<p>Decision:Rejected, School of Social Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330: 800CR 780M 750W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 777BioM 730Spanish 730Math2 610World History
[<em>] ACT: did not report
[</em>] GPA: 3.7 UW out of 4.3 scale (4.3=A+)
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: NM finalist, US Presidential Scholar candidiate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: fine, they really could have been a lot better :(
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good i think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not see, but i'm sure decent
[</em>] EC: newspaper 3 years (editor, senior editor), ran community newspaper teen section, Spanish Club president, Spanish immersion camp 2 years (high school and college credit), Duke TiP, volunteering for local nonprofit
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Missouri
[<em>] School Type: Public, highly competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT good, grades bad (inconsistent: 4.0 freshman year, something like 3.3 soph, 4.0 junior, 3.5 senior)
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: bad pattern of grades; essays; probably should have applied for a different school (humanities); several other people from my school applied and got in
[</em>] going to attend?
[/ul]Other Factors: i listed them as a top choice for National Merit and got my app fee waivered, but alas...
i am completely heartbroken and already thinking about the transfer application. can you transfer in after one semester?</p>
<p>[li] SAT:1390/2030 CR750/M640/W640 (SAT w/ W = epic fail, I have frigging amazing writing skills. prbbly what got me in)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: MIIC-720 (arrgghhhh, tres horrible!) Chem-750; Span. w/ List - 790 (ugghh, okay, so my walkman broke down 5 mins. into the test. I spent 30-40 mins looking all over the school for something I could play the CD on, and then hurriedly finished my test in 20 mins. Such a horrible day; I'm glad my counselor let me continue, though.)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: I should've taken it. Classmates who took it had scores that were so much higher than their SATs.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA:School doesn't do GPA - purely IB (1-7)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Classes: HL: Math/Physics/Chemistry/English A1; SL: History/Mandarin AB Initio. I'm hardcore; nobody else has a course load this badA. I may have averaged 3-5 hours of sleep a night my junior year, but I don't regret it.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank:Technically my school doesn't rank, but I've got the highest grades: 1/15</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:NHS president, BEIMUN! for 2 years, a bunch of jobs taking care of teachers' homes while they were away, pet sitting, student council, a bunch of science tutoring, tutored this little mexican tyke cuz he was having some trouble in ESL.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Essays: My counselor said they were the best ones he'd ever read, and he used to work in a huge school for a long time before he came here. The common app. was about fire ants and the supplement one was about pickles.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Deeeeliciiouuusss</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Okay.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): I've lived in Ecuador (birthplace,) Kenya, the US, and China (soo much fuuuunn)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State or Country:China</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:Private, but I don't pay tuition cuz my mom's a teacher</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: ¡Latino 4 Life!</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: I pee standing up</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: SATs probably. My essays were so frigging amazing, though.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: essays, the lucky Tibetan beads I got in Lhasa, hs grades, recommendations, the word 'diversity' etched all over my application, the picture of me on top of a yak on my signature page.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] going to attend? It depends on the kind of fin. aid I get. Right now it's between Amherst and Rice... but i wannntttt mi fan da xue : ) !!!!!![/li][/ul]** Other Factors: URMness prbbly **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740 CR 800 M 760 W (superscored)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math II 760 Biology-E 680 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 33 (36 English 31 Math 31 Reading 32 Science 10 Essay)
[</em>] GPA: 3.98 (unweighted) 4.43 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: Top 10 students out of class of 180
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Student Government (4 years)- Student Body President Senior Year
[</em>] Model United Nations (4 years)
[<em>] Earth Club (3 years)- VP of Club and co-started school's recycling program
[</em>] Hospital Volunteer- 280 hours
[<em>] Essays: Common App essay was great, but not mindblowing; Why Rice essay was very creative, The "how will you contribute to Rice's campus" essay was great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: OH
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Extracurricular, Essays, and Recs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Teacher Rec and Extracurriculars
[li] going to attend? It is a top choice (tied with Emory and WashU) and the cheapest private school, but at this point, I have no clue where I am attending next year.</p>[/li]
<p>CONGRATS to all those accepted! Best of luck to those waitlisted - I hope you all are able to attend next year :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 720 CR 680 M 630 W
SAT IIs: 670 Math II 700 Math I 700 Literature
GPA: 4.0 Weighted
Rank: 48/368 ~13%</p>
<p>Subjective:
NHS recycling
Secretary of FBLA
week-long mission trips
etc., normal stuff
Essays: Issue was about renewable energy, I thought it was good.
