Chances at Rice

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a senior at a large public high school in Iowa. Rice is my first choice school and I have already applied there Interim Decision. My parents are both graduates of Rice, and I have several other family members who went there.</p>

<p>SAT 1
Math:690
Verbal:670</p>

<p>I just took my Sat 2 tests, literature, writing and math IC, but I haven't yet received my scores.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.968 Unweighted
Rank: 24 out of 359</p>

<p>My school only offers 5 AP courses, and I have taken four of them ( I did not take AP economics.) Other than that I have taken the most rigorous course load available to me.
Junior year schedule:
Advanced newspaper
US lit honors
Pre-calc honors
Symphony orchestra
Chemistry honors
French IV/V honors</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
Advanced newspaper
AP English
AP calc AB
AP government
Symphony orchestra
Physics honors</p>

<p>My EC's aren't all that impressive. I was a reporter for my school newspaper as a junior and I am the executive editor now as a senior. It is easily one of the best high school publications in the midwest. Being exec is my biggest academic achievement. I am also a four year member of the school orchestra and I have been playing the violin since fourth grade, and the guitar for 4 or 5 years. </p>

<p>I plan on applying to some midwest schools such as macalester, grinnell, carleton and michigan, but Rice is my first choice and I would really like to go there. As of right now I would like to be a political science major. Even though my test scores are low and I haven't been very involved with school activities, do you think I have a shot at getting in?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Einstresr/ricestatistics/Pages/select03.html#Class%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricestatistics/Pages/select03.html#Class&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Check out that and see how you fit in...I'd say your chances are pretty good, considering the fact that you applied ID and that you have such a strong family connection to the school. Hopefully you did pretty well on those SAT2's.</p>

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<p>you have pretty much the same shot as me. my SAT is 1370, but my uw gpa is 3.71, and w gpa is 3.91....</p>

<p>i applied ID too. They accept 28% of the ID applicants, and i think being from Iowa will help you. good luck!</p>

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<p>Hey thanks. I hope to see both of you there.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>