Chances at Rice?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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What do you guys think are my chances at Rice?

Live in Texas and will likely receive no financial aid. Asian male. Premed.
Current junior class of 2016

GPA: 5.52 out of 6, 3.95 out of 4
Class Rank: 8 of 525

SAT 2200 (630CR, 800M, 770W) I am planning on taking this again to improve CR
PSAT 230 (72CR, 80M, 78W)

AP Exams (Took four other this year and will have 5 more AP classes next year)
• 3- Human Geography
• 4- Computer Science A
• 5- World History

Work Experience Tennis Coach (Self-employed, 2014-2015)
• Coached small children in tennis to help them improve their skills and fitness
Math Tutor (Self-Employed, 2013-2015)
• Tutored high school and middle school students in SAT math and classroom material

Achievements National Merit Semi-Finalist (possible finalist)
Three-year Superintendent Scholar
Three-year President’s Award recipient
Participated in a week of on-site simulated training at NASA through High School Aerospace Scholars
6 week internship for biomed engineering at UH

Activities Tennis
• Played recreationally for ten years (2005-present)
• Played on high school varsity team for four years (2012-present)
• Played USTA tennis competitively for seven years (2007-2015)
Piano
• Played for thirteen years (2002-present)
Guitar
• Played for five years (2010-present)
Member of youth cultural organization
• Improved organization as Treasurer in 2013-2014
• Improved organization as Secretary in 2015-2016
• Volunteer by completing over 50 hours of community service (cleaning up highways, beaches, serving at soup kitchens, etc.)
Member of NHS (National Honor Society, 2012- present)
Member of Mathematics Honor Society (2012- present)
• Improved organization as Vice President in 2015-2016
Member of Red Cross Club (2012- present)
Member of United Way Club (2014- present)
Member of Science National Honor Society (2013- present)
Member of HOSA (Health Occupational Students of America, 2012- present)
Participated in UIL Math (11th grade)

Total, I probably have over 100 volunteer hours

Great teacher recommendations, average counselor rec, pretty good essays.

Am I leaving anything off the list?

Thanks to all in advance.

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You have a great chance. Good SAT score as well as EC’s. Especially since you excel in math and science, you are the ideal student for pre-med. Good luck!

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You will probably get in. How you’d manage to get a 3 in human geography though :smiley:

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You have a great chance of getting in. Just know that Rice is very unpredictable with its admissions and the best way to tackle it is with a holistic application.

5

Great chances

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Looks solid - hopefully you’ve taken those pesky subject tests or have the ACT plus writing to fill that requirement.

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idk about Rice. i feel that some high schools are more competitive than others: i had a 5.56 GPA and was ranked 76/613 and most of the people ranked higher than me in the senior class this year didnt get into schools like Rice. mainly because Rice considers GPA and NOT rank when evaluating eligibility unlike UT or TAMU. your ECs will probably make up for it though but I don’t know about your GPA. Rice might look at the 5.52 unweighted over the weighted cause you’re in state…

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Thank you everyone! @marie122 , what do you mean about the GPA? Because my uw gpa is 3.95 and the weighted is the 5.52

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Sorry messed up the terms. But I feel like Rice (because its not a state school) will look at your GPA over your rank. And your rank’s great but if your were up against people from my school, for example, you’d have lower chances. No offense though. I guess what I’m trying to say is that we have about the same GPA but the difference in our ranks is strongly noticeable. And because Rice tends to look at GPA over rank, it might hurt your chances a bit.

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Oh okay. Thanks

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but you should definitely apply! no harm in trying right? :slight_smile:

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yup :slight_smile: