I'm facing a similar dilemma regarding my NYU acceptance, although I'm not an international student. I'd be moving from the west coast to NY, so I don't have to deal with visa stuff but I am worried about moving across the country/long term COVID effects on NYC/prospect of online classes. I was really excited about my program (Psychology, MA) but now I'm debating whether or not it makes sense to accept an offer when there's still so much uncertainty.
I'm not sure if this applies to Steinhardt as well, but I spoke to a woman from the Psych Dept. who said the admissions office will be pretty lenient with deferrals for the next year or so. She told me even if I accept my offer and put a tuition deposit down but decide in July/August that I'm not comfortable starting the program that I could defer to Spring 2021 or Fall 2021, which is good to know.
Not sure if this was helpful at all, but thought I'd share!
