how much are people paying per year?
@Stage3Senioritis yes, there is an official facebook group - NYU Class of 2023 that you can join.
Has anyone ever successfully appealed finances at NYU? Is there any wiggle room?
Yeah, if anyone has ever successfully gotten more financial aid than they were given (I got like 3.5k :/) let me knowwww…the only thing holding me back from committing is the money. Sigh.
@Britmom5 @arizona726 the most I have ever seen anyone successfully appeal for is 5-7k and that was because of a very drastic change in income for the new year that was not present in their parents last taxes on the Fafsa. Without certain circumstances they usually won’t appeal for much, if any at all.
@clip2023 @Britmom5 thank you…that’s kinda depressing not gonna lie. Do you know if NYU would take into consideration other schools’ offers?
@arizona726 from my understanding they will not. The more average appeal I’ve seen without serious circumstances is 1.5-2k
@clip2023 Thanks! So - is everyone who attends NYU wealthy?
Applied to CAS, accepted to Liberal Studies Core. Stats:
3.85 unweighted, 4.32 weighted GPAs. Could certainly have been better, and embarrassingly, I got a C in AP chem last sem of junior year which I thought would kill me. (I didn’t mention STEM anywhere in my apps soooo.)
Our school doesn’t rank.
34 ACT
1440 SAT (didn’t report), Lit 750, Math 2 720, World History 700
Had finished 11 AP classes by time of application, with one more senior year. Reported like 7 tests (four 5, two 4, one 3). IB candidate with HL Eng, French, History, SL Comp Sci, Math, Psych.
Senior course load: all IB with AP Micro, a study hall, and a piano lab. (could’ve been better, piano lab is like a glorified study hall)
Major awards: National Merit Finalist, AP scholar twice, 2nd place in a national science competition in middle school (lol).
Extracurriculars: city youth orchestra + piano lessons + flute lessons for 4 years. NHS for 3 years, student council committee head for 5 semesters. Been working since second sem. junior year.
Community service: some here and there but the biggie was involvement in a local youth court for all 4 years, selected to give speeches/accept awards, etc.
Summer activities: duke TIP camp for 2 years, arranged a trip to Taiwan with two friends and no parents to teach English at a primary school for 2 weeks. Traveled solo around China for 2 more.
Essays: I thought my CA was good but it could’ve been better. My NYU supplement was strong, I really went out on a limb because it was the only school I didn’t apply polisci to (I chose art history). I don’t know if this choice helped with my application.
Recs: teachers 9/10, counselor 6-7/10 simply because she was not involved at all in the process.
State: IN
School type: charter
Gender: female
Hook: prob none
Congrats everyone who was accepted! Don’t know if I’ll be going but it’s certainly exciting, and I didn’t expect this decision for myself, and I cannot stress this enough, AT ALL.
@Britmom5 Absolutely not. I’m going to NYU this fall and my family is far from wealthy. That being said, NYU gave me a significantly large aid package. I also have gotten outside scholarships. It really just depend on your financial situation.
Sad to say @Britmom5, our family is not wealthy, either. We are comfortable but cannot afford to send S to his dream school. NYU gave him a small scholarship but we have another one in college and just can’t afford it; plus interest rates are ridiculous. Be sure to factor in at least a 4% inflation per year and analyze total for 4-5 years. CRAZY!!!
Unfortunately my son is a twin. The other has also been accepted to a NYC school. Ouch$$$
Still can’t get over not getting in, any tips on feeling better
Hi, on the article where NYU discusses this year being the most diverse and selective ( https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/march/Class_of_2023_Admits.html ), they say that they handed out 12,307 acceptances but later on, they say they expect to have a freshman class of 6500 throughout all 3 campuses. Can someone explain this please? What about the other 6000 or so acceptances they handed out?
@emcell Schools always accept more students than they expect to attend the school, because most students apply to a number of schools and may ultimately choose to enroll at another school to which they were accepted. Schools take their anticipated yield rate (the number of students who do enroll at their school) into account when calculating the additional number of acceptances to offer. Based on the figures you quoted, it appears that NYU predicts a yield rate of about 53% this year. If fewer students do actually enroll than NYU forecast, then NYU will turn to the waitlist to fill up those newly available spots.
@artdreamer Ohhh okay. Thanks for explaining! I didn’t know that they expect so many people to turn down their offer
@artdreamer While they may end up being right, I think 53% would represent a big jump in NYU’s yield from prior years based on what I recall reading.
I think yield numbers are trending up, which is why acceptance numbers are down. But they are hedging that “bet” with a large waitlist. Admissions these days is a massive numbers headache.
On the affordability topic - from what I can tell NYU prioritizes the most needy students for financial aid. People in more comfortable circumstances get little or no aid. Not all full-pay families are wealthy!
My daughter got accepted into “Tandon School of Engineering” for computer science major. Reading on the internet, there are two CS within NYU. Which one is better? Also, is it easy to switch to other school if we find out that other one is better. My D also wants to do business as a double major (stern) or minor in business or finance. How hard is to do this? Please share your experiences
Our D was waitlisted at NYU/Steinhardt for fine arts. She’s not holding her breath about getting in! I’m not sure if she will decide to stay on the waitlist. She was accepted at RISD, which may be the best choice for her regardless.