Waitlisted, no withdraw button
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So disappointed rejected. 1590 SAT and 4.0 gpa but no research on resume. During this Covid time how did one get research opportunities? Just curious
Congrats to al who got in and good luck to all that got waitlisted!
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What is the āRice Investment Grantā? Is that a scholarship, or a need-based financial aid?
I donāt think research experience is necessary. I just think itās a small school trying to build a diverse class. My daughter is a senior at Rice and she and most of her friends did not have research experience coming in.
An admissions person at another school once told me that I should look at the process as though admissions is creating a football team. You might be a great quarterback, but if they already have a quarterback, you mght not get accepted even though you are certainly qualified. Last year they only admitted about 2200 students during regular decision. Thatās not a lot when they are trying to build a well rounded class.
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Pretty sure you donāt have to pay that grant back. The Rice investment is to make sure people arenāt in debt to attend. (Theoretically)
At least thatās what I THINK!
Mine was accepted!! 
Going to be a difficult choice now
Also didnāt have a withdraw button, so I think that was irrelevant.
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Ah, well. Waitlisted. DD just got home from her spring sport to check her portal. Not gonna lie - it was VERY sad news, but sheās already showering and going back to the high school for an evening event. Life goes on, as it must.
If itās helpful, she did NOT have the withdraw button as of today (perhaps earlier, but I didnāt check until today).
I never checked any links (posted here earlier) as I was afraid lol!
I posted upthread about our FAFSA verification saga. She did not have the Identity Verification form in her portal.
She received emails from Rice following her RD application. The last one was āRice Loves Huston,ā I think.
Iām sure portal and email things will change next year, but Iām leaving this here for posterity - just in case it helps someone in the future.
Hearty congrats to those accepted! Rice is an amazing institution, as we all know. Each of you accepted students will do great things there.
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RIce does not do loans as part of their financial aid. Rice Investment is need-based aid.
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Waitlisted, no withdraw button.
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D got in. $60K scholarship over 4 years!
Thank you Rice!
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Best Wishes. Amazing positivity!!!
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Thatās such a lovely messageā¦ I wish someone left us a similar note last year lolā¦ I wish your daughter all the bestā¦I hope she ends up at a university where sheās happy, be it Rice or somewhere else 
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Iāve been asking the same question! How did so many kiddos have research opportunities during a global pandemic?! The universities and hospitals/labs near us were not allowing student access.
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accepted!!!
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Agreed. Both of my children were accepted to Rice, and neither had research experience.
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Make sure you check the events tab and sign up for Owl Days!
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I am thinking the same thing too - private universities seem to look for research /competitions such as ISEF, regeneron in addition to perfect grades/ scores and decent extra curriculars. Cannot find another way to understand this. My applicant has perfect grades 12 APs, 1570, very decent extra curriculars and competitive summer internship. The only thing missing is published papers (peer-reviewed / first author type) and competitions.
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where is the financial aid offers?
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@noodles3 At the bottom of the update there are links to the letters.
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Accepted with a $100k scholarship! Applied test optional, so didnāt think it was possible. Super excited!
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So, did you get in?
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