<p>Would like to know the decision you may make upon both colleges.
For my case: Rice + 10K/per year</p>
<p>My son was admitted to U Chicago, Rice, Vanderbilt and Emory. He is waiting for his financial aid letter from Rice and Chicago. Would you mind saying what your family income might be? We are trying t ofind out if Chicago and RTice are affordable.</p>
<p>The deal from Vandy was nice (a full tuition scholarship, $3500 in loans but no work study) with an EFC of $12,000). </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>tudorguy</p>
<p>The rice is the merit based scholarship. No way to get the need-base one based on my family incoming. If you hear anything from UChicago about the financial aid, could you please post here? Both schools are nice, very hard to make the decision. Thanks!</p>
<p>Well, if it's between Rice and Chicago and Rice is cheaper, it seems like a no-brainer...Rice!! But then, I'm extremely biased and would pick Rice anyway.</p>
<p>Uof Chicago has a core curriculum - Rice has more flexibility. Rice is on a big, green, sprawling campus - but in the middle of a fantastic part of the city. UofC is more urban. Rice has huge number of kids playing club and intermural sports, UofC, less. That's just the tip of the iceburg in terms of differences. It really depends on what you prefer..</p>
<p>I was accepted to both... visited both... loved them both... but in the end Rice won out primarily because I got a ton of merit money (around 70K) from Rice and there was a slim-to-nothing chance I'd get anything from Chicago.</p>
<p>My family makes around 100K a year, and we received a generous 15K grant from Chicago. Not bad... except that still left us 33K out, and since I'm assuming all of my family's EFC, there was no way I could cover that kind of cost. With Rice, I am able to pay for everything on my own with a minimum amount of loans. Note that I received no need-based aid from Rice-- only the merit money.</p>
<p>Wow, that' s great. You must have very impressive scholarly credentials. My son has SAT of 2210, 34 ACT, 800 on Math II, 800 Chemistry and 800 Latin. He has a 4.0 gpa uw and is valedictorian of his class (200+ students at a highly regarded public HS). Would you be willing to share your stats? He is VERY interested in Rice. But $12,000 EFC for Vandy is a consideration. Thank you.</p>
<p>kathryn07, That's really nice. Does 70K with one merit schoarship or more?</p>
<p>Oh, sorry. Let me clarify. The 70K is over four years and it's a rough combination of the Trustee's Distinguished Scholarship (58K), and the Century Scholars Award (16K + guranteed research mentorship). So actually it's 74K altogether.</p>
<p>I'm from Houston and I currently attend the University of Chicago. I applied for transfer back home to Rice because I didn't get in the first time. Chicago is really cold, in a dangerous and secluded area where people study all the time and so there isn't much to do here. However, some people love it here. I don't mean to say this is always true, but if you are a nerdy, socially inept person at your high school, you'll fit right in at Chicago. </p>
<p>But the academics are excellent, and you'll learn a lot in your classes. I think the name recognition is also much higher for Uchicago, whereas most people from anywhere but the south don't know much about Rice. But college is what you make of it, and I hope to make my experience at Rice if I get in a great one!</p>
<p>My Uchicago financial aid stuff came today...EFC of over $33k a year.<br>
So I won't be attending. I'm not even going to bother visiting. And that's a shame, I think.<br>
Hopefully Rice can offer me more money, or else it's UVA.</p>
<p>mollypockets: Totally agree! I got the same thing, and will not bother to visit it as you said. See you in Rice!</p>
<p>tudorguy- I got a Trustee Distinguished Scholarship from Rice and my stats were nothing special, certainly not as good as your son's. SAT: 2120 SAT II: Math II: 780 Physics: 760 and US History: 720 GPA: 3.75 uw (took alot of AP classes though). But I do know that Rice has a lot of applicants with very high SATs and gpa's so I'm not sure how exactly they decide to hand out there scholarships.</p>
<p>mikeviking-- Thank you for sharing the information. My son was very disappointed with the Rice offer (our responsibilitly would be $23,982) and with UChicago (about $20,000 out of our pocket). Emory provided a John Emory Scholarship ($22,600 per year). Since Vanderbilt gave him a full tuition scholarship of $34,414 (Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Scholarship), we will be on the hook for only $12,000 (or $15,800, if we decline the unsubsidized Stafford Loan). With tuition rising so fast, it will be a great comfort to know we will never have to pay it. Thanks again.</p>