<p>What about Questbridge for this student?</p>
<p>Does Questbridge guarantee needed aid from a school like NYU that gives horrid aid? If not, then…</p>
<p>No, but it might be a good option in helping the student find other, better options. Does anyone really think NYU is going to be a viable option for a student with high need?</p>
<p>No, NYU is never an option for someone with high need. The only high need students that have a small chance at good aid at NYU would have to have near perfect stats and be high desirable.</p>
<p>I don’t want to bash UGA because it’s not so bad, but honestly, it’s a party school, and they focus so much on sports, academics almost seem secondary. </p>
<p>Also, I know Syracuse is something like three hours away from NYC, it’s just that I hardly ever travel, and my sister and her hubby were being generous to me in offering a sort of “tour” of colleges in their area.</p>
<p>And I guess the letters are pretty useless in hoping to get a little ahead of the rest of the pack, but they have been helpful in opening me up to other colleges I hadn’t even heard of before but seem pretty good. Swarthmore? Amherst? I should do more research on these private colleges and see what I dig up.</p>
<p>I usually do pretty well on standardized tests. I was absolutely exhausted (like at the point when most of one’s speech is just incoherent babbling) when I took the psat’s, but I still managed to get that 94th percentile, which I heard almost qualifies me for the National Merit Scholarship…right? I’ll be retaking it next year (after a good night’s sleep), so I think I’ll do better. :)</p>
<p>Well, all I can say is that it definitely sucks being high need. Bahhh.</p>
<p>Syracuse is more like 4 1/2 to 5 hours from NYC. And trust me, I got the only speeding ticket of my life on my way back from Syracuse. They love to sit on the NY Thruway and get out of staters! YOu could easily visit Syracuse and Cornell in one day though. And I believe there is a train from Syracuse to Ny so you can use that rather than drive if you want.</p>
<p>^ Agree, Manhattan is a 5 1/2 drive if you don’t run into traffic or construction, the train is easier and relieves the parking/driving nightmare in the city. Many of the private coach bus companies offer weekend excursions and I believe the local AAA does sometimes as well. </p>
<p>There’s a plethora of interesting schools to visit in upstate/central NY in addition to LeMoyne and SU in Syracuse. Rochester (RIT, UofR) is an hour’s drive; Buffalo has at least six and is about 1.5 hours away (visit Niagara Falls if you go); Ithaca (Cornell, Ithaca College) is under an hour. There’s also Colgate University in Hamilton and Hamilton College in Clinton, both of which would be well worth looking at for their fine reputations, great programs, beautiful campuses, and outstanding financial aid for needy students. Hamilton and Clinton are within 1/2 hour of each other and less than an hour from Syracuse.</p>
<p>*I don’t want to bash UGA because it’s not so bad, but honestly, it’s a party school, and they focus so much on sports, academics almost seem secondary. *</p>
<p>that is such a bad stereotype of big sports schools.</p>
<p>At any big sports school, you’ll have a party element. However, that does NOT mean that serious students can’t get a fine education. The sports atmosphere is completely separate from academics. The profs aren’t more laid-back and less academically oriented just because the school has a popular football team. </p>
<p>And, at any big school, you’re going to have some rather easy majors whose students can party more than others. That doesn’t mean that the kids in the harder majors aren’t working hard and learning. And, for those who work hard, that can also mean having a “mental break” and occasionally take part in some fun campus activities…such as a Saturday football game. </p>
<p>You’re in-state for Georgia and you get HOPE. You’d also get Pell and other fed aid. UGA will likely be the most.</p>
<p>I forget if you’re planning on med school or not. If so, you need to minimize any loans as an undergrad.</p>
<p>What are your stats? If they’re high enough, then you have a couple of other options…
- getting into a full-need school
- getting into a big scholarship school.</p>
<p>You might want to look at Loyola-Maryland. They are often generous to URMs.</p>
<p>NYU is not the most generous financial-aid-wise but you never know. You have an edge because of your ethnicity and parents’ income. Apply to at least 8 colleges so you can compare awards from them and possibly play them off against each other if need be. You can research their historical generosity on the college board’s website.</p>
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<p>NYU is not the most generous financial-aid-wise but you never know. You have an edge because of your ethnicity and parents’ income.</p>
<p>In the state of New York and at NYU, being Hispanic is not an advantage. There are many Hispanics in NY colleges. </p>
<p>Unless you have super high stats, there is very little chance that you would get a financial aid package that would make NYU do-able. It’s essentially a rich-kid school because of the lousy aid. </p>
<p>You can research their historical generosity on the college board’s website.</p>
<p>This can be misleading since the data is in averages. Some may get a lot more, and some may get very little. And, many schools do “preferential packaging” which can really cause misleading data.</p>
<p>Your best bet is to employ a strategy that includes…</p>
<p>UGa & any other GA state schools that you like
schools that say that they meet 100% need with little or no loans
schools that give huge merit for your stats.
you can apply to NYU just to see, but you know not to expect much</p>