Official RICE ED Results Thread Class of 2010 **!

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT:32
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/480
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Comp sci A (5) Stats (4) Human geo (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP - art hist, phys b, eng 3, calc bc, french, apush NON ap - Comp sci 2 (used to be an ap, collegeboard removed it), speech + Online course For credit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with distinction</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President computer club - NHS, MAO, more unrelated
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours volunteering at a hospital in france, charity fundraiser 20 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: trip to morocco, meeting cousins first time in 15 years (essay)
[<em>] Essays: ^ + why i love biology
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Biology - great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: AMAZING
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/a
[li] Interview:[/ul] Yes, Good interview, said i had high chances of getting in</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Texas (not houston)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Not great public school, decent about 2k students
[</em>] Ethnicity: Egyptian/Syrian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: High income, did not apply for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived in 2 diff countries, 6 different states, Early graduate (getting my diploma in 3 years)[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Deff my recommendations + my moving around a lot // ethnicity
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays + short answer, not a very good writer but luckily i had good topics
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: look at strengths[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Very excited :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 680 - CR, 640 - Math, 590 - Writing, Total - 1910
ACT: 33
SAT II: 680 - Math II, 620 - Math I, 520 - Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/497
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(5), English Language(5), and World History(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus AB AP, Physics B AP, Chemistry AP, English Literature AP, US Government AP, Macro Economics AP, 2 Choir Periods
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (VP), Band, Mock Trial, and Theatre
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Church (Assistant Worship Leader), and Community Theatre (Treasurer)
Summer Activities: Relaxing
Essays: The strongest points of my application in my opinion
Teacher Recommendation: “Gold” as he defined it
Counselor Rec: It was apparently good enough…she didn’t really meet me until this year
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: My interviewer absolutely adored me, and told me that she would highly recommend me from her end of the admissions process</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No FA for me
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’d like to say nothing, but probably URM</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really feel that my essays made the application for me.</p>

<p>General Comments: I’m super psyched for Rice!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):2020 M:690 CR:670 W:660

  • ACT:32
  • SAT II:Math II:690 US History:770 Physics:640
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/667
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):US History(5), Psychology(4), Music Theory(3), English Language(4)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:AP Biology, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, Band, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, Academic Decathlon
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band(Band Captain/President), NHS(Vice-President), Spanish NHS, Academic Decathlon, Boy Scouts(Eagle Scout)

  • Job/Work Experience: Internship at the university of Texas Medical Branch
  • Volunteer/Community service: over 300 hours at various places
  • Summer Activities:Youth About Business Competition(3rd Place team in Nationals), band, summer school(get rid of credit)
  • Essays:I thought they were good
  • Teacher Recommendation: one prob average(math), one prob amazing(english/acadec), prob also amazing(band)
  • Counselor Rec: prob good she loves me
  • Additional Rec: one from my mentor at my internship(prob good)
  • Interview: went well
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):Houston Texas

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: average public
  • Ethnicity:White
  • Gender:M
  • Income Bracket:~120,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:ECs and my research experience

  • Weaknesses:my test scores
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:well-rounded i guess
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: I LOVE RICE!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (710M, 700R, 610W)

  • ACT: 30 (34M, 33E, 26R, 25S)
  • SAT II: Math II: 710, US history: 700, physics: 660
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 4.075w
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 3,3,3,4
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, ap calc bc, ap macro/microeconomics, ap us and comp gov
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honors
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tons

  • Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs
  • Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hrs
  • Summer Activities: job + volunteer service
  • Essays: good, i think
  • Teacher Recommendation: ok
  • Counselor Rec: ok
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview: yes, ok
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): virginia

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public, top 100
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athlete, tons of interest
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:

