Official RD Class of 2013 Decision Thread

ineo42 · March 23, 2009, 10:41pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:
[] SAT IIs:
[] ACT: 32
[] GPA: uw: 3.57 w:4.16
[] Rank: 8%
[] Other stats: lots of Ec's/Comm service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: amazing
[] Counselor Rec: as good as they get i guess
[] Hook (if any): engineering major interested in art
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public Charter
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: i had a C in my junior year in AP Chem
[] going to attend? i wish

oh well
congrats to everyone who got in!!

asim · March 23, 2009, 10:46pm

Decision:Accepted (Natural Sciences)

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT Reading: 670
* SAT Math: 800
* SAT Writing: 650 (62MC 10E)
* SAT Total: 2120
* SAT II: Math II-780, BioM - 780, US history-770
* AP/IB taken/scores: Biology (5), Stats (5), Enviro (4), USH (3), English Lang (3), CompSci A (3)
* GPA unweighted: 3.97
* Rank or % estimate (if applicable): #1, Top 1% of 181
* Academic Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, a bunch of Current Events/CompSci/Math awards, State awards/natl quals for my business club
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Important ECs: Future Business Leaders of America (President), University Interscholastic League (Captains for various events), Medical Club (Co-founder / Executive Advisor), National Honor Society, Speech and Debate
* Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the library, homeless thanksgiving dinner, speech tournament judging, set up Adoption Program
* Essays: Decent, commonapp about a special dinner. Supplement about interest in science.
* Teacher Rec #1: Fantastic
* Teacher Rec #2: Great
* Counselor Rec: Knows me very well
* Hook (if any): None
</code></pre>

Location:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas
* School Type: Small public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Legacy Yes/No: Nope
</code></pre>

Other Factors:

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
Interview with Rice on Campus?

General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
...

Congrats to accepted! Good luck to everyone else!

reapthenightmare · March 23, 2009, 10:59pm

Decision:ACCEPTED Nat Sci

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:2060 CR:680 M:700 W:690
[] SAT IIs:Math2:800 Math1:740 Chemistry:800
[] ACT:34
[] GPA:4.0
[] Rank:1/799
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Awesome
[] Teacher Recs: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent?
[] Hook (if any): URM first gen
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[] State or Country: Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: Essays and interview strengths, scores weakness
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: IDK exactly
[] going to attend? Depends on other schools but Rice is Great so its a good possibility

lizzzzzzyy · March 23, 2009, 11:08pm

I'm still a junior but I just wanted to say congratulations to everyone who got accepted! That's great!

quantize · March 23, 2009, 11:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted - Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2100
[] SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 760 Math2
[] ACT: 34 Composite
[] GPA: 4.21 (Strong upward trend)
[] Rank: just outside top 5%
[] Other stats: umm, six pack count?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Common App - GOOD
Engineering - Pretty Good
Perspective - GOOD
Why Rice - Decent
[] Teacher Recs: Good/Good
[] Counselor Rec: No idea
[] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: TX
[] School Type: Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness:
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Honestly, I think I should have lied about the section that said "other colleges you are applying to." I listed 12, that may have been a kiss of death. Oh well.
[li] going to attend? No idea, even if I get in.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think my Signature Page was really funny and creative, if that matters lol. I'm also a competitive state-level athlete, though not being recruited.

V1236 · March 23, 2009, 11:22pm

how do you post it in that format. Do you do it in word first and then copy and paste?

bco09 · March 23, 2009, 11:31pm

no, it is just bb code. In other words, copy the template at the top of the thread and then delete the spaces between every one of the brackets (i.e. [ /list] ---> [/list])

schee410 · March 24, 2009, 12:01am

Decision: Accepted! - Engineering

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1540/2310 800 CR 770 W 740 M
[] SAT IIs: 790 Chemistry 740 Math II 680 World History
[] ACT: 35
[] GPA: 4.65 W 3.93 UW
[] Rank: 5/160
[] Other stats: NMF, AP Scholar, AMC10
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I was satisfied with them. Don't remember them at all though haha
[] Teacher Recs: great
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] ECs: math club, football, track, CSF, academic decathlon, recycling club, leadership team, philosophy club
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: i hate writing
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: they fell in love with my charming personality and wit
[] going to attend? definite possiblity. still waiting for Princeton and Stanford after getting rejected from MIT
[/ul]

ananya77041 · March 24, 2009, 12:09am

You know I really don't think putting all the schools you were applying to necessarily hurt you. I put down about 12 schools including multiple Ivies and Duke, and I still got in...

freesia001 · March 24, 2009, 12:13am

*Decision: Accepted *

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2390
[] SAT IIs: 760lit/760math2/750ushist
[] GPA: 3.99
[] Rank: 2/960
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Okay
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Houston
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] major strength/weakness: stats+volunteering+leadership, no awards or fine arts talent
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea
[] going to attend? Probably not
[/ul]*Other Factors: Interview does not matter b/c I didn't even ask for one 'cause I was too late. *

V1236 · March 24, 2009, 12:13am

*Decision: Waitlisted, School of Natural Sciences *

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2050 (did not send)
[] SAT IIs: did not send
[] ACT: 31
[] GPA: 4.0
[] Rank: 7/462
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: probably the only college in which I wrote new essays for, the rest I just used the same essay and changed things around
[] Teacher Recs: Really good, both teachers I had for two years plus are advisors in activities that I do
[] Counselor Rec: decent
[] Hook (if any): Sri Lankan?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: PA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
[] Gender: male
[] major strength/weakness:My greatest weakness was my ACT score.
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:ACT score
[li] going to attend? If I get accepted from the waitlist, but since I did not make the priority waitlist that is probably not going to happen.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I really thought being Sri Lankan and applying from PA would give a real edge...I guess not. This is really disheartening because this was my top choice because of the so said amazing financial aid they offer.

