About 100 Tulane students expected Monday
An estimated 80-120 Houston-area students from Tulane University will enroll at Rice this semester, Vice President for Enrollment Ann Wright said.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Admissions Office had received about 200 applications, of which 134 had been approved.
Students from other New Orleans-area universities will not be admitted, a policy shift from last week that was result of space constraints.
The admitted students who decide to enroll at Rice will attend orientation Saturday in the Student Center, at which they will receive academic advising and enroll for courses. As of Wednesday afternoon, 60 students had confirmed they would attend Saturday’s orientation.
The majority of the students are freshmen and sophomores, Wright said. Students were being offered admission on a rolling basis.
Applications were due Thursday at 5 p.m., and final notifications were sent this morning.
Registrar David Tenney (Sid ‘87) said Wednesday he was in the process of determining which classes still had enrollment and classroom space for the students, and would have a list of available classes by Thursday.
He said the Registrar’s Office had heard from several departments — mostly in the science and engineering schools — that would not allow students to enroll in specific classes next week because it will be too late in the semester.
Students who are admitted as visiting students are required to have permanent addresses in a ZIP code range of 77000-77599 and provide proof they are Tulane students.
The Admissions Office had planned last week to consider admitting students from other universities on a case-by-case basis. Wright said the number of inquiries the Admissions Office received — more than 1,000 — led them to limit the enrollment offer to Tulane students.
Wright said Tulane’s affiliations with Rice in the Association of American Universities and Conference USA led to the decision to offer admission to Tulane undergraduates.
“Part of [the reason Rice received so many applications] was that Rice was the first institution to talk about this, and Rice is a first-choice institution,” Wright said.
At a Student Association forum Wednesday, Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman said Rice’s size forced the enrollment limitations.
“I know there are frustrations we can’t do more, but we’re a small school with limited resources,” Forman said.
Students from Tulane will be assigned colleges on Friday afternoon, Forman said.
Visiting students are normally assigned colleges. However, the students from Tulane will not be offered housing on campus.
Although Tulane students are expected to pay Rice tuition and fees if they have not already paid their Tulane tuition, Rice will give the tuition money to Tulane, Wright said.
Rice will also honor any financial aid packages Tulane has awarded students. Tulane costs about $7,500 per year more than Rice in tuition and fees.
“We have made the commitment to give back any tuition collected [from Tulane students],” Wright said.
Forman said Rice expects the students to return to Tulane for the spring semester.
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