Okay I have a problem

<p>I really want to go to Stern but it is just do darn expensive. If I apply earlier E/A will I have a better chance of getting financial aid/ merit scholarships?</p>

<p>NYU doesn't have EA it has ED and yes for the most part early applicants do get more aid</p>

<p>yeah thats what i mean. So if I apply and get a merit scholarship E/D. what is the average scholarship. Also what is the average financial aid given? I know these questions are vague but I need an idea whether to apply early or not. If I get in E/D and they don't give me money, can I decide not to go?</p>

<p><a href="http://admissions.nyu.edu/fast_facts/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.nyu.edu/fast_facts/&lt;/a>
If your stats are good 1500+ SATs, good GPA and rank, good Sat II's you should get $10,000 merit scholarship from Stern and a good fin. aid package. the package should be better ED. but as the college process itself, financial aid can be unpredictable so take everything into consideration. gl</p>

<p>If you need financial aid, DO NOT APPLY ED. In the worst case scenario, you will have contracted yourself to go to NYU with no help whatsoever. ED is binding - by applying ED, you are telling the school, "No matter how much aid you give me, I'm still going to come." </p>

<p>There's no evidence that I've seen that suggests that ED students get more aid or scholarships. Frankly, I would NOT count on receiving any money at all - there are many deserving students, and many of them receive no merit scholarships and little financial aid. Don't think that you'll be the exception because the consequences of gambling wrong are pretty severe.</p>

<p>dude, I had the same fears as you. I thought I'd never be able to afford the tuition because of all the crap I heard bout nyu being sh itty wit aid. That is true, unless you've got really good stats. I thought I was goin to Dartmouth for sure, but in the end Stern shocked me with the scholarship letter. I got $5500 in grants from Dartmouth while I got $15k a year in scholarship from Stern. So this fall, I'm officially a Sternie. Plus I got into the awesome Scholars program. </p>

<p>To get an idea of what you need, these were my Stats:</p>

<p>SAT I: 800 M, 760V, 730 W
SAT II: 800, 800, 800, 780, 780
Rank: 9/650
EC: some leadership positions at school, some state science awards, volunteering, typical asian stuff.</p>

<p>oh **** u have like sweet stats ( i got 2100 ) on SATS so yeah i'm not gonna get as much as you. And even with $15 a year thats like still $35,000 to pay. Stern is around $50,000 a year right?</p>

<p>its more like $43-47k depending on the dorms that you choose. I also recieved $3k/yr scholarship from my mom's work. So I'll probably be payin around $25k-27k/ yr + school supplies/personal expenses, it'll come close to $30k a yr. My parents are payin for $20k, so I'm payin for the other $10k/yr, not that bad.</p>

<p>20,000 stern scholarship
gpa-4.0, sat- 800 m 750 cr 770w, sat II- 770 math II 770 physics, rank 1/519. Applied regular decision. I got a 2140 the first time i took the sats then the second time i brought it up to 2320 because i wasnt as nervous on test day...as long as you dont take them more than 3 times you are fine. Also, if you want a scholarship from stern sats and gpa/rank are the most important. If you want to get into the scholars program then worry about a lot of activities. Either way, you should at least apply to see how it turns out. Maybe you will get a big scholarship and wind up going.</p>

<p>Actually, the scholarship takes financial need into account very much.</p>

<p>I know maybe 3-4 people with mediocre stats (maybe something around 2250 and 3.8 GPA) who have received upwards of 20,000 from Stern as a 'stern scholarship' because their EFCs were really low. </p>

<p>Sorta annoys me....when I hear about 2400s only getting 10,000. >_<</p>

<p>yea i had a very low efc, they say that 5% of the incoming class at stern qualifies for the stern scholarship, once you qualify, they take need into account. If they didnt do it that way then they would be giving 20k to kids whose parents can write a check for school then missing out on another student who is in the top 5% because he only gets 10k and cant afford the rest. NYU has limited funds for these things, so it is really in their best interest to take need into account for these scholarships...its basically like they think "What is the least amount of money we can give this kid and still persuade him/her to come here?"</p>

<p>I got sat 2140. sat II 800, 800, 770 and 94% average and rank top 5 among 250, lot of e/c, but i didn't get any fin aid or schloarship from stern because i'm from Canada.....oosph..............panic...go or no go</p>

<p>i thought i should've recieved some scholarship $, but didn't. But I did apply early and didn't file in the FAFSA form, maybe that played a role. high #'s always help in recieving scholarship.</p>

<p>I think you have to fill out FAFSA to get aid</p>

<p>yeah, you can't get any aid w/o fafsa.</p>

<p>Well I guess I should have said this before... the need does play a role but a small role in how much $ you get. Carnegie Mellon, which is know for having very good aid, only offered me 12000 after the raised it 2000 when I asked the to review my aid because of the high nyu offer (keeping in mind that nyu is notorious for its fin aid). Cornell, which isn't known for great fin aid but is still better than nyu only gave me 15k as well, so even though you can argue that need does play a role, it shouldn't take away from the achievements of those who did get big scholarships.</p>