Profile schools tend to take 6-9% of assets including primary home equity towards Expected Contribution. . FAFSA EFC uses 5.6 % of parental assets excluding primary home mortgage.
Another curve ball is if a family business is in the picture or if parents own some resl estate and collecting rent.
If you are looking at other PROFIlE schools , you need to run your numbers through some very good NPCs. Even those will not take into account family businesses. But do try to get some idea as to why NYU expects you to pay what they do. If they simply gapped you, chose not to meet your need, that’s one thing. But you should know what they considered was that need.