  • Weaknesses: SAT
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no clue
    </code></pre>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:?
SAT I (breakdown):800 CR, 800 Writing, 740 Math
ACT:na
SAT II:750 literature, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):na
AP (place score in parenthesis):na
IB (place score in parenthesis): na
Senior Year Course Load: Not very heavy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended Scholar…</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Track, Drama, Key Club, NHS
Job/Work Experience: na
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:not much
Essays: very strong
Teacher Recommendation: strong
Counselor Rec: strong
Additional Rec:
Interview: Yes, good</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Texas, Houston
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essay, Recs, SAT
Weaknesses: Job experience, summer activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General Comments:Sorry everythings not filled out</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2320 (800M, 800CR, 720WR)
ACT:
SAT II:750 Math II, 720 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):approx 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):72/700
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):Spanish(5), but 6 more to come
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous, taking extra IB classes just for the value of them
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit (chose Rice as #1)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Build my own guitars, Computer Science club
Job/Work Experience: 1 year in a nuclear valve warehouse, 1 year as an intern at a CPA firm
Volunteer/Community service: 3 consecutive years of Galveston mission trips
Summer Activities: Work, soccer
Essays: So good, my counselor had her husband(who works at Rice) to put in a good word for me
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Additional Rec:
Interview: None, but I did an overnight visit</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: IB, pretty competitive
Ethnicity: Half white, half Iranian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: under 50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents went to Rice, grandfather was a professor, aunts, uncles went to Rice. Very traumatic childhood experience</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, crazy legacy, essays
Weaknesses: maybe grades and no interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I cannot imagine why. Possibly grades or no interview, but I am in shock.</p>

<p>General Comments: Don’t trust chance threads. I’m not being bitter, but now I have a lot of work to do because out of hundreds of replies to my chance threads, not one person told me there would be a chance I wouldn’t get in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2210 (800M, 740CR, 670WR)
ACT:
SAT II:700 Math II, 770 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):approx 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):111/700
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):Spanish(5), but 6 more to come
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous, taking extra IB classes just for the value of them
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit (chose Rice as #1)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Taught at guitar camp, Academic Decathlon
Work: One year as an intern at a CPA firm, also contract accounting, worked at a nuclear valve warehouse
Volunteer/Community service: 3 consecutive years of Galveston mission trips
Summer Activities: Work, soccer
Essays: So good, my counselor had her husband(who works at Rice) to put in a good word for me
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Pretty good
Additional Rec:
Interview: None, but I did an overnight visit</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: IB, pretty competitive, 6 were accepted to harvard last year
Ethnicity: Half white, half Iranian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: under 50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Both parents went to Rice, grandfather was a professor, aunts, uncles went to Rice. Very traumatic childhood experience</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, crazy legacy, essays
Weaknesses: maybe grades and no interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I cannot imagine why. Possibly grades or no interview, but I am in shock.</p>

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<p>General Comments: Don’t trust chance threads. I’m not being bitter, but now I have a lot of work to do because out of hundreds of replies to my chance threads, not one person told me there would be a chance I wouldn’t get in.</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!!! </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 790 writing, 750 math, 740 reading

  • ACT: 34 composite
  • SAT II: 750 chem, 790 math II
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): psych (5) calc (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: statistics, asian-american lit/poetry, social advocacy, genetics, anthropology/psychology, anatomy/physiology (concurrent with local college, best class I’ve ever taken), AP u.s. govt & politics class with Northwestern’s CTY program online; german I (took four years of Latin before that)
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist, magna cum laude or higher on National Latin Exam 8th-11th grade
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded and run two social justice/awareness clubs, independent WWII/Holocaust research, tutor in several different programs

  • Job/Work Experience: independent tutoring for about 3 months last year
  • Volunteer/Community service: volunteer with school club; SSAT mentoring program with 5h-7th graders wishing to take special secondary school entrance exam, SSAT; 2-3 hours per week miscellaneous, required for social advocacy.
  • Summer Activities: this summer, working on Rice app (; Also, a few online courses and independent WWII research
  • Essays: I liked them.
  • Teacher Recommendation: Two, very nice teachers.
  • Counselor Rec: I made about 10 different appointments with her about Rice. I’m guessing she made this one specific.
  • Additional Rec: my club sponsor!
  • Interview: Off campus (I’m out of state) with Alum. He was awesome, I hope whoever interviews happens to interview with him. He was so excited about Rice, it made me even more sure about applying there ED.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): IL

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public, but had to apply with SSAT and essays
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: N/A
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably leading the clubs, since I took on a hot-button issue, if you will. My high school is also very unique, and I’m the first one to apply to Rice from my high school in about six years.
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: GPA, essays, certainty of career path and college choice

