Official Rice University Class of 2015 ED Decisions Thread

samiam714 · December 15, 2010, 5:28pm

Decision: Accepted!!!
School applied to: Wiess School of Natural Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (760 CR, 700 M, 740 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/312
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 4’s: Chemistry, US History, European History, English Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP U.S. Govt, AP Spanish, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Biology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Club Med (President), Badminton Club (President and Founder), Spanish Honor Society (Vice-President)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ Hours
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering like CRAZY
[] Essays: I thought my common app was okay. My three Rice ones were really good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived, but I think it was great.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Muy terrible![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Out of state but I’m also Asian so it evens out haha[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Um…out of state and good GPA? I also showed as much interest as humanly possible haha
[] Weaknesses: Low Math SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my Math II score evened out my poor Math SAT score. Other than that, I’m just as clueless as you.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Pittsburgh

[/ul]General Comments: WOOOOOOOOH!!! I’M GOING TO RICE NEXT YEAR!!!111!!!1!!1!one

eaglemom10 · December 15, 2010, 5:34pm

DENIED my eagle scout, national merit commended son who has never met an enemy. We are very blessed, and now not as cash strapped for college.

Hope all who are accepted have a wonderful 4 years at Rice … and welcome to Texas, y’all!

Lalavividat · December 15, 2010, 5:50pm

Decision: Accepted!!!
School applied to: School of Social Science

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (720 CR, 750 M, 790 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 US 
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs this most, the most rigorous

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic team captain, othe clubs
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Many in the area I am interested in/will be possibly major in.
Summer Activities: Community service
Essays: Very good! All of mine had a consistent theme yet diverse
Very unique perspective essay.
Teacher Recommendation: Good?
Counselor Rec: Generic or dunno.
Additional Rec: Good!
Interview: I thought I talked too much lol. It was a good interview tho.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Currently in Pennsylvania but intl
Country (if international applicant): Asia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Strengths:Essays, SAT, GPA? lol
Weaknesses: No super special hook.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

<h2>General Comments: WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I can’t believe this!!</h2>

KayGee2015 · December 15, 2010, 5:54pm

Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): math 750 reading 800 writing 800
ACT: na
SAT II: us history 760 math II 800 chem 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (unweighted)
Rank: 21/329
AP : us history (5) calculus ab (5)
IB na
Senior Year Course Load: ap european history, ap calc bc, ap english lit, ap comp sci, ap chem, comp sci independent study
Major Awards : national merit commended
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Key Club (president), national honors society, WIRC (book club), anime club, girls golf
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: kiwanis volunteer, food bank
Summer Activities: lots of academic summer camps, CMU computer science program (leap)
Essays: good I think
Teacher Recommendation: excellent.
Counselor Rec: excellent.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): us
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
**Reflection[ /b]
Strengths: strong in computer science, good SAT scores, upward trend in grades
Weaknesses: Im not very diverse
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Decent application and good luck!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none
General Comments: yay!!!

Kwally3 · December 15, 2010, 5:58pm

Decision: I got Deferred!!

Objective:[ul]

[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] AP (5 in physics and US history; 4 in chemistry, 3 in english):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP English; AP Econ; AP Gov; AP 3d studio art; AP Biology; Japanese IV

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (Tutor, Head of organizing some student events (CTF ect)):
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at resturant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Good at the time but would revise them if I could.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Interview: Great

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (California)
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <60k
[] Hooks: Heads an underground student movement that organizes 400 men tag games and more.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: humorous responses
[] Weaknesses: 3 B’s in Junior year (Debate, English, and History; all were b/c i lost homework assignments :/)
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: Not colorful enough academic extracurriculars. Essays didn’t stress my academic edge–i assuemd that my grades would disclose that. [/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m sad about now having a busy winter break. I planned to resume book reading durring my break.

Also, I’m still in the pool! RD’ers, you better watch out because I’m gonna fight tooth and nail for a spot! So, suck it!

Gonna start my stanford app now.

pennedict · December 15, 2010, 6:09pm

Hi!
I’m logged into Esther right now but I don’t see any link or button to see the admission notification.

