Fiancial Aid Review?

Sikorsky
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:53:48 +0000

I hesitate to offer nothing but discouragement, but I have nothing very encouraging to offer.


Borrowing heavily for a degree in Musical Theatre doesn’t seem like a great investment to me. Borrowing heavily for a degree in Musical Theatre from American, less so. I really like AU, and I really respect its commitment to the arts, but let’s be honest here: when it comes to theatre, AU isn’t Tisch or Northwestern or Catholic.
Most colleges, including American, use merit aid to entice their top applicants–the ones who might very well go elsewhere if merit aid were not offered–to attend. If your stats are not well above the 75th percentile for enrolled freshmen, your prospects for merit aid are not very good.
AU’s reputation for providing sufficient aid to needy students is not very good. The University doesn’t promise to meet a student’s full need, and in a lot of cases, it does not.


I wish you luck, but I frankly don’t hold out a lot of hope.