Yeah, waiting on Zankel as well. Financial aid is grr, from what current students are telling me. Apparantly, TC can't draw from the $$ that is Columbia for us. It was down to TC and NYU for me. I took a visit to both programs and felt TC was more research/class oriented as opposed to NYU, which seemed to be more focused on the professional/practicum aspect of the program. Both great but, ultimately, I liked what TC had to offer specifically to me. (and TC is actually cheaper than NYU - $1085/cr. opposed to $1200/cr.)