Is there anyone who got into RICE university with low stats?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi There,
I recently applied to Rice University. I did all my high school in the U.S but I am not a citizen of this country. So, I applied under "international applicant" with financial needs stated.</p>

<p>My GPA is 4.0 (unweighted)
97.4% - GPA weighted
I did a summer research at YALE university/ Southern Connecticut U.
I live in 5 countries for the 1st 12 years of my life</p>

<p>Those are some of the most impressive things about me.</p>

<p>My SAT scores are not very high:
Highest - 600 CR 650 M 640 C (1890) But my super-score would be 1920</p>

<p>Please chance me!!!</p>

<p>WHAT WERE YOUR STATS?</p>

<p>FYI, Heres my resume</p>

<p>Freshman Year:</p>

<ol>
<li> Connecticut Regionals -First Robotics 2nd place Winner (out of 62 teams)</li>
<li> ACADEMIC AWARD – Best Progressive Effort </li>
<li> Induction into World Language National Honor Society (Inducted as a Freshman in High school)</li>
<li> Team Captain of Shelton Relay for Life</li>
<li> HeartSaver CPR/ First Aid Certified –American Heart Association</li>
</ol>

<p>Sophomore Year:
1. Connecticut regionals –First Robotics 7th place winner (out of 62 teams)
2. National Honor Student
3. All American Scholar Award
4. National Leadership Summit
5. National Society of High School Scholars
6. National Young Leader’s Conference (NYLC)
7. People to People Student Ambassador 2009
8. Named 2009 National Scholar by NYLC
9. 3rd place winner in University of New Haven’s 2009 Forensic Science competition for High School students</p>

<p>Junior Year: (Current Academic Year)</p>

<p> Computer Science Award – Medalist – Connecticut State-Level Science Fair 2010
 Second Honors – Connecticut Science Fair 2010
 Second Place Junior Class Winner of Shelton High School Science Fair 2010
 Fourth Place Overall – Shelton High School Science Fair 2010
 2nd Place Winner – FIRST Robotics Competition – Connecticut Regionals
 4th Place Winner – National FIRST Robotics Competition
 1st Place Winner – 2010 Forensic Science Competition (held at University of New Haven)
 Student of the Month of October, 2009
 BOOK AWARD – for Excellence in Academics and Leadership in Community Service. – given by St. Michael’s University as a recognition for academic achievement with social conscience.
 Inducted into National Honor Society
 3Rd Place- American Legion Oratorical Contest
 CAPT Scholar Award
 Designated An Outstanding Spokesman For Freedom and given a Certificate of Merit by The Veterans of Foreign Wars Association Charleston
 Educational Leader and Mentor Award – National Young Leader’s State Conference
 Washington Journalism and Media Conference
 National Youth Leadership Forum – National Security
 ERT (Emergency Medical Response Technician) CERTIFIED
 Varsity Letter – Shelton High School Robotics Team
Leadership Positions/ School Activites:
Leadership Positions:
 Class Officer of Class 2011 – Treasurer
 Chairman –- Shelton Relay for Life’s Youth Recruitment Committee (2008, 2009, 2010)
 Team Captain - Shelton Relay for Life –Affiliated with American Cancer Society (2008 and 2009)
Team Captain/ President – SHS Robotics Team (2010-2011) – chosen for the upcoming year
 Vice President - Math Club (2009)
 Homeroom Representative (2010)
 Secretary of World Language (French) National Honor Society (2008, 2009, 2010)
 Officer – Prom Committee (2010)
 Secretary - Math Club (2008)
 Technology Manager - HOSA (Health Occupation students of America) (2009, 2010)
 Treasurer - HOSA (Health Occupation students of America) (2009, 2010)</p>

