You’re right thank you 
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You’re kind of bang on target stats-wise (average for nyu is 3.7 and SAT middle 50 is 1470-1570, with the upper end of that range likely to be skewed towards Stern applicants) so it’s definitely worth an ED application if it’s your definite #1 school. Your biggest obstacle is the low admit rate,but you don’t have control over that. Good luck!
Curious is the 3.7 unweighted or weighted ? If weighted, what’s the formula.
Honestly ED to NYU is easy assuming affordable. It’s the rest of your list that is more important and doesn’t look like you built around budget, whatever that budget is.
Focus on rebuilding beyond CCNY and Fordham (which is unlikely to hit budget) unless you are ok with CCNY. But drop Rutgers for a budget achieving school.
This is stated in the OP.
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My bad - my message stands. Thx for correcting me.
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Thank you! I know the GPA requirements for NYU aren’t as strict as lets say t20s but I know my grade that I haven’t isn’t the strongest to be confident enough
No-one is a shoo-in for NYU these days, and ED gives you the best chance (unlike some other schools, there is a genuine advantage to applying ED at NYU - it’s not nearly as skewed towards athletes, donors etc like some other ED pools). Your essay and recommendation letters will obviously be important, and as mentioned above make sure you present your ECs well. FYI - my older kid got into NYU ED a few years back, it wasn’t quite as competitive as it is now but still not easy - her grades and ACT were actually below the average for NYU so we assume it was all that other stuff: they really are holistic.
Congrats on your fine record.
Agree with others that before applying ED to NYU you need to run the NPC and the numbers need to work. If there are doubts, best to apply RD so you have an opportunity to compare financial offers amongst your acceptances.
Agree with applying to Fordham (finances may not work) and consider Lincoln Center campus if you want Manhattan. I’d also dive into the many excellent SUNY options – not in NYC but strong academics and more likely to be affordable.
As an aside, please move off the “dream school” idea. Focus on affordability, education, and fit. If you do not end up in Manhattan for college, the city will still be there after you graduate.
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RisingSeniorAlready needs to check if dad plans to remain employed at NYU Hospital the next 4-5 years; also if she can keep the tuition benefit as long as she is enrolled at NYU or as long as dad is employed. NYU very likely wouldn’t be affordable otherwise.
That may go hand in hand. He won’t be able to leave.
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Thank you, you are right about the dream school thing. Only reason I’m applying to city schools is because my mom wants me to stay close by and so thats why basically all my picks are in the city.
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He likely will be so I’m not worried about that
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Where do you want to be? After you have a budget, check the Hofstra NPC. They buy deep. Could be a good and close safety.
They will be one of my safeties I know pretty much all the nassau county schools and nyc schools as well so going to be applying to a few
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But stop applying willy nilly without a budget.
If it’s $40k and you can only afford $25k, why apply.
You need a budget first and foremost.
Run NPC for Manhattan College as well.
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Yes I will be applying after using the NPC calculator and also will be applying for scholarships
OP- you sound like a great person and a REALLY interesting student that any college would want on their campus!
Off the wall thought- can your Dad schedule a quick meeting with his HR rep to find out if ANY of his NYU tuition benefit is “portable”? It likely wouldn’t be as generous as the benefit to attend NYU, but some universities do have reciprocal arrangements with other universities. And better to know this upfront, right? And at the same meeting, your dad can confirm a couple of the details about how it works at NYU- I assume the benefit is taxable (it is in most cases) which means that if you get a $20K tuition benefit from them, to attend NYU, it ends up being “less valuable” than $20K if it just counts as a taxable benefit. Again- lots of variables here, but better to understand how it works, how much of a discount it will end up being, etc. before hand.
If you are checking out all the City Colleges, make sure you spend a little more time looking at the course catalogue and majors at Baruch. You are exactly the kind of student they LOVE. And can launch really, really well.
Good luck and keep us posted!!!
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They’re need blind for domestic applicants, so given that, it’s probably a good idea to apply NYU ED and if you get in, then see what happens with financial aid for a student whose parent is an employee. However, you should consider the other university in NYC that people have mentioned as backups in case NYU doesn’t work out.
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You can believe what you want, but that doesn’t make it so. NYU reduced its freshman intake to ensure they could meet aid for the new program, and I believe the promise only applied to incoming freshman [not existing undergrads). The NYU promise is recent and even here on CC we had so many people last cycle still saying “don’t apply to nyu because they don’t meet need”. I imagine as it becomes more “known” you will get more people applying who need aid. What you neglected to mention from the CDS is that for the students who were determined to need aid, NYU met 99.8% of need. Not quite 100% but most people can probably make a plan for that 0.2% ($200 a year if you assume $100k cost of attendance).
If OP doesn’t have any other preferred school for ED there is absolutely no reason not to apply. If the aid doesn’t work they are released from the ED commitment.
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