  • Weaknesses: no connections or hooks, or first generation.
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I could be wrong on this, but I really did everything I could to show them I was positive that Rice was the school for me.
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: To say the least, I am so excited to attend! I never commented on the ED thread, but I’ve been following it since it began. I can’t wait to meet all that were accepted, and I wish the best of luck to those who were deferred to regular. Can’t wait for August (:</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math Level 2- 760, Physics- 750 US- 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Macro – (4, self-study) AP Euro (4) AP US(5) AP Micro (5) AP Gov’t (4) AP Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Psych, AP Lit and Comp, AP Bio, Accounting Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP State Scholar, All State Scholar Athlete for soccer, Deans list,</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Ambassador’s Club(Activities Director), Peer Leadership (Group Leader), Church Usher (Head Usher), Community Computers (Club founder and prez)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Habitat for Humanity summer trips, other random and sporadic stuff (upwards of 1000 hours total)
Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership forum on Medicine @ Gtown, Community Computers, Mission Trips, random stuff
Essays: I thought they were pretty dece
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: awesome I think
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went very, very well</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): (Born in the UK, still a natural born US citizen though)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no idea</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, extracurricular, counselor recs, hopefully some other stuff
Weaknesses: My gpa, hopefully not much more than that
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t pray hard enough haha???</p>

<p>General Comments: I was hoping id get in, but I guess not… 1st semester grades of my senior year have dropped significantly (like to a 3.2) but I have become much more involved in a number of activities in and out of school. Crossing my fingers for april 1st.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted = HAPPY</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (CR 630, Math 790, Writing 750 (12))
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math Level II 800, Physics 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9-sh (93%)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/317
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (4), AP Physics B, AP Calculus BC –> Self-study
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL, IB Math SL, IB Math SL, IB Geography SL
Senior Year Course Load: (above)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bunch of small awards, but nothing big haha unfortunately</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Church Violinist/solo (concert master)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: hospital, library
Summer Activities: Went to Tijuana, Mexico to help poor people, went to Mattagami First Nations village
Essays: This is probably what got me in
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Rec: dece
Interview: forgot to arrange one…I was really worried about this</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): CANADA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean with US citizenship)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 50 000 - 60 000 ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have very very small eyes</p>

<p>No Legacy</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: nothing!
Weaknesses: Everything!
Why you think you were accepted: Praying does the trick! :smiley:
General Comments: I feel extremely extremely lucky haha</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360/2400 (Math: 780, CR: 780, W: 800)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (Sci: 36, Eng: 34, Math: 33, Reading: 32)
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 770, Chem:650 (woops lol), US History: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW/4.28 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% out of 450
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Junior year - Calc AB 5, US History 5, Psychology 4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus C/D, Chem AP, Micro/Macro AP, Music Theory AP, English 12 AP, Wind Ensemble (top curricular band at my school)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): mostly minor awards, but I’m a National Merit Semifinalist and I was accepted into the New Jersey Scholars Program at the Lawrenceville School [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
BAND:

