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Now I feel bad. Is $1,000 for international NYU students?! Mine is in a small country town where the rent is only $500 per mth(for an unfurnished, 1 bedroom apartment with washing machine and dryer)! I was thinking it was pretty good deal since all other universities in LA and NY pays $20,000 per 12 months as stipend for my program, but the one I accepted is paying $25,000 except summer. But I guess when it comes to fee, you don't net the stipend! Will bank balance showing $5,000 do, or do I have to have income that will support $5,000 X 5 years = $25,000? I am so confused right now. The detail. Insurance is about $1,500 per year and they provide this. The fee does NOT include the insurance. Now I hope it did. They basically say that these fees are for security, facility such as library, tech purpose and so on. I can see that the fee grew exponentially for the past few years. Do you think there is anything I can do, or should I just pay them?

Thank you for the reply. Yeah, I mean, they've waived pretty much everything else and the stipend is generous for living even after netting the fee(net of 20k). But I guess what was bothering was that I will need to provide financial documents for that fee in order to get visa.

I recently accepted an offer from the university of great fit, and I was reading the admission letter thoroughly again and found out that although they waive tuition fees, cover insurance, travelling expense, etc., the fee is not waived and it costs about around $2,500 per semester based on 9 semester hours. I will have to pay for this. Is this normal amount of fee? I think because I am an international student, the fee is higher than the residents, but just wondering if fee this much applies to other universities. Thanks for reading and reply in advance.