According to this thread from last year, they have released on a Monday & a Thursday in recent years. http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19045942/#Comment_19045942
@dolphin23 Thank you—and good luck!
Sooooo maybe tomorrow?!? 
i know we are going to get an email saying check your student portal, but does anyone know if we would get an email saying check portal now or check your portal tomorrow at 5?
@livinginLA said the following in the “Rice Early Decision Results” thread:
“You will need to check the portal. They send no formal announcement that results are out. If accepted it will show on portal first and acceptance package will arrive USPS.”
(Thread link: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/1942846-rice-early-decision-results.html)
I am hoping that when they post it on the portal, it is clear where to click to view their decision. On a lot of other student portals the link is already up but when you click on it, it just says pending
When results come out, the portal will say you have a new update to your application or something. You click the link and it leads to the acceptance letter (Or rejection).
If you are accepted the main portal page updates and there’s a bunch of Welcome to Rice stuff
@sarangooL Thanks!
Does anyone know if their acceptance rate will be larger or smaller this year?
Thanks, @livinginLA, for sharing past notification dates from the 2015 thread at http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/1942846-rice-early-decision-results.html:
2014 – Friday, Dec. 12 at 5 pm EST
2013 – Monday, Dec. 16 at 12 pm EST (supposedly issues with California somehow delayed things - ??? )
2012 – Friday, Dec. 14 at 12 pm EST
2011 – Thursday, Dec. 15 at 5 pm EST
My son received his admission acceptance email at 4:00pm CST on Friday, December 14, 2013, in contrast to the 2013 date posted above.
In 2015 the notification date was Friday, Dec. 11.
Based on these dates, and based on the fact that the notifications haven’t yet come out this year, my best guess for a formula (if there is one) is:
- Notification is always between Dec 11 (or possibly 10) and Dec 15
- If a Friday falls between Dec 11 and Dec 15, notification will be on that Friday
- If a Friday does not fall between Dec 11 and Dec 15, notification will be on Dec 15
So my guess for this year is Thursday, Dec 15. But I could be wrong!
@RiceUSNADad I think you might be right. Oh, well, guess we have to wait almost the whole week.
The stress is slowly getting to me as the deadline is creeping up haha
So I didn’t match through QuestBridge, but I moved my application to Early Decision, so I’m just as anxious as ya’ll (if not, more) haha Good luck to everyone!!!
For some reason Rice is very secretive about it. Last year, Dec. 11, my wife called the admissions office around 11 am CST to ask for guidance. She was put on hold and then the representative returned to advise that they were still reviewing applications and the results would come out at a later date. Five hours later, decisions were posted online at 4 pm CST/5pm EST. Our daughter was very happy with the outcome, and we wish you all great luck. Rice is a terrific school and our daughter has never doubted her great fortune in being accepted.
Have yall applied for financial aid through Esther? I got an email recently saying that it isnt too late for ED Applicants to apply for finaid, and was wondering if yall did that yet? I really thought my FAFSA and CSS docs sufficed
What is Esther? Is this an email we should have received?
What?!? I never got an email about ESTHER. I submitted stuff through FAFSA and IDOC and CSS.
It was an email from the Office of Financial Aid telling me about it, I have no clue what it is lol
They emailed me friday
Has anyone else gotten an ESTHER email?