I applied to Rice early decision and I want to know if I should have high hopes or not when the results come out in December
I’m an asian male, applying for Data Analysis/Engineering
9th grade grades (I’m not gonna go too into details)
-mainly As and Bs-
10th grade grades (my worst year):
AP Euro Hist: 1st sem. B ~ 2nd sem. B
AP Calc AB: 1st sem. C ~ 2nd sem. C
Honors Chem: 1st sem. B ~ 2nd sem. B
Honors lit comp 2: 1st sem. B ~ 2nd sem B
Spanish 2: 1st sem. B ~ 2nd sem. B
AP Euro Exam: 4 ~ AP Calc AB Exam: 4 ~ AP World Hist Exam: 3
11th grade grades (my best year):
AP US Hist: 1st sem. A ~ 2nd sem. A
AP Calc BC: 1st sem. A ~ 2nd sem. A
AP Physics 1: 1st sem. A ~ 2nd sem. A
AP Eng Language: 1st sem. A ~ 2nd sem A
Spanish 3: 1st sem. B ~ 2nd sem. B
AP US Hist Exam: 5 ~ AP Calc BC Exam: 5 ~ AP Physics 1 Exam: 4 ~ AP Eng Lang Exam: 4
12th grade (classes im taking right now)
AP Comp Sci, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Government, Digital Design (art class requirement), AP Spanish, and Multivariable Calculus (at the local community college)
Cumulative UW GPA is 3.5, Cumulative Weighted GPA is 4.0 (ouch)
Decile rank is 2 (top 20%) out of 461 students
Superscored ACT Score: 35 ~ ACT Writing: 9
SAT Math 2: 780
SAT Physics: 730
Good but not outstanding ECs:
Some 140-ish hours volunteering
Varsity Swim all 4 years, CIF Junior year
Church Leadership team
Worked part time for a bit junior year
Made websites for small companies/organizations
Co President of Digital Animations club at school
Member of the Red Cross Club at school
Member of the Christian Club at school
Additional info:
Letters of Rec: 1 from my AP Physics C teacher and 1 from my AP Comp sci teacher, both I think were fairly positive.
In my essay I wrote about how I have ADD and my struggle of overcoming it in order to do well in school. Other people said it was pretty good.