Need Based Grants from Cornell and NYU

[trynahelp]

I'm currently in the process of trimming down my waitlists, and a few come down solely to potential financial aid.

Prospective Financial Sitch:

• Likely going to Northwestern, definitely can see myself there
• $10k/yr grant guaranteed for 4 years
• Estimating my debt at around $220k-$240k, which is like 8+ years of family income

Does anyone know if Cornell or NYU are at all generous with/even have need based grants (I know they have loans for days). I don't want to take up a spot on the waitlist if it's not gonna help me in any way, but if there's a chance that it might be cheaper, then I'll stay on.

Let me know what you think, and thanks for your help! Congrats everyone on almost being done!

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[semr523]

Cornell has a unit loan of 31k and meets your need (for me it was CoA minus approximately efc as calculated by fafsa) after that

 

[trynahelp]

Awesome, thanks for letting me know! Sounds like I'll stay on then.

 

[trynahelp]

Also, in case anyone is looking at this thread, I just found this. Seems like NYU gives need based aid to approximately 1/4 of it's class, and in addition there are institutional loans. Unclear how I didn't find this before, but it seems like there's at least a shot at better aid there.