<p>I think I am going to go down in the summer (cousins live in Houston, so I can combine the trip and take a few days to visit A&M, UT, and Rice…maybe Baylor?). </p>
<p>I looked at the virtual tours on Rice’s website and it looks beautiful. It looks, honestly, like a place I’d want to stay for 4 years without any second thoughts. I’m just worried about, as most pre-premeds are, about GPA/competition, etc.</p>
<p>And btw, as an international applying for financial aid will severely lessen my chances. So, if you don’t apply for FA, how much merit aid or other monetary rewards can you expect? Did you apply for FA or not? And in either case how much did you get? My family is in that situation where we don’t necessarily need FA, but we also can’t pay it off like its nothing.</p>