<p>im sure you have a great shot in the RD round....what school are you from?</p>
<p>well thanks...
i guess u'd say that anyway ...
congrats to you though....
im in dps rkp ... you ?</p>
<p>shri ram....</p>
<p>cool ...congrats again jim</p>
<p>ecnerwalc3321, i applied for natural sciences. </p>
<p>i'm planning on sending in a letter in about a week. i'm disillusioned with the admissions process and high school right now. i guess you can say i'm devestated. so, right now is not the best time for me to be writing a letter to Rice.</p>
<p>one more thing: I was wondering does anyone know what percentage of ID applicants are deferred and also, what percentage are accepted later in the RD round? Is Rice one of those schools that defers a lot or only a few?</p>
<p>just thought i'd throw my name in too...i was deferred ID and am planning on writing a letter expressing my continued interest in Rice...like most of yall</p>
<p>sunkist, <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Einstresr/ricestatistics/Pages/select03.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricestatistics/Pages/select03.html</a></p>
<p>"Thirty-five (35) were deferred and admitted under Regular Decision."</p>
<p>Only 35 students out all of those who were deferred were admitted under RD? I wonder how many total deferred students there were.</p>
<p>I'm afraid to know :-) Write a letter. That was the advice I got. Don't sound desperate, just re-iterate your strong points (i.e. lots of ECs, high SATs, heavy courseload, etc) and tell them if Rice is your #1 school.</p>
<p>Do you guys think an additional letter of recommendation would help? I worked in a lab this past summer and it didn't occur to me to ask for one till my friend told me. The deadlines for apps had already passed though.</p>
<p>I don't know... when my consoler asked them (I did research at a place, too) if we could send another, they balked at the idea and reiterated that "it would be best if you [meaning I] just sent a letter."</p>
<p>Personally, I'd send it. If you don't, and you end up not getting accepted, you'll always wonder if that would have gotten you in. I can't really see it hurting you... I don't think they'll be like "look, we got another letter of recommendation from sunkist - let's reject her right now!"</p>
<p>I will second jenskate's logic.</p>
<p>I agree, send anything you can. Not only will it strengthen your file, it also shows them that you really care about their school. That factor could, presumably, bump you over the fence in the end.</p>
<p>Well, anything you can within reason. Seriously, don't send 3 new essays and 4 new recs. Pick one or two.</p>
<p>Please don't misunderstand me. I stated exactly what was said over the phone; I don't agree with what the Rice admissions officer said. I plan to have an additional letter sent from the person I did research with, and I doubt it will hurt. The "jist" of what they were saying, as I undersood it, was that you probably don't want them opening your file for review and seeing a cluttered assortment of various reccomendations about different things.</p>
<p>I understand what you mean, yamalbert. Thanks for the advice, everyone! I'm going to go ahead with sending my own letter and sending one letter of recommendation from my lab.</p>
<p>When I attended the Rice On-Campus Day back in October, I quote the woman as saying "Generally, the thicker the application, the thicker the head." This means don't flood the office with extra (unneccessary) materials. They can learn as much about you from two or three recommendations, tops, as they can with six. </p>
<p>Still, as I applied Early Decision and was deferred, I will be submitting a letter of recommendation from my senior English teacher as well as a letter reaffirming my interest in Rice and informing them of a few accomplishments since October. I think this is the best thing that I can do at this point (I also brought my Math Level 1c score up 80 points, to a 780).</p>
<p>Good saying. That's exactly what I meant in regards to our situation. Don't be redundant.</p>