<p>This thread exemplifies the reason why NYU is the number one dream school lol. </p>
<p>But then when they finally experience NYU for what is REALLY is…then they are devastated.</p>
<p>This thread is a prime example of why research is crucial when applying to college, and if your financial situation is murky, ED isn’t the best option sometimes. I know a girl who *****es constantly about how “expensive” NYU is and how she “had” to drop out when they increased tuition. She was a sophomore at the time. A college education at NYU costs about $200,000. And a tuition increase of a few hundreds dollars was the straw that made her drop out? If you’re hanging by that much of a thread, bad news: you can’t afford to go. Yes, it sucks that everyone can’t afford to the best school they get into, but that’s life and it sucks but you really really need to think carefully about these things before you get in over your head.</p>
<p>^ Life lesson learned. But in relevance to now, I need advice on what I should do next. I know it’s my fault I failed to do extensive research, but any attempt to say “you deserve it” because of that mistake isn’t a valid nor respectable answer. Not that you were saying that, but that’s what I’m just pointing out.</p>
<p>It’s up to you, I guess, to weigh whether you want NYU and it will help you enough in your future to justify trying to get a private loan (though your interest will be pretty high if you can’t get anyone to co-sign). That’s a question only you can really answer.</p>
<p>LSP itself is very course intensive. can you transfer out of it? The problem is your LSP curriculum allows for very few non-LSP courses during your first two years. As a premed student, you need to take certain courses in a sequential order.(physics 1 then 2, regular chem then orgo, etc.)<br>
This presents a problem in more than one way. You are also planning a double major. It is similar to your premed dilemma. You need to knock down one or two lower level courses before you can take the higher level classes in order to get your major. To do that you need to either take an additional year of school or summer classes.<br>
Another concern should be taking your MCATs. You need to take certain courses to prepare for those. Ideally you should take them around your junior year. LSP alone would make that problematic.</p>
<p>For Premed, you really dont need a good Ugrad, unless you are planning on becoming like a head of the hospital or some ridic stuff like that. It is all about GPA. Even after you graduate from medical school it is more about your residency program and the type of doctor you become. A primary care physician from Harvard will likely make similar amount of money as one from say The college of dentistry and medicine of new jersey. </p>
<p>And I am sure you already know about the costs of NYU. If a M.D. is your ultimate goal, remember medical school is very expensive too. probably more so than undergraduate.
remember to enjoy those hookah louges and luxeries offered at NYU, that requires money and lots of it.</p>
<p>I would advise state school. It is cheaper. easier to obtain a higher GPA to get into a medical shcool. allows you to graduate with all your intended courses in 4 years(or less) </p>
<p>You can always do your graduate at NYU or some school in the city. </p>
<p>Good luck and keep your eye on the prize. Becoming a doctor in the future should be more on your list of priorities than just hanging around manhattan.</p>
<p>so nyuh shi dae,
Why don’t you commute for now?
A few people have suggested this but you have not responded in any way.</p>
<p>Commuting is one way to cut quite substantially down on the amount of money that the OP would have to borrow. It makes sense. Another option that makes abundant sense (well, to an adult but perhaps not to a recent high school graduate who is really adamant about going to NYU NOW) is to take a gap year, work, save money and then begin in the fall of 2010. </p>
<p>If I were the OP, I would ask myself seriously why NYU is THE school he wants to go to. If the most compelling reason he wants to attend NYU is its setting in New York City, well, then I would say that’s not a good reason in the end. The most important reason to attend any college/university is the program it offers and how that program will offer the student the knowledge, experience and training to become what that student eventually wants to become. Restaurants, hookah bars, bars and nightlife should be very, very secondary reasons to attend, especially for a student (like the OP and my own kid) who are not rolling in extra money.</p>
<p>I would also urge the OP to remember that the tuition, room and board and fees are not the ONLY $$$ he or she is going to need while attending NYU. There are incidental costs that need to be considered, such as a subway pass, money for laundry, coffee/soft drinks, meals out (modest, of course) and so on. These things add up.</p>
<p>Just a hunch but if you were rejected from a Parent Plus loan, I am guessing it will be very hard to get a private loan.</p>
<p>As other’s have suggested, I would try commuting. I’m guessing most NYU commuters are doing so to save money too.</p>
<p>Where would you be commuting from?</p>
<p>The OP stated that he lives 45 minutes from NYU. Seriously, if he is not willing to commute to NYU (his “dream school”), he is showing both immaturity and an attitude of entitlement about his situation. </p>
<p>Do you know how many NYers commute from much further away than that to get to their jobs and school? Be realistic! I am still waiting for my Village apartment. There is a time and place for everything and hopefully you will have that opportunity if you are patient. Live at home for 2 years and save some money. Then maybe you can get an apt. closer to NYU as a junior or senior.</p>
<p>Yes, my D is currently living in NYU housing. That is because we are able to afford it based on our savings and current 2-parent income. But D knows that if our income situation would change, that she would be commuting in from Long Island. If commuting is good enough for her father who has done it for the last 25 years, she can certainly survive it, if need be. And so can you!</p>