in the country followed by SUNY).
Did you apply to CUNY schools (the deadline is Feb. 1). If you are admitted, then you will definitely have an affordable option. Many of the 4 year schools have dorms, if your parents are willing to pay for them.
What is your intended major? Unless you have applied to Tisch or Stern, IMHO many of the schools at NYU are overrated for the tuition that they charge and you can find some comparable better programs in CUNY system (and I say this as a person who holds 2 degrees from NYU).
I see that you have applied to FIT. Again, if you are admitted you will have an affordable option that your parents can pay tuition. If you are willing to take your 5.5k loan, perhaps you can consider living on campus, which will provide a different experience than living at home.
While BU is need blind, they do not meet 100% demonstrated need and they are very upfront with the fact that they are not talent blind when it comes to distributing their money. Your grades and scores do not place you at the tippy top of the applicant pool so even if you did complete all of your paperwork, I don’t see a lot of aid coming your way from them.
It is January…and schools are getting regular decision financial aid awards together.
To be honest, it was nice of BU to let you know you had a missing submission to complete their financial aid application.
It is the APPLICANT’S responsibiiity to make sure all submissions are done. I would strongly suggest you check your other eleven schools…because if they require the non-custodial parent form and you haven’t submitted it…you won’t be getting institutional aid from them either. And some schools won’t “remind” you to send the forms.
If you think having an education in another country is better…apply to colleges in another country, if you are applying HERE, you need to follow whatever guidelines or requirements are required HERE.
As I said earlier…this requirement for the non-custodial parent Profile is for ALL students at the schools that require it. Getting a waiver would be similarly difficult for ALL students requesting one.
I check my application and financial status regularly, other 11 schools don’t want anything else from me. NYU just wants the confirmation from my guidance counselor that I don’t contact my dad often and don’t receive financial support from him.
If I don’t get accepted anywhere here, or don’t get any financial aid, of course I will try in other countries. But that means I’ll lose my residency status here and it will be hard to go to see my mom.
I thought that you were a NYS resident specifically living in NYC.
What is your home state? If you are a NYS resident, You must apply to the local SUNY in so that you can have an affordable option. NYU does not meet 100% demonstrated need and is well known for not giving good aid
Up front, you’re supposed to run NPCs and then choose targets among affordable colleges. Not choose schools in the environment you want, then get frustrated that they’re not affordable.
Most kids, even at smaller colleges, find their college life is mostly centered on campus- friends, clubs, activities, etc. (Except commuter schools, right.) That’s different than feeling locked into your small home town. And many good state U’s, even if remote, are that many more kids, clubs, activities.
The max debt we all think reasonable is the 27k 4-year total of student Direct loans. Even that can be tough to repay.
The most you can borrow as a freshman is $5500. To borrow more would require your parents to cosign. Most parents won’t do that because of the huge risk. Most newly graduated students can’t afford to pay big loan payments.
I live in NY 2.5 hours away from NYC but I took a spring semester course at FIT and had to drive 40 minutes to the train station and then 2 hours more in the train to get to NYC every weekend for that class. It was a long and expensive trip but it was one of the best things that happened to me last year and I was very very happy about it. All I’m trying to do now is move to college in a city, but the one that is large and where a lot of students live on campus. If I can’t get to where I want to be, it’s not the end of the world. I will have to go to an affordable school that still takes applications and is close to home or go to another country to get education, there are many options, I just chose to hear back from colleges where I applied to before I look at other options.
Wait. Your grades are WAY BELOW those averages of all the colleges you applied to? Just because you applied to 12 doesn’t mean “at least one of them” will accept you. It’s not a game of random odds. It would be beneficial for you to immediately apply to a couple of schools that are affordable and you know you can get into.
By the way, if you live in NY state, plenty of SUNY schools are not in the middle of nowhere. SUNY Albany is in the state capital. SUNY Stony Brook is in a nice suburban area near beaches. SUNY Buffalo and Buffalo State are in the city of Buffalo. FIT is is in the heart of NYC. SUNY New Paltz is in a rural but very fun area with a nice downtown.
Your other threads indicate you’re a NYS resident with an 89 GPA. I understand you think that allowances should be made because you’re a recent immigrant and struggling with the language, but I don’t think it works that way. We’re NYS residents whose youngest has dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia – so she struggles with reading, writing, and math – and no college that I know of will waive their GPA/test score requirements for her.
You have a lot of reasonably priced options open to you as a NYS resident. You can commute to a 4-year SUNY for ~$8k. If you take the federal student loan (~$5500/year) and work summers you can afford that. Our cc’s are ~$4500/year. You can afford that too. If you attend a cc and work while you’re in school, you may be able to afford to dorm your last two years. Those are the things most kids do. Having your parents cosign $40k/year loans so you can go to a dresm school is not what most people do. Don’t ask your parents to do that.
Of course, NYC is fabulous. Maybe, during breaks and after graduation, you head straight there. Use college to prepare yourself for the future you want. Don’t assume this is only about ages 18-22, then be saddled with debt and limited in life choices. That can be short sighted.
Based on your parents income and assets, you will most likely be full pay but 20k beats 70k. You are not a lock for FIT, but you would be better off taking a chance there than applying to school that you know are not affordable and you are at risk of not being admitted and having nothing on the table.
Even if you should decide to attend college out of the country, you will be full pay there also. It seems like you are cutting off your nose to spite your face and can very easily end up with no where to go (that includes a school that is affordable).
Have you considered Purchase and New Paltz, if you do not want to go all of the way upstate? You will have the rest of your life to live in NYC.
Please do not put all of your eggs in the NYU basket. Your GPA is below the HEOP (which you are not eligible for) cut off for NYU. This means your chances of getting significant merit aid will be low.
While your scores are in the range, I will anticipate that the best you will do is get an admit deny where admissions will admit you , but financial aid will give you a package that will make it virtually impossible for you to attend.
I know a lot of people with grades worse than mine who got in schools where I applied. It’s not smart to apply like that but even if there is the slightest chance, I’ll take it. I did apply to FIT and there are many very good SUNY schools but they’re not quite what I need. I’ve lived in the city my whole life until I moved here and I’m a very urban person. I feel happy in cities and don’t feel as happy in suburban and rural areas. I have my own wants and needs and if I can’t satisfy them then oh well I’ll find something else.
My GPA is 89 because when I just moved I started attending school in January and didn’t understand English. Now that learned English my GPA is 95 and I’m taking AP classes as well. I’m slower than other people to become successful in high school and I’m aware that they don’t care much about that but there is still a chance.