The Excelsior Scholarship will also not cover room and board, books fees transportation or any other costs other than tuition. The scholarship will cover any tuition, up to $5,500. The current tuition for CUNY four-year colleges is $6,330 per year. There is a fear that CUNY colleges might be less likely to admit Excelsior Scholarship students for financial reasons since it is financially more beneficial to admit out of state and foreign students. (Ezrati, Milton, 2017) The scholarship was announced in April and the deadline to file for the fall 2017 semester was July 20, 2017. This date did not allow much time for students to apply. Some CUNY schools were still admitting students well past this date. The short period of time left some
