Official RD Class of 2013 Decision Thread

<p>DECISIONS ARE UP!!!!!!!
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<strong><em>Don't forget to delete the spaces!!</em></strong></p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] going to attend?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1510/2270 (M: 770, CR: 740, W: 760, Essay: 8)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology (M): 770; Math 2C: 790; Chemistry: 800
[<em>] ACT: 36 (36 on everything except math (35))
[</em>] GPA: W: 4.22; UW: 3.91
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank but top 3%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective: list]
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp was fine, the Rice supplement SUCKED, I literally could not think of anything to say
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One amazing, one excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): Double legacy (both parents) hehe
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Suburbia, MA
[</em>] School Type: (Good) Medium sized Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: whiter than sour cream
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: strengths = stats and legacy; weakness = essays and ECs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I honestly think my legacy had something to do with it...
[li] going to attend? Not sure yet but I am definitely going to seriously consider it[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Acceptance to Engineering (with likely letter)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750 (79MC 8E)
[</em>] SAT Total: 2280
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-800, US history-750, BioE-750
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 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>] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[</em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 7% of 780
[li] Academic Awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, a few regional science awards, nothing prestigious...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Important ECs: 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>] Essays: Decent, commonapp about fixing my violin. Supplement about interest in engineering.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #1: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Rec #2: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: Orchestra Teacher of three years
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Knows me very well in a huge class
[li] Hook (if any): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Legacy Yes/No: Nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
Took hard classes and female in engineering. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Also got Century Scholar and Trustee Scholarship. </p>

<p>Congrats to accepted! Good luck to everyone else!</p>

<p>good job all..i was rejected : (
32act, 3.81uw, some aps, decent ecs, essay and recs..</p>

<p>[color=Green]**Decision:[Accepted!! (social sciences)/b]/color]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200 (780 CR, 690M, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 amhis, 690 lit, 710 math II
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: 8/330
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): QB, idk how much that helps
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: LA (the state)
[</em>] School Type: mediocre public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] major strength/weakness: my hot body...jk jk lol...i had good stats and good essays...i was worried about my math scores though
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see above
[li] going to attend? maybe, the finaid is awesome!![/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors: **</p>

<p>wow i fail at formatting, but thats ok!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO ENGINEERING</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Chem, 790 MIIC, 780 Spanish, 760 Physics, 750 Bio
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 10.9/11 (about 3.96/4.0)
[<em>] Rank: Unranked
[</em>] Other stats: 5 on Calc BC, US History, Spanish Language APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I'm beginning to think they were better than I thought, since I now have 8 acceptances and 0 rejections under my belt
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good...I think.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None whatsoever. Maybe passion for music?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: H-town, TX
[</em>] School Type: Large Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strong essay, excellent numbers; kinda random ECs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Who knows? I feel like my Rice Essay about cultural perspectives was one of the best I've written.
[li] going to attend? Not until I get some money =/[/li][/ul]Other Factors: ORMs FTW (overrepresented minorities lol)</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M 730 C 700 W 610 (I know)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio-M 740 Spanish 800
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.35 w
[<em>] Rank: 15 / 1368
[</em>] Other stats: Straight A student (one B all HS for semester) in IB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought I did pretty well on them, pretty proud though my supplement was crap
[</em>] Teacher Recs: should've been great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: also great
[</em>] Hook (if any): latino?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Latino - Colombian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Very strong academically and in extracurriculars, biggest flaw was SAT writing, though I got a 5 on Eng Lang AP
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: who knows
[li] going to attend? Unless WashU finaid + scholarship don't offer me enough[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I'm really happy about the Trustee Scholarship!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500/2180
[</em>] SAT IIs:m2: 770, phys : 770
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.00
[<em>] Rank: 22/596
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common app: mediocre, supplement: awful IMO
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good, not great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): good ol' white boy from texas
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Austin TEXAS!
[</em>] School Type: large competitive public (29 nmf's in my class)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Bad essays, GPA and legendary letter of rec from a PhD who I have worked for for a year
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: GPA and Boss's letter of rec
[li] going to attend? A very good chance, pending some $ issues[/li][/ul]Other Factors: RICEEEEEEEEEE</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100 (730 CR, 730 M, 640 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Chem, 660 M1, 640 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/238
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended Scholar? haha.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App - Best I've ever written, blah blah blah.
Rice Essay - Complete BS. I wrote it in an hour the day before it was due.
And then I put in a poem at the end that I wrote for english class about who I am.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very personal, I really liked it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): First Gen, and I live a hurricane disaster area.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength - Essay/Recs
Weaknesses - SAT I and II
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: haha, I am in shock!
[li] going to attend? maybe![/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (770 math, 760 writing, 710 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio, 800 Math IIC (retook after getting a 710), 790 chem, 750 US history
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: unweighted: 3.95 something, weighted: 4.5 or something.
[<em>] Rank: 10-12 rank: 7/700something, 9-12 rank: 13/700something.
[</em>] Other stats: extracurriculars like Latin club (been in it for four years, I'm the current historian for the state), science olympiad, NHS, some leadership summer programs at an equestrian camp, various jobs, an internship, various other stuff that's not as important
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they shone through pretty well, actually. My Why Rice essay was pretty good, imo.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: hopefully decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably not that good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: essays/e.c.'s/test scores, weaknesses maybe counselor rec and seemingly random extracurriculars
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: essays I'm guessing. Oh, and I had a really good interview.
[li] going to attend? very good chance, actually, but I'd like to visit to see what it's really like.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Can't think of any at the moment. Really happy. :D</p>

