<p>I've been admitted to NYU College of Arts and Science and the same at UCLA.</p>
<p>NYU gave me a much larger scholarship than UCLA (as I am an out of state student), but I am still having trouble deciding.</p>
<p>Money is of course a big issue for me, but I have my own concerns.</p>
<p>NYU: No traditional campus experience, harder to make friends? </p>
<p>UCLA: Traditional campus experience, public school, more expensive</p>
<p>Any help? I'm so lost!!</p>
<p>Is the scholarship you received conditioned on maintaining a cumulative minimum GPA? If so, what is it?</p>
<p>Also, what are you planning to study?</p>
<p>@cobrat </p>
<p>I’m not sure about the scholarship, it’s just called the CAS (College of Arts and Science) Scholarship. I hear it is a mixture of merit and financial aid, so I’m not sure of the conditions.</p>
<p>I’m planning to study Economics and Mathematics as a joint major, at both schools.</p>
<p>You need to find what those conditions are. If it requires maintaining a high GPA minimum like a 3.5, one academic slipup could easily cause you/your family financial hardship. </p>
<p>If it’s more reasonable such as remain in good academic standing, that’s much more manageable. </p>
<p>Could you clarify the amounts of the fin aid packages?</p>
<p>@Sampaio96</p>
<p>UCLA – $56,133
NYU-- Not sure of final cost but I am receiving $26,000.</p>
<p>In other words, UCLA gave me no money. In most situations, people are probably like, “Well obviously NYU. There’s no way paying for that much is worth it.” I understand and respect that too.</p>
<p>I did contact UCLA financial aid and they are willing to re-look at my financial aid decision, as they did not understand that my elder sister is also entering medical school, at a price of $80,000.
The FAFSA projected that our Estimated Family Contribution should be 24,000 which as you can see is FAR off of the high price that UCLA decided to send me.</p>
<p>UCLA has been my dream school since my youth, but these prices are off the roof.
On the other hand, NYU is more affordable but I’m not sure I like it as much. </p>
<p>Tuition and fees excluding room & board is $45,862. Am betting room & board adds at least another 10k+ to that </p>
<p>Also, keep in mind NYU is located in one of the most expensive neighborhoods within Manhattan and NYC. </p>
<p>Tuition & fees excluding room & board:</p>
<p><a href=“Tuition and Fees”>Tuition and Fees;
<p>Housing fees:
<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/AY20132014_Rates.pdf”>http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/resLifeHousServ/documents/AY20132014_Rates.pdf</a></p>
<p>@cobrat
Thank you for the comfort…
I understand the cost of living in NYU is another bill on top of the original, but as you can see, my UCLA offer isn;t greatly promising either. Out-of-state students get basically no help at UC.</p>
<p>@cobrat
It’s just a difficult decision altogether. None of my schools have given me great offers, which is a bummer.</p>
<p>Have you found out if there are any conditions to maintain that NYU scholarship for all 4 years such as maintaining a high minimum GPA? You need to find out whether you can keep that scholarship even if you have a few academic slipups in college. </p>
<p>One plus for NYU is it seems their graduate Econ and math departments are ranked slightly higher than UCLA’s. Whether that has much, if any bearing on the undergrad experience…who knows?</p>
<p>@cobrat
Well, I was correct that the website indeed does not say the provisions for the CAS scholarship.
However, based on discussion with others and someone who called the fin aid office, it seems to be based on the “good academic standing” as opposed to a set GPA.</p>
<p>Also, it is subject to change if family income changes drastically.</p>
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<p>While the non-traditional campus at NYU will make it harder, UCLA is large enough so you’ll also need to be pretty proactive about getting yourself out there in order to have a good social experience. </p>
<p>At least that was my impression while visiting UCLA and comparing it with what I know about NYU as a NYC local. </p>