<p>Hello everyone. This is my first time ever posting on CC! I recently got into Tisch as a transfer student. I can graduate in 2 and a half years from NYU. The problem is that I am paying for school myself with NO family help. I received $15,000 in scholarship and gramts but that is it. I received a $42,000 parent plus loan which I can change into a student loan. $15,000 is NOTHING compared to the $54,000 tuition. A few friends at Tisch say that $15,000 is a good amount of scholarship from the school, because most don’t get anything.</p>
<p>NYU has always been my dream school and I got into the studio that I really wanted. Should I take out the loans they gave me to pay for my education? I would have to take out a $36,000 loan per year. Should I do this? Keep in mind, I also owe $26,000 from my prevoius college attended. I know that’s a huge amount of money. </p>
<p>My plan is to go to NYU, graduate, then move to LA to begin auditioning for commercials, tv, etc. I understand this is a great financial risk, but I want the best of the best and I feel NYU is the best. </p>
<p>What do you all say? The other option would be to attend a Junior college then apply to UCLA. Two things about that is: A, I dont feel I will get as good training and B, I may not get into UCLA after a year of community college, in which case I wouldn’t know what to do. My GPA as of right now is a 3.0, I’m hoping come this spring it will be a 3.4. Also I want to graduate relatively soon, I don’t want to start somewhere where I have to start as a freshman for example at a school like Juiliiard or CALARTS.</p>
<p>So what do you all say?</p>