Bad SAT II scores...chance at Rice?

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<p>I'm applying to Rice, but I'm not sure if I have a chance of getting in because of bad SAT II scores... here's my stats</p>

<p>GPA - 4.14 (weighted), 4.0 (unweighted)
Rank - 1 of around 400
PSAT - Commended<br>
SAT - 1510 (Verbal-750 Math-760)
SAT IIs – Biology (610), Writing (670)
Taking bio, chem, and writing in Dec.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Youth Making a Difference (4 years: Special Events Officer-11 grade, President-12 grade)
FCCLA (3 years: District VP-11 grade, President-12 grade)
Literary Magazine (4 years: Secretary-10, PR Officer-11, Treasurer-12)
Band (3 years: Marching Band Rank Leader-11, Symphonic Band Section Leader-11)
National Honor Society (2 years)
Student Council (2 years)
Multi-cultural club (3 years)
Spanish club (3 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Hospital (90 hours)
Library (10 hours)</p>

<p>I'm not sure that my essay will be great, but hopefully my recommendations will be good</p>

<p>Another competitive school I'm looking at is Washington University (St. Louis)</p>

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<p>I don't know much about Rice but here's what I know about SAT II's. In most schools, presumably with Rice also, it is a check to see if your grade is inflated. However, with your class rank and extracurriculars, plus SAT I score, it shows that maybe you just had a bad test. I would try to get it up to closer to 700, but you are most likely still very competitive at Rice.</p>

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<p>I don't think it will matter that much, because you did pretty well on the SAT I and you have a good GPA.</p>