Chance Indian Male in SoCal for T20s & ED to Rice U

[Mwfan1921]

@Gumbymom

If you want to use UCM as a Safety, then I would apply directly.

Amplifying this for OP, as it seems so many California students don’t understand this.

@Eversoda

I like the idea with UPitt, I might try it out. It’s allow me to take out around 200 bucks in app fees.

@Eversoda

My family probably won’t be full pay due to certain reasons, but they don’t think I can get into rice , so they said if I do end up getting in ED they’d find a way to pay for it.

Yes, get the Pitt app in, but I question whether it will be affordable for you based on what you said about budget. The earlier your Pitt app is in, the greater your chance of merit aid (and merit aid is on the decline there). I don’t understand what you mean by the $200 in app fees…is that what your parents are allowing?

You need to get a firm budget from your parents then run each school’s net price calculator to see if they will be affordable. NPCs may not be accurate if your parents are divorced, own real estate beyond a primary home, or own a business…are any of those the case for you? Here’s Rice and Pitt NPCs:

https://npc.collegeboard.org/app/rice

https://pitt.studentaidcalculator.com/survey.aspx

@Eversoda

I added Trinity U because there wasn’t any fee or supplemental, so I thought it’d be a good option b/c they offer a lot of merit aid. I added Pitzer b/c I wanted to apply to an LAC.

Ok on Trinity, makes sense, and do note that Trinity U is an LAC. Pitzer merit aid is typically hard to get and a low dollar amount, so once you know the budget, run their NPC and if it doesn’t look affordable, don’t apply.