<p>How much do you think an international student’s chances for admission would go down if they applied for aid at Rice?</p>
<p>Also, what does it take to get merit aid from Rice? What do they look at for merit aid? </p>
<p>I need FA or merit aid to attend Rice and I don’t want this to be a chance thread, I just need to know what Rice looks for and what it would take to get FA and/or merit aid and how applying for FA would affect my chances.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>as an international student, FA will decrease your chances of getting in. Not sure how much (as it depends on the market, the endowment and who else applies)</p>
<p>The merit aid criteria is here</p>
<p>[Rice</a> University | Prospective Students](<a href=“Office of Admission | Rice University”>Office of Admission | Rice University)</p>
<p>^It says ‘scholar-athlete’ as one of the things past recipients got merit aid for. Now, do you need to be a recruited athlete to get this kind of merit aid or can you just be a regular scholar-athlete who is not recruited?</p>
<p>I play really competitive baseball but I am not good enough for Division I or Rice’s baseball team (which is one of the best in the US year in and year out). So, I have no chance of getting recruited for baseball. Could I still get this kind of merit aid? Unfortunately, I doubt that I would get aid for any of those other criteria as I’m sure Rice’s applicants are much more qualified in those fields.</p>
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<p>from [Rice</a> University | Undergraduate Admission: Future Owls](<a href=“http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/International_Students.asp?SnID=2]Rice”>http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/International_Students.asp?SnID=2)</p>
<p>that is not sport based</p>
<p>Do you know how many of each they give out? I know that applying for FA significantly lowers my chances of getting in, but if they give out a bunch of those above scholarships then I could perhaps try my luck and not apply for FA and just try to get those merit scholarships. </p>
<p>OR, is there a way that I can tell Rice that ‘I don’t necessarily need aid if I get a merit scholarship’?</p>
<p>Also, would I be competing with US Students that are studying outside of the US from those scholarships that you posted above?</p>
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<li>Its like 4 or something. There are not very many</li>
<li>Merit aid automatically replaces FA</li>
<li>If you need FA, you got to apply for it. It is very hard to get a merit scholarship as an intl student, so I would not recommend trying your luck on them</li>
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