Where do I go?

RawrRawrDinosaur · December 15, 2010, 6:12pm

Its under Requirements

washingtonian27 · December 15, 2010, 6:12pm

Thank you so much eaglemom10. We wish you and your son the best!! I’m sure he has a bright future ahead.

csmurphy · December 15, 2010, 6:13pm

Do they email or is it on esther?
if so, what do I click to see it?

pennedict · December 15, 2010, 6:16pm

Got it! Thanks!

Grantl345 · December 15, 2010, 6:17pm

Log into Esther and look under requirements. It’s your application status.

ilovesoymilk · December 15, 2010, 6:25pm

[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 570 cr, 800 math, 700 writing
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: 750 math II, 710 us. history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/712
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: all ap classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): usual officer positions
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at the hospital/humane society/school
[ *] Summer Activities: n/a
[ *] Essays: thought they were good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: it was good

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): tx
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Income Bracket: middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: course load, grades
[ *] Weaknesses: sat score?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably was not as competitive…
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a

[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] Since I’m deferred, is it possible I could update my profile with better SAT scores I recently took?

kp217 · December 15, 2010, 6:28pm

ilovesoymilk, yes, i do believe that sending them the better SAT scores (plus like a letter to ur adcom talkign about new stuff that wasnt on ur app) will help u get in

RiceGirl2015 · December 15, 2010, 6:34pm

Decision: Accepted

School applied to: Rice (Natural Sciences)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 710 CR: 710 W: 750 Composite: 2170
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math II: 770 Literature: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 22
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Arabic II, Government, Economics, British Lit., AP Bio (online course), Academic Enrichment Survey Course, Bible.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council/Government (President, Treasurer), Varsity Basketball (3 year), Varsity Track (4 year), Varsity Cross Country (4 year, team captain).
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mission Trip to Nicaragua, Volunteer at church in children’s ministry and sound crew at various times. Played keyboard in church band for past two years. Created five minute long promotionalvideos for my private school.
[] Summer Activities: Summer basketball two year. Summer track another.
[] Essays: Really good, I think. My diversity essay was hard to write, but I talked about “embracing my inner geek.”
[] Teacher Recommendation:Good.
[] Counselor Rec: Best. Rec. Ever. My counselor explained how I took an AP Calc test after taking a non-AP calc class and decided to take AP bio online since it wasn’t offered at my school. Showed how I went “above and beyond” what I was offered.
[] Additional Rec: Former Rice Trustee
[li] Interview: The woman didn’t know what a soap box was. I think I did good, though.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Private Christian
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mother is Alumnus.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Very well balanced. Athletics, academics, creativity, technological interests, and leadership roles.
[] Weaknesses: I’m not diverse. I’m a middle class, white female in Texas.
[] Why you think you were accepted: I’ve been told I’m a “Typical Rice Girl.” Everyone who knows me was certain I’d get in.
[] Where else were you accepted: Baylor (super back-up school), UT Plan II (a little sad to turn this down, but Rice is my dream school).
[/ul]

sypde24 · December 15, 2010, 6:44pm

Decision: Deferred
School: Engineering
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 680 M 800 W 720
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math2 780 Physics 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish 4 English 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: English, US History, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, Adv. 3rd Year Chinese
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): gsa board, chinese club board, radio board, varsity ultimate frisbee
[] Job/Work Experience: nothing special.
[] Volunteer/Community service: built an aula for school kids in costa rica with global routes.
[] Summer Activities: vanderbilt summer academy summer '10
[] Essays: my essays were good, i think
[] Teacher Recommendation: physics, math, chinese
[] Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec: well two teacher rec’s were additional
[] Interview: yes. i think it went pretty well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: civil engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private boarding co-ed / prep school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): out of state
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: stuff
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: stuff
[] Weaknesses: gpa maybe, but i go to a top private boarding school/prep school so it’s a lot harder
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa i guess…i dunno…lack of awards maybe? it’s hard to get awards at prep school
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: tulane - accepted. drexel - accepted[/ul]

