<p>To emphasize what IBfootballer said, NYU is notoriously bad with financial aid. If you have financial need, you should probably not be planning on attending NYU. There are several threads on CC about financial aid at NYU and students who have racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt going there. So, if you need financial aid, make sure you have plenty of schools on your list that will demonstrated need. NYU is unlikely to do so.</p>