<p>How do you appeal? At Saturday in the Square, I talked to one of the financial aid officers, and he basically told me that the only way you can get more money is if your financial situation changes. They gave me 2K in grant, 4K in Work Study, the rest in loans (ugh, of which my family will be taking out 50K in my name). He was saying that NYU provides enough financial aid according to everyone's EFC, but that cannot possibly be true. What should I do? Also, does anyone know if my grandfather being an alum can get me any scholarship?</p>
<p>I heard that NYU's financial aid ranges from 1 to 30 thousand dollars.
My family's **** poor; I have to get about 20k in loans.
My friend was about the same and she appealed in person when she visited NYU during spring break. she only got a couple thousand more; is this because there is some unsaid maximum financial aid of 30,000? nobody gets more?</p>
<p>I don't believe there's necessarily a maximum. I think they only have so much to give and it has to be divided up among many many students.</p>
<p>and I will confirm for you that there are students that do get 30K from NYU.
My son is finishing his freshman year and he received 30K in scholarship $$. I cried for joy when we got that FA letter.</p>
<p>my friend recently tried appealing and the guy that he talked to said to not even try because he is not going to get anymore money..the guy said that over the past 30 years everything at NYU has been getting better except for the money...</p>
<p>:/</p>
<p>I got just about 30k in scholarships and grants from NYU. I sent in an appeal and they gave me an extra $2,500. My friend also appealed and got $2,500. I haven't heard of a case with 30k+ in scholarships</p>
<p>I'm pretty new to this whole college thing... which is pretty bad, I must admit, but when giving out financial aid, do schools or that FAFSA thing take into consideration any debt? ...heh. No one's mentioned any debts so far, but I would like to know...</p>
<p>FAFSA only looks at income, does not care about bills or debt.</p>
<p>^Yep, it takes into consideration debt but I'm not 100% if credit card debt or debt of that nature counts.</p>
<p>If you owe on your house though, it will take that into consideration as you put a value on your assets.</p>
<p>I was on the NYU 2012 facebook group and it looks like a lot of people who appealed got more money! lol..I wonder how high ur income has to be to get a lot of money..also, do waitlisters not get any money at all?</p>
<p>i got nothing in the mail..no FA no scholarships no mention of any of it lol</p>
<p>hmm...I'm pretty sure that waitlisters are considered for FA too..(hopefully) is the packet any different from what RD ppl got?</p>
<p>I'm applying ED to NYU Tisch Film & Television next year, been thinking about it nonstop since the start of junior year, lol. My parents are divorced and I'm listed under my dad's income, which is like 15K. How much do you think NYU would give me? My grades are only about average for NYU, to be frank. I'm actually hoping for HEOP.</p>
<p>I just got off the waitlist and they said that I have the same opportunity of getting FA as if I would have gotton in regularly. How much they give me is another story. I guess we'll just have to wait and see! (and yes I know many people that have appealed and were granted with more money)</p>
<p>if you appeal do they grant you money based on merit?</p>
<p>I got no money, only aid in the form of a PLUS loan of about 2500. I visited the financial aid office and they said no to more money...does that mean I can't appeal? How exactly does one appeal the offer?</p>
<p>Molly4190, what was your EFC. I'm guessing it was pretty high if they only offered you a loan of 2500.</p>
<p>Just wanted to add that I just appealed my financial aid as a rising junior and received approximately $6000 in aid for next year (a grant, a subsidized loan and work study)</p>
<p>The key as a returning student is: fill out the form. You can send in a letter and all this information but they won't even look at it unless you fill out the online appeal form.</p>
<p>This form appears just after the school year ends on the financial aid website for about 3 weeks. So be sure to catch it.</p>
<p>If you appeal once during freshman year, can you appeal again in the years after?</p>