Rice University eliminates tuition for all but wealthiest students, makes housing free for poorest

I’m curious how “wealthy student” is defined by RU. When I went to college I ran into a couple of issues (even though I was in my late twenties/early thirties and independent in terms of federal aid) because my parents’ financial information was unobtainable and irrelevant. Some schools require it, but even though it’s for understandable reasons, I know I wasn’t the only student in that boat .Some schools that purport to be “need blind” in terms of ensuring all students can afford to attend have no way around this.

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