Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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I applied RD. I requested an interview but the person wasn’t available and Rice sent me an email telling me not to worry about it. My box is pretty bland, just a piece of art I like.

SAT: 1570 (780 M/790 V)
SAT II: 800 Physics and Chem, 790 US, 730 Math II
GPA: 97/100 UW. Pretty sure that’s a 4.0.
Course rigor: high. 7 AP’s, 6 DE’s, the rest honors. Senior grades are straight A’s with high rigor
Demographics: white male, no hooks. I’m from NY and I’m Jewish but I don’t know how either of those things help.
Major: CS, second choice math

EC’s: they are as follows. In parentheses is the grades I did them in. No leadership or accomplishments unless otherwise noted.

-Math Team (11-12)
-Mock Trial (11-12), Vice President, qualified for regionals (by default but still qualified)
-Spanish National Honor Society (10-12)
-GenYES (9): technology club, got cancelled freshman year

Work Experience:

Summer Camp (summer after 8th to the summer after 11th): worked the first two summers as a volunteer, the second two as a paid counselor.

Retail job (12)

Essays: hard to judge so let’s just say poor to moderate in quality. I think my supplements are pretty bland, but I’m a fan of my “why Rice” essay. My “personal perspective” essay isn’t exactly bland, but after reading it again it may seem disorganized and confusing.

Recs: can’t say, so let’s say poor to moderate

Thanks in advance for the answers

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Right off the bat, your scores and grades seem on par with what Rice wants. They’ll also like that you consistently worked the summer camp and will notice the job you picked up this year. Your ECs honestly aren’t the strongest, but if you stressed your leadership it might be alright.

However, the essays and recs worry me. What did your college counselor/the people who read your essays think of them? Did they display who you are as a person? Also, did the people who wrote your recs like you? Why would they be poor to moderate? Rice really is holistic and won’t want someone that’s rude or slacks off in class or anything. Or are you just saying that as a worst case scenario, as in you think they’re probably good but just in case they aren’t?