<p>well...i've finished my college application...the main essay is good to me but i have a few grammar problems...dang english teacher wont help..they said "i am not going to check" i am so serious. already took my SATIs...didnt reach up to the rice standard. now i am taking the SAT IIs tomorrow...probably do average on all of them...yay! my dream college is out of my hands out...any advice whatsoever would help</p>
<p>Well I can definitely identify with your total obsession with Rice, but if I were you I would try to put at least the admissions aspect out of your mind. I still look at any information I can get on Rice, but I'm trying not to focus on whether or not I get in...its out of my hands, or any of our hands for that matter...</p>
<p>but i want to go to rice..the ppl..the teachers...the everything...if only i didnt have those teachers and counselors to screw me over and if only i had money to pay for those dang prep class...if only...what do you do when you cant make your dream a reality? what do you when your mom's heart is broken? what do you when you are the underdog? i dont want to be in self-pity but i cant stop it...</p>
<p>Controlling the admissions process is beyond any student's control, however, the tool of recourse that we have is to make our application the best it can be viz. high test scores, GPA, extra-curriculars, short answers, essays. Thus, the better the application, the higher the chances are of you being accepted. The aformentioned aspects are in your control and you should try your hardest to make them look as good as possible.</p>
<p>Do not give up.</p>
<p>hey nspeds...i somewhat talked to you before...i did the best i could...why didnt those english teachers want to help me correct my essay? if only i was a rich girl...i donate my way in...oh gosh i want to go to rice but feeling this way...i dont know anymore...they say that if you want something you will feel it all the time...i dont know anymore...this is killing me and since i applied rd i have to wait till april...</p>
<p>And if money is a problem, you should go out and apply for scholarships now to help make Rice more feasible.</p>
<p>well i have to get into rice first..rice can leave me in a billion dollar debt and i would still go...i dont care about money..why are ppl always so worried about being in debt after college? you pay it off but it is not that much a month..sure the interest can kill you but what is life when you cant go somewhere you really want to go to?</p>
<p>wannabearicegirl,</p>
<p>The message had an axiom embedded within it: work the best you can within your boundaries.</p>
<p>So, one of the things that I really have discovered is that colleges are more similar than different, overall. There are hundreds of not thousands of colleges where you could be just as happy, if not happier than you would be at Rice. Whether or not you are eventually accepted, things really have a way of working out for the best - so take a deep breath and try to enjoy the journey!</p>
<p>I definitely feel that a hard worker can be incredibly successful out of any school, be it Yale, Rice, or Birmingham-Southern. Don't sweat the admissions process so much!</p>
<p>yeah...well, sorry for being a downer..didnt mean too...hopefully i wont get any 400 something on my SATIIs. some ppl dont even study get like 600 something...wow!</p>