<p>Is it more difficult to get into Rice ID than RD or ED?</p>
<p>I would imagine that Rice's ID program gets a comparatively large amount of applicants, including many elite applicants (ie the kind who would apply to Rice ID and a bunch of high Ivies RD), because it's practically the only top-tier college in the nation to offer ID. The fact that it's non-binding would only increase its popularity and lower its acceptance rate.</p>
<hr>
<p>Also on an unrelated note...a friend of mine got a letter from Rice saying that Rice waives the admission fee for anyone who got NM Commended or better. I scored 232 so I'll be a seminfinalist, but haven't received any such letter...has anybody else heard anything about this?</p>
<p>My son got a application and letter in the mail this past weekend stating that they would waive the application fee. We live in Florida and he had a 226 PSAT. Before getting this letter he wasn't sure if he was going to apply. I think this may encourage hime to apply.</p>
<p>I got a letter waiving my fee, too. My PSAT was similar to yours. A few months ago the National Merit people sent out a form where you could list two colleges and the letter made reference to the fact that I listed Rice. I assume they waived the fee because I put down Rice, but I don't know if this is the case with kklicker's son. Maybe it's a general Commended thing.</p>
<p>I don't know much about acceptance rates, but ID does look very attractive because it's non-binding.</p>
<p>Oh, darn, I got the PSAT college referral thing but managed to completely forget about it until about a month after the due date...</p>
<p>Will Rice still waive the app fee? Not that it matters a whole lot really, because I'll be applying regardless, but who doesn't like free money?</p>
<p>And any comments about the original ID question would still be appreciated.</p>
<p>is this something new? my daughter got a a National Merit scholarship at Rice, along with a couple others, but I don't remember anything about not paying the app fee</p>
<p>ricemom-
Maybe this is a new thing this year? My s. was a NM finalist and I don't recall seeing any letter waiving the app.fee. We paid it when we were visiting campus (fall of 2003)-- and my s is a sophomore (Hanszenite) this year. He LOVES Rice!</p>