<p>@matthew1992102: When you say that the FAFSA EFC doesn’t match the Rice EFC, are you saying it was more than Rice, or less? Rice’s website had an EFC calculator, so I’m not quite sure which to go by. It’s good to know that you received more financial aid after appealing. Did you calculate everything beforehand and expect it to have matched? (just wondering)</p>
<p>RD seems the most reasonable, but I don’t want to be overlooked as many 2400ers apply to Rice as a backup. Can anybody back up the popular belief that Rice awards more merit scholarships the RD round in order to entice those who would otherwise be attending more prestigious schools?</p>