Official RD Class of 2013 Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>Decision: Accepted Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: didn’t take
SAT IIs: 800-math 2; 800-chem; 780-US history
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.7 unweighted
Rank: top 5 % or so
Other stats: none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher Recs: never read, prob. good
Counselor Rec: probably terrible. She knows nothing about me.<br>
Hook (if any): out of state</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: midwest
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: strengths=test scores, weaknesses=grades
going to attend? not sure, going to visit. Got into Cal engineering, so it would take a really great fit to pull me away from Cal.</p>

82

<p>[ b]Decision: Rejected**</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *] SAT: CR 690, MA 740, WR 710
[ *] SAT IIs: 720 Span/List, 710 Math II, 700 Bio
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.5 W
[ *] Rank: 24/~500
[ *] Other stats: most of my important stuff I did before high school, but it was on national level. In HS I was in MAO, Brain Bowl (secretary), Interact, and did a whoooooole bunch of piano outside of school.<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: I thought they were fine. Guess not.<br>
[ *] Teacher Recs: one great, one good
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good.<br>
[ *] Hook (if any): nada
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: US, FL
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: test scores
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see above
[ *] going to attend? Considering I didn’t get in, I’m definitely going to attend… :slight_smile:
[/ul]Other Factors: Yeah, this hurt. Slightly. But whatever. Things happen for a reason.</p>

83

<p>Decision: Rejected - Trinity College</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 720
[</em>] SAT Total: 2250
[<em>] SAT II: Biology (M) - 720, Math Level II - 800, US History - 780, Chemistry - 770
[</em>] ACT: no thanks, I’m east coast
[<em>] AP scores: Biology - 4, European History - 5, Language and Composition - 5, US History - 5, Chemistry - 5, Calculus BC - 5, Physics (mechanics) - 5
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.74
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.75
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank, but definitely top ten %</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not my personal best. That said, still an effective piece of writing.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn’t read them. Isn’t that the norm for these things? Both teachers like me, though.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but she left this year for another school…
[</em>] Hook (if any): I have an actual hook growing out of my head.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania, suburbs of Philadelphia
[</em>] School Type: Large competitive public school, 2000 kids, ranked in top 100 high schools by US News & World Digest a couple of years ago
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pakistan is the best!
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Not that fast, sorry.
[<em>] Important ECs:Cross Country (JV 9/10, Varsity 11/12), Spring Track & Field (JV 9/10/11), Model UN (11/12), concert band - saxaphone (9/10), Hospital volunteering (2008, about 100 hours), guitar (past five years)
[</em>] Likely Letter Yes/No: Were it so easy
[li] Interview: Nice, but fleeting. Twenty minutes of pleasant conversation. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Taking AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP US Government, and AP Physics II (E/M) right now. </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: It was a tough year to get in. Congratulations to those accepted. I’m not too bummed about this particular denial, but man, do I got problems…</p>

<p>Accepted: University of Pittsburgh, PennState, UNC Chapel Hill, Washington University in St. Louis</p>

84

<p>sorry but how did you find out about the decision? did you get an e-mail or what. I have not received any e-mail or mail. :/</p>

85

<p>Yikes, that should say Weiss, not Trinity. You can try this link, but you’ll need the login info they’ve sent you in a past email. Good luck. </p>

<p><a href=“https://webapps2.rice.edu/selfserve/swkalog.P_DispLoginNon[/url]”>https://webapps2.rice.edu/selfserve/swkalog.P_DispLoginNon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

86

<p>Accepted? 2250, 4.1, NO, LA. Etc etc. Hooks? Idk.</p>

87

<p>Decision: Accepted :slight_smile:</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (W: 790, M: 730, CR: 760… essay was 12)
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC 740, Bio 750, Chem 780, Chinese 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.29 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 5/54
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: amazing (creative). i proofreaded it several times, got my english teacher to double check and my friends to edit
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[</em>] Hook (if any): none.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: taiwan
[</em>] School Type: small, bilingual, intensely competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: pretty good ECs, i
[</em>] why you think you were accepted: a combination of all the above factors. i also know two rice students, personally met the dean of admissions, got an interview from an alumni.
[li] going to attend? YES![/li][/ul]Other Factors: i really honestly think that my rice supp was extremely creative. i’m still amazed when i look back on it. also, i took a pretty rigorous courseload (AP Bio - 5, AP Chem - 5, currently taking APs PhysC Mech. & EM, EngLit&Comp, Econ Micro&Macro, Calc BC).</p>

88

<p>wow, my interview lasted 1.5 hours!</p>