<p>thanks guys!!!!:) you made my day:) yeah we have a very small class. PM me if you want the lengthy explanation. we have ranged from 9 to 13 people.(brother graduated in a class of 2). The letter really was a surprise to me though. I don't have any really big hooks or anything.</p>
<p>hey! the letters are for "owl scholars" or students that are going to get a scholarship from rice! if you don't get one, it doesn't mean that you will not get in...it's just a letter to tell those students that a) they are likely to get in and b) with some mula...</p>
<p>I got one today! (And one for UVA too!) I'm so excited.
If you're an "owl scholar," would it say so in the likely letter?
stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/618229-chance-southbound-senior-please.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/618229-chance-southbound-senior-please.html</a> i'm ranked 3 now though
congrats, all!!</p>
<p>^how did you get your mail so early in the morning? congrats.</p>
<p>My mailman comes at 9 am. Is that really weird? I guess I'll be the first to know come april 1.</p>
<p>Hey, congrats to everyone who's gotten likely letters so far.</p>
<p>One question, though: what is the date printed on the letters?</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>yay i just got one.</p>
<p>its dated 2/16 and i live in CA.</p>
<p>my stats:
SAT (R/W/M) 750/800/800
SAT2 (math2/physics/us history) 800/800/760
Rank 1/590ish
a bunch of APs all 5's
Quite a few EC's eg community service, hockey, piano, etc
ntnl merit
work at 2 jobs
i think i did a fairly good job with the essays</p>
<p>quite excited :)</p>
<p>So if we didn't get a likely...does that mean we won't get scholarship?? :[[</p>
<p>yeah, my letter's dated 2/16 as well.</p>
<p>some brief stats:
SAT (R/W/M): 800, 750, 800 - one sitting
SAT IIs: Bio M - 790, Chem - 750, Math II - 800
APs: World Hist - 4, US Hist - 5, Calc BC - 5, Eng Lang - 5, Eng Lit - 5, CompSci A - 5, Chem - 5, Bio - 5
GPA: 4.0 on 4.0 scale and like 5. 77? on a 6.0 scale
Rank: 6/579
Ntl Merit Finalist
Debate Awards (State, District, Local, Nationals)
Science Olympiad Nationals
Student Council
Honor Societies (Science, Spanish, etc)
Community Service
Research
Dance
Vocal Music</p>
<p>...um i was pretty surprised to get this letter yesterday, considering i thought my essay was okay, but not great. maybe my location had something to do with it - i live like 30 minutes away from rice - lolll. i have to admit that rice isn't really my top choice, but this letter definitely makes me feel more inclined to go there. yayyyy no need for back-ups anymore <em>relieved sigh</em>
congrats to others!</p>
<p>OMG I JUST GOT ONE. I was so excited I literally started bawling on my street! AHH. This just made my life. I've been waiting for this for SOOO long. </p>
<p>I didn't think my "subjective" part of the app were that good, but here are my stats (format stolen from Yale), if you want:
(applied to engineering, Chinese female)
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR-730 M-800 W-750 (79MC 8E)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II-800, US History-750, BioE-750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 at the time, 3.94 now.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/780 (96th) at the time, 55/780 (93rd) now
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC/AB (5/5), Env. Sci (4), Biology (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Music Theory (5), Comparative Gov (5), Stats (5)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really... the most are all-state and regional medals.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster), MN Music Listening Contest (Founder and Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Senior Service Project (Officer), Young Democrats (Secretary of State)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Usher at Orchestra Hall, Violin teacher, Cashier/Server at Sbarro in the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Um, basically I organized a few fundraisers for orchestra and about 100 hours "everywhere"
[</em>] Summer Activities: Took classes through CTD and local university, summer orchestra (All-State), and work
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp wasn't that impressive, Rice ones were GREAT
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Dec?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read, but she knows me VERY well out of a large class.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Orchestra Teacher of three years
[<em>] Interview: Nope...
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper-middle?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None...?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Transcript, I guess? I took calc 3 and linear algebra and a 3xxx-level class at the U of M.
[*] Weaknesses: Essays, recs, and community service</p>
<p>Modulation,</p>
<p>Congrats !! thanks for your sharing stats; west cost ?</p>
<p>nsrjsyt</p>
<p>Don't freak out if you don't get a likely letter. That's the downside of having a forum like this!!! In the good old days, you would not have known that other people were receiving likely letters, and you would just be hap-hap-happy to get your acceptance in April!</p>
<p>Haha you're so right, I really wish I got
one. Living in new York I wouldve by now right?</p>
<p>All of your stats/test scores are amazing.</p>
<p>I got a likely letter with just a 34 ACT and 2110 SAT</p>
<p>ironmetal, they only look at the highest out of SAT/ACT if you submit both. Your 2110 SAT is good, but your 34 ACT is very good. Definitely not "just" a 34!</p>
<p>ah man, HopeImAccepted, i feel the same exact way. except i'm from new jersey lol. if the likely letters are indicative of who receives the merit aid, i'm kinda disappointed lol. i was really hoping to get in and get some merit aid because i'm probably not gonna get much need based aid if i do get in.</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): CR 660 M 710 W 710 Essay 10 (Kinda weak, I know..)
* ACT: 34
* SAT II: 790 Chem, 750 Spanish, 750 Math II
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, 5.08 weighted
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/203
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on Calc AB, Chem, Euro, Psych, US, Spanish; 4 on Lang
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Macro + Micro, AP Calc BC, Student Govt. Leadership, AP Gov, IB Spanish, AP Lit
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Yale University Book Award, AP Scholar with Distinction
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Govt. (President, Treasurer, and Benevolent Funds Commissioner), Cross Country (Capt., 3 Varsity Letters), Spanish Honors Society (Treasurer), Key Club, NHS
* Job/Work Experience: Bellman, Hosptial Internship
* Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours..so many activities
* Summer Activities: American Legion Boys State Delegate, American Legion Boys Nation Senator
* Essays: not bad
* Teacher Recommendation: Only read 1 out of the 2 I sent (school policy) and it sounded great!
* Counselor Rec: Not allowed to read
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: my interviewer and i never could agree on an actual date so she just decided to stop talking to me lol
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): FL
* Country (if international applicant): USA
* School Type: medium private
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: Middle
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Valedictorian?
</code></pre>
<p>^5.08... i think that is the highest gpa i've ever heard of</p>
<p>What is the relationship beween likely letters and merit aid??</p>
<p>^ MY D has a 5.90 weighted.. it's very commun in Florida.. the valeditorian has an 6.5...!! it's depends of the your state.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Rice sends all their likely letters out in the same wave or might they be sent in sort of a rolling mail out? S was very disappointed when he heard about the others and he didn't get one. He's not an URM, but he has really great stats IMO, so I think he sort of expected to get accepted and the likely letter thing is worrying him. His app has been at Rice for a long time because he applied for the Baylor-Rice medical program and it had to be there by Dec 1 (I think) for that. Did any of you that got a likely also apply to Baylor-Rice?</p>