<p>Well I've applied to Rice interim decision (School of Social Sciences-Hopefully Political Science). I'm really worried about my chances considering the many applicants that I've read about on this site. </p>
<p>Rank: 2/280
UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 6.4/7.0</p>
<p>My school offers 10 AP classes, and I've taken them all. I've also taken four community college courses (4.0 GPA). I've definitely taken the toughest workload my school offers. </p>
<p>Now, here's where the problem begins...my SAT score:</p>
<p>CR: 690
M: 610
W: 670 (10 on essay)</p>
<p>SAT II:</p>
<p>US History: 710
World History: 610 (I took in 10th grade :/)</p>
<p>My ECs are pretty good (500 or so community service hours) and I've been involved with Key Club since my freshmen year. </p>
<p>I've already been accepted to UT-Austin (McCombs Business School), so I have another option. But I'd really like to get into Rice. :)</p>
<p>I didn't send my AP scores to Rice and got accepted ED, so I don't think it's necessary. I also had a 620 on one SAT II, although my other scores were in the 700s. You have taken a more difficult courseload than I did however. Rice loves salutorians (sp?)... just look on their website to see how much higher their acceptance rate is compared to the average applicant. I think you have a pretty good chance 50/50, I'd say. Good luck!</p>
<p>You're right Jeebus, you're probably not getting into Rice. Median Rice SAT M+V is 1435. 25th percentile is 1330. Your 1300, even with your excellent GPA and class rank, just doesn't make it. Rice gets tons of applicants with GPAs and class ranks equal to yours and SATs at or above 1435. Don't get down on yourself, though. Most of the kids who apply to Rice, even the ones with the high SATs, don't get in. Rice acceptance rate is, as I recall, something like 15%. Also, UT-Austin is a very good school. You'll do just fine there.</p>
<p>to be honest i don't believe Rice is that hard to get into from what i've read and through my observations you won't have a problem getting in there but have u thought of Wake Forest esp. for Maya Angelou fans cuz Maya is a professor there</p>
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You're right Jeebus, you're probably not getting into Rice. Median Rice SAT M+V is 1435. 25th percentile is 1330. Your 1300, even with your excellent GPA and class rank, just doesn't make it. Rice gets tons of applicants with GPAs and class ranks equal to yours and SATs at or above 1435. Don't get down on yourself, though. Most of the kids who apply to Rice, even the ones with the high SATs, don't get in. Rice acceptance rate is, as I recall, something like 15%. Also, UT-Austin is a very good school. You'll do just fine there.
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<p>Bleh, that sucks. Sometimes I think that doing so well over the last four years was a waste of time simply because of one three or four hour test.</p>
<p>Jeebus, my nextdoor neighbor got into Rice RD with similar SAT scores, a slightly lower GPA, and not-so-exciting ECs (on the tennis team, NHS. about it.)</p>
<p>You have a shot, but it is still a reach, because your SAT's are below average, your grades are great, but your EC's are not as impressive as your grades. If your recs/essays were stellar you have a shot.</p>