<p>@Andalousie</p>
<p>unfortunately i am not familiar with CAS students in the same major, so i can’t provide a personal insight. however, i don’t imagine there would be serious (if any) discord between tisch and cas students - why would there be? competition? there is inherently immense competition amongst tisch students themselves - and yet, from my experience we all generally get along very well. i don’t think this possibility of discord should be a concern and certainly not a deciding factor for you. you will have the opportunity to meet many people outside your major regardless :)</p>
<p>for the tuition, yes, it is hard. i did not receive much in aid at all (~8K/year, with only half of that being a scholarship, the rest are loans+work study). here i give all my appreciation and gratitude to my parents, who worked very hard for my education and were wise with finances. we are not particularly rich nor poor, but we fall into the range where we can pay enough for me to go to NYU without huge stress but as a result get little fin aid.</p>
<p>there are some beliefs out there that nyu fin aid is largely based on merit - this can be to your favor or not. it is true, however, that some students do get a lot of aid - like idreamofscreen. if payment is a concern to you, i still recommend applying to nyu, but don’t make it your only die-for choice. compare your fin aid among your acceptances wisely and ask yourself what is really worth it - do you REALLY want to go to this school even if they give you next to nothing in terms of fin aid? why? is this truly your dream school? etc.</p>