<p>I'm about to interview at Rice at the end of this month! I'm pretty excited! But I can't help but be a little bit nervous too. Only because I don't know what to expect. I assume they'll ask why I want to go to Rice and a little about myself but what else should I expect?? Any body else have an interview or had one before??</p>
<p>well, they will ask the standard stuff. they will also try to discern your personality. so be yourself. not a boring mellow version of yourself.</p>
<p>They would ask about school, your interests, why rice, why do you think Rice should admit you, what you want to pursue, where you want to end up and why</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>basically ditto waht antarius said. My best advice is to relax and just be chill with them. Seriously, they aren’t going to bite and are really only looking for good things unless there’s something glaringly wrong with you (like crazy). My interviewer was soooo nice. We still keep in contact and she’s my friend on facebook. Basically, they want to get to know you in a non-paper format.</p>
<p>awesome awesome
good to know! sounds pretty good, I’m ready for it</p>
<p>thanks haha</p>
<p>sounds good. i think the main thing is to be friendly and let them see who you are beyond the numbers and figures… and why you would fit in well withing the Rice community</p>
<p>yeah, ok that sounds good
I can definitely do that :D</p>
<p>my entire rice interview was basically “elaborate on your ec’s.”
be prepared for that</p>
<p>awesome!
that’s probably going to be my favorite topic haha</p>
<p>mine wasnt that good:/ my interviewer was extremely stern !</p>
<p>what kind of questions did they ask? it might be helpful for people who are yet to have theirs</p>
<p>was he/she not one for small talk?</p>
<p>My interviewer was pretty cool. We just talked about Baseball and general stuff, and he didn’t ask a lot of boring standard questions that don’t offer a whole lot of insight. I think a lot of it is trying to discern whether or not you would be a “fit” at Rice.</p>
<p>ahhh, well oddly, I never really got any information about my interview
I scheduled it back in may and received an email saying I’d get some information about it later but I didn’t really get it
I don’t even know where it is going to be haha
but hopefully I will be able to live through it :D</p>
<p>they asked pretty general questions-what are your extra cirrulars, what are you doing this summer, what do you plan to study, and thats it. mine lasted like 10 minutes!</p>
<p>Don’t forget to have questions about Rice prepared as well. Odds are that your interviewer will save time at the end for you to ask questions. Make sure you take advantage of the opportunity to do so by asking thoughtful and well-researched questions. This is another way to make yourself stand out, but asking mundane or no questions can cause the interviewer to think that you don’t really care that much about attending Rice.</p>
<p>The Rice interview is not “bad” or “difficult”, it isn’t cut throat and it isn’t really anything more than you to learn about the school and for the interviewer to learn about you (and report back to Rice). I was very pleased with my interview and interviewer and we still keep in contact now.</p>
<p>You’ll be asked about your school stuff, EC, interesting stuff about yourself (like what you did over summer, hobby, etc.), why Rice, and etc. And you have a lot of lee-way to diverge the conversation if you want (at least I did), but make it something meaningful I suggest.</p>
<p>Like in mine we discussed baseball and Phillip Humber who was a Rice student and my interviewers roommate</p>
<p>the way it seems is, the interview is to make sure people have some semblance of social skills. so that you arent a lame mindless drone playing world of warcraft for 10 hours a day (no offence to WoW players… but you will agree that 10 hours is excessive)</p>
<p>The deadline for requesting a rice interview is tomorrow, but I’m still debating whether I should get one. does anyone know the percentage of applicants who do an interview, and maybe the percentage of accepted applicants who interview?</p>
<p>I definitely think that you should request an interview; it shows that you are serious about applying to Rice and that you are willing to take the time to find out more about the school (through the interview).</p>
<p>Requesting an interview would probably be beneficial because one important factor in admitting applicants, according to College Board, is the level of interest. Requesting the interview will show that you’re genuinely interested in the school instead of the many that apply to Rice just for the heck of it.</p>
<p>thanks guys! yeah, I did end up requesting one, but it takes them a while to get back to us.</p>