<p>i’m middle eastern too, well half middle eastern.</p>
<p>This is my first time to post.
My son graduated from Rice with a Bio/Chem degree this past May.
I just want to tell you that comparing and chancing stats is ridiculous. 4.5 yrs ago my son had good stats…Val of his class, near perfect GPA, strong tests, recs and extra curricular activities. 3 years ago my middle son applied to Rice with even better stats and he didn’t get accepted. Tonight we are waiting to find out if our youngest son will be accepted ED.
Keep in mind that the admissions people are looking for a well rounded class. They don’t want only the highest grades and scores, they want students who bring a wealth of diversity, life experiences, love of learning and more. If it was only about the scores and grades this whole process would make sense.</p>
<p>so all ya’ll from houston: tell me about the city! and what’s the culture like? my cousin who goes to UT told me everyone really friendly and society is generally laid-back. is it true? b/c that sounds awesome.</p>
<p>westham</p>
<p>egyptian/syrian reppin it up over here ;d</p>
<p>owlalumnimom: Thanks for the reality check!</p>
<p>dixiesilverjojo, i live in long island haha.</p>
<p>houston, dark blue, w, hispanic</p>
<p>Fairfax, VA, green, J, White</p>
<p>(Houston,blue,B,White)</p>
<p>Tulsa, Purple!, S, White</p>
<p>ohh btw, when i said asian, i meant bengali.</p>
<p>are there alotta brown ppl in houston? (indian, marathi, tamil, etc?)</p>
<p>new york, blue, S, chinese (:</p>
<p>lovetoswim, i love houston. When i go to other cities, and come back to houston (or texas in general) i notice that people are just generally friendlier. People are more willing to start a polite conversation with a random person, or hold the door open for eachother. The weather may be too hot for some, but i like it alot. It is very spread out, and has a huge mixture of cultures, and every sports team you can imagine. Anything you want to do, you can do here. Except for find a clean beach, Galveston has to be the worst beach in america.</p>
<p>oh, and </p>
<p>boston, green, T, asian (bengali)</p>
<p>New York, green, L, Korean :D</p>
<p>haha pootypie, I’m on LI too (:</p>
<p>And yeah, there are plenty of every race. It is a very evenly distributed city demographically.</p>
<p>i know one girl in my school that’s bengali. does that count? hmm but yeah i would say that houston has it’s fair share of an ethnically diverse population. you can find all sorts of people here it’s pretty cool</p>
<p>San Francisco Bay Area, no clue, R, White (me)/Chinese (mom)</p>
<p>whoaaaa no way. what school in LI, dixiesilverjojo?</p>
<p>Houston, satanica (its my own color i made up, most people cant even see it. It looks like blood, but its NOT blood), A, Persian</p>