<ul>
<li>Essays: not very good, did it in one hour</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: did not see</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: he said i didn't take the most selective courses</li>
<li>Hook (if any): 500+ hours of lab work including microsurgery on mice. 150+ volunteer hours, logo designs for national companies and organizations.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Texas</li>
<li>School Type: Large Public (2500+ students)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: I believe i was deferred because I did not do an interview and they were protecting yield.
General Comments: I'm really excited. I hope to see you guys at the owl weekend.</p>
<p>There's a chance that a good interview could sway the decision if it comes down to the line, and that's one reason why they're recommended. But it's not required and the interview is (from what I understand) not weighed heavily. Plenty of people are accepted without one.</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: umm ok</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: did not see</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: ditto</li>
<li>Hook (if any): i am from pa (seems that it's a lot easier to get in from out of state?) and my sister and brother in law are rice profs</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: small, not very competitive public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: i didn't have an interview but i guess it probably helped that my sister teaches there
General Comments: i will probably go to the admitted students thing but i don't know if i want to go to college in texas..</p>
<p>I saw this and thought -- what school would reject these numbers? When you graduate, think about a career at Princeton Testing, as you know more about how to ace their exams than just about everyone alive.</p>
<p>
[quote]
what school would reject these numbers?
[/quote]
Rice, actually. Numbers ARE NOT everything about a student NOR the most important factor, and thankfully Rice recognizes this when they consider their applicants.</p>
<p>Not meaning to imply that s'vrone fits this category, but bookworm-number-crunchers who only care about GPA are boring people.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (790M, 750R, 690W - 11/12 essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Chem, 760 MIIC, 760 US Hist
[<em>] GPA: 3.86 W
[</em>] Rank: doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on Calc BC and AB, Chem, US Hist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One awesome, one average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Above average
[<em>] Hook (if any): PM me if you want to know
[</em>] Applied early? RD
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mid-atlantic
[</em>] School Type: Public (Selective)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: PM me if you want to know General Comments: Cool, I'm happy, received Trustee Distinguished Scholar</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! soo pumped. rice is my dream school..man with getting rejected from georgetown earlier this week I thought I didn't have a chance anywhere..and when i got the uc berkeley acceptance yesterday I thought it was just a fluke. BUT I GOT INTO RICE! :) post stats later</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (whew, i was worried about not making this school)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2220 (740 for all sections)
* SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 730 Bio
* GPA: 3.962
* Rank: doesn't rank
* Other stats: 5's on AP Calc BC and U.S. history, 4's on spanish lang and chem. taking 3 more AP's and 2 post AP math
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: okay
* Teacher Recs: one rec. i think it was good.
* Counselor Rec: okay
* Hook (if any): #1 public school in the US
* Applied early? no. RD.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: VA
* School Type: Public (Selective)
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: internship at Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Research Center
General Comments: I'm considering Rice if they give me a good amount of financial aid. if not, then im going to UCSD for biomed engineering!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2260 (720M, 750R, 790W - 11/12 essay)
SAT IIs: 630 Lit, 700 US Hist
GPA: 3.7 UW
Rank: Top 11%
Other stats: 5 on English Lang, 4 on US Hist
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs: ??
Counselor Rec: ??
Hook (if any): editor-in-chief of paper
Applied early? RD
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>peopel dont compare yourselves to to other people. to me the stat posting is so pointless. everybody has the same exact things. the high sat and sat2's etc, which makes the whole thing redundant. and yes to the person that said that there is no way a school would reject high numbers the answer is yes, rice would. in their new brochure it says it very big and in caps "WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR VALEDICTORIANS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS, ....ETC" people that are all about playing the system are boring people, a number is not a measure of overall intelligence at all. At rice, they look at everything as a whole. but congrats to all!</p>