RD will be hard to predict because students will receive multiple acceptances.
Here are two reasons 5.7% can’t work?
7.5% or better works for me. I’m staying with my 9.5% for now but, I’m starting to move to lower %.
Just for fun…
Good Luck to RD applications
According to Rice’s Common Data Set for the last two years, Rice has used the waiting list very sparingly. However, these were years of high yield. The CDS for 2018-2019 has not been posted yet. https://oir.rice.edu/additional-resources/common-data-set
2017-2018:
2080 offered a spot on the waiting list, 1328 accepted spot, 17 admitted from list (17 beds opened up after upperclassmen accepted incentives to overcrowd/move off campus)
2016-2017:
2088 offered a spot on the waiting list, 1497 accepted spot, 1 admitted from list. Wonder who the unicorn was?
However in 2015-2016:
2237 offered a spot on the waiting list, 1659 accepted spot, 127 admitted from list
Maybe Rice will use the waiting list more heavily this year as it did on 2015-2016. It remains to be seen how Rice will adapt to the huge influx of applications.
All we know for sure is that Rice is becoming more competitive. I wouldn’t be surprised if their acceptance rate drops below Princeton, MIT and Cal-Tech this year. Then again, it seems like all of the top 50 schools are getting harder to get into.
@T20hopeful2023 Correction: ALL schools are getting harder to get into. Just look at some of the other forums. TAMU has been absolutely relentless this year.
2018 notification was March 23, 2018 at 4:30 PM CT.
Somewhere I read that the date is always the 2nd to last Friday in March, so we’re looking at March 22nd this year.
@Houston1021, thanks for info.
Just as I assumed, waiting list only increase acceptance rate but doesn’t work with admission rate. I believe most wait listed student will decide to accept other school’s offer.
@TexasTrue, Yes, my Alma mater is getting little harder to get in.
With that, I’m guessing only top 2-3% TAMU students has fair chances at Rice.
Last year, 24,000 was admitted by TAMU, guessing around 500-750 top students has fair chance being accepted to Rice.
@T20hopeful2023 Yes, after 2 1/2 weeks, we can all move on.
Good Luck,
@texaggie As Rice’s freshman class size is usually below 1000, it’s not possible for 500-700 TAMU kids being able to get in there. At most 50-60.
so i know rice doesn’t admit by major or by school, but do they try to admit people for every major
I’m confused @texaggie, are you trying to figure out how many students who are accepted at A&M are also accepted at Rice?
Rice admits about 2500-3000 students to yield their typical class size. I don’t know of any way to extrapolate how many kids are accepted to both schools.
sorry, ADMITTED to rice. just pointing out top 2-3% TAMU freshman have fair chance to be admitted… Not 100% chances.
@texaggie, how would you rank the TAMU students?
My guess is that UT is the TX institution that has the most crossover with Rice for acceptances. Would be interesting to know how many kids have to decide between UT and Rice, and how many choose UT over Rice, possibly for financial reasons (I know of an engineering student who did this year before last).
hi all, I applied back in late December, however Rice only just recently (on 3/5) notified me in my financial aid checklist that they required more information (w-2’s and another doc). usually I don’t get fed up with stuff like this, but seeing as decision day I thought to be 16 or so days away, could this possibly mean anything? or is the office if financial aid completely separated from admissions and their decisions?
@meadow530, I try stay away from “chance me” or “rank that”. Most of my posting are statistical analyst and guesstimate for fun.
Everyone chance yourself at College Chance Me Calculator: google “College Chance Me Calculator”
In a minute, I was able to receive a ~48.77% chance of acceptance at Rice.
About UT/Rice, I can’t think any reasons except financial for most students not to attend Rice.
I’m guessing need-base students are likely to attend Rice
Here are another stats.
National Merit Finalist scholarships for Texas colleges. Which college is your choice?
UNT - 122K Full Ride
UH - 110K Full Ride
UTD - 112K Full Ride
TT - 112K Full Ride
Baylor - Match it with A&M
SMU - Match it with A&M
A&M - 50K Tuition Free Only
UT - maybe 2K at best
Rice - maybe 2K at beat
Last year, 192 students decide to take Merit $$ from TAMU. I’m sure some of those students got in to Rice as well.
@skkruut The deadlines for applications for admission and financial aid documentation are different. The deadline for submitting financial aid docs was March 1. After the March 1 deadline passed, Rice sent you a reminder that some things were missing. Be glad the OFA gave you a heads up so you can get Rice the documents it needs to calculate your FA award.
The financial aid and admissions offices operate separately. Any merit is awarded by admissions, and any financial aid is awarded by the office of financial aid. Send the missing docs asap so you can get your financial aid award promptly if you are admitted. https://ga.rice.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services-organizations/financial-aid/financial-aid.pdf
@Houston1021 thank you for the information!
@texaggie I tried the Chance Me calculator and it gave me a 45.1% chance of acceptance at Rice. LOL - I would be shocked to learn that my real chances are above 10% even with a legacy hook. Same calculator gave me a 39.5% chance at Vanderbilt (already rejected) and 33.7% chance at Duke.
IMHO - with Rice’s new financial aid, of the people that are accepted at both Rice and A&M, I bet there will only be 0-3 total students that will choose to go to A&M.
@T20hopeful2023, don’t lose heart. The online predictors like Parchment, Chance Me etc. can be very misleading. They give some people false hope and dash the hopes of others needlessly. Admissions officers at the top schools, look at more than just raw stats. They read your essays to see if you are a fit and if you are the kind of student they want/need to fill out their class. As a hypothetical example, Rice may admit a female student from North Dakota that has the same stats as a male student it rejects from a large high school in Houston. Rice enrolls many legacies. I can see from your other posts that you already have some great college options. Rice would be lucky to have you.
@T20hopeful2023 yep, that’s funny stuff. Only reason my numbers are higher - “Fudged It”
The Rice Investment program:
Does anyone read the fine print?
Full tuition - “who are eligible to receive need-based financial aid”
Least 1/2 tuition - most students does qualifies for that “at least half of their tuition”
Word “Least” tells me 1/2 tuition is not even guaranteed
Staying with NMF theme and accepted to both schools.
So, if you are a need-base student, your housing/food will only increase because living in Houston, you are looking at $32,000 more to go to Rice. Basically, less than one year salary for employable major.
If you don’t qualify as a need-based
Rice - 20,000(1/2 of tuition) X 4 yrs + 18,000 X 4yrs. Housing/Food = $162,000
TAMU - 10,000 X 4yrs. Housing/Food = $40,000
Which college is smart choice? It’s what you value the most. I know some of us will choose school instead of major.
Better question : If you can pocket $122,000 in 4 years from today. What would you do?
BTW, Dallas, Austin living expenses is no joke and why is Waco so high? What am I missing about Waco?
Good Luck
@texaggie You’re right - the cost of Rice will depend on income and we don’t really know how they’re going to dole out the money under the new program yet. I imagine that there will be a lot of new information shared in a few weeks to help 2024.
I did get accepted at A&M but was very disappointed in the financial aid package which was 100% loans.
A&M package:
Federal Direct Subsidized Loan $3,500
Federal Direct Unsub Loan $2,000
Federal Parent Loan $23,834
A&M stated that their COA is $29,334
Tuition and Fees $11,468
Room and Board $10,400
Other $7,466
For me, this put A&M at the same net cost as OOS University of Minnesota and Colorado School of Mines
@T20hopeful2023 Many students are in same boat as you. I believe working to pay for college has real rewards going forward.
Please don’t give up on your dream. Where there’s a will, there’s a way…
Good Luck to you.