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<p>Official EA Decisions/Stats Thread </p>

<p>Hey... a lot of the other colleges have this thread... but we're gonna make Rice's the best one ever! This thread is for admissions decisions ONLY... and hopefully will be helpful to prospective Owls next year!!</p>

<p>So the format should be like the following...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600
SAT IIs: 800, 800, 800
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: 1/435
Other stats: 5's on AP US History, AP Biology
Subjective:
Essays: very good, but not great
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): cured cancer
Location/Person:
State or Country: Nebraska
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: male
Other Factors:
Legacy, spent the summer in Botswana teaching people about AIDS, had mono all of freshamn year, etc.</p>

<p>General Comments: (I guess this part is optional, just if you feel like you need to add anything extra. Congratulations to other people can go here, too)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530
SAT IIs: 800, 790, 740
GPA: 3.8 uw
Rank: 1%
Other stats: APs - USH 5, ABCalc 5</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: if i do say so myself, a few of the best I think I've ever written
Teacher Recs: I didn't read them but I'd imagine pretty good :)
Counselor Rec: who cares, 4 counselors for 2300 kids</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Other Factors:
Sent in a supplement of photography, supplement essay on running the state-wide prejudice reduction conference, and work with human relations in general. Work at elections, this and that. Varsity in three sports all four years of high school... um.............. </p>

<p>General Comments: hehe yay :) 32K Barbara Jordan scholarship (for "building bridges within and across racial and cultural divides", basically diversity education and programs)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450
SAT IIs: 730, 720, 730
GPA: 96.4 Unweighted
Rank: top 5 percent, we do not rank
Other stats: APs - Chemistry, US History, Eng Lang, Stat</p>

<p>Senior year (6 APs, Physics, Calc BC, Eng, Span, Psycy, Eco)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY, Go NY(Long Island)
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT:800V, 770M (1570)
* SAT IIs: 800 writing, 800 IIC, 800 Bio E
* GPA: 5.7371
* Rank: 5/609
* Other stats: 5s on French Lit, BC Calc, Bio, English Lang, U.S. Hist., Euro Hist., Comp Sci AB, 4 on French Lang; 6 on French SL, 7 on Bio SL
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: common app one got me into Yale and National Merit; I used a different essay (still about my experience as a counselor at a camp for kids with disabilities) for the supplement that I thought was okay but not my best, and the one about why I'm applying to the specific school was sort of made up on the spot
* Teacher Recs: never saw em
* Counselor Rec: never saw it
* Hook (if any): IB band nerd who works with chidren with disabilities
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:Austin, TX
* School Type: Public, IB
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: F
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: super involved in band and general musical things, volunteers a lot
General Comments: I really thought I wasn't going to get in. My interview didn't go as well as I would have liked, and a recent comment from a friend that putting HYP along with UT Austin, Duke, Wash U, and UNC in the other colleges blank would hurt my chances made me super wary.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, time to start working on Rice/Baylor app.</p>

<p>Congrats to those accepted, my condolences and wishes of good luck for the regular round to those not.</p>

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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT I: 730 M, 790 V.
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Physics, 800 Writing, 790 US History
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 10 AP Classes. AP scores: 5 Calc AB, 5 US Hist, 4 Eng Lang, 4 Comp Sci.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>There seems to be a tendency for acceptees to paint really rosy images of this stuff. It's hard for us to judge our own work, but I'm going to try to tell it like it is.</p>

<p>Essay: I'll be honest here. My Common App piano essay was trite and cliched. Yes, it was very well written, at least in my opinion. But it was on tired and worn-out material. I sent this to Princeton, and well, I got deferred. (I really happen to think my essays did me in at Princeton, they were rather hackneyed.)</p>

<p>Put it this way ... the essays had to be completely re-done for the other schools.</p>

<p>My Rice personal statement did depict that I wanted to make a difference in a particular field. I guess it showed some drive. It was okay, but nothing special. </p>

<p>I didn't get anything across that I really wanted to in those essays. It was my chance to shine, and I definitely blew it. My rewritten essays were very good, at least I felt, but those did NOT go to Rice.</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: </p>

