<p>NYU is world famous for how terrible the financial aid is. As far as the actual numbers go, does anybody know the average package? I'm paying 20K at a SUNY right now. Would a transfer student such as myself reasonably be able to get 30K in need-based and possibly talent-based aid to make NYU cost as much as I'm paying now?</p>
<p>Probably not, and any aid that you may get will probably be composed mostly of loans instead of college grants.</p>
<p>You would have to be someone that wanted very badly.</p>
<p>I actually called the office today because I noticed the FA deadline had passed, but the woman wasn’t very optimistic in telling me what my possibilities were. She kept reiterating that I was better off sending in my FAFSA sooner rather than later. I wasn’t expecting to get any of the money I would have needed to attend even if I had been on time and accepted in May, so I’ve decided to just forgo the application. 
Oh well…</p>
<p>If you commute from Brooklyn, wouldn’t that save you a bundle too?</p>