<p>I know that both NYU and GT offer a very limited amount of grants to admitted international students and money is a huge factor for my college selection. It is really vague how "limited" a grant actually is. I was looking for some figures as to how much do NYU and GT actually offer to international students. Can somebody convert this vague "limited" description into a number please? I don't want to spend time on colleges that say "limited amount to international students" but then do not offer enough amount in the end. by "enough" I mean at least 60 percent of the tuition, by the way. Thank you. </p>
<p>if you want the facts, call the school’s financial aid office and speak to them. They’ll tell you straight up. Each case is different; hence the vagueness of the web page.</p>
<p>I would not waste an application to NYU because even to US students they do not ‘meet need’ and are particularly known for gapping pretty badly and only giving large amounts in very limited circumstances. When a college uses the ‘limited’ term, it means that very few get it.</p>
<p>@BrownParent could you please elaborate on what exactly “limited circumstances” are? </p>
<p>Go to each college’s common data set and look at H7.</p>
<p>Neither school is good with fin aid for intls because they do not meet need for intls. All schools have a limited aid budget for intls. </p>
<p>I will try. Limited circumstances means that they only have a small budget they decided to use for internationals and only X percent of incoming internationals will get any money. Maybe 10 percent. With the money they do have they may practice ‘preferential packaging’, where they give the most money to the students they most want to attract, and who have need, if it is need aid or who have merit if it is merit aid. </p>
<p>Maybe the school has 100,000 to use for the year. Some will admit 100 students and give 10 students aid at 10,000 each. Other colleges will give 3 students 30,000 each and give 7 students 1,430 each. (These are made up numbers.) There is no way to know because the college doesn’t tell.</p>
<p>The only thing they do tell is CDS section H7</p>
<p>NYU 2013-14</p>
<p>number of internationals awarded ne3ed based aid = 102
average aid awarded = 7,820
total dollar amount awarded = 797,700</p>
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<p>I left off an important part</p>
<p>NYU 2013-14</p>
<p>total enrolled internationals = 3,097
number of internationals awarded ne3ed based aid = 102
average aid awarded = 7,820
total dollar amount awarded = 797,700</p>
<p>Compare this to the numbers I just did for someone applying to Colby</p>
<p>Colby 2013 -2014</p>
<p>Total enrolled internationals = 155
Internationals given need based aid = 101
average amount awarded = 50,080
total amount awarded - 5,058,000</p>
<p>@BrownParent Thank you for clearing things up! It’s ironic how NYU proudly claim itself as one of the most diversified and multicultural schools in the US, yet can’t even support financially not only for international but also for domestic students. </p>
<p>Excuse me! NYU IS a very diverse school…but it is not a bank that prints money. The school has determined that it cannot support the needs of all students by meeting full financial need for all. The school doesn’t meet need for all U.S. citizens either. </p>
<p>Conventional wisdom…if you can afford to pay for NYU, apply. And plenty of international students do…who can afford the costs to attend.</p>
<p>George Washington is usually in the top five most exoensive colleges in the country. They also meet limited need for international students.</p>
<p>To the OP…do all of the colleges in YOUR country guarantee to meet the full need of ALL international students?</p>
<p>I think the OP is interested in Georgetown, not George Washington, but the aid is also limited.</p>
<p>Anyway, I agree – it’s silly to expect NYU of all schools to meet full need for anyone. They are diverse becaue they are a prestigious school that attracts students from all over the world, but the majority of those students pay their own way. </p>
<p>@thumper1 I apologize for offending you especially if you are attending or have graduated from NYU. I think I was upset about the email reply from NYU admissions that brought more questions than answers that I was looking for. But I found out that NYU has other campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai and I believe they have decent financial aid for everyone. Again, it was really thoughtless of me to say such thing about NYU, which is indeed a great school. I just can’t afford aha. </p>
<p>You didn’t offend me at all. I just thought your comments about the school’s diversity and financial aid were a bit unrelated. </p>
<p>it looks like you are finding some more affordable and likely options.</p>