<p>‘if your financial resources do not cover expenses for your full degree program, how do you plan to meet expenses beyond the coming year?’</p>
<p>My answer: “Quit school!!! DUH~ what am i supposed to do? -_-”</p>
<p>I think I didn’t really get the question…</p>
<p>Can anybody help me…t.t</p>
<p>I don’t remember that question. On what part of the app is it?</p>
<p>financial statement… :)</p>
<p>I like your honesty, however, Rice is asking because they give out seriously good scholarships. If you can present a good “cause” for their help, then tell it. They’re giving you this opportunity.</p>
<p>Is it part of the supplement??</p>
<p>Are you an international applicant?</p>
<p>CalcuimRich: “No. this has nothing to do w/ the common app supplement. It is a question in the financial statement which, as far as i know, every student should submit”</p>
<p>blackeyedsusan: “Yes i am an international applicant.”</p>
<p>:):)</p>
<p>lol i was trying to finish up filling out this form but had to think about this too. i thought some of their questions are just silly, i mean, that’s what financial aid is for, isn’t it?</p>
<p>oh and for the chart that we have to put in source of support, what if i couldn’t get a total of 50000 dollars? cuz again, i’m applying for financial aid, and i was hoping the aid could fill the gap? will the admissions officers throw my application away if they see that i cannot accumulate 50000 dollars? even if i’m applying for FA?</p>
<p>im totally with you mangomunky t.t</p>
<p>These are questions for international students only and are asked because “Rice University will offer need-based financial aid to a limited number of international undergraduate applicants entering Fall 2010”.
If you cannot attend without substantial funds from Rice you should say so in your application. I don’t think it will disadvantage your application. If you are good enough to receive a large award you may even have a better shot at getting the money if you make it clear you cannot attend without it. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks MSmom&dad, that’s exactly what i was thinking :)</p>
<p>ok. I think I am missing something. I did not realize there was a financial form to submit. I am going to check right now but could you give me detailed info?</p>
<p>ok, never mind. did not read the post right above. So I guess this is only for international students…</p>
<p>hey guys, i have another question. what exactly is projected amount on the source of support chart?</p>
<p>i emailed an admissions officer a while back, and her response doesn’t really make much sense:“Projected amount is an amount you’re not certain of but may be guessing about an amount.”</p>
<p>projected amount means the estimated amount that there will be for that specific group (parents contribution, needed for scholarship, etc). So if your parents can pay 5,000 a year, your projected amount will be 5000, its an estimate because you never know what can happen.</p>
<p>okay, so it refers to the amount of money there might be available for my tuition, not how much saving my parents in their bank account right? can i put merit scholarship that i haven’t gotten as part of the projected amount, too? </p>
<p>do i have to be capable of paying 50000 dollars to have a chance of being accepted? even if i’m applying for finaid?</p>
<p>thanks so much for your answer cowking15 
Rice’s FA office won’t be open until next monday, so i figured it would be too late by then.</p>
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<p>Being able to pay 50k does not help your chances of being accepted. They accept a lot of people, knowing that they’re going to have to help them get a finaid package of some sort together.</p>
<p>@ohsnapitskira yea, I know that’s the case for most applicants. The thing is I’m an international applicant, and Rice is far from being need-blind to us. It never occurred to me that I had to show proof of having $50000 solely for first-year tuition until admissions officer told me that if my projected amount+assure amount don’t total $50000, “there’s a strong possibility that you’re not financially able to attend” which got me worried that they wouldn’t even look at my application because of my financial status though I clearly state that I will be needing FA.</p>