<p>I am sorry I did not see your most recent posts until now. I looked this thread up because I just came across something related to an earlier question you had and came here to tell you what I learned. So, first that, then your new questions…</p>
<p>You had asked about coed roommates. I was reading a housing forum and some kid asked about that. An upperclassmen gave this answer about if coed roommate housing exists:</p>
<p>“Yeah (two boys, two girls, two bedrooms all in one apartment), but only in Water Street, and you had to apply already.”</p>
<p>So, that is just ONE dorm and it is NOT a freshman dorm. It requires some special application in advance (some other kid said an essay was required?!). So, there you have that.</p>
<p>It so happens that dorm assignments from the lottery just became known this AM and so I was looking around about it. My D is pretty happy about hers as it is in the location she wanted and was her second choice dorm. Specific room assignment is on Monday.</p>
<p>Glad you got a better airfare…that is very reasonable. </p>
<p>About the friend who applied to Tisch…that story does not sound right…you cannot be accepted artistically first to Tisch at ALL. They weigh both academics and artistic review in two offices and come to a decision together and the student is either admitted to NYU/Tisch or not, but a student doesn’t “pass” one half of that admissions decision, let alone be informed of such a distinction. </p>
<p>I wish I could tell you more about financial aid but I’m just a parent of a freshman. But I would think it only varies year to year if your FAFSA or circumstances are changed. Don’t quote me, however! Call THEM. I know even at Brown, my older D got alot more in terms of grants in her FA this year than last because we now have two kids in college so are more “needy” :D. One thing I do know but this is a bit different in a way…but when my D won a Trustee Scholarship from NYU, and it is for $20,000, I did call and ask if she will get that each year and they said yes, as long as she maintained some sort of GPA (was not hard to do) and enrolled in X number of credits, stuff like that. That scholarship was first based on merit (you can win it without being a financial aid applicant…as well as there is no application for scholarships in the first place). But if you win this merit award, the amount can be increased if also applying for financial aid. So, her package had that award and then of course, loans and work study (turned down work study which is impossible for someone in her program to do). That is is not your exact question but I would certainly pose that question to their office if you need to. </p>
<p>Happy for your D about NYU and look forward to hearing her final decisions/impressions, etc.</p>
<p>Susan
(and YES, she is IN…believe it!)</p>