<p>Thanks for that information. I think I was confused because I thought the scholarship might be binding. I will call them tomorrow and find out.</p>
<p>Noone can force you to attend a university. Even if you commit to the safety school and the scholarship, you are allowed to leave it on the table if you are accepted to another school off a waitlist. :)</p>
<p>Same thing with my D. Accepted at WUSTL, wl at Rice. Did you visit or interview at either. We did at WUSTL, but not Rice. Wondering if that might be the problem. Are you a NMF? Do you know how that would work if you were admitted off the WL after the NM deadline?</p>
<p>@dsjarrell</p>
<p>I was not a national merit finalist. In fact, my test scores were in the lower 25%. However, I did the interview and visited the campus. I think showing interest plays a large factor in their decision. Essays, too, but that goes without saying. As for the last two questions, I’m not too sure.</p>
<p>Waitlisted at Rice but I’m just happy that I was EA admitted at UChicago or else it would suckk.</p>
<p>My son, like most of you, was wait listed at Rice. He has been accepted and received a rather nice package from the University of Michigan, his “Plan B” school.</p>
<p>If I am understanding these posts, he can go ahead and accept the package from U of M and then decline it if he gets good news from Rice?</p>
<p>Is there any way to find out what kind of financial package Rice would offer you if you are ultimately accepted before the wait list is over?</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you for all the great info!</p>
<p>I read on their wait list FAQ that they meet need but give no merit scholarships to students accepted off of their wait list</p>
<p>Son got rejected from Rice, but got accepted into 5 other good colleges. What I am getting from these posts is that kids are getting into a lot of their top choices…so all in all there is a positive trend here.</p>
<p>Time to look forward and rejoice!! :)</p>
<p>Well, the wait list options are looking slimmer…</p>
<p>…according to Rice’s web site, “Over the last four years, 174 students have been admitted from the wait list”.</p>
<p>They have a fairly complete page on their web site on the wait list process which answered my questions. It is at <a href=“https://admit.rice.edu/waitlistfaq.html[/url]”>https://admit.rice.edu/waitlistfaq.html</a>. It would be interesting to know the total number of students wait listed this year.</p>
<p>Best of luck everyone!</p>
<p>@ all you keen observers quick to call tufts syndrome
rice has a completely different essay set from stanford princeton etc
there’s no way you can copy paste and actually see if you were actually overqualified
i have a feeling colleges look more for sincerity than anything today</p>
<p>@dsjarrell
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<p>Hard to tell. S was accepted at WUSTL and Rice, and we have visited both. However, while he interviewed on campus at WUSTL, he had to settle for an alumni interview at Rice because they were booked solid at the time we visited it. To be able to set a Rice alumni interview, S had to email the admissions office multiple times over the span of many months. He finally interviewed in late December and felt that he actually didn’t do all that well on his Rice interview compared to his other interviews. So he either did better than he thought, or the interviews don’t weigh as heavily as other factors.</p>
<p>As for your daughter, I wish her best of luck with the Rice WL, should she decide to pursue it, but I think that it’s great that she was accepted at WUSTL. In my opinion these two schools share many of the same strengths.</p>
<p>This article provides tips specifically for waitlisted MBA applicants, but can have useful applications for you guys as well: </p>
<p>[The</a> MBA Waitlist: Additional Letters of Support | Veritas Prep Blog](<a href=“http://blog.veritasprep.com/2010/03/mba-waitlist-additional-letters-of.html]The”>http://blog.veritasprep.com/2010/03/mba-waitlist-additional-letters-of.html)</p>
<p>Also, send in additional awards, honors, etc to “update” admissions.</p>
<p>Okay, minor correction: No one got off the waitlist last year except for two architecture students.</p>