<p>I live just outside of Houston, so the prospect of attending Rice is like the ultimate jackpot at the end of the rainbow for most of the students at my school. Does Rice favor OOS over IS, though? Last time I looked it up, I think only about 1/3 of the school's population was from Texas... :/</p>
<p>“Does Rice favor OOS over IS”</p>
<p>No
They are trying to get more diverse so they are rejected more in state and accepting more out of state from what I have heard but that doesn’t mean that your chances will be better nor is it the way vice versa. Their acceptance pool still has pretty high stats.</p>
<p>In other words, like all the other private schools, being instate or out of state does not put you at a disadvantage or advantage, it is quite equal. Rice is only trying to increase their diversity.</p>
<p>umm it is harder from In state from a percentage.</p>
<p>You are evaluated “on par” with ALL other applicants. It is harder statistically because way more people apply from Rice</p>
<p>you are less likely to get in as some random person from texas than someone from say california. but if you are qualified, it doesnt matter where you are from</p>
<p>almost 50% is from texas, the statistic they quoted to us at owl days was 45%.</p>
<p>yes but more like 75% of the applicants are from in state. thats not a real figure, but the acceptance rate for in state people is significantly lower</p>
<p>You have to consider the sheer, massive size of Texas in all its glory.</p>
<p>It’s probably a little smaller or a little bigger than California as one of the biggest states.</p>
<p>Moreover, since Rice is most famous in Texas, you will certainly see tons more TX applicants than, say, Massachusetts or Connecticut or Wyoming, etc.</p>
<p>Those two things alone will by itself generate a huge Texas applicant pool. It’s not that Rice favors TX applicants or doesn’t favor them, but the fact of the matter is the majority of applicants for Rice right now are TX residents so that’s how almost half the student body are Texans.</p>
<p>Thus, you have tons more competition regionally speaking, than if you were from North Dakota.</p>
<p>Rice is trying to break away from its Texas-majority association and thus trying to diversify itself and branch out more to reach out to the rest of the country and to spread its name as well; it is by no means discriminating against TX applicants, however. You’ll just be up against a lot more competition, and talented and driven competition at that.</p>
<p>A white/asian male from Houston area is the worst demographic to be from when applying to Rice. Similar to an Asian male from NY/NJ/CT/MA when applying to MIT.</p>
<p>“A white/asian male from Houston area is the worst demographic to be from when applying to Rice. Similar to an Asian male from NY/NJ/CT/MA when applying to MIT.”</p>
<p>Or a Asian who lives in San Fransisco applying to Stanford. :D</p>
<p>Or any Asian applying to Stanford.</p>
<p>There’s an earlier thread on this topic that you might be interested in reading:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/532957-texas-resident.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/532957-texas-resident.html</a></p>
<p>It’s not true, though, that the acceptance rate for Texas is lower than for California. At least, it wasn’t in 2008. I included a link to a NY Times study in the thread above. In 2008, 22% of Texans who applied to Rice were accepted. Only 17% of Californians who applied were accepted. Of course, the Texas applicants could have been more qualified. The study didn’t compare their qualifications.</p>
<p>The acceptance rates for several other states were higher than they were for Texas, but it doesn’t look like being from California is necessarily an advantage anymore.</p>
<p>“The acceptance rates for several other states were higher than they were for Texas”</p>
<p>But you have to look at how many people applied, if 100 people applied from lets say Iowa, and 23 get accepted then that is 23% but that wouldn’t be exactly reasonable considering that if you compared it to Texans, hundreds get accepted. I mean I do see that you get a better chance but looking at acceptance rating alone isn’t exactly a reliable source to see if you will be admitted or what your chances really are. Admissions is just “different” and sometimes unpredictable.</p>
<p>I live in a suburb outside of Houston, but my school is in the houston address. We are one of the top schools in the nation, 64 people applied and 6 got in. 9% acceptance rate!!! ugh, signficantly lower comapred to the overall 20ish% dont you think? it doesnt make sense, students at our school are one of the best in texas! but yeah i hope i get in this year besides these dim stats!</p>
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<p>hahahaha…</p>
<p>Or any Asians applying to HYPSM</p>
<p>fair enough. </p>
<p>OP. does that answer your question></p>