Chance me RD @ Rice?

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<p>Currently regretting not applying early, but anyways, stats are as follows.</p>

<p>Asian Male (class of 2013)
Highest Income Bracket
GPA: 3.76
WGPA: 4.39 (I suspect this will change post 1st semester)
ACT Composite Score: 35 (10 essay)
SAT-II World Hist. - 750
SAT-II Lit - 780</p>

<p>Junior Year Course Load w/semester grades</p>

<p>AP Economics B/B
Precalculus B/A
AP Psychology A/A
AP World History A/A
AP English Lang. A/A
Latin III (honors) A/A
Chemistry (honors) A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP Literature
AP Human Geography
AP Comparative Government
AP European History
Latin IV (honors)
Senior Research Period
Student Aide</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars</p>

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<p>Recs: English and Latin teachers, hopefully they were good</p>

<p>Can I has nocturnal bird of prey?</p>

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<p>Not bad stats at all. You should have a decent shot. Did you take the SATI?</p>

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<p>Well, yes, but I didn’t do so hot</p>

<p>780 M, 740 CR, 690 W (2210)</p>

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<p>Just so you know, rice requires your entire testing history, so you have to submit all sat(s) and act scores. You look like a solid applicant from what you’ve posted.</p>

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<p>Meh, shouldn’t be an issue, having bad scores from when I was just a wee lad shouldn’t hurt me, right?</p>

<p>What I’m really concerned about is my GPA, I just took a peek at my school’s naviance stats.</p>

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<p>Do I still have much of a shot? From what I understand, my GPA is about average for most applicants to Rice, but below average for my school.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is fine. Not great enough to be the true strength of your application, but not bad enough to be a weakness.</p>

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<p>speaking of sending all test history, i took the sat three times and feel dumb about it… didnt have to take it that third time… guess i thought having a really strong single score would be good for score choice schools… will it look bad that i did this</p>

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<p>That’s the best out of two attempts, the other was a 2090 from January of this year, which quite frankly, I’m ashamed of.</p>

<p>In any case, does it matter much if I’m sending in my ACT score as well?</p>

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<p>All I will say is that I only sent in one ACT (composite 36), and not my other ACT or my one SAT test to Rice, and I was accepted early decision for class of 2017. I’m not telling you whether you should send all of your scores or not, because I didn’t realize Rice wanted all scores until after I had sent my ACT score, but just giving you another perspective.</p>

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<p>I mean, yeah we know that you don’t get caught if you use score choice, but if they want you to send all your scores, I think doing so is the ethical thing. So I’m going to</p>

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<p>Erm, I reread some of the instructions on their site, seems like they only require your SAT scores if you’re using the SAT as the standardized test you apply with, they want this so they can superscore. Since the ACT doesn’t allow superscoring, they only want your best single sitting score.
SAT-IIs aren’t even mentioned.</p>

<p>In any case, could some people give me a bit more feedback about my grades and whatnot in general? I feel like the thread has kinda been derailed.</p>

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<p>Based on statistics alone, I think you have a great shot of getting in. I got in ED and we have the same ACT, same GPA, and you’ve taken harder classes than I have. Your extracurriculars are good and unique. As long as you take the supplement essays seriously (and I’m sure you will), I think you will happy with the outcome. But what do I know?</p>

<p>About the test scores, I only submitted one sitting of the ACT. Not both of my ACT scores, not my SAT, not my subject tests. It wasn’t a problem for me. Plus it’s expensive to send lots of tests.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback, if you don’t mind me asking, what kind of school did you attend?</p>

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<p>The irritating reality never ceases to haunt me.</p>

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<p>I go to a good private school in a small-to-medium-sized city. Nowhere near the size of Houston. We have about 115 students per grade and it’s not very diverse. Mostly middle/upper class white kids. I’m excited for the diversity at Rice.</p>

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<p>How do I look for admission (specifically architecture)? Thank you!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math 740 (1520) CR 780 Writing (2300)
SAT II: 800 chemistry, 780 Math II, 790 History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top of the class probs?
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AB Calc (5), Chemistry (5), Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Italian, AP Econ, AP BC Calc, AP Physics, Honors English, Honors Western Civ, Fine Arts
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Women’s Society of Engineers Math and Science, other little science and history things, NHS </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Italian Honor Society (President), Cross Country (Varsity Letter and a couple of awards), Track, Newspaper (editor, illustrator), Jersey Shore Science League (captain), Math team, History Bowl Team, Art Club at Library
Job/Work Experience: nada!
Volunteer/Community service: thrift shop that donates to charity (120 hrs), tutoring (30+ hours), farm/park volunteer (30+ hrs), Library Midterm Tutor (3 hrs lol)
Summer Activities: volunteering, cross country, architecture design camp at NJIT
Essays: probably good, common app essay about how I was a mediocre close minded student hiding from reality and met someone who changed me and allowed me to find myself, a little corny but I connected it to my career calling (architecture)
Teacher Recommendation: probably fantastic </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
and my portfolio was so-so</p>

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<p>also i had an ok interview and ive been classical pianist for 7 yrs but dont compete or anything</p>

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<p>Why are you trying to hijack my thread?</p>

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<p>hey mmbdarbin!</p>

<p>your stats look terrific. They line you up with just about anybody applying to Rice. </p>

<p>your ecs are decent.
do good on your essays!</p>

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<p>Hey if you get a chance, could you CHANCE me? Thanks in advance</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 Unweighted , 4.89 weighted
Rank: 12/689
Scores:
AP Statistics (5)
AP World History (5)
AP Computer Science A (5)
AP Calculus BC (5)
AP Chemistry (5)
AP Biology (4)
AP Spanish (4)
AP Art History (4)
AP English IV (3)</p>

<p>Current Schedule:
AP Physics
Multivariable Calculus
AP Psychology
AP US Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP English V
AP European History
Honors Anatomical Sciences
Honors Forensics</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT: 2270
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Scores: Math 2: 730, Biology E: 660 - I feel this is my biggest weak spot</p>

<p>EC’s:</p>

<p>Hispanic Student Society - Founder and President
Varsity Football - Captain (three year letter)
Varsity Track
National Honor Society - Secretary
Math Club- secretary
A Greener Earth Club - Vice-President
Key Club - historian
Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
local hospital
local tutoring
local physical therapy department
carolina state zoo</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Recs:
AP Bio Teacher: GREAT-even let me read it
Counselor-generic</p>

<p>State: NC
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>

<p>–I feel that my bio subject test is what will keep me out. I am about to retake it to try and get it over 700 to increase my chances…</p>

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<p>Hola carolinaborn!</p>

<p>I feel your stats are not as strong as mbdarbins! However, your strengths are definitely your extracurriculars. I hope you rec is excellent.</p>

<p>i definitely feel that your weak spot is sat bio. However, it should not hold you back too much!</p>

<p>Good luck in things my amigo</p>