<p>Hi! I'm a rising HS senior, and I really want to get into Rice. Based on the stats I have below, do I have any chance of getting in?</p>
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<li>Weighted GPA: 4.4 (Don't know my Unweighted)</li>
<li>SAT: 1970 <a href="I%20know%20it's%20not%20great%20-%20I%20might%20retake%20it...%20what%20do%20guys%20think?">600 Math, 660 CR, 710 Writing, 10 Esssay</a> </li>
<li>SAT II: USH 750 (Lit, Bio, and Math I are pending -taking them in October)</li>
<li>ACT: Scores aren't in yet</li>
<li>AP Classes that I will have taken by the end of senior year: AP Language, AP USH, AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Lit</li>
<li>Rank: 9 out of 176 (I think my rank has improved but there's no way I'll find out until the beginning of the school year). </li>
<li>Violinist in school's symphonic orchestra</li>
<li>NHS</li>
<li>Volunteer for Indian Film Festival</li>
<li>Will volunteer at a dentist office</li>
<li>Helping AP teacher out with next year's curriculum for the newcomers </li>
<li>Taking dual-cred classes (Gov and Eco) at community college</li>
<li>Gold medal for Violin Solo at Solo and Ensemble</li>
<li>Private violin lessons freshmen year</li>
<li>Two-time Scholastic Gold Key Winner for Short Story</li>
<li>Female</li>
<li>Not white, not African-American, not Indian, not Hispanic, not Oriental Asian</li>
<li>Planning on doing a self-study on neuroscience topics/psychology this summer</li>
<li>Prospective field: Neuroscience + Medicine</li>
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<p>Thanks in advance! :)</p>
<p>Oh, and I’m also in-state… :/</p>
<p>And… applying ED.</p>
<p>ED will help some, but I would try and work over the summer on your SAT and then retake. 1970 is slightly low for a non URM or recruit. If your ACT scores are significantly higher, don’t worry about it!</p>
<p>^^ Agreed. Work on improving the standardized test scores</p>
<p>I think I’m going to focus on the ACT. I’m taking my SAT IIs in October and I’m not sure whether or not Rice will accept the November SAT I test score. If I can get a 31-32 ACT, will I be “in,” so to speak?</p>
<p>Definitely not a guaranteed “in” but it will definitely improve how they view your standardized test scores compared to the 1970 on the SAT. Get an interview! Good luck</p>
<p>@jztimmons: Besides the horrible test scores, how does everything else look?</p>
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<p>everything else looks good for rice. that is why every1 is saying work on your sat score. try to get it around a 2100 atleast. then you could be “safe so to speak”</p>
<p>Ok, I will. But if I take it in November, will Rice get it in time?</p>
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Looks like the November 5 SAT will be just fine … Timed practice tests and lots of attention to your weak areas will help boost your scores. And it looks like you have lots to write about in your essays …</p>
<p>Thanks Ottoline! I’ll re-take it in November. One thing, though: if my ACT score turns out to be ok (I won’t know until tomorrow, grrrrr) should I not re-take the SAT?</p>
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<p>If your ACT is in the 31 (with a decent distribution) to 33 range, there’s no real need to retake the SAT unless you feel you can improve by a lot.</p>
<p>I’m going to know my ACT score in less than an hour! I’m.so.nervous.</p>
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<p>Post the score so that someone can give you a more accurate opinion. People will respond when they have time/answers. Bumping the thread 2 minutes after you post is not going to help at all</p>
<p>My first time taking it and I failed miserably:</p>
<p>28 Composite</p>
<p>34 English
24 Math
33 Reading
21 Science</p>
<p>8 out of 12 on the Essay</p>
<p>:'(</p>