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<p>is there anyone on this thread that can answer some of my Tisch quetions?</p>
<p>Blackkey, if you want answers here on the open forum, just go ahead and ask. If you have questions you’d only like answered via private message, ask the question and say so, so that someone might PM you.</p>
<p>I just got in to NYU off the waitlist and I’m super excited!! How do I know what studio I got put in?</p>
<p>You should give them a call.</p>
<p>Drama Department Admissions
721 Broadway
New York, NY 10003</p>
<p>Phone: 212 998 1850</p>
<p>Alright here’s all my questions:
I would first like to know if there is any financial aid that you are currently maintaining and if so, would you be comfortable on telling me a rough estimate of how much that is? Secondly, I would like to know as a musical theatre major what these classes are doing to prepare you for the real cut throat world of Broadway? Were you from NYC or did you move from another state, and how did you adjust? Can you offer any insight as to how to choose/what the audition process it like? Is the musical theory kicking your butt? What can I do to get in and get some scholarship money? (OPEN TO ANYONE)</p>
<p>here’s my second set of Questions sorry I am just really curious!
One: how is your dorming situation at NYU because I have heard mixed reviews about dorms and honestly I have read some pretty petrifying stories as well. Two: do you have any suggestions or hints with helping someone who really wants to get into NYU as far a the admission process goes? Three: (you do not have to answer this question if it is too personal) in NYU offering you any financial aid such as scholarship and if so how much/ what type of scholarship is it? Four: Is there any advice you can offer to someone who needs to gets some scholarship money from NYU? Five: Do you feel like you are revieving an education that is worth $56,000 a year? Six: Is there any advice you feel is necessary that I should know?</p>
<p>@Blackkey, NYU’s aid is need based. Need based aid ranges from full ride to very little and it depends on an individual’s circumstances. There are also many students at NYU that receive no aid whatsoever. Knowing what someone else may be receiving will not be an indicator of what you might expect to receive.</p>
<p>@missj212 Congratulations!!!</p>
<p>that is true and I know that a lot of students rely on outside scholarships!</p>
<p>@Blackkey, nobody can answer whether or not YOU will get a scholarship. I’ve seen you ask that question in several different threads. For the most part, at NYU your academic stats will not matter if you are not need eligible. However, since I know this question is a biggie for you, you might be able to answer whether or not you WON’T get any scholarship award from NYU which is important info for you to have in mind while planning for this fall’s applications.</p>
<p>If you have some basic info about your family’s income, you can do the EFC calculator thing in FAFSA (not sure if there is a similar tool in the CSS Profile but there could be). If the number it spits out is something larger than the tuition, room and board at NYU, you can pretty much assume you will get no aid other than unsubsidized loans nor any scholarships unless you fall in to a specific group. If you look at the scholarship page for undergrads, virtually all of them have a requirement for demonstrated need with a few exceptions for things like “first generation at college” or “from a public high school in NYC”. You can read the details on the NYU website.</p>
<p>However, if you do the same calculation and you find that you have a need gap, then your stats and other circumstances might matter but once again, nobody can give you anything meaningful about chances because each person’s personal story is specific to them. Anyway, that seems to be how it works at NYU. All the best.</p>
<p>no I completely understand I was just wanting to see if any students got the scholarship who were average I guess to NYU’s standards. I know for a fact that I will not qualify for need based financial aid and I just have extuniating cirumstances if you will. I was trying to see if someone who has a similar academic situation as me got any sort of financial aid. At the end of the day honestly the only thing that matters to me is getting in and getting into Tisch. I know that I’m going to have to find alternative scholarships or take out a student loan. However, I am paying for an education that will help me for my future and challenge me as a student and a young adult! Thank you so much for the advice though it was defnintely appreciated and helpful! thanks for taking the time to respond it means a lot!:)</p>
<p>@Blackkey As far as getting in to Tisch-you have to prepare, prepare, prepare so that your audition is as strong as you can get it!
