<p>i really need to know if i have a chance of getting in interim decision...</p>
<p>white male, long island public HS, un-hooked</p>
<p>SAT- 1530/2280 (GC wants to write how i got my SAT marks w/o tutors or anything, she thinks that will help)
SATII- 750 Math2, 800 US History, 630 chem
GPA- ~96 unweighted, higher w/o freshmen year, toughest courseload
No rank, top decile</p>
<p>EC's (this is what makes me nervous)
-4 years newspaper, this year Ed-in-chief (i dont know what other schools are like, but this is a MAJOR time commitment, and my teacher rec will show that)
-4 years volunteering every saturday at temple (co-leader), leading services, mentoring kids
(these two are the big ones im passionate about and will mention in essays)
-4 years community service club
-3 years hebrew culture club
-2 years math tutoring
-various other small things</p>
<p>essays: i think they will be excellent
rec's- teachers love me, and one is advisor of newspaper so can write about how much time i spend on that</p>
<p>im not sure if i want to do lib arts or engineering. if i apply to one and are accepted, can i easily switch to the other, and is one easier to get into than the other?</p>
<p>I have a question to add: I am looking at becoming a Cognitive Science major at Rice. Will that help in terms of admissions? Or do many people choose to be Cog Sci majors?</p>
<p>Either way, that's what I'm putting down on my app--I'm just curious is all.</p>
<p>It's not really a regional school, in fact there is a fairly high percentage (15% I believe) from outside of the country. Rice has a lot of in state students, but that's largely because so many apply from there.</p>