<p>Hi everyone! Maybe someone could help me figure out if I have a chance or not! Im applying early decision to rice this year.
I am a Hispanic female (Dual Citizenship with Colombia and USA) from Connecticut. I Am first generation college and come from an extremely low income family ( >40,000/yr)
I have taken AP UCONN Biology (3), AP UCONN Chemistry (3), AP English 11 (3), AP Psychology (4), APUSH (couldn't afford to test)
Senior course load is AP Computer Science, Honors Humanities, Physics, Reel History, Speech, UCONN Spanish V</p>
<p>I have a GPA of 3.8/4.0 and scored a 30 on my ACT's</p>
<p>I intend to major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</p>
<p>-I am a member of NHS and won member of the summer
-I am a house leader for a program in my school called Upbeat which revolves around leadership and community service (I am responsible for organizing and taking care of 30 kids from my school)
-I help volunteer at our annual town fair with recycling
-I have been a member of the wrestling team (only girl on all guys team) for all four years of high school
-I volunteer with the youth wrestling program in my town
-I studied and volunteered abroad in Costa Rica for two weeks where I took an intensive spanish course, stayed with a home-stay family, and helped rebuild a local daycare
-I researched and volunteered with an organization called All Out Africa in Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa for over 5 weeks. I became PADI Open Water and Deep Dive certified. I totaled over 135 volunteer hours and was able to work side by side collecting data and learning with many marine and wildlife conservationists in a small beach town on the coast of southern Mozambique. I was able to get a lot of insight into my career path.
-Throughout all of my junior and senior year I worked about 30 hours a week on week and weekend nights (about 5 days a week). Most of my earnings went towards family and house bills.</p>
<p>My letters of rec. are all great
My essay is in the works but it should be great as well. I am writing it on the passing of my father during late middle school, my moms financial crisis after his death, my step-dads huge accident which left him disabled, my discrimination being the only girl on the wrestling team, and how I had to dedicate all of my time to help my family stay financially stable. Overall it'll show my family values and ability to endure.</p>
<p>I know that my grades and scores are not as high as they should be for Rice but it was all due to the hard times I went through during my junior year. My job basically inhibited me from being able to focus on school. Im hoping my essay will help demonstrate that. </p>
<p>I have an overnight stay and interview scheduled for the first week of November!</p>
<p>So please can anyone give me a little insight into my chances for ED :)? thanks!!!!</p>