On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Steve McKibben wrote: > He knows that UF's engineering school is a good one, but his head > is a bit in the clouds as he's also applied to Princeton, MIT, > Stanford, Cal, and Rice. He's told me that realistically he > expects to end up at Stanford, Rice, or UF in the fall, and my > guess is that I've listed them in his order of preference. > > The state of the economy may actually play a big part in the > ultimate selection, since the lending crunch may make it very hard > to even get the student loans that he'd almost surely need to go > out of state!
Rice had some pretty aggressive scholarships back in the day. IIRC, many were merit based (like Bright Futures). Granted that this goes back 20+ years, but Rice was about the same price as in-state UF if one qualified for a merit scholarship. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
