Even a faint chance at Rice?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising senior from Northern Virginia, and I'm not a minority or from a top ranked high school so I know I don't have any hook to lean on. My SAT score right now is at 2000, but im retaking it in october so im hoping for a 2100+. My unweighted GPA for the 5 core academic courses is approximately 3.82 on a 4.0 scale. I say approximate because my official school GPA includes my mandatory religion and ethics courses (I go to a private school), so I had to calculate my core class GPA myself.</p>

<p>AP Courses by end of high school: Chemistry, Euro History (5), US History (4), Language and Comp (5), Literature, US Government (school offers very few AP classes).
All other non-AP courses were honors since the beginning of freshman year. So I will have about 16-20 honors and AP courses by the end of high school.</p>

<p>EC's include:
- Physics peer tutor (senior year, im becoming a history, french, chemistry and physics tutor)
- National Honors Society
- National French Honors Society
- editor-in-chief for a division of a major website
- co-manager of another online organization for 1 year
- black belt in martial arts
- co captain on school's Georgetown University History Bowl team
- co founder of school's quiz bowl team
- chess club </p>

<p>So here is a reiteration of the question: would it be a waste of money to apply or could I actually have a shot if I can raise my SAT score to where I think I will score (around 2100)?</p>

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<p>I think you should have a fairly good chance. Try to raise your SAT, and you should be good! </p>

<p>Chance me! </p>

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<p>Well, Rice is definitely a reach for you however, I don’t believe it is a waste of money for you to try because it’s not an impossible reach. If you can get a 2100+ and write brilliant essays and get very strong recs, it’s not at all impossible for you to get admitted. Also make sure you get a 4.0 this semester. It will be a long shot but not impossible.</p>

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<p>If I don’t improve my SAT score or I don’t reach my goal of 2100 on the october SAT, then should I maybe apply to Boston College or Wake Forest instead where I’ll have a better shot? I mean I know I have a solid GPA and my school profile would show that I’m comfortably in the top 10% of my class, but would it still be a waste if I can’t improve my SAT score by much?</p>

<p>BTW, I listed BC and Wake Forest because those are the other 2 schools I’d apply to if applying to Rice seems unreasonable.</p>

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<p>I think you should get in if you bring up your SAT score! Good luck!</p>

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<p>BC and Wake are probably better fits for you whether or not you get that 100 point improvement. Rice is a reach for you regardless. I would say you should definitely apply to both BC and Wake and I think you have a legitimate shot at both.</p>

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<p>aight, thanks for your thoughts.</p>