Clueless about Rice

[Zlakhani1]

<p>Two questions about Rice.</p>

<p>1.) Does Rice superscore the ACT?</p>

<p>2.) What are the pros and cons of going to Rice?</p>

[Antarius]

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<li><p>Yes</p></li>
<li><p>Please do some research. Seriously. We love to help people but that question needs some research on your own. If you have questions about Rice, let us know but the pros and cons…</p></li>
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<p>Frther, you need to be specific. If you want feedback on a department or a major, or details on admissions etc.</p>

[lauras50]

<p>If you look above you will see a thread called 101 reasons to apply to Rice. I think you’ll find well over 100 reasons why people love Rice!</p>

[cdz512]

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@Antarius

1. Yes

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<p>Sorry but they actually don’t superscore the ACT or the SAT. Sorry…</p>

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Rice uses the highest scores from any sitting on the SAT in order to consider each applicant’s most positive test results. Recognizing that this policy could disadvantage those students who cannot afford repeated testing or expensive test prep coaching, we believe a comprehensive testing history provides us with the appropriate context required for making a fair judgment of what the test scores mean in a holistic admission process. Therefore, we require all applicants submitting the SAT to submit all scores to Rice. The ACT does not condone splitting and combining subscores from multiple sittings, therefore, it is Rice’s policy to use the highest ACT composite score in admission consideration.

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<p><a href=“http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Standardized_Tests.asp[/url]”>http://www.futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Standardized_Tests.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Antarius]

<p>^^ oh!</p>

<p>interesting. this must be new or they changed it. because im pretty sure they used to. good though, the new policy is much better</p>

<p>thanks cdz!</p>

[anxiousmom]

<p>Yep, must be a change from past policy. Not a bad change IMHO! ;)</p>

[Antarius]

<p>yeah. it makes things fair for those disadvantaged/not able to take the test 5 times. or favors people like me who had other things to do… so it was a one shot thing</p>