<p>Decision:Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1540/2320
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 bio-e, 770 chem, 800 math2
[<em>] WGPA: 98.139 (+5/honors, +8/AP)
[</em>] Rank: 9/315 (not disclosed)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] ECs: NHS president, Rutgers Astrophysics research, Varsity tennis, 350+ hours volunteering at the hospital
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public, some grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:
[/ul]Other Factors: i applied to rice/baylor, apparently rejected from that i guess. waitlisted at washu as well. now i'm pretty nervous for the others</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M/800CR/800W - 2400 (2nd attempt, 1 sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 710 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.87 UW, 4.76 W
[<em>] Rank: doesn't rank, but top 3-4% of 465
[</em>] Other stats: won Outstanding First-Year Senator award in YMCA Youth and Government.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: my TOK teacher loved my cultural perspectives essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AZ
[</em>] School Type: large public (2500+ students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: It's got to be the signature page lol
[</em>] going to attend? Waiting for 3 more colleges...
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision: accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2160 : C/M/W: 700/780/680
[ *] SAT IIs: MATH2 800; CHEM 800; BIO 770
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: 3.98
[ *] Rank: 19/500
[ *] Other stats: 5 ON ALL APS: CAL AB/BC, CHEM, BIO,US HIS, EU HIS
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: GOOD
[ *] Teacher Recs: GOOD
[ *] Counselor Rec: GOOD
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CO
[ *] School Type: PUBLIC
[ *] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[ *] Gender: MALE
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] going to attend? WAITING FOR OTHER 2 MORE
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
wickedsmahht is offline</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2090 (630 CR, 770 M, 690 W)
SAT IIs: 780 Bio, 720 Chem, 710 Math II (did not send these scores)
ACT: 35 (35 E, 35 M, 36 R, 34 S)
GPA: 101% W, 97-98% UW (unsure)
Rank: 2/603
Other stats: AP: 5 Bio, 4 Chem & Eng Lang. Senior AP's : Physics (B and C Mechanics), Calc AB, Eng Lit, Psychology
Subjective:
Essays: Mine was about overcoming the desire for perfection, talking about my junior year in high school.
Teacher Recs: Excellent (haven't read but counselor said so)
Counselor Rec: Excellent (she knows me very well)
Hook (if any): Polish immigrant?
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Public, 2500 students
Ethnicity: Polish
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: transcript, grades, quality of essay. Weaknesses: shorter resume than most/no big state/national awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Why I was accepted? Someone in admissions must have just really liked my application.
Other Factors: idk!
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone! I'm not sure if I will be attending, I have to wait and see all my other FA's.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 (800r/750m/790w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 math2, 770 chem, 790 US history
[<em>] ACT: nottt
[</em>] GPA: idk, pretty good but messed up from switching high schools with different systems
[<em>] Rank: 3/350 (I'm pretty sure my guidance counselor just made this up due to weird gpa)
[</em>] Other stats: I paint. I want to live in Texas. I applied to the social sciences school (econ, probably) and got a likely letter
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: well-written, but not super meaningful or anything
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I never read it, but I suspect that it's outstanding.
[</em>] Hook (if any): i wish
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ/ suburbs of nyc
[</em>] School Type: average public
[<em>] Ethnicity: whiteyy
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: good: academically well-rounded. bad: lackluster ECs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: grades and scores. And I made it clear that Rice is one of my top choices.
[li] going to attend? We'll see how the rest of the week goes. I'm definitely going to owl days[/li][/ul]Other Factors: SEE YOU IN HOUSTON! :]</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted...</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2100 (680Reading, 690 Writing, 730 Math)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Physics: 750, Math II: 720
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take it...
[</em>] GPA: 3.79 UW. Don't know about Weighted.
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: Great extracuriculars. Internship at Intel, Summer medical research class, FIRST Robotics team leader, Varsity Track
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were great...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good. I never read them but I know the teachers well.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Internship at Intel is probably the biggest thing I have going for me
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oregon USA
[</em>] School Type: Private School (1200 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Everything is average at least (GPA is probably the weakest)
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[li] going to attend? If I get in I probably will.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Bio, 760 MII, 730 US
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.9, 4.6
[<em>] Rank: 13/650
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: eh
[</em>] Teacher Recs: dunno
[<em>] Counselor Rec: dunno
[</em>] EC: Class President, DI Globals, Orchestra, Red Cross Treasurer
[<em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: EC, leadership
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Class rank?[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:** </p>

<p>I'm sad. Smeagz, I be in the same boat as you.</p>

<p>Is it messed up or what that I live in Houston, and I haven't even visited yet (other than the football stadium)? haha</p>

<p>Houston is a pretty big city... haha. But maybe :]</p>