<p>NYU does give full rides, very rarely though. and the full rides do not include room and board, only tuition. so with room&board you're on your own.</p>
<p>i personally know someone who got one last year. she commutes.</p>
<p>In order to get a full ride, would you just apply and find out in April?</p>
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<p>As I understand it, there are no apps for scholarships. You apply, and when you get your acceptance packet, it'll come with the scholarship, if any.</p>
<p>how do you apply for a federal pell/state grant?</p>
<p>I'm in Steinhardt and I was given a $13,600 Steinhardt scholarship.</p>
<p>There are different types of scholarships and scholars programs, and they are given somewhat randomly (I'm sure NYU has a certain criterion that no one has yet figured out). I've heard of a few people getting "full rides" that don't include room & board.</p>
<p>To be considered for any scholarship or financial aid, you have to fill out the FAFSA and your parents taxes have to be in order. (idk if that's the financial aid "app" someone referred to, but that's what you have to complete).</p>
<p>Also, people that are considering internal transfers, if you are given a scholarship that has a name of an NYU school (Stern, Steinhardt, etc.), it obviously does not transfer when you change schools, but the trustees ones usually do.</p>
<p>Very VERY VERY rarely, people do get FULL RIDES which include room and board. You are first offered the full tuition presidential scholarship, and if that doesn't make you budge they may teleophone call you or send another letter. You really need to have genius stats for this to happen, and having parents in high places helps too. </p>
<p>Stern students rarely get something like this and I could totally see them getting rid of the Stern Scholars program..many people with similar statistics (high SAT scores primarily) are not in Stern Scholars and perform better academically than those who are in this program.</p>
<p>Many people need to know that NYU is very big on SAT scores. If you have great scores, they will try to give you a lot of money, despite the fact that a student can afford the education without the monetary award. Schools will always try and say they don't care about rankings and such, but the truth is that the higher SAT score average they yield, the better they are perceived in the academic world.</p>
<p>Hiii, I have some questions. Do you think you can help me out? </p>
<p>How do you get the J Eckhouse Scholarship? Do you have to be in a specific college/major? And do they notify if you receive the top 5% scholarship after the regular decision applicants have been accepted?</p>
<p>Thanks =)</p>
<p>I asked the same question about the J. Eckhouse Scholarship (well, I asked what exactly it was after I saw it as part of my financial aid package)...no one applies for it, NYU just gives it to people. There aren't specific criteria for it. However, the only people I've ever known to get it are people of African descent. All of my black friends that have gotten into Tisch from my school and myself have gotten some form of the J. Eckhouse Scholarship, so that may have to do with it...I don't know anyone outside of Tisch that have gotten it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't apply to other schools as well.</p>
<p>I don't know the answer to your other question, but if I had to take a guess, I don't think they'd discriminate against ED pools as far as that scholarship goes...there can be a top 5% in both RD and ED pools. You should call the financial aid office...I think only they could give you a definite answer to that question.</p>
<p>Thank you! I didn't mean to repost the same question but no one replied and I wanted to know the answer. And I'll call tomorrow when their office opens lol. Thanks, Happy New Year!</p>
<p>Just confirming what someone else said a few posts above:</p>
<p>They offer the most money to the highest scoring candidates, even though for <em>admissions</em> purposes plenty of mid-score students are accepted. So far (although my searching is not exhaustive) NYU appears to be unusual in so tying in scholarship dollars with test scores. (This is apart from federal standards for Pell Grants, etc. = different issue.)</p>
<p>Many private colleges list scholarship qualifications as being GPA and/or rank, in addition to test scores, but for NYU the test scores seem to be the Be All and End All of scholarship money.</p>
<p>This is actually the part that bothers me the most about NYU, since there tends to be a correlation between income level & testing advantage in the first place. (Even collegeboard acknowledges this.) Of all the privates, they appear to be least concerned with filling student need, most concerned about ranking.</p>
<p>Not an NYU-hater, btw. Love the school from most of what I've heard. Just that it seems to eliminate a whole category of potentially fabulous students who lack the funds and family credit rating to repay giant loans.</p>
<p>Where did you get information that scholarships are tied mostly to SAT scores at NYU? I have not heard that and am wondering the source of such information. My daughter has what I would consider a large four year Trustee Scholarship. I do not know how many of these are given out. While I think she had good SAT scores (particularly as she took the test as a tenth grader), I can't begin to imagine that her scores would be in a small group of HIGHEST SAT scores. No, definitely not. There had to have been many with scores that are higher. She did have two SAT Subject Test scores that were very high, but those tests are not even required for Tisch, where she goes. I can't imagine that her Trustee Scholarship was entirely based on SAT scores. If that was the sole criteria, and they don't give out many Trustee Scholarships, I don't see how her scores would be in a small pile at the top, I really don't. Yes, they were good but they were not in the stratosphere. There had to be plenty of applicants with higher scores, more than the number who were awarded Trustee Scholarships. I will add that she also was a financial aid applicant.</p>
