<p>My brother’s planning on applyinh to Rice yet he doesn;t know whether Rice is free or not, like Harvard.</p>
<p>Rice is as free as Harvard. Are you referring to the $80,000 and under no-loan program? Because you still have to contribute moenyin that situation.</p>
<p>I don’t understand what you mean…
Well, is there a free ride to Rice if we make more than $600000 a year?</p>
<p>If your family is making more than $600,000 a year, do you need a free ride? Harvard would not give you jack squat either…</p>
<p>And @westsidewolf1989 what does that mean that you still have to contribute money?</p>
<p>As far as I understand it, the under $80,000 program simply means that the financial aid given doesn’t include loans. You still might have to do work-study, so it’s not a “free ride”</p>
<p>So is there anything called free ride, if we made (I’m sorry I’ve made a typo) less than 60000/ yr</p>
<p>Rice’s no-loan threshold is $80,000, which means that if your family makes $80,000 or less per year, then Rice will meet allof your demonstrated need without loans. This does not mean that your family will not have to make any contribution, just that you will graduate without having to repay student loans. This is the same policy that Harvard has.</p>
<p>what if my family makes 1.2 million? is rice still free ;)</p>
<p>Actually, Rice is not as free as Harvard, and their policies differ substantially depending on what income bracket you fall into.</p>
<p>Harvard says:
Our most recent program enhancement, announced in December of 2007, has dramatically reduced the amount we expect families to contribute to the cost of their student’s Harvard education. We no longer require students to take out loans, and parents of financial aid recipients are asked to contribute on average from zero to ten percent of their annual income, with no contribution expected for families with incomes of under $60,000. Those parents with annual incomes of between $120,000 and $180,000 are asked to contribute an average ten percent of their income, with a declining percentage — from ten to zero — for parents with annual incomes between $120,000 and $60,000.</p>
<p>My mom has had to contribute >20% of her income to Rice, whereas if I went to Harvard, it would likely be closer to 5%. Also, unless I am misunderstanding, Harvard does not include student loans in the financial aid package for any student, not just those with a parental income of 80K or less.</p>
<p>K here what I understand:
If we make less than $6K , we don’t pay anything at Havard
If we make less than $8K, we will pay later at Rice but with no loan. Correct?</p>
<p>what on earth is up with your numbers???</p>
<p>first 600k for 60k</p>
<p>If you make less than 60k yes… not 6000</p>
<p>hm yeah it just a typo.
And, do you have any other thing to do, Antarius, rather than ■■■■■■■■ around my topics and picking on me?</p>
<p>i think you are the ■■■■■ here… im just trying to help people as I have been since I came to Rice. </p>
<p>look at your topic titles and content and think about it. </p>
<p>“Can we attend Rice for free?” and “Is Rice easy to get into” or wtvr</p>
<p>really??</p>
<p>Belly - GO to the Rice university financial aid website and READ what it says!!!
That’s not what it says. It says that if your family makes less than $80,000 they will meet all your “NEED” with no loans. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL PAY “LATER” (and what exactly do you mean by that? Pay later?). It means that your family will be expected to make their contribution from earning and assets up to the amount that is determined by Rice, and that you will still need to make your summer earnings contribution and do workstudy. Please -go and read what the website says.</p>