<p>I'm a high school senior, and I've been looking at going to Rice. I have a 4.0 gpa unweighted and a 4.33 weighted. I got a 32 on the ACT and a 2170 on my SAT. I go to a small school that doesn't offer many AP courses, so I've only taken AP government (I got a 5 on the exam), but I'm an all honors student. I'm 4th in my class and I've qualified for the first round of national merit scholar as well. My extracirriculars include theatre at my own school and at others, I'm captain of my quizbowl team and I've won numerous awards for it I'm president of nhs, as well as a special reporter for my school paper. This summer I've attended Boys State where I worked as a lobbyist, won the outstanding lobbyist award, and held several other lower political positions in my party, I've also attended a young writers seminar at siu Carbondale and plan on doing volunteer work at a charity thrift shop. I've spent 50 hours mentoring elementary students as well as between 20-25 more hours of other things through NHS and other organisations (I organised a fundraiser for Haiti at my school, though we didn't make a lot of money due to our small population of students who even know where Haiti is). I've also won second place in a statewide essay contest and was given an award by tfhe secretary of state. Do I stand a chance at Rice? Is there any place where my profile needs a little strengthening (my volunteer hours are what I'm most concerned about)?</p>
<p>It all sounds good to me! And I’m guessing you won’t have any trouble writing strong, sincere essays … Good luck!</p>
<p>At this point, starting anything to boost your application will be perceived to be an attempt to make your application look better. If you are involved in activities, continue to be involved, but dont start a bunch of new stuff for 1 year.</p>
<p>Your stats put you in range to get in. Apply to Rice. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Agree with Antarius. Good luck!</p>