<p>Does NYU weigh ACT scores the same as SAT scores?</p>
<p>Also (this may be a naive question), assuming that the amount of financial aid awarded is directly associated with test scores, is there a possibility that, given that everything else in my application is above average, a 35 ACT composite will give me a shot at receiving a full ride (excluding room & board)? I'm asking this because the only way I would ever attend NYU is if its financial aid package is superior to those of the other schools that I'm applying to (By the way, I consider NYU as a high safety/low match). However, I would strongly consider attending if the total cost is below 15k or so since there would be much less financial strain on my family and I wouldn't have to worry about making my parents suffer for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>soozie, there would not be "plenty of [Tisch] applicants with [much] higher scores." Left out some important qualifiers there. Your D had a lot to bring to the table. If a person is not bringing arts auditions/portfolios, they'd better have very good (at least) scores, if they hope to get NYU scholarships. This is a merit-driven, not need-driven school. </p>
<p>Lots of Tisch applicants get admitted, and get money, because they have abundant artistic promise -- demonstrated by portfolios, tapes, auditions. NYU wants concrete evidence -- such as that, or such as scores. Essays, recs, and need have not the weight that they do at many other privates.</p>
<p>Well, so now, I am confused. I DO believe getting the scholarship involved several factors not just SAT scores. Are you now saying the same? </p>
<p>I don't actually know the criteria for the Trustee Scholarship and didn't know it existed until we opened up the award letter. I assumed it was a mix of holistic factors including artistic, academic stats, recs, essays, leadership, etc. If it were simply taking the top SATs off the pile, I'm not sure she'd have been picked (though had good SATs) as there had to be others with higher ones. I don't know if it was all artistic either because while she has talent, so do a slew of others in her program. I did call and ask if this was a merit award or need based award and was told it was a merit award but the amount given takes into account financial need (you can get a Trustee Scholarship and NOT be a FA applicant). I just do not know the criteria for selection. </p>
<p>However, my D is a Tisch Scholar as well (totally separate and is not a scholarship). For that, the criteria is mentioned in the selection letter and it says it is based on four things.....academics, artistic, record of community service, and leadership potential. I assumed that the Trustee Scholarship also had more than ONE criteria. I don't think it was only SATs (she could not have had the highest ones of all applicants), GPA (same thing), or even artistic (given how many other very talented peers are in her class). I just assumed it was a mix of factors (and luck!~). I just was questioning where you heard that the merit scholarships were based just on SAT scores as I have not heard that and was wondering the source or if is is an assumption.</p>
<p>By the way, you mention essays and recs not having that much weight but I tend to disagree here. We never heard of merit scholarships OR Tisch Scholars until receiving the notification of each one. So, my D did not tailor her application in any particular way but just applied. BUT, now that I have the criteria for Tisch Scholars in hand, I can see readily how certain things in her essays, annotated resume, and recs spoke to some leadership activities in the arts and how those dovetail with what they are looking for with Tisch Scholars (who are considered leaders in the arts and that is a big part of that program). She wasn't selected to be a Tisch Scholar based on stats (again, could not have been the highest stats on the pile for all of Tisch and they only take 15-18 Scholars). So, they had to put weight on the pieces of the application that you say they likely do not (though I realize now I am talking of Tisch Scholars and not the Trustee Scholarship).</p>
<p>PS, I just looked up the Trustee Scholarship for both CAS and Tisch at NYU on their site and both say those selected for the scholarship are based on "exceptional promise." So, that is rather vague and so I don't know where it comes that it is based on SAT scores (even for CAS) alone.</p>
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Many people need to know that NYU is very big on SAT scores. If you have great scores, they will try to give you a lot of money, despite the fact that a student can afford the education without the monetary award. Schools will always try and say they don't care about rankings and such, but the truth is that the higher SAT score average they yield, the better they are perceived in the academic world.
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SWEET!!! I hope my 2300 can earn me some $$$</p>
<p>I don't think your perceptions & mine are in that much disagreement with each other's, soozie. Tisch has more to select from and with; hence, the more elements in "merit."</p>