<p>"Now, here is what will refute your assertion that texas students have it harder. the geographical representation for first year students.
383 were from texas. there is no other state with triple digits. the second one is california with 28. if you want a specific state. let me know."</p>
<p>You're misinterpreting that data. Yes, more people from Texas are admitted, but far more people apply. The acceptance rate for Texas applicants is lower than the overall acceptance rate. It is harder to get in if you are from Texas.</p>
<p>who cares, guys. the guy's just trying to get some ideas...but i must admit...it's kinda wrong. you need to like a school for YOUR OWN reason...now what other people like about it.</p>
<p>i dont think its harder to get in if ur from texas at all man. maybe because in general people from texas are not as good as the other states in all the stats...its not because they are from texas and they purposely choose not to let them in.</p>
<p>Yes it is - if two applicants have the exact same stats, and one is from Texas, they'll probably choose the out-of-state one, simply because they want more prestige and diversity in Rice.</p>
<p>about rice getting harder to get into, i heard that it will be easier for the next few years. basically this means that rice doesn't expect the pool to increase more than rice decides to increase accepted students (%wise). in fact, last year the applicant pool went <em>down</em> from the year before. it needs to go up kind of a lot just to be the same difficulty.</p>
<p>yes, they are all about diversity but not necessarily geographycal diversity my friend. they want ethnic diversity, which texas definitly has copious amounts, and people with diverse life experiences. that is the essay. nowhere does it say that they look for geographycal diversity.</p>
<p>i think it's harder for people to get in if they live in texas. of course it's not going to say it, but it is definitely harder to get in if you're from texas than it is from, say, alaska...no offense to anyone whose gotten in from alaska. and again, who doesnt want more diversity?</p>
<p>The admit rate for Texas was 19%, for out-of-state it was about 41%. Now, out-of-staters were probably more self-selecting, but like huitzlopochtli said, if you are a Texan up against a similar candidate from out-of-state, you're probably not going to have a strong chance.</p>
<p>In the Call to Conversation, President Leebron states that he would like to increase the number of out of state students while keeping the number of in state students the same. This alone means that it is likely easier to get in from out of state. Add to that the fact that there are more applicants from in-state, and that out-of-state recruiting has been increased, and the end result is that it currently is harder to get admitted from texas than elsewhere, and will only become moreso in future years.</p>
<p>Sounds great! sergio, you already got in, didn't you? Why are you arguing about whether or not it's harder to get in from Texas? But yeah, besides that, I think out of state recruitment can only help Rice cement itself as the topnotch school it deserves to be known as.</p>
<p>well, im just arguing because i dont think that is completly true. i think that it might look like that initially because perhaps people from other schools have better stats and the school systems are better. but i dont think its because they come from somewhere else necessarily. yea, i already got in lol, i guess i just like to argue :D</p>
<p>Personally that makes no sense to me. I always thought of it like this-
Rice wants people from every state as do all prestigious universities
Rice is in Texas so more Texans will have heard of it
More people from Texas will apply therefore you will be competing against the best of the best</p>
<p>The majority of Alaskans on the other hand have never even heard of Rice
As a student applying from Alaska I will be competing against very few people (I bet I was the only ED for my entire state)
Rice has to take some people from every state and they might get 30 applications tops every year from Alaska</p>
<p>Alaska is not even the most under represented state at Rice. I think ND and VT have even fewer students.</p>
<p>well, they might chose some people from alaska if they have the same stats but i think that they give priority to texas students, thats what i was told in the office too. thats what BCM does too, the tuition is much higher for non texas residents. thats why there is the rice/baylor program</p>
<p>not sure what the connection is to the rice/baylor program, which accepts both in and out of state applicants without giving preference to texas residents (at least to my knowledge)</p>