nyu scholarships

sueinphilly
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:33:42 +0000

My son has a Carroll and Milton Petrie Scholarship (no it wasn’t listed on the NYU site but they left NYU money to give out to worthy students) and a Trustee Scholarship, 15K Each for 4 years. And he asked for and got a 1K CAS scholarship for the 2nd semester (of his upcoming sophomore year). He did make the Dean’s list as a freshman. FWIW, his SAT was 2250

I believe there was a letter from NYU President John Sexton last spring that said they were going to do more need based, rather than merit based need. I interpret that to mean that if your EFC is really high (30-50K)and they know you have the money (and NYU doesn’t use housing value), then you are going to get less aid (ie, free money) than a person with really low EFC (0-20K). There are people who go to NYU who are eligible for Pell grants. They want to make college more affordable for students with financial need.

Let’s put it this way, even with a 30K scholarship and Perkins and Stafford loans, I’m still paying every cent and more of my EFC of 11.5K