<p>Like the title says, does anyone know whether or not NYU considers a family's ability to pay as part of choosing people off the waitlist? I know they are supposed to be need-blind in the admissions process, but does this change for the waitlist?</p>
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<p>not need blind</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, how do you know that?</p>
<p>Of course it’s need blind. At this point the university is done giving out scholarships and private endowments, so whether a student receives government loans doesn’t make a difference to the univerity’s pocketbook.</p>
<p>nyu is just known for taking people who can pay more off of the waitlist than people that cant pay so its not really “need blind”… and people who get off the WL still get scholarships just not as much</p>
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<p>Since when is NYU known for “taking people who can pay more off of the waitlist”? </p>
<p>NYU admissions is need-blind, so it would be assumed that the same is true of the waitlist because NYU never stated that it is full-need – as such, they accept people on academic merit alone and not on any financial factors. It seems logical that NYU would practice the same for waitlist candidates.</p>
<p>It general the consensus where i am. Our school generally has about 30 kids going to NYU every year, with a lot more getting in. They can say its “need-blind” and all but i personally dont buy any of that bs…i know a bunch of people (10+) that have gotten in with abysmal applications (scores, gpa, extracurrics, etc) and the one thing that they have in common is that they all checked that they were not applying for financial aid…coincidence? I dont think so…I mean some of these people had 3.3~ gpas, ~1700sats, virtually no extracurriculars, (not URMs and no hooks i could see) and run of the mill recommendations. (most of these went to cas/lsp/nursing) Even if they call it need blind…I honestly dont even think it is for regular and or WL.</p>
<p>If you ask around the amount of money that NYU gives to people who get off the WL isn’t as much as the amount that they give to regular admits so if OP expects to get in and get a good amount of money from NYU i would not be too hopeful.</p>
<p>The education world knows that NYU has so many applicants that it has no problem filling its seats being need blind. Many must turn down the financial aid offered, and there are always more asking for a seat.</p>
<p>I’m not expecting to get any aid if I even got in, considering my family’s EFC > 70k. In a way, though, I’m almost hoping that they want people who could pay full tuition (along with decent credentials), because I would much rather spend 55k for NYU Stern than 55k for UC Berkeley.</p>
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