Is Rice worth $48k/yr?

ChrisTKD
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:59:58 +0000

petaandpita “I’m still mourning not being able to consider rice but I’m pretty sure there’s no way to change my dad’s mind about affordability… (( I guess I should probably stay away from this board… but I keep wondering if maybe it is worth that extra $20k… so conflicted.”

Rest assured. The education at Rice is not worth $20k/year more than the education possible at UC Berkeley. You may, or may not, have more fun at one school versus the other. But, right now you are mourning over a school that you haven’t even visited. In hindsight it would have been better to not apply to Rice if your Dad felt that it was going to cost too much. Congratulations on UCLA and Berkeley - - both excellent schools.