<p>School Activities:
 Robotics Club – Varsity Letter, Graphics, Design and Programming department member<br>
 Math club<br>
 HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)
 Student Council
 Class Officer / Representative
 World Language National Honor Society
 Indoor Track Team – Junior Varsity
 National Honor Society
 SHS Forensics Team</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community Service:
 Special Olympics Volunteer (2008, 2009, 2010)
 Plumb Memorial Library Summer Volunteer (2007, 2009)
 Griffin Hospital Volunteer (2009, 2010)
 Huntington Library Volunteer (2009)
 Shelton Lakes Health Care Center visitor (2008, 2009, 2010)
 Contributor of SHS Adopt-a-family (2009, 2010)
 Participator of Birmingham Group’s Health Services Inc.’s Bowl-to-Benefit (2009)
Participator of American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life (2008, 2009, 2010)</p>

<p>Special Interest, Hobbies, etc.:
 Volunteering
 Painting – Pottery painting, Landscape painting and Fabric Painting
 Composing music
 Robotics
 Indian Classical Dance –Bharathanatiyam
 Languages I know are:
 English (US/ UK)
 Tamil (Indian)
 Hindi (Indian)
 Malayalam (Indian)
 Sanskrit (Indian)
 Urdu (Pakistani)
French
 Programming – Visual Basic 8.0, C++
 CAD (Computer Aided Design)</p>

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<p>You seem to be a very strong applicant. However, the SAT is going to be a big problem. But there ARE students with scores at the lower end of the SAT spectrum so it is possible.</p>

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<p>BUMP! (P.S HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :slight_smile: TO ALL CCers )</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Your SAT is probably at the the 5-10% of un-hooked applicants (not athlete, not URM, not legacy or political), while your GPA is probably right in the middle.</p>

<p>If I were an adcom, I would ask myself if there were some compelling reason to admit you while rejecting applicants with similar GPA and SAT 200-400 points higher. There might be, but its not a likelihood.</p>

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<p>I dunno – living in five different countries seems like a hook to me. And that resume – yipes!!</p>

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<p>Bump 10char anyone? PLEASE CHANCE ME.</p>

<p>Tell me if am Fit for Rice and on a scale of 1-100 (100 being extremely good chance of getting accepted) what would you say my score would be?</p>

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<p>^ … 51.2%</p>

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<p>How can you not get into Rice with those stats? I mean, the highest GPA in my school is a kid with 96. And those EC’s are ridiculous, and the SAT’s are bad but if you can study and get a 97 GPA then you can study and get a 2100 SAT</p>

<p>Geez some people are a little over-anxious</p>

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<p>That’s ridiculous. I give the OP a 43.7% chance, tops.</p>

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<p>You do realize that schools all have different grading standards, right? Like, vastly different grading standards.</p>

<p>But yeah, go get yourself an SAT prep book or something, OP. You’ve got time.</p>

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<p>re do the sat and take some ap’s and im quite sure they require some subject tests too…if you get good scores in these…you are virtually un-rejectable!!</p>

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<p>did I miss something? OP wrote that he/she already applied to Rice. How could there be time to take the SAT again??</p>

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<p>^And yet, OP is currently a Junior… I’m confused.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the misunderstanding, this was my un-updated resume. Yes, I have already applied to Rice university and waiting.</p>

<p>Thanks for your comments.</p>

<p>If any one would like to chance me please do so.</p>

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<p>Huh, my biggest question is why you didn’t try to take the ACT if your SATs were so bad. My friend got into Rice with less things on his resume than you, lower GPA, and an ACT of 33. He took his SATs twice and couldn’t see himself improving from a 1900.</p>

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<p>OH BTW, I have taken 9 AP Course:</p>

<p>AP Calc AB,
AP stat,
AP Bio,
AP Chem,
AP European Hist,
AP U.S Hist,
AP Physic B,
AP Psychology
UCONN (University of Connecticut) French 368</p>

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<p>anyone there? please keep chancing me…</p>

<p>My SAT Subject test scores were in the very low 600s</p>

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<p>Please chance me,… Bump!!!</p>