Hi all!
So I've got a pretty trying matter on my hands - today I was accepted to NYU Tisch, my dream school. This is the first and only BFA acceptance I've received. However, I of course didn't receive any institutional grants/scholarship, and the tuition as it stands is completely impossible (would not be able to get loans approved) - especially because my parents will not be contributing to my college education and I have to take out all the loans myself.
I have several other great options that would consist of a BA in theatre that gave me great aid (Wellesley, Sarah Lawrence, Barnard of Columbia, Vassar..) and consistently all gave me ~50k a year in institutional grants/aid (and many of these schools are equally if not more academically selective than NYU)! I could see myself happy at these schools (Especially because they have great English programs which I'm looking at for a double major) but NYU is my only BFA option at this point, and I want to be able to pursue acting intensively just as much as my academics.
Do you think it would be feasible to make an appeal and successfully get any money from them? I knew NYU was stingy, but getting no help at all was a harsh blow. I just wondered if anyone had experience bargaining with colleges about financial aid, if that was possible with NYU in particular, or any general words of the wise when doing so? Should I just drop it and go somewhere I can afford?
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