***OFFICIAL class of 2014 Rice Early Decision Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>yeah post your stats dogs</p>

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<p>I want to major in Bioengineering/Biomedical engineering and then go onto med school. Im from Houston, a male, and white. I hope I get in! Good luck to everybody else!..not too much luck of course</p>

<p>Rank: 1/667 at a public school
Unweighted GPA 4.00/4.00
Weighted GPA 5.52/6.00</p>

<p>ACT score - 32
English - 34
Math - 33
Reading - 32
Science - 29(…)
English w/ Writing - 32(9 on essay)</p>

<p>AP scores so far</p>

<p>APUSH(5)
English Language(4)
Psychology(4)
Music Theory(3)</p>

<p>Course Load Senior Year
AP Biology
AP U.S. Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Statistics
Wind Symphony
AP Calculus AB( no BC at school unfortunately)
AP English Literature
Academic Decathlon</p>

<p>EC’s and Awards
-Marching Band and Top band all four years( made region and area band good shot at all-state this year) Brass section Leader(Junior year) and Band Captain(equivalent to President Senior year)

  • I play Euphonium and Trombone( Top awards on solos all four years on both instruments)
    -Eagle Scout
    -Academic Decathlon Team Junior and Senior year( 2nd place awards at regionals in Music, Math, and Speech)
    -Won with my team 3rd Place at the Youth About Business National Championships( strategic Merger and Acquisition competition)
    -National Honor Society(Senior Vice President)
    -Spanish honor Society
    -National Society of High School Scholars
    -Texas Music Scholar</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Usher at Church very week
-Run bingo at a retirement community once a month
-Taught First Aid to younger boy scouts at camp
-In charge of running the Solo and Ensemble competition for the region at my school
-Clean the area on my schools street once a month
-Played trombone at a charity concert(Pure Water Project)</p>

<p>Work Experience
-A competitive Internship( only 10 people were chosen) at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where I worked in the Gastroenterology department alongside researchers and was able to do my own project where I found a solution to help the motility of a burn patients digestive system in a cheap and easy way for third world countries to utilize it.
-I gave a HUGE presentation of my project to the staff of the medical school along with a Q&A session.</p>

<p>Essays and Recs

  • my essays will be good( about my experience at my internship along with the cultural lessons learned from working with Chinese and Egyptian colleagues)
  • will have good recs from my band director, math teacher, academic decathlon and former English teacher, and my mentor at my internship</p>
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<p>waiiiit why do we have this thread when there’s the other thread? what makes this one more official than the other, the extra asterixes? XD</p>

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<p>hry we already have one of these since july!</p>

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<p>How will Rice notify us for early decision?</p>

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<p>Hey can you guys answer my question. So if we are accepted for ED, what if we don’t have the income to afford it? I honestly don’t understand what Rice means by withdrawing other apps unless still finding out whether financial aid has been accepted. Please answer</p>

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<p>If Rice’s financial aid package isn’t good enough, you can get out of your ED contract.</p>

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<p>But don’t apply ED if you need to compare financial aid offers and/or you highly doubt you can afford it.</p>

<p>BTW, this thread is for the Rice class of 2014, not high school!</p>