<p>Is Rice like Wash U St Louis, in terms of “if you don’t want us, we don’t want you policy.” When they see candidates using them as backup school, the chances drop. On the rice application, one must reveal what other schools one is applying to. Would putting down Stanford, etc, hurt my chances?</p>
<p>Rice is so selective that I don’t think you’ll have that problem. Coincidentally, I’m applying to both Rice and Stanford but Rice is my first choice. I’m applying to Stanford because I like it a lot, and there is the slight chance that I will be accepted to Stanford but rejected by Rice. If they know you are using them as a back-up because you spend little time on the application, that would be a problem. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>I think that Rice is like that to some extent with applicants in Houston/Texas but to a lesser degree with out of state applicants because they want to greatly increase their national reputation.</p>
<p>KrazyKow would probably know better than I would because I’m not from Texas, but I’d have to guess that the opposite is true. The acceptance rate for applicants from Texas is much lower than the overall rate, so it’s less likely that they could use Rice as a backup. But Texas students get more money, so some who don’t have a real interest in Rice might apply anyway.</p>
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<p>I agree. I was going to post the same.</p>
<p>I dont understand where you get the whole texas kids get more money. i have been to an info session and parents meeting on a sunday that we were invited to attend and they never said anything about texas kids getting more money not even in the finacial aid session that we had. if you have facts on this please forward them it would be nice to know where to get it.</p>
<p>I have never heard that TX kids get more money</p>
<p>P.S. Jojo, i dont think you have to worry about being too smart for Rice… its not a back-up school for anyone.</p>
<p>Alot of people not very interested in Rice or familiar with Rice apply there because it’s regarded as the best/one of the best private schools in Texas and they figure that they might as well apply. It’s my understanding that Rice asks questions like that because in their quest to raise their national recognition, they want to know what their competition is.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean to suggest that Rice gives more money to students from Texas. The state government gives financial aid to students who go to college in-state. This is in several states, not just Texas.</p>
<p>There definitely are alot of scholarships, both state and privately sponsored, for Texas students going to school in Texas.</p>
<p>“the best/one of the best private schools in Texas”</p>
<p>who else comes close?</p>
<p>I prefer not offending people. For certain programs, people can make a case for other schools. In particular, Rice has no drama program (I think), so another school would be better for that. Also, for music education (i.e. you want to be a public school orchestra teacher), other schools have a greater emphasis on that, whereas Rice is more focused on music performance and is great for that.</p>