<p>@jjrrss10 Just out of curiosity, what was your financial aid status before? Mine just says “Award Access Not Available”, which is what it said when I first submitted it on September 29. </p>
<p>@rfree18 I actually don’t know. I just looked at it today.</p>
<p>@rfee18 @jjrrss10 october 14th! mine says 2015: New York University: Award Access Not Available, before mine was just blank </p>
<p>Looking into previous threads, the evidence seems pretty convincing that there is a correlation b/w getting “award access not available” and getting accepted. Of course it can’t be fully proven, as there are always outliers (like people who get the message but get denied), but that seems to be rare. Fingers crossed that this theory is legit!</p>
<p>Also, it does seem really early for decisions to be made - but that may just be me trying not to get my hopes higher than they already are haha</p>
<p>@xim0204 I’m from PA! Bucks County. </p>
<p>It does look like there is a correlation, but only if there’s a year paired with it. Mine just says “Award Access Not Available” and nothing else. It looks like it’s supposed to change to something like 2016 - Award Access Not Available".</p>
<p>Mine shows three columns Aid Year, Institution, and Aid Year Description with 2015, New York University, and Award Access Not Available. Is this what everyone else has?</p>
<p>@NYUFan101 That’s supposedly what it shows if you were accepted. Mine just has the not available message as text, not in a table.</p>
<p>@rfree18 would you mind screenshotting?</p>
<p>The three column format is what you supposedly want to see. That being said, it seems to only be a positive indicator if you do have that change, while it doesn’t indicate anything if you don’t have it. </p>
<p>@NYUFan101 I posted a pic at <a href=“http://postimg.org/image/6ovwfdzob/”>http://postimg.org/image/6ovwfdzob/</a></p>
<p>Also, I attended a summer NYU program so it reads 2014 New York University Award Access Not Available. I also did not apply for financial aid, so I’m wondering if this makes a difference?</p>
<p>@NYUfan101 I don’t think it makes a difference if you applied or not. The theory is that the financial aid office would only take the time/effort/manpower to determine your financial aid package if you got in. Whether you apply for aid or not, they will still determine FA for each student so they can at least keep track of who is and isn’t getting any aid. </p>
<p>@rfree18 I believe that picture reflects no change, which doesn’t really mean anything good or bad. </p>
<p>@Smnparish That’s what I thought, thanks for confirming!</p>
<p>@NYUFan101 I don’t think that means much. Based on what it said in previous years, it should say 2016, not 2014. It should probably start changing for some people sometime after November 15 since that’s the FA deadline.</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I applied ED I as well and I’ve been lurking for a little while so I thought I’d join in on the little community we’ve got going on here :)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.85 (unweighted)/4.1 (weighted)</p>
<p>SAT II (I choose to use these scores as my primary form of evaluation as per their test flexible policy): 630 (Bio), 670 (Spanish), 770 (USH)</p>
<p>ACT: 29</p>
<p>APs: U.S. History (5) and English Language (5)</p>
<p>Rank: My school doesn’t rank, but I’ve been able to deduce that I’m in at least the top 10% (as I’ve received outside awards which are given to only those who pass the 10% threshold). </p>
<p>Applied to: Gallatin (I’m debating either doing a pairing of Computer Science and Visual Arts or going into politics)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Editor in Chief for two years of my school newspaper. I’ve worked in many reforms and revitalized the club (from three members to 15 members, pushed out the first print edition in years, currently rolling out the iPad edition)
-Three year involvement in wrestling
-Co-president of my school’s Young Democrats club
-Co-president of my school’s GSA. My friend and I have been working to revitalize this club (when we got to the club it was only my friend and I and we have now grown to about 6 members)
-Only male member of my school’s gender equality club (SAGE). I’ve been involved with this for about two years
-Worked for one full year at a local Pizza joint as a bus boy for every night of every weekend
-Currently working at a local gym daycare for most of the weekdays
-I just recently started my own business this summer in electronic services (I built the website myself from scratch, no templates or anything! If anyone wants to check it out, they can at cloudrepair dot co)
-Started my own international project in Jamaica </p>
<p>Summers:
-Started my own business
-Receptionist at my parent’s business
-Worked at the previously mentioned local pizza joint</p>
<p>Essays: Definitely strong. Both essays got strong feedback from peer and teacher reviewers</p>
<p>Recs: Two glowing recs. One was from my math teacher with whom I spent every single day with after school for at least two hours just to do ACT practice. She’s told me herself that the rec was very strong and that it’ll give me a large boost. I also got a strong rec from my English teacher with whom I strongly connected with last year. I also have a rec from my GC that he more or less had me write myself, and I took the opportunity to have him mention some of the struggles that I overcame in high school (mainly coming out in a hostile environment and my perseverance).</p>
<p>I’m applying from a large public high school from northern Connecticut with about 1,700 people in it.</p>
<p>Okay @rfree18 thx. This is what I have and hopefully it is a good sign, but then again it could just be there because I did a summer program. @smnparish thx to u as well! <a href=“http://postimg.org/image/5lemyx94t/”>http://postimg.org/image/5lemyx94t/</a></p>
<p>I have what @rfree18 has. What does that mean?</p>
<p>Ah nevermind, I understand.</p>
<p>@NYUFan101 Did you submit a CSS/Profile for merit aid?</p>
<p>@vikasnair no i didn’t</p>