What should Stern applicants do to avail themselves of financial assistance?
Apply as early as possible, because we do have our priority deadline that we post.[Editor’s note: Stern has a priority deadline of Dec 15 to be eligible for scholarship consideration.] And if an applicant wants to be considered for maximum consideration, that would probably be the best way — to apply as soon as possible, or definitely by the early deadline that we post. We really look at the strength of the application within the pool that we get each year. But we also have a very exciting Dean’s Scholarship competition that we administer every year, usually during March. And everyone who is a Dean’s Scholar has to go through the competition. It’s a weekend event where a pool of top admitted students visit the school for the two-day event and meet former and current Dean’s Scholars and faculty members, attend a class, and do a mini consulting assignment. At the conclusion of the two days, faculty and administrators confer about who will be offered Dean Scholarships. But there’s no quo