<p>That’s very fast work, wow. I thought something about your post said you’d be interested in Brown, just be aware it is a difficult admit because of the admit rate is so low. Only 9 pct compared to NYU 32 pct for instance and a lot smaller student body.</p>
<p>Also, do I have a reasonable shot at aid from NYU? I know about NYU’s lousy/sometimes awful aid, but I also heard that NYU comes very close to meeting full need for high stat students or students who add diversity to the campus (not sure if I add diversity if there are only like 2 students at NYU who are from my state) </p>
<p>My parents filled out the CSS and I used this exact information on the Yale Calculator and it said my EFC was 31K (I have a brother who is going to be starting Graduate School next year and he is most likely going to be doing part-time But, I didn’t count him because Yale said only count undergraduate students). I also found my EFC on the College Board’s EFC calculator using the same information and found it to be 18K if they count my brother as a part-time student in college for institutional methodology and 30K if they do not. </p>
<p>If I don’t have a good chance, I guess I can just write NYU off my mind until decision time. I applied RD BTW</p>
<p>Just no way to know you will find out. I just see reports of good packages for low income instaters.</p>
<p>Do not use Yale’s net price calculator or a generic EFC calculator as an estimate for NYU (or any other specific school) financial aid.</p>
<p>The problem with NYU is that the chances are very good, you won’t get need fully met. NEU and BC both guarantee to meet full need. Do run the NPCs and see what comes up for each school. Not that much merit money at NYU either. If you are geographically far from the east coast, your chances are a bit better for a good aid package from NYU. If you are close to NY, you are a dime a dozen, and I think that your aid will not be good.</p>
<p>Doesn’t NYU offer merit full tuition scholarships to CAS students? I think if you really live in a place that struggles academically or in a state that is located in the middle of nowhere, then I think you could be in the running since that is a pretty strong hook…</p>
<p>Also, consider Northeastern more. You can do co-ops and I know somewhere who goes there and tells me that Northeastern is really lax if you did your work in High school (like APs that introduce you to your major)</p>
<p>So let’s get this out of the way - I agree with the suggestions of Columbia, UPenn and Brown for Ivies given your interests. Chicago has more of a quirky kind of feel, but it is very liberal and in an urban area. You may consider Stanford - it’s about 40 minutes from San Francisco and 20 minutes from San Jose, so it’s not super urban, but you might otherwise like it.</p>
<p>Okay, but with that said - I got similar comments in my senior year of high school. I had the stats to get into an Ivy League or other top colleges, but I didn’t even apply to any Ivies. All of my top-choice “dream” schools were safety schools for me, and the college I ended up attending was definitely a safety school for me - I attended on a full merit scholarship. I remember I told one of my favorite teachers where I would be going to college, and he made a face and told me I could’ve done so much better.</p>
<p>But you know what, that’s where I wanted to go! There were some features of colleges that were really important to me and my eventual choice had all of those things. I felt at home when I visited. And I love, love, love my undergrad college. The classes were challenging - not Ivy-hard, of course, but they made me think critically and grow as a person yet I didn’t feel like I had to kill myself studying. My classmates were bright and service-oriented young women who shared my values. I still donate every year and if I could get back inexpensively to volunteer or if we did alumnae interviews, I would. I love the alumnae network, I love my former classmates, and I had a fantastic developmental experience there. And it hasn’t hurt my career at all, from what I can tell - I got a PhD from an Ivy League institution and am currently doing a postdoc at a top research university.</p>
<p>That’s what’s important about a college - enjoying the experience while getting a good education. The vast majority of gainfully employed, happy people did not go to an Ivy League university - or even one like the ones you’re considering. All of the schools you listed are excellent schools, and honestly they are all top schools too, even if they aren’t the pinnacle of the elite. Boston College and Northeastern are no slouches, and many students successfully go onto med school from there. Plus you sound like you have values that are important to you and these universities match those values.</p>
<p>And honestly, I have found that my undergrad college doesn’t really matter anymore. It only comes up as a curiosity in casual conversation when getting to know new friends; what really matters career-wise is where I went to grad school. You can get into med school from any of your choices and then your undergrad won’t matter anymore. But even if you chose not to go to med school, you can still have great job prospects from any of those school (even the unknown state university).</p>
<p>I had a similar situation, I fell in love with the school im going to in the fall, and was told to apply to somewhere “better”. The only better in my eyes is the school you love. People make the mistake of going after prestige instead of actual good. If you love NYU then go for it! I doubt I would be as happy as I am now, if I ended up applying to an Ivy instead of my small liberal arts college. </p>
<p>I agree with the last comments and I don’t think at this point the OP should go crazy desperate to ‘do better’ or even worry about ‘selling myself short’ when he has fine picks that will make him happy. I just don’t know that he has really done his homework about these schools it doesn’t sound like it. NYU maybe the most but it has the good the bad and the ugly too and then there is the unknown of cost. So I think continuing to look around is in the best interest, keep open minded, learn as much as you can, and don’t get too vested that you must go to a school that you might not get in.</p>