Really? are you really going to let that bring you down? If you really want to go apply. You will never know unless you apply. Be confident. </p>
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Ok here is the thing. There is a difference between geographic diversity and background diversity (aka ethnic diversity). Geographic diversity is having people come from various states and nations. Ethnic diversity on the other hand is having people come from different background and ethnicity (asian, african, hispanic, caucasian etc.). Rice wants geographic diversity and that’s why Rice reject a lot of Houstonians. Ethnic diversity is another fact in admissions totally apart from ethnicity.</p>
<p>No you live in Houston. To be geographically diverse, you would have to be living in another state that isn’t really represented. Though you will be ethnically diverse. Why do I say that. They will not know how long you have been Permanent Resident (they only know that you are a Houston resident and to be a Permanent Resident, you probably have been living there for a while).</p>
<p>I live in Houston, and I was rejected early decision from rice with a 1500/1600 and a 2200/2400…</p>
<p>My friend, who also lives in houston was rejected regular decision with a 1600/1600, and a 2300/2400… </p>
<p>BTW, Kids who live in Greater Houston, are still considered part of Houston…</p>
<p>Good thing I can try to transfer if I don’t like Emory…(Rice is 10 grand cheaper than Emory, is my main reason, since I have to pay full cost anyway at both schools)…</p>
<p>My other stats: I had a 3.8 unweighted, with a 4.2 weighted…My school is also very popular with Rice, we have around 20 kids out of 400 get in every year(that means that everyone who is in the top 5 percent of my high school’s class has gotten into Rice, not everyone marticulates though, because some get into “better” schools like UPenn, Stanford, Duke, or they decide to take full rides at Texas A&M or UT)…My class rank was top 13 percent(this is probably what blew it for me)…BUT</p>
<p>My friend, was top 3 percent(at a private prep school in downtown houston), with a 1600/1600 and a 2300/2400(he only got a 700 on the writing), and he had a 3.95 unweighted, and a 4.3 weighted, he was rejected…he managed to get into WashU, NU, Johns Hopkins BME, Duke, and Emory)…</p>
<p>I’d say it’s much harder for Houstonians.
I attend a very competitive and large public high school in Houston, and some of our top students were rejected from Rice - and people with similar and even less impressive applications from other places got in.
From personal experience, it’s much harder for Houstonians to get into Rice than places that are similar in terms of selectivity but not fifteen minutes away. ;)</p>
<p>From one immigrant to another: it sounds like you’re a candidate for beginners’ ESOL at the local community college rather than for a place at a highly competitive school like Rice. And just so you know Azerbaijanis are officially white, so affirmative action programs would not be of any benefit to you (or at least they shouldn’t).</p>
<p>At our school in Houston, 9 people applied to rice and 4 of them got in. one got in ED and the other 3 received trustee scholarships. Obviously the sample size is tiny, but it’s still interesting. It gives me the impression that being Houstonian doesn’t make it as hard as people think, certainly not HARDER than OOS. </p>
<p>our school doesn’t rank, but here are the SAT/ACT scores of those who got in</p>
<p>accepted:
2340 SAT, 800 M2, 790 Physics
34 ACT (accepted ED)
2250 SAT, 790 M2, 800 Chem
<2100 SAT, won’t tell us his subject test scores</p>
<p>rejected:
32 ACT, 800 M2, 720 Bio
not sure about the other 4 rejected but I remember that they were <2000 SAT or <30 ACT. </p>
<p>So, our school had a 44% acceptance rate to Rice. 3/4 of the truly qualified candidates got in, and the 4th was Asian, which hurts admissions everywhere, but I hear it is especially hard at Rice. We also had a guy who was “less” qualified, yet still amply so, who got in, and he ended up getting a trustee scholarship.</p>
<p>WHOA…i’d say this is not a major consideration of Rice.
I go to Tomball High School (yeah, prob have never heard about it have you?) It’s a public school with nothing really outstanding (maybe the sports but def. not the academics…i.e. UIL or other academic comp.)</p>
<p>EITHER WAY…this year 3 people from my school (myself included :DDD) were accepted, one of which for athletics.
Don’t be deterred to apply or even feel that the odds are against you. If you’re an outstanding applicant, Rice would not reject you. In fact, to a certain degree, living near Rice may be to your advantage. Since it has such a low yield rate (about 36%) Rice takes one’s level of interest into consideration. So, touring the Rice campus and either an on or off campus interview demonstrates your interest in Rice :D</p>
<p>*btw, I’m asian…Rice is about 23% asian, so they’re actually more accomodating than most of the ivies…which are 20% or less.</p>
<p>also, Rice is really looking for a “passion” in its applicants. They’re shying away from those with only smarts…they want ECs and well-roundedness (yeah that’s not a word -.- )
but the college dean was very clear about that when he told us during his speech to accepted students that admissions turned away a number of valedictorians and people who’d aced the SAT.</p>