<p>The one I read from my AP Calculus teacher was absolutely wonderful. Not to sound arrogant, but I don't think it gets orders of magnitude better than what he wrote. It's very hard for me to put into words, because a lot of it was the style in which it was written, and I don't remember it completely. It was down to earth and overflowing with praise. He went to great lengths to describe my ability and love of learning. I can honestly tell you it was outstanding.</p>

<p>I didn't read my history teacher's recommendation. But he was extremely confident that I would get into a very good school, and I did do very well in his class. He has told me that a lot of people take his course and get A's, but not many people actually love the material, and he said it was great that I really liked history. I also participated a great deal in his class, and talk to him about world affairs on the side.</p>

<p>I'm sure my counselor rec was very nice. She wouldn't let me read it, but she does believe I've matured a tremendous amount and she really likes me. She also thinks my academic abilities and extracurricular activities are top flight.</p>

<p>Why I think I got admitted: Outstanding grades, strong SAT II scores, very nice recs that praised my love of learning. Winning cello and piano competitions probably helped as well, lots of music stuff. I also won several state level academic awards. National Merit Semifinalist. I think Rice was good enough to overlook my essay issues.</p>

<p>Sent in a CD - not sure if it made a difference.</p>

<p>Other factors:
No interview. Sent Rice an update, and called to reaffirm my interest (had gone to talk to a visiting admissions officer at my school). I also sent in a detailed Activity List (which I created after I got deferred from Princeton).</p>

<p>Geographic? NJ? Maybe that helped?</p>

<p>Joey</p>

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<p>Daughters Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats: 1400 SAT/32 ACT
SAT2's: 710, 740, 620
GPA: 4.54
Rank: 1/215</p>

<p>Subjective:
4 Year letterman soccer and track
Mock Trials 3 years
Newspaper 4 years (sports editor then editor in chief)
Interact 3 years (treasurer senior year)
NHS
National Merit Commended
Book Club
Sunday school teacher 4 years
Full time summer job 2 years</p>

<p>Great teacher recs. Geographic: PA</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1500 (760V, 740M)
SAT IIs: 710/690/660
GPA: 3.96/4.33 uw
Rank: not given- top 5% guess
Other stats: very tough course schedule, esp senior year (school doesn't offer that many APs, but taking 3 this year)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: major one about how much i love the library (dork!)
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: excellent, she really expanded my application and talked about how teachers felt about me, etc., other things that weren't elsewhere on the app
Hook (if any): location (RI), major (classics), 1st generation college, interesting extra currics</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: RI
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Other Factors: ...</p>

<p>General Comments: i think some of the more unique things on my app: 1st generation, my extra currics, really really helped.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580 - 800m, 780v
SAT IIs: 800, 780, 760
GPA: 4.4w, ~3.9uw
Rank: no rank
Other stats: APs - US Hist 5, Eng Lang 5, Calc BC 5, Comp Sci A 5, five more APs this year</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: fairly decent - good
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: probably better than teacher recs</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M
Other Factors:
Strong music background - 10 year piano, 8 year trombone, marching band, jazz band, NJ region band, wind ensemble, NMSC Semifinalist, stuff like that</p>

<p>hey, jprencipe - you're pretty similar to me - nj, deferred from princeton, ap calc rec, common app essay on piano, semifinalist haha</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone else.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1550
SAT IIs: 800, 760, 710
GPA: 4.0
Rank: no rank
Other stats: 4 on ap geography
Subjective:?
Essays: bad
Teacher Recs: decent
Counselor Rec: decent
Hook (if any): intel and siemens semi
State or Country: tx
School Type: public
Ethnicity: fob
Gender: male
Other Factors: not legacy</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted w/merit aid. </p>

