<p>I’m not sure one can actually answer that. They seem to practice Hybrid Aid (I’m having SO much fun using that term, now that another CCer coined it!)…You might get merit aid IF you qualify for it…but even THEN…possibly only if you ALSO have need. </p>
<p>What school is it in? Tisch, I think, has a Trustee…so if it’s “merit” based…then…at Tisch it’s TALENT based, unless that person is also a very high academic perforing student and I THINK they stopped those academic scholarships at Tisch…at least I read another CCer to say that’s what they were told last year. So…it’s hard to put a title on it. I’m guessing you got it, or someone you know got it, and you’re trying to figure out why. Not sure you’ll ever get a definitive answer to that. Seems to be they work in reverse. “Let’s see…we really want this one…how much money do they have?..OH! Well, they’re rich so let’s just admit them, they’ll pay full fare”. Versus “Oh, we really want this one. They’re poor…let’s see what we can do in terms of aid”. My TOTALLY unfounded opinion.</p>