<p>I was offered a spot in the Presidential Scholars Honors Program at NYU CAS. From what I've read here, this is supposed to entail a 25,000 dollar scholarship. However, I didn't receive a financial aid letter in my packet; when i called the financial aid office, they said that they did not receive my FAFSA and my merit scholarship is only 10,000 dollars.</p>
<p>So what's going on? Do some Scholars not get the 25 grand or what?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>anyone, please?</p>
<p>sabreblade -- the same thing happened to me...CALL! They bumped mine up to $25,000.</p>
<p>i heard that only some scholars get 25,000. the ones who get 25K are the ones who were also sent plane tickets to go to nyu over the weekend of april 1-3. they are called deans scholars, but participate in the presidential honors program.</p>
<p>Hmm, I got $15K, perhaps I should call and give it the old college try.</p>
<p>yeah i did call. and they refused to give me more than ten thou. plus zero financial aid.</p>
<p>so uh yeah nyu is out i guess.</p>
<p>wut exactly does the presidential honors program entail?</p>
<p>presidential honors means u are special and very smart. they want u to participate in an exclusive program and u will get to preview the study abroad in ur fresh and soph years for a small fee or maybe even free. many of these people get merit scholarships. about 50 of them get 25K scholarship. this is the most u can get. these people will be given special attention bc they are way smart!</p>
<p>My friend is in the Presidential Honors Program w/a 10K scholarship and she got to go to Florence in January of her Freshman year for I THINK somewhere in the realm of $200.</p>
<p>i'm actually in a similar situation but for the stern scholars program. i didn't get any money from them so I'm just thinking isn't it a little unfair that some stern scholars get a $20,000 scholarship while others get none?</p>
<p>i got a stern scholarhsip for 20k, but no stern scholars thingy, im quite confused</p>
<p>quite confused as well. was your's completely need based? i really don't know how that program works or where the line is between merit aid and need-based aid.</p>
<p>i got a lewis rudin scholarship so i wonder if that's why i didn't get any money from the stern scholars program. i don't want to sound greedy or anything but i would've liked at least a little bit of money. it could definitely have helped.</p>
<p>you think if we call they could let us inteo the program?</p>
<p>My daughter got admitted to the Stern Scholar program, but got zero scholarship or financial aid. Wonder why???</p>
<p>I got one of the $25k scholarships (and the Presidential Honors thing) but didn't get the phone call/free plane ride. I was completely not expecting it when I opened my acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what it takes to get a scholarship? Is there a difference between scholarships and financial aid? I always thought that scholarships were not financial aid, and they were based purely on academic excellence.</p>
<p>yeah there is a difference. NYU is definitely not known for giving out good purely need-based financial aid. however, if they really want you to attend, they will give you (or your son/daughter) additional aid based on merit.</p>
<p>scholarships are NOT financial aid...they are based on merit...u were correct parent2005</p>
<p>I got into the Presidential Scholars Honors thingy and I got the 25k purely merit based (I applied for no need-based aid).</p>
<p>However, the 25k does not necessarily entail the D.E.A.N scholarship, as I was not sent plane tickets or any invites like birdofprey425, so I think it's something just a bit different. </p>
<p>Possible free trip abroad = AWESOME, should be some fun times.</p>
<p>What did you did to get this 25K? and what are your grades/achievements?</p>