<p>ahh I recently visited Gallatin/NYU and I'm officialy obsessed. It's def my first choice and I really, really want to apply early (fall 07). The only thing holding me back is tuition/financial aid! Do you think it would hurt/help my financial aid to apply early? I know NYU isn't known for their aid, but my mom is my social worker and our EFC is probably extremely low, so do you think I will actually will get a decent package and be able to go? If I get a bad aid package, will I be paying off debt till I hit the grave?? Please give me insight, I really love NYU and want to go there, regardless of what aid I get. I just don't want my whole life to be paying off loans, loans, and more loans.</p>
<p>I've been accepted to Gallatin. My family's EFC was a 0, which is as low as you can get, and our aid package wasn't great at all. Even including a 4,000 work study program, I have to borrow approximately 16,000 each ear. Gallatin was my first choice, but now I'm having second thoughts..</p>
<p>There is no guarentee that NYU will "really" meet your need. Since you're so passionate about the school, work hard on your application and see what comes your way.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you. :)</p>
<p>Also, if you want to get a good guess at your EFC, there are calculators online that allow to put in information and they'll tell you what your EFC is likely to be seen as. I believe that collegeboard has some of those.</p>
<p>And, I don't know how significant this is, but when I stayed with an NYU student for a weekend he said that since he applied ED, he didn't have the opportunity to be a "scholar" as in D.E.A.N, MLK, or Rudin. Possibly, that could include presidential scholars also. This is something you would want to check with admissions/financial aid though, because these scholarships offer some of NYU's best scholarships, and it's best to at least have to opportunity to possibly receive them.</p>
<p>Hope things go well, good luck!</p>