To our new Rice Moms and Dads

gadad
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:02:34 +0000

Rice parents - Congratulations and my apologies for barging in on your thread. I have a HS junior and I’d love to promote Rice to him. His stats should be comparable to Rice’s averages. He doesn’t want a huge university and I think the residential college model would be appealing to him. Can you help me with my sales pitch?

How is financial aid for middle-class students (the type who may not get much need-based aid at a public U. but who couldn’t begin to write a $50,000 check each year)? What do you know about the MOB - despite the antics, are they musically capable and fun? How about on-campus housing all four years? Is it do-able or are students typically looking at one year as a commuter?