<p>Nothing to do with Rice, but which corps did you march, dagger345? Just out of curiosity.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Fee Waiver Used?: No
School Applied to: Engineering
Rice/Baylor: No
SAT I (by section): Math 800, CR 720, Writing 660 (2180)
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, Chem 800, Phy 800
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: school doesnt have such a thing
Essays (subject and responses): rushed in a night!</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: no idea
Interview:decent?
Hook (if any): international? is tt a hook?
Other ECs: lots of volunteer work. fencing related achievements, leadership stuff
State or Country: Singapore
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Independent
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Strengths/Weaknesses: no idea
Other Factors: My strange box!
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'M OVER THE MOOOOOON!! cant believe i got in despite a couple of Ds and flunking my S papers! (somewhat like APs) :):)</p>
<p>Son got a call from gf after tonight's band concert. She had received the email that she got it. It was hard waiting until we could get home & check...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Fee Waiver Used?: No
School Applied to: Natural Sciences (Math & Physics)
Rice/Baylor: No
SAT I (by section): Math 780, CR 800, Writing 800 (2380)
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, Phy 800
GPA, Weighted - 4.555 and Unweighted - 3.76
Essays (subject and responses): spent lots of time, rewrites, etc.
Teacher Recs: one excellent; other two probably very good
Interview:nothing to write about
Hook (if any): none
Other ECs: mostly spent lots of time doing band-related stuff
State or Country: Texas
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Magnet Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Strengths/Weaknesses: no idea
Now we can relax a little. Son is SOOOOO happy!!!</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity...did anyone use a fee waiver? and also are there any students that participated in upward bound/ trio pre-college programs???</p>
<p>rejected</p>
<p>GPA: 3.55uw 4.1w (def what completely destroyed my chances)
SATs: 1470/2140
SAT IIs: 780IIC 770Physics
ECs: varsity tennis, clubs
Awards:some random awards here and there</p>
<p>applied to engineering</p>
<p>i guess rice wasnt for me...</p>
<p>My D used a fee waiver. Rice gave her a waiver since she designated them as one of the two schools to notify about her NM status last April.</p>
<p>If y'all want to format it... use this. Just delete the spaces in the brackets.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ *] School Applied:
[ *] Rice/Baylor Applicant:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs/Community Service/Work Experience:
[ *] Essay:
[ *] Teacher Rec(s):
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>how exactly can we check using the id system?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M-720, V-670, W-780 = 2170
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IC-670, Literature-670
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 uw
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, Venture Scholar
[<em>] School Applied: Humanities
[</em>] Rice/Baylor Applicant: I forgot whether or not I checked 'Yes"...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs/Community Service/Work Experience: 3 sport athlete. Church group, clarinet, NHS, etc.
[</em>] Essay: Pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Rec(s): I sent two. I'm pretty sure they were both excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Middle East
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private (International)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic/international living experiences
[<em>] Strengths: URM, multicultural experiences, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II scores leave something to be desired, ECs could be better
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See Strengths[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I'm so excited!</p>
<p>are you from qatar?</p>
<p>let's see if this works...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):800cr, 700m, 750wr
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 lit, 800 UShistory, 700 Spanish
[<em>] ACT:34
[</em>] GPA: 3.94 after second semester
[<em>] Rank: 19/488 or so
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist
[<em>] School Applied: Humanities (though am now leaning a different way)
[</em>] Rice/Baylor Applicant:nah
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs/Community Service/Work Experience: Quiz team, Jazz band, Jazz guitar, books for prisoners project, nhs, newspaper columnist for a while... maybe some other things...
[</em>] Essay: i don't know... writing was solid, topic was not too original
[<em>] Teacher Rec(s): teacher likes me a lot, figure it was good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none i can think of
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[ <em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): average to good public, no stats
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (of mostly german descent)
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): still none I can think of
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, upward trend, out of state
[</em>] Weaknesses: early high school grades... probably some others
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: once again--test scores, upward trend, out of state[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** I put a picture of Eric Dolphy in the box.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I'm pretty pumped after being deferred from chicago. gives me a little hope. I will probably end up going, if i can get over leaving friends behind.</p>
<p>hey. does anyone know if the acceptance packages for intels are sent by normal snail mail or Fedex?</p>
<p>i haven't received an email yet</p>
<p>accepted!!!!!!! </p>
<p>congrats to all who got in</p>
<p>Accepted as well! Congrats!</p>
<p>And hi to you again Magerie!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!</p>
<p>SATS by section: 800 CR, 800 W, 760 M
SAT IIS : 799, 710, 720, 730 (and a random 600, but we won't talk about that)
Class Rank: unknown but top 3% at least
Extracurrics: a lot, don't feel like listing</p>
<p>my stats are on here somewhere else, just do a search</p>
<p>way too excited to finish posting! congrats to everyone else</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750 M, 690 CR, 720 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (Math IIC), 770 (Chem), 730 (US History)
[<em>] GPA: 4.06/4.30 (A+= 4.3)
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but at least top 10
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on AP Chem, AP Spanish Lang., AP US History; 3 on English Lang.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Everyone who read my common app essay thought it was really good, no one read my rice prepective essay but i thought it was very unique
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably really good (didn't read)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably really good (didn't read)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Essays, leadership in ECs, and i'm poor (fee waiver used)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: i thought my SAT I scores were low
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i don't know, probably my essays are what got me in[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone who got in. I hope that the people who got deferred get in RD.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in! At this point, I'm 95% sure I'll be going to Rice... I'm so excited, and I can't wait to meet y'all!</p>
<p>To those who were deferred, I know what you're feeling (I was deferred from my EA school). Hang in there, even though it pretty much stinks right now. I'm pulling for y'all to get in RD.</p>
<p>To those rejected: please don't think this admissions decision is synonymous with your self-worth. Looking at the stats on here, you guys are beyond amazing. You're going to get into college, and from there, you have as good a chance as any of us at succeeding in life. Good luck with your other schools.</p>
<p>*Decision: Application for Admission is Approved *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section):800 M 770 V 690 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 USH, 740 Physics
[</em>] ACT:nope
[<em>] APs: 5 on Calc AB, Microecon (self study), US History, Statistics; 4 on
Macroecon - self study
[</em>] IBs: nope
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 103.3 W, 96.5 UW
[</em>] Rank: 3/750~
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP US govt, AP English, AP Calc BC, Honors German 4, IS improv
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Other stats: Male Beauty Pageant winner twice.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council President, Lots of Drama and Musicals, Math team, Chess team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at local government.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Threw my passion for improvisation at them, basically how it has transformed from Say What! Karaoke to Who's Line is it Anyway.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 3 Sweet ones.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 1 Sweet one.
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Not that great of an interview.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Male in Theater?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public Average SAT 1470 (3 sections)
[<em>] Ethnicity: WASP
[</em>] Income Bracket: Well, call me the Confederacy, because I can't get a Grant.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: Grapling.
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I have good grades/scores/ecs/leadership. Weaknesses, I really don't know what engineering is, and thats what I applied for.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My Interviewer said, "Wow, those are high scores." I'm not from Texas. I'm not doing BioMedEng.
[/ul]
Other Factors:CTY 4 years, I established a long E-mail contact, and did not visit. The E-mail people are very nice and respond to any and all questions promptly.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yeah Applied Mathematics! Congrats on everyone who got in.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all those accepted! I'm hoping to see all of you at Owl Weekend and possibly next year. =)</p>
<p>Many sympathies to all those who are rejected/deferred. Your stats are brilliant, and this is definitely not a measurement of your talents. I know you all will get into wonderful colleges, Rice or not. Good luck on your other applications!</p>