<p>Everyone? A few people? A couple hundred people?</p>
<p>Can they be used for attending the Rice/Baylor interview instead of Owl Days?</p>
<p>I did… But I can’t use it because my parents insist on driving…</p>
<p>Probably out of staters.</p>
<p>I didn’t get one…</p>
<p>I’m flying in all the way from New England. And I need the financial aid (they’ve already waived my enrollment deposit and Owl Days fee).</p>
<p>I got one
I’m from florida if that means anything</p>
<p>What… how do you get it?? I need it… they waived my $400 housing/enrollment deposit though. and my Owl Days fee is waived. Is that why I didn’t get the travel reimbursement :T</p>
<p>^Maybe you live closer…?</p>
<p>I didnt get anything and i’m definitely out of state. i didnt apply for FA though. maybe that has something to do with it?</p>
<p>I didn’t get anything waived… didn’t qualify for FA at all either. :(</p>
<p>I’m from Hawaii and I didn’t get anything.</p>
<p>Is this through email or snail mail?</p>
<p>I’m from CA. I just got my plane ticket today and it costs $325 
that was the cheapest one and i get there at like 2pm on wednesday… so im missing part of the morning. boooo</p>
<p>it was an extra page in my acceptance packet…i missed it the first time i looked through my acceptance packet and only saw it when i was getting out the owl days brochure. i would think that it’s need-based more so than merit-based if that helps.</p>
<p>i didn’t get one. from CA and applied for FA</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a combination of merit, need, and distance? I got a likely letter, applied for aid, and am from Minnesota.</p>
<p>I agree with Modulation that it’s a combination of factors. I’m instate (actually offered $150 instead of $300), applied for aid, but received none, though I got a likely & merit aid.</p>
<p>awww I wish I could give mine to someone else since I already visited last week during my spring break, (It was probably my favorite college visit too, though to be fair I’ve only gone on three haha)</p>
<p>^Yeah, I wish I could give the money away or have it added to my current aid. =]</p>
<p>The Owl Days Travel Reimbursement offer, from my understanding, is offerred to those who were awarded merit scholarships at Rice (that’s what the Rice admissions rep for my region said). I got it too, but I didn’t qualify for need-based aid (but got some merit scholarships).</p>
<p>However, if you qualify for need-based aid, you may be able to contact the admissions office and see if they waive your fee.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter how many people got it… just be happy that you got one!</p>
<p>Okay, so why did they send me a likely letter and not offer me any merit scholarships? I’m confused.</p>
<p>I did not get one… I even contacted the admissions people and they said they ran out of reimbursements.</p>
<p>Gosh sometimes it sucks to be an ED-er. But then I think about how I did not have to suffer through this because I knew my future in December, and it is all better :)</p>