<p>margieNY: OUCH! I’m sorry to hear that the policy has changed. Thanks for setting the record straight on the new policy, however. Just for the record though, my daughter applied ED and was awarded only a token “CAS Scholarship”, in spite of outstanding stats, EC’s, etc. We would have been ecstatic over $16K per year. We will no doubt be “living small” for many years to come as a result of decimating our savings to provide her with this opportunity. Nevertheless, we have no regrets. As she graduates, we are more certain than ever that NYU/NYC was the best possible choice for her. It has been an amazing three years, packed with experiences I doubt she would have had at our state flagship (which she could have attended pretty much for free), and we are confident that she has received an outstanding education. We just found out last week that she has won a FLAS fellowship that will pretty much cover her masters next year, so she will be staying on at NYU! No matter where your daughter ends up, please be assured that her future is bright if she continues to build upon her language skills. Multi-lingual applicants have a leg up in almost every imaginable field and many U.S. government agencies and NGO’s are actively recruiting graduates with multiple language competencies. If you think that graduate school is likely in her future I would check potential school choices to see if they have a National Resource Center that grants FLAS fellowships for her chosen languages. Good luck!</p>