Down to a little less than a week before decisions issued, but panicking as a bad week, but should we pull financial aid request (we would only qualify for loans–which we’d only take the basic $5,500 Stafford at most–and hope for some merit aid, though not getting it won’t make us not accept an offer) at NYU? We filed FAFSA and CSS (some schools said you had to do FAFSA to attempt to get merit, etc., other complications, so we went ahead and filed FAFSA). No way will we get “financial aid” so I am worrying that it’s impacting us. I believe NYU is need blind, but still, after our experiences the last few years, starting to feel firm in my thoughts that routinely asking for add (or filing FAFSA) has a negative impact. I am thinking I should somehow tell them we don’t want to be considered. Thank you.
nyu is most definitely not need blind. it is one of the few highly ranked schools that have very bad financial aid historically. it might actually be too late for you to pull the financial aid request at this stage. i have no idea if this will make a difference - maybe you should pose this question in the NYU forum? Someone else might know.
Don’t worry about this. NYU gives lousy aid except in the rare cases when it really truly absolutely wants a student who needs serious aid. Everyone else gets gapped in the aid packages. You/your kid won’t get rejected by NYU because of need. You/your kid will get rejected because NYU just doesn’t like you/your kid.
@khanam is wrong. NYU is most assuredly Need Blind for admission. It does NOT meet need.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission#U.S._institutions_that_are_need-blind_for_U.S._applicants_and_do_not_meet_full_demonstrated_need
https://www.edvisors.com/plan-for-college/college-admissions/need-blind-admissions/
Need blind for US kids, not internationals, afaik.
But it’s very late in the game to make a change like this, with decisions coming so soon. If not admitted, please don’t suffer through second guessing yourself.
Thanks for the clarification and reassurance, everyone.
True @lookingforward. I focused on US since the OP stated s/he applied for FAFSA.
I remember a twitter spat between an NYU and a URM who was being discouraged from applying. Happened last year. They might claim to be need blind but as this case illustrates, if they discourage people from applying, I am not sure if the culture will not pervade in the admissions committees decisions as well.
http://observer.com/2015/12/nyu-applicant-blasts-administrator-on-twitter-after-insulting-email/
That’s grad school, which is totally different than undergrad admissions.