  • 4 yrs of curricular band (2 years in uppermost level)
  • 3 years of jazz band
  • 4 years of marching band (section leader the past two years, drill sergeant this year)
  • Band president (senior year)
  • 3 years of Saxophone ensembles (last year the quartet played at Lincoln Center in NYC)
  • 2 years of classical soloist concerts for the sax (junior/senior year)
    NON-BAND:
    Cultural diversity club/Asian Festival (2 yrs)
    National Honors Society (publicity chair) (Senior year)
    Artist show series (junior/senior year)
    School newspaper (frosh/soph year) (head features editor, then quit)
    Weekly columnist for the local paper (Senior year)
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nothing
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Webmaster for my local Red Cross chapter, but that’s it
    [</em>] Summer Activities: New Jersey Scholars Program was my only prestigious summer program, the others were all a mix of academic/musical non-prestigious programs
    [<em>] Essays: I was VERY proud of my common app and my “how do you bring diversity” essay; my “why are you applying to your school” one wasn’t as great. The other little one about “why rice” was also pretty strong, though.
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation: From my math teacher who witnessed the climax of my math career (last year in calc was the only year I did REALLY well; the reason my GPA isn’t a little closer to 4.0 is because of my sophomore year and freshman year math experiences), so I think that was pretty good.
    [<em>] Counselor Rec: She’s written good stuff about me before, so I think this one was good.
    [</em>] Additional Rec: My band director sent another one supplement to all of that, and he told me he spent hours on it just because of my overinvolvement in band on the whole.
    [li] Interview: The 30 minute interview ended up being 2 hours long at the interviewer’s house because we had to much to talk about![/ul]</p>[/li]
    <p>Other[ul]
    [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
    [</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
    [<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
    [</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino/White/Hispanic
    [<em>] Gender: Female
    [</em>] Income Bracket: Not getting financial aid, but I expect them to help me find ways to pay for this hahaha
    [li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, OOS, Band, interesting life as detailed in my essays, showed MAJOR interest[/ul]</p>[/li]
    <p>Reflection[ul]
    [<em>] Strengths: Essays, URM, OOS, Band, Test Scores, HIGH demonstrated interest, good interview
    [</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars could be a little more “prestigious” and I could have had more “accomplishments” BUT IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE yay!
    [li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I have good “stats,” but so do most applicants to Rice. I REALLY think a combination of my hooks and demonstrated interest did the trick. Without the fact that I’m a mix of Filipino, Hispanic, and White blood (and Jewish, too), I probably would have just been another band geek girl. The ethnic diversity was definitely a strong point, and my diversity essay was about how I moved from London to my white bread New Jersey town five years ago. In terms of demonstrated interest, I did an official visit twice when I visited my family in Houston (once sophomore year and once junior year, both with info sessions), but I talked to MANY Rice students (and noted this on my app). When the Rice adcom for NJ came to my school, I was the only one at the info session (no one in my town has HEARD of Rice) so it was basically a one-on-one interview wherein she took notes about who I was and all that so that she’d remember me. Rice also waived my application fee because I was a high scorer on the PSAT and wrote them down at my #1 back in April. [/ul]</p>[/li]
    <p>**General Comments: VERY excited, VERY happy, glad that my work has paid off but I’m pretty humbled by all of this. Can’t wait to meet you all next year! To those who weren’t accepted, honestly, no worries. I wanted to go to Rice but I know I would have been happier at so many other places. A year from now, this feeling of despondency from Rice will dissipate, I promise! Annnd a BIG “MAZEL TOV!!!” to those accepted! **</p>
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<p>Bump! I applied RD and want to know current stats for 2014. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>-SAT I (breakdown): N/A
-ACT: 33 (35 R, 35 W, 34 M, 27 S)
-SAT II: N/A
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
-AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), Env. Sci (4), Lit (4), World History (5), Bio (5), U.S History (5)
-IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
-Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, College Writing, Internship --Program offered through high school
-Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student (I had listed Rice as one of my top 2 schools) </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Stage Manager of Drama Company, member of NHS & SNHS
-Job/Work Experience: N/A
-Volunteer/Community service: many hospital volunteer hours, specific to children’s hospitals (as I want to be a pediatrician)
-Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Pediatric shadowing
-Essays: I started these over the summer, really thought about what i wanted to say. I edited them several times, and was very happy with how they represented me.
-Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them, but I loved both the teachers who wrote them.
-Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, but my counselor knew me pretty well
-Additional Rec: N/A
-Interview: Interview went well, I remember she really liked my Why Rice answer. </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>-State (if domestic applicant): NY
-Country (if international applicant):
-School Type: Public
-Ethnicity: Indian
-Gender: F
-Income Bracket: upper middle class
-Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): out of state,perhaps? </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>-Strengths: Good GPA and extracurriculars, unique essays
-Weaknesses: Chem AP, weak scores on science section of ACT (I applied to the Natural -Sciences school), no hooks
-Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I showed a lot of interest in Rice. I made a trip to TX to just vist the campus, and was in touch with the school. I worked hard in high school, and made sure my essays reflected who I am as a person, and how that person could fit in and help diversify Rice.</p>

<p>Good luck to those applying, and I hope everyone has a nice (and happy) New Year :)</p>