<p>NYU aid is confusing! My daughter is in her 4th year at Steinhardt after being accepted RD originally. She had a number of AP classes under her belt and a fairly high high school GPA, along with being a National Merit finalist. At the time we qualified for some financial aid, being a divorced teacher with some other income, probably considered middle class. Much to our surprise, Steinhardt gave her a $20,000 per year scholarship, that has continued all 4 years! However, it is all bundled, financial aid, merit and talent, and we have no idea how it was split up. She had auditioned for 14 schools, accepted at 4 BFA MT programs, 2 that offered her no aid at all and one that offered her enough to make it the same price as NYU with her scholarship there. So I would suggest that you might be pleasantly surprised what might be awarded by NYU, as we were, but that you really shouldn’t put those eggs in the basket and count on them. Best of luck - my d has loved the Steinhardt program. Can’t believe those years flew by!</p>