<p>Objective:
ACT: 32
SAT II: 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8… then it went down 1st semester senior year
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Scholar with Distinction
Senior Year Course Load: Max honors/AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Robotics & Spanish</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Engineering (VP), Spanish (Pres), Ambassadors, and a bunch more
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs
Summer Activities: Two leadership conferences (domestic&international)
Essays: Amazing (except i gave a sentence for the “Why this major” essay)
Teacher Recommendation: Interesting… (didn’t see any of them)
Counselor Rec: Great
Interview: I thought it was good…</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays, ECs
Weaknesses: ACT, race, first semester senior grades, in-state
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s my only flat-out rejection (I got into Wash U & Notre Dame… and they saw the same grades).</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 770, CR: 780, Writing: 800, Total: 2350
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: Math I: 730, Math II: 800, Lit: 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 9.8/11 (school doesn’t publish GPA on 4.0 scale)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not published
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take any (my school doesn’t offer AP classes)
IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take
Senior Year Course Load: Extremely difficult. AP computer science, ecology, macro and microeconomics, creative writing, contemporary middle east, calculus, and 4th-level Chinese.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Horseback riding (started a competitive team at my school), tons of community service including animal rescue and food pantry (head of horse rescue club), and several other leadership roles
Job/Work Experience: Stop & Shop cashier; internship at large PR firm; reporter for small business
Volunteer/Community service: too many to list.
Summer Activities: None other than work
Essays: I thought the common app essay was very good. For the Rice question that asked “what other schools did you apply to?,” I responded that my college counselor advised me not to answer. I’m not sure if that helped or hindered my application, but it all worked out for the best anyway.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I assume they were reasonably good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but I have reason to believe it was great
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: private boarding
Ethnicity: half Asian, half white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably my scores and GPA (it comes out to about a 3.5 if you try to convert it, but that is pretty high for my school)
Weaknesses: Not sure if some of my essays were weak or not.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pretty surprised, actually. I didn’t think I was going to get into Rice. But I am excited that I did!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800M + 750R + 770W = 2320
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MII, 800 Phys, 750 Bio
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.94
[<em>]Rank: homeschool
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):Calc BC - 5, Phys C - 5,5[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty good
[</em>]Recs: Outstanding and amazing
[<em>]Supplementary Material: didn’t submit supplementary material, but wrote about a program he had written for a teacher
[</em>]Summer Activities: MathPath * 3, HCSSiM, Catapult, little bit of work
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Colorado
[<em>]High School Type: Homeschool
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: M[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Tutoring in the tutoring center, not much else
[<em>]Awards: the standard stuff, but no contests
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Advice from a mom: for those who didn’t make it, you really really will be able to move on and make a successful life. This is NOT the end of the world. Whatever school you end up at will be lucky to have you and will benefit from your presence just as you will benefit from being there.</p>
<p>Son:
SAT 2340
National Merit Finalist;
Presidential Scholar Candidate
Arkansas
Varsity Cross Country
State Championship Quizbowl Team
Chess Team</p>
<p>In at WashU and Virginia… so happy to go to one of those.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2220 M:730 W:750 CR:740
ACT:didn’t take
SAT II: French:710 USH:760 MIIC: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/800
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language(5), Calculus AB (5), World History (4), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: European History AP, AP Stats, AP Biology, AP English Lit, AP Econ, US Gov’t, Girls Varsity Soccer fall/spring
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/Honor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls Soccer (jv captain), French Club, National Honor Society, Junior State of America
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours
Summer Activities: Texas Governor’s School, hospital volunteer
Essays: good i guess lol
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec:
Interview: didn’t have one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, first generation
Reflection
Strengths: essays?
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ask Rice!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 730 CR, 780 M, 800 W, 11 E (2310)
ACT: 34 (35 Eng, 36 M, 34 R, 30 Sci, 10 Ess)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 US History, 740 Chem, 700 Lit
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/155
AP: US History (5)
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track, Varsity Policy Debate (team captain), Science Olympiad, Volunteer Boards, Founder of Rock 4 Relief
Job/Work Experience: Pizza Hut, babysitting, lawn mowing, and voice on radio
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering boards, Big Brother, Epilepsy Foundation
Summer Activities: Lifeguard training, online class
Essays: Wrote the day the app was due haha
Teacher Recommendation: Chem and English teachers - decent im assuming
Counselor Rec: She <3 me
Interview: chill</p>
<p>Other
State: Idaho
School Type: Small private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Major: Sociology</p>
<p>I was waitlisted the same exact stats, just trade Cross Country for Soccer, and add a triple legacy. Makes no sense, not sure what we were missing…</p>
<p>mggirl or anyone else, how did you find out about scholarships? I got two emails from Rice: one telling me about my acceptance and one telling me they weren’t giving me any need-based financial aid. I didn’t see anything about merit scholarships and I can’t go to Rice without one. Thanks!</p>
<p>@SuperStar803 – I got that same email saying that I’m not eligible for need-based financial aid! I don’t know what the deal is… my EFC is well below Rice’s cost of attendance. Did you expect to receive any financial aid? I’m definitely calling the FA office tomorrow about this.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 M, 760 V, 780 W (2280)
ACT:NA
SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 US
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Enviro (4), US (5), World History (4), Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nope
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Tennis captain and nationally ranked player all four years, third degree Blackbelt, other things of minor significance
Job/Work Experience:Installing granite in commercial and residential projects and stringing tennis racquets.
Volunteer/Community service:400+ hours of teaching tennis and tutoring
Summer Activities:Internship in Saudi Arabia studying entrepreneurship, tennis tournaments.
Essays:decent
Teacher Recommendation:good but I didn’t see them
Counselor Rec:good i guess
Additional Rec:nope
Interview:nope
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:top ranked public
Ethnicity:mixed
Gender:M
Income Bracket:<100,00
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope
Reflection
Strengths:GPA, and internship, i guess my scores were pretty good
Weaknesses: I have nothing special
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i had great grades and good enough scores. My ECs were good as well. I’ll have to see what happens on April 1st to see where I end up. I am really happy right now though.</p>
<p>ACT: 35
SAT: Math - 800, CR - 750
National Merit Finalist
Presidential Scholar Candidate
Attended state school for Math & Science junior and senior year. Have almost every AP class and lots of college classes.
Decent EC’s - band, orchestra, clubs, etc.</p>
