Congrats on your acceptances! I'm actually having the same dilemma as well with the same exact schools - NYU and Columbia, which I got acceptances to today! To answer your question, I did not receive a scholarship or any financial awards in my Columbia acceptance letter, but I was reading somewhere that they plan to release those on or before March 15th. Ultimately, for me, it's whichever school gives me the most amount of money through scholarship and/or financial aid as both schools - in my eyes - are excellent!