Jersey girl needs advice on ED app! =]

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<p>Hey, I see that chance forms become a little redundant ("it's a crapshoot," "you can never be sure," etc.) and tend to come across as boastful, but I'm really curious as to what current/past/parents of Rice students think my chances would be for an ED admission.</p>

<p>More importantly than my "chances", I was hoping I could get some advice on Rice's tendencies with early decision admissions in general and how I can weave that into my application. No one has gone to my school from Rice (generally, the top 10% graduates apply to all the East Coast schools that didn't tickle my fancy haha), and so I can't ask past graduates from my high school.</p>

<p>I've visited Rice twice and I'm CRAZY about it; lots of kids in my grade and all of my friends know that I am, and if they see my stats here, they'll know it's me. Doesn't matter =] I love Rice, and it would be wonderful if I could just get an application accepted and be done for the rest of the year!</p>

<p>Thank you so much in advance!</p>

<p>GPA: 3.88/4.00 UW, 4.28 W
Class Rank: Top 10% out of 450
School Type: Competitive Public
State: NJ
Ethnicity: Filipino/White hybrid with Hispanic (Mestizo on the Filipino side) blood
Financial Aid: Won't qualify</p>

<p>SAT: 2360/2400
780 Math
780 Critical Reading
800 Writing</p>

<p>ACT: 34
36 Science
34 English
33 Math
32 Reading</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
Math2: 770
Chem: 650 (I don't really want to send this, but maybe I should anyway)
US: 800</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
Chem AP
Calc C/D (Calculus C going into multivariable)
Micro/Macro AP
Music Theory AP
English 12 AP
Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Calc AB: 5
US History: 5
Psychology: 4</p>

<p>ECs:
BAND basically consumes my life...
- 4 years of curricular band (2 yrs in uppermost level)
- 3 years of jazz band
- 4 years of marching band (section leader last year and this year, wind sergeant this year)
- Band President (queen of the geeks yay!!!) (senior year)
- 2 years of Saxophone ensembles (soph year: Sax Ensemble, junior year: Sax Quartet, senior year: Sax Quintet)
- 2 years of classical soloist concerts for sax (junior/senior year)</p>

<p>Other ECs:
- Cultural diversity club/Asian Festival (4 yrs)
- National Honors Society (publicity chair) (Senior year)
- Artist show series (junior/senior year)
- School Newspaper (Freshman/Sophomore year) (head features editor Soph year then quit, because I didn't like it it)
- Weekly Columnist for the local paper (Senior year)</p>

<p>Honors:
- Spanish honor society (soph/junior)
- National honor society (senior year)
- Math honor society nominee (junior/senior year)
- New Jersey Scholars Program nominee, semifinalist, acceptee, and attendee (5 weeks this summer, greatest experience ever) and Class of 2009 Representative
- National Merit Semifinalist (Rice was written down as #1 choice back in April, and so I received the waived application fee)</p>

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<p>I don’t usually respond to chance threads, but you’ve asked some pretty specific questions here. You’re extremely well qualified, and you seem to know Rice well…and you say that financial aid isn’t something you require (at least that’s how I interpreted what you said). If that’s the case, you seem like an ideal ED applicant. You have everything to gain in applying ED and nothing to lose. There’s no guarantee, of course, but unless you think there’s another school where you might want to apply ED, or you’re concerned about financial aid, I can’t see any downside to your applying ED. Good luck, and I hope you’re another happy Rice student next year!</p>

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<p>Your chances look very good, but again, you are not a shoo-in either. Being out-of-state helps, since half of Rice’s student body is from Texas. Good luck!! I hope you become a Rice Owl next year.</p>

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<p>You look like a strong candidate. Your essays will be a important addition to your good grades and scores, so take time to make them great! I’d recommend being specific about what you discovered at Rice during your 2 visits that attracts you as well as what you’ll add to the community. To quote from another post, make your essays “personal, honest, detailed, and revealing” so that the readers really get to know you. If the essays could be written by anyone else, they’re not personal, honest, detailed and revealing enough. Good luck to you! Rice is an amazing place.</p>

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<p>My son went from Long island and now he’s a very happy recent graduate with a great job. He loved his time at Rice.
I think there are a couple of advantages you have:
No one from your school has been before
You don’t need financial aid (I think that does help, even though they would never admit it)
Show your PASSION for Rice. Every school wants students who really want to go there. </p>

<p>Good luck :-)!</p>

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<p>Don’t usually respond to chances thread. But as the parent of a Rice grad from a public high in NJ, I’d say that your chances are slightly better than excellent. Rice has many applicants with very high stats like yours, but most do not apply ED. I’d bet that you will see the thick envelope early.</p>

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<p>if you dont qualify for fin aid, you are definitely in the running for merit aid</p>

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<p>you’re gonna love the mob (marching owl band)
like they say though, the mob isnt like ordinary college marching bands
its pretty chill and we have a great time, check it out if you havnt already
[The</a> MOB • Rice University’s Marching Owl Band](<a href=“http://mob.rice.edu/]The”>http://mob.rice.edu/)
btw i play electric guitar for the mob,
hopefully we’ll see you next year!</p>

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<p>Ahh! I really want to get in; thank you so much everyone for your positiveness!! =]</p>