General Comments: i’ve come to believe that rice is made for me. ahaha…anyway because of that i’m just gonna OWN at school for these next few months, and send them those grades in addition, and do whatever else i can do.

simpsons93 · December 15, 2010, 6:58pm

Decision: Rejected
School applied to: Rice University

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten percentile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Philosophy I, IB Biology II, IB English II, IB Math Studies, IB French VI, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Study of the Americas II, IB Extended Essay
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholars Award[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society (Secretary), Youth and Government (State Press Secretary and School Vice President), Dance, French Club (Secretary), Newspaper (Founder and Editor)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: +1000
[] Summer Activities: Hospital Volunteering and Lab Research
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec: Great
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Magnet Internal Baccalaureate
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Grades and ACT
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of my lacking grades and act scores.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UT

[/ul]General Comments:

jztimmons · December 15, 2010, 7:13pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Rice University

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 of 171
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP english (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Highest level possible
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Class president, Varsity cross country (4 year letterman, 6 district championships, 4 time regional qualifier, state qualifier), Varsity track (4 year letterman, district champ, regional qualifier), UIL Ready Writing (District champ, 2 time regional qualifier, state qualifier), NHS, Student Council, VuVu Crew (Co Founder), Peer assistance and leadership program (2 years), Link leaders (2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a sno cone place for 20h/week since sophomore year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Countless hours working with the homeless in soup kitchens, participation in relay for life, and other miscellaneous organizations
[] Summer Activities: Work, running about 50 miles a week
[] Essays: above average, CA essay was exceptional
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see but great relationship with teacher
[] Counselor Rec: smaller school so counselor knew me very well, talked about my leadership qualities
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went extremely well![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public 800 students
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: $100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, First Generation College, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extensive ec’s, decent test scores, and GPA
[] Weaknesses: No extreme life changing experience
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good EC’s and good grades, did everything I could to get in. (Interview, talked with Rice people, etc.)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A

[/ul]General Comments: So excited to be going to Rice!!! Congratulations to all who gained admission and good luck to all who were deferred/rejected. God has his plan for everyone!

jztimmons · December 15, 2010, 7:17pm

School: Humanities*

grace8562 · December 15, 2010, 7:47pm

[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to:[ Social Sciences]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR-800, M-770, WR-710
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: USH: 670…hahah, Math2-770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): …3.7?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese(5), Stats (5), Compsci(3), Eng3(4), WHAP(4), APUSH(4), Cal AB(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Econ, Ap Physics B, AP Eng4, 2 Choirs, Reg Gov’t, and Independent STudy Mentorship
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): umm National Merit Semi, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Presidential Volunteer Award

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School: Red Cross club pres, D.O. club pres, Japanese Culture Club pres, Cinematography club president,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: independent tutor, intern @ Law Office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Houston Red Cross Youth Service Council Chair, last year I was Communications Chair…,
[ *] Summer Activities: umm I led the Leadership Development Conference for Red Cross
[ *] Essays: not that great…
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers liked me
[ *] Counselor Rec: alright
[ *] Additional Rec: Red Cross rec
[ *] Interview: alright

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian! =]
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: academics? essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly? no clue. Ask Antarius =p
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list]**General Comments: let’s get this party started! good luck to everyone! [ /b]

apyyyy · December 15, 2010, 8:35pm

Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Social Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (CR: 720 M: 760 W: 710)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 760 US History; 720 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.625 (4.125 weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/542
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (4); World (4); CalcBC (5); PhysC (4); EnvSci (5); Psych (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Science Research & Internship; AP Gov/Econ; AP Stats; AP Comparative Gov; AP Lang; Multivariable Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Habitat For Humanity (Officer); Web Design; original research in social sciences
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: Beta Club; Relay For Life; other events
[] Summer Activities: Internship
[] Essays: Good, one great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[] Interview: Good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $90,000-$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT’s? I don’t even
[] Weaknesses: Low GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Early Decision boost
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Doesn’t matter now

[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to RD applicants!

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