<p>I was wondering if any current students (or parents) could tell me how you can possibly pay for NYU tuition. Online, it says that after room, board and tuition, it comes out to about 52k a year. See, I have to pay for almost all of my college (parents are only contributing so much), and I couldn’t afford anything like that.</p>
<p>So- case and point- do they offer really really good scholarships to most people accepted? If so, about how much is that per person?</p>
<p>freedom, the information that you and your family provide on the FAFSA will determine what your expected family contribution will be. NYU does not guarantee to meet total financial need. It’s a very expensive school and often a good portion of the financial aid package is made up of loans. It’s an important decision to make as to whether you want to burden yourself with a large amount of student loans. To your question about them offering “really really good scholarships to most people accepted”, the answer would be no. Do they offer some good scholarships? Yes, but certainly not to everyone accepted. I believe about ten percent of accepted students are offered a merit scholarship, and these range anywhere from $1000 to $26,000. The average financial aid package for incoming freshmen is $20,095. Here’s a link to NYU’s ‘fast facts’ page:</p>
<p>freedom: I think alwaysamom gave you good advice. Go through the process before abandoning hope. Have your parents fill out the FAFSA.</p>
<p>The FAFSA will determine what the expected family contribution should be and that contribution will be the same, whether you commute to a local community college or live on campus at NYU. The difference between the contribution and the estimated cost of attendance at each institution (community college or NYU) determines the amount of your financial need for that particular institution.</p>
<p>You might be eligible for need-based grants, merit scholarships, work-study, and loans. Or you might not. But until you’ve gone through the process, you really don’t know. My advice would be: don’t decide you can’t afford it until you have all the information you need to determine that. Right now you don’t have that information. </p>
<p>If a large part of your aid award consists of loans should you assume a lot of debt? Only you can make that decision.</p>
<p>You should also check out Fastweb for information on other scholarships for which you may qualify. There is money out there for college — you just have to do a lot of research, and sometimes a lot of extra applications, essays, auditions, etc… to receive the money. </p>
<p>Fastweb is not an NYU thing – it is an independent college scholarship page.</p>
<p>When we went to the Tisch information session in the fall, one of the kids said his current internship was “Teach for America”. I couldn’t figure out why he was doing this until I read and saw that currently your loans can be deferred for the couple of years you teach. Does anyone know if someone has successfully combined teaching and auditioning and being in shows?</p>
<p>I believe that Teach for America asks recent college graduates to commit two years to teaching in public school systems AFTER they graduate with bachelor’s degrees.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that Teach for America is a full-time commitment for the two years after you graduate from college. So, while it would probably be possible to continue to study, perform in community theatre… professional auditions might not be. </p>
<p>I think that the Teach for America internship while in college is different than the two year teaching commitment after graduation. I believe that one of my students is doing that internship at JMU, and it appears to be more of a publicity internship while in school. </p>
<p>From what I have read the two year post college teaching Teach for America program is highly competitive.</p>