<p>Hi, I am a rising senior who is considering NYU Gallatin. I would love to go to this school, especially for their amazing location and their individualized/interdisciplinary academic program at Gallatin. However, my biggest fear is the cost! I know NYU is notoriously bad with FA, but I am just wondering, is it possible to get a full or mostly-paid for scholarship from NYU? And maybe a scholarship with not too many loans? For me, I am one of four who are all going to college at the same time. Would these issues sway the NYU FA people at all? Anyone who has any input, especially people who go to NYU or are very familiar with NYU FA, would be very appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>NYU does not give full scholarships. They give presidential scholarships which cover the costs of the actual tuition, however, they then pass the torch over to you to pay for the dorming/housing with meal plan and then personal costs. However, NYU is stingy with financial aid, and you should always make sure to have other colleges in mind that you would love to go to besides NYU, just in case your heart gets broken once they have accepted you, but neglected proper FA. Other schools like Fordham, Columbia, CUNY, and maybe even New School which are all located in NYC, will probably give you better FA than NYU.</p>
<p>Fordham gave me worse aid than NYU. </p>
<p>just sayin…</p>
<p>Make a stretch and go to columbia. It’s not the village, but it’s in the city. It’s as tough as stern is to get into and has more money to give out. My efc is 0 and my fa includes 13k in loans/yr. I’m in stern btw</p>
<p>I also got WAY more money from NYU than I did from Fordham.</p>
<p>Kinda expected the first reply (thanks!), but the last posts are interesting. I am interested in Fordham, but I think Columbia is too intense/hard for me to get in (their core curriculum is crazy!). But thanks for your posts so far, they are helpful. Anyone else? Bump!</p>
<p>The best advice I think you will get is to just apply to the schools and then see what the FA is like. Often times, the results are pretty sporadic.</p>
<p>haha, NYU gave me more than Fordham did too!!!</p>
<p>same, fordham didn’t give me anything.</p>
<p>i received an almost full tuition scholarship from nyu. when it came down to it, in addition to being my first choice nyu was also my most affordable choice other than alabama(which was my last choice/in state school). my EFC was very low, so that has a lot to do with it. i was also admitted to a scholars program. so my experience with NYU financial aid has been great, but i understand that isn’t the experience a majority of accepted students have according to what i’ve read and heard. just go for it and see what you get… that’s all you can do.</p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>^my thoughts exactly. Everybody on CC bashes NYU’s aid but the majority of these kids didn’t even apply!</p>
<p>NYU definitely doles out the $$ to those students it really wants. My son has $32K in scholarship $$ this year and my EFC is about 12K so we’re aren’t getting any federal grants. That said, my son is still taking out perkins/stafford loans in the amount of 5900,6900. 7900 for the past 3 years so there is no free ride happening.</p>
<p>NYU does make sure that you do pay your EFC+, then the rest is in scholarships, grants stafford/perkins, work study.
They do not give a full ride, even if you have a 0 EFC.
Definitely no free rides for parent or student.
With that said, my EFC is high (30,000)which we pay and daughter receives 13,000 scholarship and the rest is stafford/perkins, and her personal earnings.
My experience is different than others so I have a negative view of their FA policy
Unfortunately, absolutely fantastic schools like Johns Hopkins and Boston University gave her more money,more merit aid and less out of pocket for me, but this was her dream school and also my beloved late brother’s alma mater, so we bit the bullet and let her go.</p>
<p>Advise is to really have a good financial plan before applying and accepting, and
look for schools who will give you more money and less out of pocket, schools that have good merit aid and less gapping.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the comments and advice everyone! This is very helpful for me. :)</p>
<p>sorry, i have to throw in my hat and say that these stories seem to not be the norm. i know a lot of people who have had to resort to loans to pay off their tuition. not just transfer students, but people who have been here their entire college career, too. </p>
<p>CC can offer a skewed vision on any school. the people who are on CC in the first place tend to be very driven, very determined and good students, so of course they’ll get Scholars. many students aren’t in these specialized programs, and often times they’ll get screwed over for aid. </p>
<p>just apply and see what NYU will give you.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t think you need to be an overachiever to get money from NYU, do you? Because I got enough scholarships to almost cover tuition and I had mediocre grades, no extraordinary ECs. I’m not in any special programs, and I got $42,500 from NYU.</p>
<p>AbbyP-What was your EFC though?</p>
<p>My EFC is literally 0. But although it’s not as good as AbbyP’s, NYU gave me 31k in scholarships + grants. Then 16,000 is in the federal loans (I refuse to use PLUS loan- my parents have the debt of my two brother’s education on their heads!)</p>
<p>Which means that a private loan is needed to cover the rest.</p>
<p>My EFC’s 0, too, haha. Yeah, financial aid at NYU is need-based, not merit.</p>