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Hello all,
I've been admitted to NYU and the school starts in less than 3 months and I'm debating myself whether to attend this year or next year. Here are my problems:
I haven't applied for financial aid yet. I've applied for an military scholarship but just have been told that there's no more scholarship available for this year. It's important for me to get a 4 year scholarship as the tuition at NYU is over $70,000 and I don't want to accrue any debt. I've had borrowed $30,000 to finance my college education and it took me almost 5 years to pay it back. It was only $30,000 but after paying taxes , food, car payments, mortgages, I realized it not easy to pay if off and it's hard for me imagine to borrow $70000 a year.
I haven't found a housing yet. Living off campus is cheaper ($1300) than the dorms ($1400) and you have to move out when the school is over in June and find another place to live in August so I prefer off campus housing. Also, the dorms are overpriced, small and dirty so I didn't even bother to apply for on-campus housing. I flew in to the city last week and I've been looking for a small condo or coop near campus. The best one I could find was a 300 sq ft co-op for $180,000!!! I thought I had the time and patience to look for housing in Manhattan but it's a rough process and the broker's fees are outrageous.
Should I attend this fall or should I start next year? Would I need to reapply or can my application be carried over to next year? Since I've been admitted this year, would the school automatically gaurantee my spot for next year? I'm in my thirties working for a company and I'm very positive that dentistry is the perfect profession for me. I don't have any desire to open up my own practice and only want to practice in the military. I also need to sell my car before moving to NYC and rent out the place I'm currently living in. It's going to be a huge hessle to move to NYC. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've been admitted to NYU and the school starts in less than 3 months and I'm debating myself whether to attend this year or next year. Here are my problems:
I haven't applied for financial aid yet. I've applied for an military scholarship but just have been told that there's no more scholarship available for this year. It's important for me to get a 4 year scholarship as the tuition at NYU is over $70,000 and I don't want to accrue any debt. I've had borrowed $30,000 to finance my college education and it took me almost 5 years to pay it back. It was only $30,000 but after paying taxes , food, car payments, mortgages, I realized it not easy to pay if off and it's hard for me imagine to borrow $70000 a year.
I haven't found a housing yet. Living off campus is cheaper ($1300) than the dorms ($1400) and you have to move out when the school is over in June and find another place to live in August so I prefer off campus housing. Also, the dorms are overpriced, small and dirty so I didn't even bother to apply for on-campus housing. I flew in to the city last week and I've been looking for a small condo or coop near campus. The best one I could find was a 300 sq ft co-op for $180,000!!! I thought I had the time and patience to look for housing in Manhattan but it's a rough process and the broker's fees are outrageous.
Should I attend this fall or should I start next year? Would I need to reapply or can my application be carried over to next year? Since I've been admitted this year, would the school automatically gaurantee my spot for next year? I'm in my thirties working for a company and I'm very positive that dentistry is the perfect profession for me. I don't have any desire to open up my own practice and only want to practice in the military. I also need to sell my car before moving to NYC and rent out the place I'm currently living in. It's going to be a huge hessle to move to NYC. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