Perspective essay weird and mixed messages, but I thought it was still really good.
Teacher Recs: eh
Counselor Rec: should be good but who knows.
Hook (if any): if ANY, essays and interview.</p>
<p>State or Country: TX
School Type: Public[<em>]
Ethnicity: White[</em>]
Gender: M[li] [/li]why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: decent grades and good essays
going to attend? If they offer me a spot!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:did not report
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] ACT:32
[</em>] GPA:3.8/4.4
[<em>] Rank:11/450ish
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:They were pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I guess they were good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:awesome
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM and first generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public, not very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity:hispanic
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>] major strength/weakness:can't think of any right now
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think they saw how passionate i was about attending their school
[li] going to attend? yes!!![/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470/2270; CR: 700, 720, 750 M: 620, 650, 720 W: 680, 670, 800 E: 8, 9, 9
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit:730, US His: 710, Math 1: 580, 650 (haha I know...rough:/)
[<em>] ACT: 34 (E: 31, M: 34, R: 36, S: 35, W: 30, E:10)
[</em>] GPA: 94.720, 3.964 (both are weighted)
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: AP Eng Lang: 4, straight A's with the exceptions of math (88 and 87%) AP's: English Lang, US, Eng Lit, Bio, Gov, Econ
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Ranged from awesome to ok...I thought that one was pretty terrible; read together, they were unique and accurately portrayed my personage
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw
[<em>] Counselor Rec: never saw
[</em>] Hook (if any): A lot of awards/recognition with ballet, school, and piano, (and a little with violin); difficulty of courses/schedule has increased since 9th grade
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type: small (200 in class) Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strengths: resume, couple of the essays, some of my SAT/ACT stuff; Weaknesses: No honors/AP math courses, SAT Math, one of the essays
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I was the sole applicant from my school; I compiled a resume that emphasized my strengths
[li] going to attend? maybe - gotta wait on financial aid info/other colleges[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
I had an interview, as well</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2290 (800 Math, 700 CR, 790 Wr)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math I and II; 750 Chem; 740 Physics
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA: Almost all A's while taking the hardest courses that I could at my high school. I don't remember my exact gpa but my school has a weird 6.0 weighted scale anyway.
[ *] Rank: 12/796 (top 2%)
[ *] Other stats: Highest AMC - 126, Highest AIME - 9, 2-time USAMO qualifier; 5's on AP Physics B, English Lit, Stat, Calc BC, 4 on Bio; NMF
I've attended the Rice Math Tournament for all 4 years of high school and I placed 1st in Geometry this year with a perfect score. I don't know if that was too late for consideration though since it was in February. I placed 3rd in both 10th grade and 11th grade.
I placed 12th in the nation in chess and I've been in the orchestra since 5th grade. I'm also Mu Alpha Theta president. I also participated in Academic Decathlon and Science Club, although I wasn't as involved in those two as I was in my other ec's.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: the common app essay was very good and the rice supplements were probably average
[ *] Teacher Recs: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Hook (if any): idk usamo? I also started a voluntary math tutoring program at my local library that I taught at for 2 summers, it was elaborated on in my common app short answer
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: TX
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: strength = math, weakness = class rank/sat scores
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: idk i guess my weaknesses above although I don't think my sat scores and class rank are bad, they're just not great
[ *] going to attend? No, I got into Caltech so I'm not even gonna bother signing up for the waitlist
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] meh</p>
<p>@markos.alejo, I can not even tell you how much I just laughed at mi fan da xue. chinese jokes = wo de favorite!! I'm going to call it that from now on hahaha</p>
<p>I'm doing this for my D and I don't understand how to do the formatting. Sorry. </p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300, 800CR, 720M, 780W
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 710 Lit, 680 Physics (some other lower ones)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): (3) US History (4) Calculus BC (5) English Lang.
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, religion, Art, Economics and Calc 3, Physics and Macroeconomics at a nearby university
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens regional semi-finalist, 2nd or 3rd at a state math contest, other regional awards for writing, Latin and math
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Latin Club (Pres), Lit Mag (Pres), math contest club, Math & Science Club, Fish Tips teacher and Mentor, plays harp
Job/Work Experience: part-time job currently at Mathnasium
Volunteer/Community service: various community service tutoring children, helping at AIDS hospice
Summer Activities: 6-week math camp for 3 years
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: 1 great overall, 1 ok
Counselor Rec: didn't read
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private/Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Weaknesses: Didn't interview or visit and applied at the last minute.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1340/2030
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 US History, 700 Lit, 590 World History
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw / 4.3 w
[<em>] Rank: 5/360
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Epic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, I'd say okay
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: DFW, TX
[</em>] School Type: Mediocre, small, suburban, public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White as the driven snow
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] major strength/weakness: I have a lot of extracurricular leadership and I went to Texas Girls State and totally owned it, which I know they respect at Rice. My essays were also pretty good and one was about wanting to be "in the business of drawing little lines" / bill writing at Girls State. So they were funny too. lol
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I didn't expect to be, but I'd say essays, GPA, ACT and leadership. The combination, I guess.
