<p>This is part of why this board is useful. At a certain point, all you have to rely on is anecdotal evidence so it’s great to have toowonderful’s information. There’s so little transparency at any school about what money is available to whom and on what basis. Each sifting of data provides a different perspective. This opacity is increased when you are looking at small programs within small schools within large universities. </p>
<p>In Tisch’s case the outlook seems far less bleak when toowonderful shares her story. A Google search will identify NYU as an institution notorious for falling very short in meeting students’ demonstrated need while providing and forgiving massive ‘loans’ to administrators’ for personal luxuries. There was quite a bit of local outrage in the wind when Greenwich Village residents were fighting a losing real estate battle over the last several years.</p>
<p>(See NYT and CBS articles excoriating the excessive subsidies by searching “Look who doesn’t deserve financial aid at NYU” Here’s a smidge from CBS: NYU is on the federal government’s “hall of shame” list…The schools that land on this list represent the top five percent of institutions that charge the highest prices after typical grants and scholarships are deducted…According to statistics from the College Board, NYU typically meets just 59 percent of a student’s financial need, and that percentage includes a loan. Just as damning, only three percent of NYU students have their full financial need met. Contrast that to nearby Columbia University, which meets 100 percent of the financial need for all of its students.)</p>
<p>CC posters provide more situation-specific information, in this case, far more encouraging for applicants and their families. That’s a real service to this community.</p>