V1236 · March 24, 2009, 12:15am

thanks bco09 for telling me how to get the format

estheri · March 24, 2009, 12:27am

Yes!! I'm in!

sailingby · March 24, 2009, 12:45am

Decision: Accepted, School of Social Sciences

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1570/2290 (770 M/800 CR/720 W [8 Essay Subscore])
[] SAT IIs: 780 U.S. History; 770 Math Level II; 660 Spanish with Listening (64 subscore in Reading); 730 Literature; 780 Spanish (I took the last two of these in January. The Lit was supposed to be there just in case I didn't do too well on Spanish, but clearly I judged wrong.)
[] ACT: 34 Composite (36 Reading, 35 English, 35 Math, 28 Science, 10 Essay Subscore)
[] GPA: 5.091 weighted/4.000 unweighted (All A's)
[] Rank: 1/320
[] Other stats: 10 AP's (5 of them are senior year courses). Also, I will graduate with 6 language credits (Spanish 1-4 and French 1-2).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs: Model UN (officer), 230+ hours of community service, school service club (president), Varsity Swimming, and some other ones that aren't as important.
[] Essays: apparently good enough--I tried to write the long ones so that they couldn't possibly be about anyone else. The short ones were a bit more generic, though.
[] Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[] Hook (if any): Possibly location? Idk, see below.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: South Carolina
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] major strength/weakness: strength--I'm very dedicated to my extracurriculars, and I drastically improved my Spanish SAT; weakness--My ACT Science score, and I'm not in student gov't.
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Hard work throughout high school, luck, recommendations that I didn't read that apparently were good, etc.
[] going to attend? I would love to, but not getting any FA is definitely an obstacle.
[/ul]Other Factors: I really appreciate this acceptance. Congrats to everyone who's gotten in, and good luck to those waitlisted. Also, I liked my signature page box.

llpitch · March 24, 2009, 12:51am

Decision: Accepted to Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Not reported
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
[] SAT II: Not reported
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
[] Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years. 
[] Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[] Signature Box: haha I put a youtube link to a marching band field show I was in. 
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat..not like that’s even a hook lol.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics
[/ul]General Comments: Congratz to all accepted =D Unfortunately I got 0 need based aid and no sign of any merit based aid...I don't know if I can go =/ I'm also waiting on 7 other decisions (HYPS, Duke, Pomona, Haverford).

bustofPallas · March 24, 2009, 12:59am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: CR800 M790 W700 (2290 total)
[] SAT IIs: 780 Mat II & 760 US History
[] ACT: never took
[] GPA: don't know; something like 4.39 weighted
[li] Rank: 9/965[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought pretty good
[] Teacher Recs: never read
[] Counselor Rec: never read - probably good but not very personal since my school is so big
[] Hook (if any): I built a paper bridge that held 1,071 pounds?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Texas!
[] School Type: big, competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: female
[] major strength/weakness: pretty solid academics, essays, and passionate ECs
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see above
[li] going to attend? gahh don't know... money issues & need to find out about other schools[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
umm. I basically turned everything in late. hah. oh and I got a likely letter :D and I recently visited and loved it, so we'll see how this works out!

mysteriouse · March 24, 2009, 1:05am

*Decision: Accepted to Architecture *

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:2270 (760 W, 730 CR, 780 M)
[] SAT IIs: Math II-800, Chem-770, Lit-720
[] ACT:
[] GPA: 3.9/4.3
[] Rank:
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Um. Pretty decent?
[] Teacher Recs: Pretty good?
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. She barely knew me; it was based off of an interview and a questionnaire...
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] major strength/weakness: Good portfolio/essays? I have no idea.
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NO IDEA!!! I'm in TOTAL SHOCK :D
[li] going to attend? Maybe..it's pricey...but Rice is just so awesome! :)[/li][/ul]Other Comments: I realized that I never actually turned in my signature page...O.o
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

vin09 · March 24, 2009, 1:19am

Decision:Waitlisted

Stats:
SAT:1560/2320
SAT IIs: 740 bio-m, 740 world history, 770 math2
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 2/620
Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
ECs: Varsity tennis captain, decathlon captain, debate, nhs, nmsf
Hook (if any): N/A
Location/Person:
State or Country: south TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: dunno, just happens i guess
Other Factors:

amdn · March 24, 2009, 1:23am

[size=+1]Decision:Accepted w/ likely<a href="probably%20race%20but%20whatever">/size</a>

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: CR:660 M:750 W:770
[] SAT IIs: M2:740 CHEM:740 USH:750 PHYS:730
[] ACT:
[] GPA: 4.0ish my school is weird with GPA, I think colleges ended up recalculating mine
[] Rank: 3/48
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: common app essay was excellent, why Rice essay was above average maybe
[] Teacher Recs: excellent with plenty of anecdotal stories
[] Counselor Rec: excellent (helped her with her workload ie: apps of other students)
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Arkansas/Texas
[] School Type: Boarding Catholic Benedictine
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] major strength/weakness:
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: lol whoever made this misspelled deferred
[li] going to attend?: If I don't get into Stanford: so yes, i will be going (I have no confidence)[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Hey I got the Trustee scholarship for 16k. I have no idea why, but hey I'll take it! Good fin aid package overall with good grant/loan ratio

Modulation · March 24, 2009, 1:28am

Hmmm, it seems like a lot of qualified applicants are waitlisted... This is just my observation purely from looking at the stats. IF Rice practices yield protection, I doubt it's anywhere as extreme as WashU's. Seriously though, I've looked at last year's RD results and it seems like almost everyone was accepted. Perhaps Rice waitlists more qualified people from Texas??

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