<p>WOW, these responses have been exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thanks to everyone for clearing up the whole RD application thing; I had been a bit confused about that…</p>
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<p>By ‘appealing’ financial aid, do you mean that I could ask for more aid? Does anybody know of somebody at Rice to contact who could give me a rough estimate about how much financial aid I would receive if I were to be accepted? </p>
<p>Ivies are still Ivies, but the more I think about it, the more appealing Rice seems. I’ve been researching Rice extensively (since soph year), visited, interviewed, loved everything… Right now, the BIGGEST concern I have is the financial matter, which is keeping me from the ‘100+%’ decision, as gunit15 put it. </p>
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<p>Hmm, I never thought about it like that before. While that could be true, my main purpose in applying ED is to let Rice know that it is really what I want (that could, however, translate to thinking that there is a higher admit rate, which I know isn’t the case). If I did apply RD, I am afraid of being overlooked as somebody who isn’t really THAT interested… Does Rice see that a lot? I know that above stats, ECs, etc., Rice wants somebody who shows definite interest… Any advice on doing so? My stats are well above average, but still lower than that of other CCers that I’ve seen around here, so I know that I wouldn’t stick out in a massive pile of applications… </p>
<p>I apologize for the rather long posts with the many, many questions… Just trying to seek out answers that I haven’t been able to on the Rice website/old CC threads!</p>