Dorms-my D just finished her freshman year and lived in Third North. I thought their room was nice-nice neighborhood, good size, beautiful view etc. They had some problems with plumbing issues but the problems were addressed quickly. Moving in and out was done with great organization and ran like clockwork. My D was very impressed with the teachers and the content of her first year at NSB. Finally, her friend who is not need based except for having a twin in school at the same time, received a 5000.00 scholarship and that person had average grades.</p>
<p>I do agree with you there and if I want to get in I have to do my best to prep is ALWAYS the best! How did the audition process go for your daughter? Like step by step. I would assume she sang a song, danced, and did a monologue. Correct me if I’m wrong though. Also, as far as scheduling goes was her first year at NYU basic core classes or did NYU start her off in NSB? And as a parent, did you feel that the education was worth $56000 a year?
Thanks again!:)</p>
<p>I have always heard the NYU was notoriously bad for scholarship money and doesn’t come close to meeting need except with loans. Five thousand dollars is next to nothing when tuition is in the 50’s and rising each year. How in the world does anyone afford this?</p>
<p>@actor12
I have heard the exact same thing and everything I have read is outside scholarships. I have a friend who applied to NYU who is exceptionally smart and wrote a pretty slamming admissions essay and recieved $12,000 in scholarship funds. That’s enough to cover…oh I dunno? The room and board?
It’s all about student loans and outside scholarships!</p>
<p>@tutu17 I do agree with you there and if I want to get in I have to do my best to prep is ALWAYS the best! How did the audition process go for your daughter? Like step by step. I would assume she sang a song, danced, and did a monologue. Correct me if I’m wrong though. Also, as far as scheduling goes was her first year at NYU basic core classes or did NYU start her off in NSB? And as a parent, did you feel that the education was worth $56000 a year?
Thanks again! That’s for you lol!</p>
<p>Blackkey, at Tisch Drama, every student has studio three days a week (T, Th, F freshman year; M, W, F thereafter) and academic classes the other two days. For the first year, all Tisch students take two semesters of “Writing the Essay,” with the theme of “The World in Art / Art in the World” and Drama students take two semesters of Intro Theater Studies (one on production and the other literary / historical study). </p>
<p>Starting sophomore year, the students begin to add in their academic gen ed requirements and electives and need to do another five semesters of Theater Studies (but get to choose from among a variety of course offerings). </p>
<p>I hope you’re aware that NSB is one of (seven?) studios available at Tisch and that many – most – students who audition for MT are placed in these other studios, so students need to investigate Tisch further than just NSB if they are truly interested in attending the school. Students who audition for MT do have the option of saying they do not want to be considered for any other studio, and then take their chances on that narrower option.</p>
<p>There is an internal transfer track into NSB beginning junior year, but it is by audition, and I imagine quite competitive. There also are opportunities to train in voice and dance at the other studios, although not on as focused as NSB. There are also performance opportunities in MT even for students not in NSB.</p>
<p>The Playwrights Horizons studio offers a Music Theatre track beginning junior year. I believe that ETW also has a musical theater component, although not in the traditional sense; I think it is more student-devised work (SoozieVT can address this better than I can).</p>
<p>I should amend by noting that transfer into some of these programs for advanced training is by audition and quite competitive, as it is for ETW. Blackkey, just to be clear: Tisch places incoming students into a studio they remain in for “primary training,” the first two years. Students are required to take six semesters of professional training, but are allowed to take eight (ie., three years minimum, four maximum). </p>
<p>The first four semesters have to be consecutive and are considered primary training. For advanced training (beginning junior year), these semesters do not have to be consecutive, so a student can, for example, take a semester off and do just academic classes if they want. They also can take a studio semester abroad, and at least one-- Commedia del’Arte in Florence – is a summer program, but it is worth a full semester of credit. </p>
<p>Some (if not all) the study abroad programs do require an audition, too, though… (The Florence program just moved this year to an audition requirement; it had been open prior to that). Tisch students can also do any study abroad program open to NYU students; this would be an “academic semester”.</p>
<p>NYU offers classes and housing year-round, so that students can take both academic and acting electives during the summer. If students take courses in the summer, they do not need to carry a full-time course load as is required during the year. </p>
<p>(Sorry if i’ve given more information than you really need at this point!) Good luck!</p>
<p>My 2 cents…my d will be a junior at the classical studio next year after 2 years at playwrights. Classical us a full year program. For 4th year she can go back to playwrights, do an internship or choose another professional studio…or just do academics and perform. Lots of options. She was originally MT but Tisch knew best…she has really blossomed ad an actress. And yes, it has been worth the investment!</p>
<p>Sorry for the typos above…dang phone!</p>