My first post here. We had forgotten about rice completely after applyoing, were too focussed on other colleges. D got accepted which stirred the pot for us. She was unable to decide between UT Austin and Rice since her heart was set at UT Austin. Took her to tour Rice a couple of days ago. She has now decided to accept Rice.
Our finanacial aid on portal says needs more info. Any idea what that means?
Congratulations to all those who were accepted.
We are in the same boat and it STINKS! People always suggest that if you donât get your reach that you go to your state flagship. But most of these people donât live in TX where our best state flagships are MASSIVE! You will get totally lost and have to compete for your major. Sucks. Only other choice is pay huge amounts to OOS schools. I hate it.
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There are actually smaller schools that offer great merit. You have your still large but not as large - such as Bama, Arizona, etc. and then your mid size like UAH. You can still get into AZ with fantastic merit - b4 May 3rd. Itâs big but not Austin or A&M big. Thereâs actually many out there - but the pedigree thing goes down.
Adding to this, I would include OkSt, OU, ARK, NM, NMSU and any other state school bordering Texas. These schools are HUNGRY for high quality Texas students and their state governments have programs which allow money to be used for OOS. My second daughter was offered huge amounts of merit funds to attend Ok St, ARK and NMSU but she wanted to stay closer to home (my wallet was sad).
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My son was considering SMU but no merit aid was offered. He may try to appeal or he will commit to UT Austin.
@confident2021 call the financial aid office. Sometimes they are missing tax forms or other documents they need to make a final decision about aid. You may be able to scan or fax them the documents.
Thanks @Houston1021. I did call them. Wills end them the docs needed. Also how are research opportunities and pre med advising at Rice compared to UT Austin?
Waitlisted. Asian male from northeast. 1500 SAT, 4.0 GPA, a couple of national and statewide awards. I didnât show a ton of interest to Rice.
Demonstrated interest is a big deal to them.
I guess so. I did do the interview, which I think went well.
Hi, I have an unrelated question about demonstrated interest. How do you show that without bothering the colleges and AOs?
My son attended many informational meetings they had in our region and visited the campus for some too. Hope this helps. The application asks about specific dates
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Best way is to attend webinars, ask meaningful questions to AOâs, and potentially get in touch with a professor.
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Colleges look for quality versus quantity. Make sure you are showing interest in a way that is meaningful. Donât stress much about it. It hardly makes or breaks a decision.
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Thoughts on Rice as a pre-med school? Like pre-med acceptance rate into a med school? Wondering cuz I got into a BS/MD school with a guaranteed spot in a medical school I really like, but Rice is a better undergrad and will give a better undergrad experience.
They want you to bother them. Well they want you to attend info sessions, student roundtables. They market to you relentlessly and if you are doing 10+ colleges it can overwhelm.
Figure which monitor. Which donât. For those that do, open emails. Join a couple sessions. Ask an intelligent question to the AO 2 or 3 times. No need to kill yourself.
Really itâs time wasting and dumb. But the school is trying to see if u really want them. Or theyâll think you are not serious and will decline them.
The AOs want to hear from you tho.
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What BS/MD program did you get into? Impossible to compare it to Rice if we donât know which one it is. No matter, itâs hard to turn down a bird in the hand, particularly at a med school you like, regardless of how good the pre-med prep is anywhere else.
I agree that colleges consider how many APâs are offered. S21âs high school offered 4 (and no IB), and the school has students at Harvard, Brown, ND, Cornell, U Penn, Chicago, Swat, Tufts, Bowdoin, Bates and Cal Tech.
Typically 90%of Rice who apply to Med school get in. But there is a catch to that. The incoming students every year at Rice is approx. 1000, about 200 end up applying to Med school after getting weed out due to hard grading. So 90%i s a scewed percentage IMO.
I am also in the same boat as you on deciding wether to accept UG at Rice and pay the sticker price of 75K or go to a state flagship school and then work a little harder and go to Med school.