<p>This year, we're hearing more about financial aid message changes. Last year, there seemed to be a strong correlation between accepted students and whether their financial aid message in Albert changed. </p>
<p>To check your financial aid message:
1. Log into Albert.
2. Under the "Financial Aid" tab, click "Financial Aid Summary".
3. Post the message (e.g. "Award access unavailable", "2015 No self-service for access this year")</p>
<p>Please Post
-Main campus choice
-Admission plan (ED1/ED2/RD)
-Financial aid message
-If known, date of change (or an approximation)
-GPA (please note if it is unweighted/weighted)
-SAT/ACT</p>
<p>(Yes, I know there is more to you than your GPA and test score, but just for simplicity...)</p>
<p>After Decision, please post:
-Main campus choice
-Admission plan (ED1/ED2/RD)
-Financial aid message
-Decision!</p>
<p>-Main campus choice: New York City
-Admission plan: ED1
-Financial aid message: 2015: No self-service access for this aid year.
-GPA: 3.9 unweighted 4.9 weighted
-SAT: 2010</p>
<p>Campus choice: NYUNY
Admission Plan: ED1
FA Message: “Award access not available”
GPA: 3.91 weighted (what counselor sends)
ACT: 35 (translates ROUGHLY to 2340 on SAT)
**Also, on my Common App account for NYU, it doesn’t say my application or my supplement have been downloaded yet, only submitted. Is it possible they haven’t even started reviewing mine yet?</p>
<p>***And my last name starts with T if that helps. </p>
<p>Main campus choice: NYU New York
Admission plan: ED1
Financial aid message: 2015-New York University-No self-service access for this aid year
date of change: I noticed it on November 27th
-GPA UW: 3.8 W:4.26
-SAT: 2080; also sent in predicted IB scores</p>
<p>-Main campus choice: NYC
-Admission plan: ED1
-Financial aid message: Award access not available
-GPA: 3.59(UW)
-SAT: 2040
-Decision: Not known yet</p>
<p>-NYC (stern for specifics
-Admission plan ED1
-Financial aid message: 2015 New York University No self-service access for this aid year.
-Not sure when changed
-GPA: 3.6 unweighted (school doesn’t use GPA actually so it’s interesting)
-SAT: Superscore 2320 - 1570 (CR + M)</p>
<p>We have all reached the conclusion that the FA message does not mean anything, and that everyone’s FA message will change to “2015 No-self service…” eventually. Do not worry about it.</p>