<p>is there merit aid typically offered to graduate students?</p>
<p>I am thinking of applying to Tisch for ITP (interactive telecommunications program.) However The 60k annually seems a bit steep and I can not afford it on my own. I am unwilling to take 40k a year in loans, I have accumulated enough debt as an undergrad. is there any need or merit based aid offered at NYU?
I am coming in from an IVY engineering programming with a very good gpa.</p>
<p>I don’t know about how “typically” aid is offered to grad students at Tisch, but it does exist. Have you read this page?</p>
<p>[Applying</a> for Financial Aid: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU](<a href=“http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/object/gradFinaidApply.html]Applying”>http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/object/gradFinaidApply.html)</p>
<p>You can cut down the tuition a lot by NOT living at the dorms. There’s a lot of cheap places to rent in NYC actually, but sorry not in Manhattan. Try Brooklyn or Queens. Staten Island is the cheapest but you would have to take a ferry… </p>
<p>One final sentence: NYC is not really that overwhelming expensive. Just blame the tourists for all that demand, thereby increasing prices in Manhattan.</p>
<p>By the way, I live in NYC.</p>