<p>Hello, I've been reading these forums a lot and finally gathered the courage to start my own thread. </p>
<p>I'm an international student(Eastern Europe) and I got accepted to CAS with Computer Science BA. The financial aid I was offered is a 22 k scholarship. My family's income is roughly 20 k a year. With my parents divorced(absolutely no connection with my father) and my mother working in another country we are surely not happy about the offer.</p>
<p>My questions is: Is it worth having a $250 k debt for that kind of education. Do you think I would be able to get a well-enough paid job to cover this kind of debt. I will definitely try to do my best at NYU but I'm not sure that this is enough.</p>
<p>What other options are there? NYU is a big feeder into wall-street, so keep that in consideration. However, if you’re an international, it may be very hard to get a visa to work in the US, so take that into consideration as well.</p>
<p>There are no other options. I don’t know why but with 2110 SAT 800 Math 1 & 2 680 World History 720 Physics and some extracurriculars i got 13 denies 2 waitlists and 40k NYU.</p>
<p>The world of college admissions is getting more and more competitive - do you have a choice between NYU and your local country universities? If so, it might make sense to go there, since it’ll likely be more financially feasible. But if not, well, I guess you have to go NYU? Or Gap year?</p>
<p>The quality of the education in my home country is maybe equal to 1 year at NYC so it isn’t an option for me. And if I take a gap year what should I do to make myself more wanted/more costly to universities next year?</p>
<p>Other US schools may offer you more aid. Did you apply to others? Search “gap year” for options.</p>
<p>I wrote before that I only have 2 other waitlists from Franklin & Marshall and Washington University in St. Louise and I’m not hoping for much</p>
<p>Gap year, do something meaningful, and convey it through essays, I guess its the best you can do. Retake SATs?</p>
<p>Where would you even get the loans from? I don’t see this as an option. Universities in the United States are very, very expensive and most U.S. kids cannot afford a school like NYU. </p>
<p>Where else do students from your country attend? If you are in the EU, you could attend anywhere within Europe, right? Isn’t there a place with better schools where you could move, work and get through college? That’s what kids do in the U.S. if they don’t have the money. </p>
<p>I am not sure why you got the results you did but it sounds like you may have applied to a bunch of private colleges hoping for high aid-- which is a very competitive route. Of course, if there’s an obvious weakness (low SAT I scores or poor gpa), you could try to remedy that and apply to lower-ranked schools but the difficult truth is that there may not be any real weakness other than applying to very competitive colleges.</p>
<p>Wow thats a crazy situation. NYU tuition is off the charts, and they dont even help with financial aid. It might be a huge student debt, Good luck</p>
<p>@no0body</p>
<p>I feel you, I got rejected in all but one university in USA even with 2170 SAT 800 in Math II Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Chinese With listening.</p>
<p>Just realized the twitter founder, Jack Dorsey was a CS major in NYU lol</p>
<p>If you’re in Eastern Europe why not apply to some of the British universities which are quite good and capped at 9,000 pounds a year which is a hell of a lot more affordable than the US, even when you include room & board. Also universities like Stockholm and Utrecht. I don’t know much about the European schools but I do know in terms of affordability and accessibility for EU residents, it’s a great option.</p>
<p>As one of the earlier posters said, you’re not even guaranteed a work visa after you study. I remember a few years ago you were allowed almost a year after graduating to obtain a job but I’m pretty sure that’s changed. It’s ultimately up to you but $250,000+ is gonna really burden yourself after graduating that would take years to pay off.</p>
<p>For the rejections, admissions is out of control in my opinion. But consider other factors like your essays, extra curriculars, recommendations, merit or athletic recognition that may not have stood out as much as others’ applications. The little world of college admissions goes way beyond our GPA & standardized test scores.</p>
<p>Is the 9000 cap for EU students only? Because if he’s in EU, that would be an ideal choice. You can try LSE, UCL, Warwick, etc.</p>
<p>The 9,000 cap applies to EU students, but not other European students (unless there is a tuition exchange program).</p>