<p>Everyone who applied to Rice this year-do you mind posting your stats? It would help me(and alot of other ppl applying next yr) alot! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
major strength/weakness:
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted-Questbridge Scholar(full ride)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1460
SAT IIs: N/A(applied through Questbridge)
GPA: 5.13, UW 4.00
Rank: 1/233</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: fantastic
Counselor Rec: fantastic
hook: I am Questbridge, so coming from lower-middle background</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Charlotte, NC
School Type: Magnet-IB
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: fantastic ECs(winner of england trip through essay contest, pres of two clubs, part-time manager at grocery store, etc)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! With Trustee Distinguished Scholarship ($12,000/year)</p>
<p>Stats
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 800 writing, 780 math IIc, 760 US Hist
GPA: 3.99 (school doesn't weight)
Rank: 6/281</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: decent, i guess...wrote about being from a liberal family for the 'what will you bring to rice?'' essay
Teacher Recs: i assume good, but I haven't seen them
Counselor Rec: Same as above
Hook (if any): being from Minnesota (?)...I don't think they receive a ton of applicants from the midwest</p>
<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Minneapolis, MN
School Type: Public w/ magnet program (IB)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
major strength/weakness: clear leadership qualities and commitment (3-sport captain for 2 years each, Stud Co VP, etc... ib diploma candidate</p>
<p>rejected.. sorry dont feel like posting stats :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 1480 (770V, 710M)
SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 790 Chem, 690 Writing
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/40 (valedictorian)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: It's hard to objectively rate your own work, but I'd say not great. I wrote the main essay like the night before the deadline.
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Oklahoma
School Type: Small rural public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
why you think you were accepted: Because I have incredible luck ;). It probably also helped that I come from a kind of disadvantaged background (single parent, low income, etc)</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Awards: I won like a half dozen state curriculum contests in math/science stuff.
EC's: Nothing outstanding.
Interview: None</p>
<p>dimnar--</p>
<p>do you, by any chance, go to Myers Park?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted ED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1220
SAT IIs: 670 540 480
GPA: 3.4533
Rank:36/505
Other stats: AP 3 english/2 us hist/2 chem</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: it was ok i guess, talked about getting to know my asian culture and other experiences
Teacher Recs: i dont know
Counselor Rec: pretty basic, same as any other rec</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: texas
School Type: public
Ethnicity: vietnamese
Gender: male
major strength/weakness: well rounded all over; varsity tennis player, thespian (actor), volunteer, cured cancer blah blah blah...</p>
<p>Laurenhe, nope, one of the other IB ones. I don't know why I am hesistant to say it, I've really already given more than enough information to be identified on.</p>
<p>Wow, dimnar. You're the person I've seen on CC who is a Questbridge Scholar. I was a finalist, but eventually rejected by both Williams and Rice. I'm really impressed. CONGRATS!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1400 (800M, 600V)
SAT IIs: 750 /710 / 610
GPA: n/a
Rank: n/a
Other stats:5A's at AS level
4A's predicted at A-Level
5A*'s , 4A's and 1 B at GCSE</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: excellent.
Counselor Rec: alright
Hook (if any): was big on diversity and international exp, summerbridge</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Hong Kong
School Type: private
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: male
major strength/weakness:teacher recs / math ability
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: international exposure, stats, good recomendations
Other Factors: none</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1430(710M,720V)
SAT IIs: 760 writing, 700 Math IC, 660 Math IIC, 610 Chem
GPA: 3.91uw
Rank: 5/502</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I think my personal essay was complete garbage
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: Very good</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Math, Science, and even English / writing essays that explain how my personal experiences contribute to the atmosphere of a certain university
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Sub-par personal essay</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480
SAT IIs: 770,740,720
GPA:3.9 UW
Rank:8/330
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:pretty good
Teacher Recs:good
Counselor Rec:eh
Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ
School Type:public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:female
why you think you were accepted: hm, not sure, i didn't think i would be</p>
<p>anyone who is planning on going to Rice next year, IM me: Splasher911</p>
<p>linus....sorry to hear.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1240
SAT IIs: 590 Writing/ 680 Math IC/ 770 Spanish (i decided to take them 1 day before the actual test)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.99
Rank: 2/300
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:WTH
Essays: they were aight
Teacher Recs: pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:Sunnyside
State or Country: Washington
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness:I dunno
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'm mexican duh...my stats were too low
Other Factors:</p>
<p>uh i already posted my stats on the ED page but here...</p>
<p>decision: Accepted ED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480 (780 m. 700 v.)