[li] going to attend? I don't know! Still waiting on UChicago (<3), might still opt for UT honors program because Rice has turned me off on a few points in the past. But we'll see. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: I dunno.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2050
[</em>] SAT IIs:US History-800;Chem-770;Math II-670
[<em>] ACT:33
[</em>] GPA:4.0
[<em>] Rank:top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: AP Chem-5; AP Euro-5; AP US-5; AP Lang-4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Fantastic
[</em>] Teacher Recs:My teacher loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec:IDK, I never saw it
[</em>] Hook (if any):White...Male...Nothing?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Oklahoma
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength-I'm really good at writing (esp. college essays)
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Essay/Teacher rec/Interview
[li] going to attend? We'll see. I filed the FAFSA late, so I'm still waiting on an aid package and a couple of outside scholarships. I really want to, but right now I'm not sure I can afford it.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC-800, Chem-800, Span-630
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.4 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: 13/426
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Absolutely AMAZING
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably quite generic
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Missouri
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: The hell if I know, I didn't exactly ask
[li] going to attend? No, I got rejected...[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>State or Country: Washington State
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Major strength/weakness: Strengths: Leadership, passionate, essays
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My essays related diversity in opinion. I tied a lot of unique perspectives together
Going to attend? YES!!!</p>
<p>[/list]Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2000 (a bit low)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II-730 BiologyM-700 Literature-710
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: school does not calculate
[li] Rank: school does not rank</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought my common app was amazing. Looking back at my supplement, it may have been a bit iffy but the other short(ish) answers were good..
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Have no idea, although I think they are strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Hook (if any): An internship this summer at a sickle cell clinic in Chicago and all the time I have spent researching in general</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: Illinois
[</em>] School Type: Public but competitive application to get in
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength - Leadership & extracurricular activities!
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Repeatedly killed by BC Calc for the last 1 1/2 years</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110? I don't remember
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Chem, 750 Bio E, 750 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36 Sci, 35 English, 34 Math, 32 Reading), 34 writing
[</em>] GPA: 4.71
[<em>] Rank: lolololol
[</em>] Other stats: lol what
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: PRETTY GOOD<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, what the </em>* am I supposed to put for these jesus chirst
[<em>] Hook (if any): I build boats and do scientific research. Also I have a cool lab coat and am a Marylander, which automatically makes me cool (assuming people assume I'm from the east coast, which I'm not).
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Murrlund
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Greek
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Is weakness relative? I don't know. I consider everything I have a major strength
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because I'm kind of a big deal
[</em>] going to attend? Yes
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180 (740 CR, 710 M, 730 W 12 Essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 710 US Hist, 700 Lit
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 6.57 on a weird 6.0W scale, not sure about 4.0 scale
[<em>] Rank: 24/682
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I felt comfortable with them, but I'm not a good judge of my own work!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good one from my debate coach
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Large non-competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: ECs (heavily involved in debate, public speaking etc), weakness: stats
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Who knows? Most likely stats, but perhaps my essays didn't stick
[li] going to attend? Nope![/li][/ul]Other Factors: Congrats to all who have gotten in! Rice is a really nice campus and is in a nice area. Best of luck to all!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (M: 750 CR: 690 W: 800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 770 Chemistry: bad lol.
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 4/200ish
[</em>] Other stats: ?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): QB Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: crappy chemistry lol…major weakness.
[</em>] going to attend? Probably cause of the scholarship!
[/ul]Other Factors: Great Scholarship Package</p>
<p>nice, I like how you identify you’re ethnicity as “American”. That’s how I’ve been brought up, but apparently sometimes for decisions such as college admissions, our fate is conditional on the color of our skin (i.e white, black, yellow and brown, with an emphasis on the latter two, if you will) and other vague criteria that sometimes take away from the real issue at hand, namely academic and extracurricular competency.</p>
<p>Anyways, I got accepted and congrats on your admission too! Looking foreword to meeting y’all!</p>