<p>SAT: 1570 (800v,770m)
SAT II: 800 WH, 800 USH, 800 WR, and 770 bio.
Rank: 5/415 at very competitive public high.
GPA: 3.98 uw, 5.23 W
APs: 8 with 4 taken so far all 5's
Essay: Not very pertinant to topic, but pretty good in style and content.
Interview: Went very, very well. Long, indepth discussion.
Teacher Rec: Amazing (I think)
Counselor Rec: Blah.
Ethnicity/Gender: White Male
Location: TN
ECs: A few strong ones with awards. Nothing incredible though.
Advice: Go to the Rice meetings in town! I went to one and then stayed after to talk with some alumni and the admissions person and then went to the meeting at my school. Repeated showings with lots of interest and good qeustions probably made a big impact.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted ED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 750/720=1470
SAT IIs: 740, 740, 680
GPA: 3.96 uw</p>

<p>Other stats: 5's on AP US History, 4 on AP Calculus
Subjective:
Essays: Mediocre
Teacher Recs: OK... not really sure.
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): Eagle Scout, viola, varsity tennis... not sure if any or all were big "hooks"
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: 1500
SAT IIs: 730, 750, 640
GPA: 3.71 uw 4.3 w
Rank: no ranking system in my school
Other stats: 5's on AP biology, calculus AB, calculus bc, 4s on chemistry and us history. taking 5 APs this year
Subjective:
Essays: very good
Teacher Recs: I guess good or I wouldn't have gotten in
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): two summer internships. acknowledged on a published scientific paper as a key player
Location/Person:
State or Country: AL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Other Factors: lots of leadership stuff and volunteer hours. avid tutor, I think both my recs mentioned that.</p>

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<p>ADMITTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1530
SAT IIs: 800writing, 790mathIIc, 790worldhist
GPA: 3.95uw
Rank: 2/490
Other stats: 5 - Bio, Euro, World, Am Gov, Comp Gov. 4 - Chemistry
Subjective:
Essays: solid
Teacher Recs: the teacher knows me well and likes me. i think it was pretty good.
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): high amounts of political involvement, former Houston resident
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: lots of good EC's: debate, JSA, tutoring, teacher aide @ congregation, local congresswoman advisory board, camp counselor; good update letter with 4 new awards and 3 notable activities</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: they saw a 1460, although I got a 1550 on the jan. SAT
SAT2s: 780 IIC, 710 writing, 700 french
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.65W
Rank: 1/400
Courseload: toughest available, 10 APs, a physics course at UVA, etc etc
essays: solid
recs: good
school: TTT public
location: VA
ethnicity: white dude
ECs: track, music, full time job at law office, etc</p>

<p>my username on p<em>r</em>stats.com is cavalier302</p>

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<p>hrm i'm kinda late on doing this.. but okay stats time...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted ED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1480
SAT IIs: 690,700,730
GPA: 3.93 uw 4.09 w
Rank: 18/375
Other stats: 4 AP Euro, 3 AP Chem - taking AP bio. ap calc bc and ap engl this year
Subjective:
Essays: okayish.. tried to make them entertaining i guess..
Teacher Recs: idk really.. but i guess they were pretty good haha.. i got in!
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): uhh varsity swimming 3 yrs in a row. 300 + volunteer hours. president of a club at school, student council, piano, flute
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon.. GHETTOOO
School Type: public
Ethnicity: ASIAN!!!
Gender: female
Other Factors:?? isn't this like the "hook"??
Legacy:legacy?? erm..
General Comments: hey gl to all who are applying to Rice!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted ID</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1500
SAT IIs: 800,790,720
GPA: 4.00 uw
Rank: 1/384
Other stats: 4 AP Chem and US History/Calc and Engl this year
Subjective:
Essays: I look back now and they're really stupid.<br>
Teacher Recs: Excellent!!! I sweet talk my teachers rather nicely.
Counselor Rec: meh... I've spoken to him about 3 times since Freshmen year
Hook (if any): concertmaster of 2 youth symphonies, varsity tennis captain 4 years, president of 3 clubs
Location/Person:
State: Washington
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Ummm...I"m the only asian in my school? Which SUCKS!!!!!
Legacy: lol
It'll definitely be a change being around such smart people. My school has only produced two kids who have gotten near a 1500 in its 38 year history (my brother and I). It's pretty much one of the saddest qualities of my school and the fact that my school is ranked second to last in the state for public schools.</p>