I’m from Texas and I’m planning on applying to CALS as a communications major, but from what I’ve seen on other threads, these contract colleges give admission preference to New York residents. Is this true, and if I do get accepted, will my financial aid be lower because I’m OOS?
My (unconfirmed) thought as to why there are so many NY state residents attending the contract colleges is because so many apply. And the contract colleges do also have an agreement with some NY community colleges about accepting transfers, so some of the numbers may come from there. Again, this is just my own speculation because there isn’t any data about the admit rate for NY state residents vs. elsewhere.
Financial aid won’t be affected; it’s all need-based. However, for NY state residents, the initial cost for the contract colleges will be lower.