financial aid at NYU

[desi_chick]

<p>like other prestigious colleges, i am wondering if NYU offers a good amount of money to students with family income less than $60,000. considering i have an sat of 2100 and a 3.9 gpa as well as good ECs and subject test scores, is NYU a good college where i can get some assistance? i don't want to go to some crappy community college..even though its obviously more cheaper..i plan to be a pre-med/biochem major...but considering med school costs and all ..does NYU offer good financial aid scholarships?</p>

[hannahtastic]

<p>NYU has notoriously bad financial aid.<br>
If I was really worried about paying for it, I’d apply RD. </p>

<p>But, I’d still apply if I were you. You could get lucky and get more than enough aid.</p>

[LastHeadline]

<p>if you have low income, you might be interested in their HEOP program which is either for low-income students OR minorities. heard you can get free education or some substantial aid in it.</p>

[stargazerlilies]

<p>ok what if you’re not low income but you’re a minority? actually does HEOP consider all ethnic minorities ‘minorities’ or is only blacks/hispanics/native americans?</p>

[shades_children]

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ok what if you’re not low income but you’re a minority? actually does HEOP consider all ethnic minorities ‘minorities’ or is only blacks/hispanics/native americans?

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<p>The Internet has the answer.</p>

<p>[Introduction</a> to HEOP](<a href=“http://www.highered.nysed.gov/kiap/COLLEGIATE/HEOP/introduction_to_heop.htm]Introduction”>http://www.highered.nysed.gov/kiap/COLLEGIATE/HEOP/introduction_to_heop.htm) :

Purpose . . .</p>

<p>. . . to help provide a broad range of services to New York State residents who, because of academic and economic circumstances, would otherwise be unable to attend a postsecondary educational institution.

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Student Eligibility . . .</p>

<p>. . . 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.

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<p>HEOP Serves Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Populations</p>

<p>…over 5,000 underrepresented and disadvantaged students participate annually</p>

<p>…on average, over 75 percent of HEOP students are Black or Hispanic</p>

<p>…66 percent of HEOP students scored below 1000 on their SATs</p>

<p>…over 48 percent of entering freshmen had high school averages below 80</p>

<p>…37 percent of new freshmen came from households with incomes below $10,750, the lowest category of the income eligibility scale

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[stargazerlilies]

<p>thanks</p>

<p>I guess I don’t qualify for that program</p>