<p>You both have valid points. Moving on…</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your thoughtful and cogent remarks and replies. My daughter will be attending Tisch in the fall…she is ecstatic; so am I.</p>
<p>Going back to OP’s original post–what exactly is your beef? NYU didn’t give your daughter merit aid because they didn’t feel her credentials warranted it–and the fact that several other colleges felt differently is completely irrelevant. NYU didn’t expect you to “fall” for anything–NYU only expected you to decide whether or not to pay the freight for your kid to attend. And the “offer” of Parent Plus loans is, as you seem sophisticated enough to recognize, not a recommendation that you borrow that or any other amount, but a notification that you can do so if you choose. So again, what’s your beef? If a school costs too much, you decline the offer of admission. This happens all the time and is not an occasion for outrage. And if a kid has other appealing alternatives, it’s also not an occasion for pity.</p>
<p>MommaJ, why are you reviving this? I’ve already answered all of your questions. No one has to accept them.</p>
<p>Because of the poor reputation regarding aid of any type, apparently well-earned and there long before I came on the scene, I did not expect any money. Nothing wrong with hoping, right? But my “beef,” as you call it is how NYU was more disingenuous than the other schools. NONE were duplicitous enough to list more than 60K in loans as part of their “award” on a price tag north of 64K. And none offered a token amount like $1000 just so they could count us in their aid stats which are notoriously poor. It’s the dishonesty and the distortion. That’s my “beef.” </p>
<p>BTW, the “fact that several other colleges felt differently is COMPLETELY irrelevant”? Really? Well, not completely, because she will be going to one of those.</p>
<p>Agree 100% with MommaJ. NYU was not “dishonest” or “duplicitous” in any way. What they did was to offer you an option if you wanted to attend. I guess you would have been happier if your daughter was just rejected. Would have saved all this angst.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess that explains why I don’t have a “beef” with any of the other schools that didn’t offer any money (and didn’t pretend to) or waitlisted/rejected my kid.</p>
<p>I’d take $1,000 a year x 4 over nothing which is what we are getting.</p>
<p>But we went into it with eyes wide open, even made the decision to go ED because we thought it would up D’s chances. We knew she wouldn’t be considered for talent merit aid if she applied early.</p>
<p>After reading this thread, I do laugh at people being perturbed that rich kids come to NYU. Let’s face it, it’s a private university! And it’s in an expensive city!</p>
<p>Would it make people any happier if the top 1% of income level suddenly all decided to attend community colleges or state universities? Then they’d be pushing out lower income kids without the socio-economic benefits that lead to the higher grades that higher income students tend to get.</p>
<p>I will be attending Poly and almost wish it had no affiliation with NYU. it is ridiculous that the
y expect you to foot the bill. anyone who pays that is absurd. I will happily go to Poly and get over 80% coveted and attend an extremely strong engineering school. so glad I am not trying to go to NYU. SMH …</p>