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<p>NYU- Poly has a HEOP program. There is a poster who has posted on the parents thread who received a very attractive full need package from NYU poly and is attending this fall.</p>
<p>If student is proactive and can snag a chase smart scholarship, it would turn almost most schools on her list that are located in NYC into a free ride. Since it does not cover life science majors, she would still be able to major in essentially anything she wants on the pre-med track.</p>
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<p>He’s not living in Brooklyn, he’s living in the Village.</p>
<p>OP - consider NYU or not, let’s see if we can get people unstuck from this topic for the purposes of your thread.</p>
<p>Retake the SAT to get your scores up. Barnard isn’t out of the question with current scores, just a reach, but you can increase your chances. Go to the SAT/ACT section of the forums, check the SAT-preparation subforum and read the pinned threads for study tips from a couple of experienced posters.</p>
<p>To the OP, I know how you feel about this and I was in the same situation as you. Now, im attending NYU Poly HEOP’s program with a great financial aid package (I’m all covered for the first year with extra free money left for books and supplies and transportation. You will learn how to live at home and I know I’m learning how to myself even though i know my parents are really annoying and hard to be around. Before, I really thought I want to go away and stay away from home but you will realize that you’re going to feel lonely elsewhere and you may need your parents help sometimes. I got use to the fact that I have to stay here and since I dont have to worry about finance issues right now, i think i’m glad that i stayed and took NYU Poly’s HEOP program so I can study engineering. Im sure you will be relieved too if you got a fullride to a school around your home area.</p>
<p>I have also asked the HEOP department at Poly and they said once Poly and NYU merge is complete this jan., Poly’s HEOP will be NYU’s HEOP. Instead of getting a 150 dollar check every month for metrocards ( which Poly’s HEOP does), NYU gives the students an actual metrocard so you dont get extra left over… that will be a change. Also, my financial aid will be the same every year but the problem is that, every year the tuition at NYU rises but my aid doesn’t. I’ll need to take out alittle more loans every year.</p>
<p>You should listen to Sybbie’s advice because she did help me a lot on this college process and now i’m pretty satisfied at where I am now. But yeah shout outs to Sybbie719! :)</p>
<p>OP, I just came across your thread today. You have rec’d some good advice esp. regarding HEOP and women’s colleges. We too owe a great deal to Sybbie. Her advice helped my D get into an HEOP program at a private college. It was a bit tricky finding the right match for HEOP so please please take her advice. </p>
<p>For HEOP you want to aim for schools you might not otherwise get into. Barnard for example has a cut-off of 620 for SAT CR, says so on their website. You need to be at the border of the lowest 25% percentile for HEOP. The reasoning is that it is an opportunity program. (But you can’t be too far below standards because then you might not keep up.) Each school determines eligibility according to their own stats. </p>
<p>My D applied to 6 schools HEOP and to three SUNYs. She was told by 4 schools that her stats were too high for their HEOP and switched to regular admissions. This meant that she got in, but we couldn’t afford them. She was too low for the “best” one, we knew that but gave it a shot, anyway. She ended up at the second-best school on her list.</p>
<p>I agree with posts that encourage you to not antagonize your parents but to work with them as best you can, as hard as it may be. I do hope your brother becomes an ally.</p>
<p>To summarize…suggestions:
<p>You will soon be able to forge a life for yourself with more self-reliance. Taking college classes this coming year is already a significant step. But for now, it is in your best interests to hang in there. Your parents want the best for you, and as difficult as it may get, you don’t want to alienate them. I hear you say it is an oppressive environment, and I am sorry that it feels that way. I hope over time you will be able to leave behind the negatives and to integrate the positives into your future…as YOU determine it. </p>
<p>Wishing you the very best of luck!</p>