<p>I got a question for people that know a lot about graduate school admissions. I got into Rice and still need to wait for other schools in the regular decision round to figure out where I am going next year. However, I wanted to know if Rice grads have a high percentage of getting into the top Med schools and other graduate programs. The only reason why I ask is because so many kids in my area (Long Island) have not heard of this school or do not think too highly of it. Honestly, I feel that only the well educated teachers and parents and etc know of Rice and how great of a school it is. I have also been accepted to U Mich Honors Program and Wisconsin-Madison (safety). For the regular decision round, my top choices are Penn, Cornell, Columbia, and Northwestern. Thanks</p>
<p>Rice is EXTREMELY well regarded by grad schools and employers. FWIW, most kids in SoCal never heard of the lower Ivies, AWS or any of the hihghly selective NE LACs. Good luck in RD.</p>
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<p>Agreed. My cousin, after graduating from Rice, is now studying at Georgetown Law School.</p>
<p>Also, the fact that I got into Rice, can i assume that my chances at other top and selective schools like Duke, NW, Wash U are good?</p>
<p>dang yall! you got into rice and yet yall dont know anything??? a lot of ppl that graduate from rice go to harvard law school and all the other top school...i want my rice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R to the I to the C to the E....one more time R to I to the C to the E...let me hear all the owls say <em>woot woot</em>...gooooooooooo RICE!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>dog87, yes.</p>
<p>I would argue that if you are in the top 20, an individual from the 20th school with the same GPA would be measured equally with a student from Princeton with the same GPA in the calculus of law school admissions. Of course, it really depends on your major; attending MIT would provide an incredible hook for law school in comparison to someone doing Pre-Law at Rice...</p>
<p>That being said, statistically, the highest scorers of the LSAT are physics/math majors and philosophy majors:</p>
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2) Philosophy
3) Economics
4) International Relations
5) Chemistry
6) Government/Service
7) Anthropology/Geography
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<p>From the Rice website:</p>
<p>Average percentage of graduating seniors who were accepted into their first-choice graduate or professional school (1998 - 2002) 72% </p>
<p>Percentage of job seeking 2003 graduates who had accepted a position by graduation 49% </p>
<p>Percentage of 2003 graduates who went directly into graduate school 43%</p>
<p>Last year, the premedical advising program at Rice boasted a 92 percent acceptance rate of students to medical school.</p>
<p>This 92% includes the rice-baylor students, right?</p>
<p>I don't think they specify. Even if it does, Rice/Baylor students are not making a big impact on that statistic. Generally around 120 students from rice apply to med school each year. So 92% of 120 = 110. If you assume that those numbers include the apx. 15 rice/baylors, and take out 15 applicants, and 15 accepted students, Rice's acceptance rate remains over 86% which is still quite high. If you are concerned about this, check with the office of pre-med advising and find out if rice/baylors were included or not - i don't really think it's a big deal though.</p>
<p>true! </p>
<p>thanks : ) [adds a smiley face while waiting for the 60 second rule to finish with itself. This feels like limbo...]</p>
<p>Most of my friends had no problems getting into their top choice grad schools after Rice (Law, Business, Med and Phd). I only applied to my first-choice business school this past fall and I was accepted. Another Rice alum who was helping me out on my application told me that the school was targeting Texas applicants (a lot of Texans choose to stay in Texas for grad school at UT or Rice and are thus underrepresented). I'm heading back to the Northeast for bschool, but I had a really great 7 years here in Houston and I would definitely consider coming back afterwards. If anyone has anymore specific questions, feel free to message me.</p>
<p>NYOwl</p>