<p>My situation is similar to above’s.</p>
<p>I got 9000 scholarship from Tisch, Perkins Loan, Stafford Loan, and after we’ve exhausted the savings fund (16000 plus my personal contribution of 2000 after working this summer) the rest is in loans. This year loans will run us about 15 to 20 thousand. The rest of the year’s most likely more, depending on what my parents can contribute from their salary’s and how much I can earn during the summer. I’ll probably be using a total of $90000 to $100,000 in debt (loans) by the time I graduate. I know some students, though, who go completely 100% loans and come out with $200,000 debt. Their reasoning is that it is worth it and most NYU students have jobs coming out of college, especially w/in Tisch because of the location and the myriad internship opportunities Tisch offers.</p>
<p>I’m fairly assured that I will have a job within one month of graduating, if not when I graduate. I plan to Intern my senior year and am hoping that will turn into a job.</p>
<p>It’s all about comprimise, though. My mom still doesn’t want me to go (she thinks I’ll only go for a semester and then come to my senses and move back to TX to live with her and go to community college…so trust me I understand the whole “parents not supporting me” thing) but I am very lucky that my dad is, like rossji, willing to work with me (and like rossji’s daughter, I’ve told my father I plan to pay off my loans at least 50% if not on my own) and get me to NYU.</p>
<p>As far as auditioning, I’m going to assume you mean for Drama (as opposed to dancing/singing/writing). I auditioned Early Decision and flew up to NYC (thank god for frequent flyer miles). They ask you to prepare two contrasting monologues (don’t do shakespeare and try to stick to contemporary). You go to the audition, sit in a room with all the other prospectives, and wait for them to call your name (I took advantage of the bathroom mirror since I was close to last to go and run over my monologues). When they call you “on deck” you go stand outside of your auditioning room, and wait for the next person to finish. Once they are done, you go into the room (a studio work space) and it’s just the auditioner sitting at a table in front of you, and a chair. Give them your supplements (photo & resume, usually) and then they will ask you to perform your monologues. I performed comedy first (to warm her up to me) and then drama (to end on a strong note). Then I sat across from her for the interview. The question’s I can remember were something like: “Other than the location, why NYU?”, “How important are academics to you?” and “Is there anything specific you would like me to know about you?”. There were others, but I can’t remember them. On the specifics question, I told her about my involvement in activism and how it is my second passion, and she seemed very impressed by that. She then asked which studio I wanted to be in, and I was probably the least prepared because I had decided I wanted to audition about two weeks prior (I even gave her my resume and headshot, which still had tape on the back from being posted on a wall for a show I had previously done, in a manila folder), and didn’t even know we were supposed to give a studio, or what the studios even were. I just kinda tried to laugh it off and say “whatever/whichever you think is best”. And if you are undecided after researching the studios, it’s probably better to let your auditioner decide because they are very good at judging which studio is the best fit for you. (PHTS for me!)</p>
<p>Then you’re done. I remember as I was leaving my auditioner saying, “See you later!” and I said, very awkwardly, “I hope so!”. She was very nice, and thinking back about it, I think she is one of the major reasons I got in…she really liked me for some reason…haha.</p>
<p>Hope that helps…although it was a novel, haha.</p>