<p>Curious of my chances to be accepted in engineering and if I have any chance at the Honors program
Texas resident
ACT 32 (Math 33, Science 34, English 30)
UW GPA 3.9
104.5 weighted
9 AP courses
4 years varsity band
Eagle Scout
3 student clubs
100+ volunteer hours
Interned with Research Program at Univ. Texas At Austin
roughly 10% rank in class of 630 at Competitive High School</p>
<p>Admissions statistics are available at:</p>
<p><a href=“Office of Admission | Rice University”>Office of Admission | Rice University;
<p>but admission decisions at elite colleges are subjective so even though your stats would fall within the range of some accepted students take stats with a grain of salt and try to enjoy the process of visiting and comparing schools without getting too worried about any one school. You can fine tune your college list after AP test results come back and SAT/SAT II results etc.</p>
<p>I also wouldn’t worry at all about Honors programs at schools the caliber of Rice.
Honors programs are less common at schools, like Rice, where most students are academically elite. Rice apparently does have some honors programs but limited to Juniors/Seniors. See
<a href=“http://ga.rice.edu/Home.aspx?id=2147483695”>http://ga.rice.edu/Home.aspx?id=2147483695</a></p>
<p>Yeah there isn’t really an honors program besides what @2018RiceParent mentioned, which, as a current student, I hadn’t heard of until now (i.e. not a big well-known distinction). Honors programs are seriously great, but they’re more applicable to lower ranked schools. They allow a big university to offer the full extent of their resources to those students they know will use them to their fullest potential, and get some great students at the same time. I’ll copy what I said to another poster, since it applies here too. </p>
<p>You are a good applicant, you should apply. You are well within the range of students who are accepted every year. That being said, Rice isn’t a school where anyone is assured entrance. That’s just how college admissions go. Keep up the hard work in school, but at this point the most important thing you can do to help your application are your essays. Start at the beginning of summer, and put as many hours as you can into them. I would even suggest just spending a month brainstorming. By that I mean don’t read the prompt and just immediately settle on the first idea you come up with. The more work you put into it, the better it will be!</p>
<p>I recommend reading some literature about what makes a good college essay, because it will help you avoid pitfalls like tired topics. The bottom line is that your essay should reflect you as an individual, and it should not be able to be swapped with the essay of any other applicant. I’ve already talked with some students about this, so if you want to talk about it more then feel free to pm me. If you think you’ve got it handled then good luck and feel free to ask any more questions! </p>