NYU parent thread

<p>uskoolfish (great name) I have a S interested in applying to Steinhardt Music. First I've heard they have now made "merit" all "financial need" based. Seems that means they have basically done away with merit. Any more insight on this change?</p>

<p>In April of 2008, John Sexton sent an email out to the NYU community outlaying their plans for the future of NYU one of which they were going to be getting rid of their merit based aid and focus more on the neediest of their students. The link was posted at one point on this thread back in May.</p>

<p>Almosthere; below is the link for admissions data...choose common data set from the drop down menu. The latest figures are for 2007-2088 but should be useful.</p>

<p>NYU</a> > Office of Institutional Research and Program Evaluation > Factbook > View Tables</p>

<p>Hi, last week our D dropped one class and added another (something that would seem very common early in the semester). She warned us (correctly?) that she would get only a 70% refund for this class (implying a 100% charge for the new class). I would have thought that changing classes at this early point would not affect full tuition ($17,615.00) one way or another. </p>

<p>The "TUITION REFUND POLICY" says </p>

<p>"Students are eligible for a tuition and fee refund for dropped classes only in accordance with the University’s published Refund Schedule as printed below.</p>

<p>... </p>

<p>Second calendar week of classes.................………………. 70% Tuition Only". </p>

<p>Does this apply to changing classes? The wording seems ambiguous, not specifically saying, e.g., "withdrawal from the University." Thanks!</p>

<p>I always thought that the fulltime charge for tuition was for a courseload of up to 18 credits. My D is taking 14 credits but we are paying the full amount,which would be the same as taking 18 credits.</p>

<p>I hate the 18 credit limit. It's total 36 credits a year but yet I can't take 9 classes a year because it's divided 18 and 18 instead of being able to divide it 20 and 16. And most people end up taking 16 credits per semester because they have to pay extra to take 20 credits. We pay for the same number of credits anyway-why not let people use it however they see fit? I mean I'm apparently mature enough to go out and get a job, buy cigarettes (which I don't), buy lottery tickets, etc. but not decide how I'm going to use the credits allotted to me? I mean there ARE ways to make this work from an accounting standpoint-if someone takes 20 credits, make them 2 credits "arrears", or treat it as an advance on the next semester's credits. Or deduct it from the outstanding number of unused credits that we supposedly paid for. Of course this probably means less profit for NYU and hence that's the reason they don't do it. Or split the damn credits 20/16 instead of 18/18.</p>

<p>It sucks because I'm 2 credits short of graduating a year early. I probably won't do it but it's nice to have the option.</p>

<p>But yes, between 12 and 18 credits it's the same tuition. Once you go below 12 credits I believe they charge you by the credit hour (~$1050 per hour+whatever fees).</p>

<p>futurenyustudent, I know how you feel. D is only able to take 14 credits each semester this year, so she will be shy 4 credits. so It's kind of crazy that at some point we may have to pay extra to complete courses at the end of her school career at NYU, especially since the flat rate tution covers 12-18 credits. doesn't seem fair.</p>

<p>off topic..sorry..but how many times are the alarms going to go off at hayden? 3 times already...In the middle of the night..Im all about safety but I think that is a bit much...Is it happening at the other dorms also?</p>

<p>vossron, I am guessing that you won't be charged for dropping a class and picking up another, but call the bursar to be sure. I <em>think</em> the policy you are talking about is if you drop out of school. In other words, if you child had 4 classes and dropped 1 and didn't pick up another, you wouldn't be getting a refund at all because the tuition pays for 12-18 credits.</p>

<p>sue, you were right, of course; there was no extra charge. Our DD just feared the worst, it seems.</p>

<p>Glad the class switch worked out ok financially. I'm usually the one that fears the worst, come to think of it, I don't know if my son has ever worried about anything. I do enough of it for both of us :-)</p>

<p>My current topic of worry is filing my son's taxes this year. He's worked 4 different jobs in NY in 2008 and paid NY state tax. He is a resident of PA. I'll have to file a Non-resident NY state tax form to get what he did pay back and also file a PA state tax to pay what he didn't pay. And I have to hope I get all his W-2's! I still plan to claim him as a dependent (he made good money selling women's shoes at Bloomingdales) but I definitely provided more than 1/2 his support</p>

<p>Just wanted to check in here and say how happy my D (freshman at Tisch) is with NYU. She is loving living in New York City (though I had to laugh when she called to say "Do you have any idea how much groceries cost?") and her classes, especially her studio classes. (She is in the drama dept.) She seems to have adjusted well to getting around the city and finding what she needs to find, though she did get lost, temporarily, a time or two getting off the subway at the beginning. </p>

<p>Anyway, so far, so good. She's loving life at NYU. I hope it's the same for your kids.</p>

<p>HopStop</a> Mobile</p>

<p>you can use this to send a text msg with your address and destination and it tells you how to get there</p>

<p>Thanks, Sue. She loves hopstop and uses it a lot, though she mostly uses it in her dorm on her computer and then prints out the directions. Gradually, she is learning which subway line to take for what, etc.</p>

<p>Daughter is very happy. She struggled through the chemistry midterm. Stated that she doesn't think she did very well. She met with the professor and worked out a strategy to do better. I'm happy that she is handling things herself. She did say it can be overwhelming at times trying to juggle everything. But to me, she is doing everything, partying, shopping, studying, etc. She as joined a club that her friend started which has to do with runway models. He asked her to do the dramatic make-up for the models and they had to do an auditon on a very large scale and she won the audition, she is ecstatic. She and a couple of friends marched in the Greenwich Village halloween parade. So I think all is well. Having more fun than me.</p>