SAT IIs:chem 690. math2c 700. writing 730 or 740 forgot...
GPA: w. 4.06
Rank:14/362</p>
<p>Essays: pretty decent i guess.. tried to make them un-stuffy. tried to make it lighthearted and readable but showing them my presonality at the same time i guess.
Teacher Recs:excellent
Counselor Rec: excellent. good relationships with these ppl helped too i guess
Hook (if any): a lot of ECs. 3 yrs swimming varsity letter. piano. flute. (yeah typical azn instruments xP) volunteer 400 hrs plus (at hospital and library) club president. senior council. 2 yrs link crew. church worship team. 1st grade sunday school teacher. the DISTINGUISHED WHOS WHO award haha!! <jk> oyeah chinese school for 11 freaking years and i've moved around alot (diversity??) 5 locations (4 states) in 17 years</jk></p>
<p>State or Country: oregon : (
School Type: public
Ethnicity: ASIAN. taiwanese
Gender: female
major strength/weakness: strength? iuno i guess i'm somewhat well rounded. wish my stats were higher tho. weakness.major procrastinator? and i dont really excel at anything
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: cuz i applied ED. i doubt i would have got in otherwise : D</p>
<p>----> Formerly Rice-Obsessive (my old account doesnt let me post anymore...)</p>
<p>Decision- Denied ID</p>
<p>NC- Natural Sciences
1480 SAT I (740 x2)
700 range SAT IIs
National Merit Finalist
About 10 ECs
Interesting Essay (at least I thought so)
Several Leadership Positions
Eagle Scout
Taking the most difficult course load of all the students in my school.
~4.1 weighted
5 AP US History
5 AP English Language</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480
SAT IIs: 800 math 2c, 800 chemistry, 770 writing
GPA: 3.86 (4.60 weighted)
Rank: 17/402
Other stats: AP: 5 on 7 tests, 4 on 1 test
lots of ec's with violin
summer internships at National Institutes of Health, JHU/APL</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: all right, but I thought pretty generic, nothing unique
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: mediocre because in a public school, counselors don't know you that well
Hook (if any): maybe location?</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MD
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: music, math, science; weakness: 3 c's on midterms, never had straight a's
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: pretty well-rounded, unique internship opportunities
Other Factors: i had a great interview</p>
<p>I just posted this in the harvard forum. I'll just copy and paste it here, with the decisions/names applying to Rice, of course. </p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1510 ; 800 M/710 V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II/800 Writing/790 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.0/4.0 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 6/574
[li] Other stats: [/li]-RSI Scholar
-top 3 in Univeristy Interscholastic League (UIL) in Mathematics since 6th grade at both District/State levels
-Intel Semifinalist
-Various state level awards in piano
-National Merit Finalist
-300 Hours in community service at our local soup kitchen
-Spent majority of summer doing research work at the University of Texas at Austin Chemical Engineering Department (I guess this goes hand in hand with Intel, as aforementioned).
-President of NHS; President of Mu Alpha Theta; Vice President of chess club. For NHS I took it upon my own responsibility to seek out and work collaboratively with other local organizations to help solve the homeless problem in our area. I thought this was semi-unique because it showed leadership. </p>
<p>-I took 11 AP classes throughout my high school career, and I received 5s on all the AP tests I have taken so far. </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I gave it my all in these. I really thought it reflected my natural intellectual curiosity and motivation in academics, a quality that I thought
Rice was looking for.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good. Calculus teacher regarded me as "the best student in [her] career."
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Astounding.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian to be specific)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Science is my strength.<br>
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Weak SAT score; poor rank; not Intel finalist. I was not the type of student Rice was looking for.
[/ul]Other Factors:
Congradulations to everyone who made it. You all truly deserved it. Best wishes to you all.</p>
<p>dmvp29.. please tell me you're joking.</p>
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Weak SAT score; poor rank
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<p>Your SAT score is outstanding:)</p>