<p>There is no secret that a predominant number of students are African American and Latino. I however fit all the criteria. Will they consider me or is it like affirmative action. If I offended anyone, I assure you that was not my intention and I apologize.</p>
<p>Your grades may be to high for you to qualify. HEOP is geared toward people who need academic support as well as financial help. Your 89-90% average probably means that you don’t need a whole lot of academic support.</p>
<p>Being eligible for HEOP is a 2 step process; you have to be both academically and economically disadvantaged regardless of race. From the academic disadvantage standpoint you would have to have grades n scores that will make u not eligible through the normal admission process. The 89-90 gpa is not going to hurt u becuause most students accepted through EOP have GPAs in this range (at least it has been the experience at my school for students accepted to EOP. </p>
<p>What are your test scores. Now that NYU requires the profile/non custodial profile. I think it is going to be harder for students to be EOP eligible unless one is on a fixed income/ public assistance because they ate delving more into family finances.</p>
<p>My combine score is a 1590 and my math and reading score is a 1060. My mom is disabled and she gets SSI and food stamps. My father does not support us in any way. I have a lot of extracurriculars, work experience and I’m going to get really good recommendations. And would you mind elaborating on profile/non custodial profile please?</p>
<p>How does your SAT break out as far as critical reading and math.</p>
<p>Are your parents still legally married?</p>
<p>Do they still live together?</p>
<p>What is it you mean when you say that your father does not support us in any way? Does he work? Do you see him?</p>
<p>has your mother ever applied for child support (in the state of NY, the support order is in place until the child turns 21).</p>
<p>Until this past school year, NYU was a FAFSA only school, which means that they only looked at the income/assets of the custodial parent. Now that the school uses the CSS profile & non-custodial profile, they look at the income an assets of both parent, whether or not they have ever been married to one another. If there are step parents involved, they also look at the income/assets of the stepparents also.</p>
<p>Reading: 600 Math:460</p>
<p>No they have never been married. My father left when he found out my mother was pregnant and has never in any way supported us. It’s just my mom. She has never applied for child support because frankly she has no idea where he is.</p>
<p>I got in with a 91 cumulative. Got 730 Critical Reading, 520 Math, 530 critical reading. I’m an amateur writer is about all. Below poverty line on income. Your extracurricular activities probably set you ahead. </p>
<p>Fact: I am black, but I do know white HEOP students. It is income/needs based, NOT affirmative action. It just so happens that most in that category plus the grade range happen to be minorities. I’m in CAS btw.</p>
<p>If the school you are applying to requires a CSS PROFILE for consideration for financial aid, and also requires BOTH parents to fill it out, in order to get around the requirement for your father to do so, you have to file a Non Custodial Parent waiver. Your high school guidance counselor can provide those and help you in filling it out.</p>
<p>to piggy back on Cpt’s post with the new changes in NYU’s policy and the school now collecting of information from both parents in order to receive any kind of aid, unless both parents are really low income or you get a non-custodial waiver at NYU (unlikely), you will be out of the running for HEOP because once they look at income of both parents, you may be above the income guidelines.</p>
<p>I know several HEOP students who are not URMs. They are immigrant children who come from households that are low income and have a lot of challenges.</p>
<p>I applied Heop and was denied this status. I am mixed race - black and white, and at the time 1510 total SAT score with an 89 GPA. When I applied regular status to my #1 school, I was accepted and awarded an $8000 merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Part of The HEOP program at NYU includes CSTEP which also helps underserved and/or economically disadvantaged students. Guidelines are a little different. FA is more limited than HEOP, but there is a lot of financial and academic support.
[The</a> NYU Opportunity Programs-HEOP, CSTEP, STEP - About Us](<a href=“http://nyu-op.org/cstep/about-us.html]The”>http://nyu-op.org/cstep/about-us.html)</p>