Official Rice University Class of 2015 ED Decisions Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Engineering </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 660 M: 680 W: 610
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 680 Physics: 550
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): – (4.0388 Weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 64/645
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): –
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Music Theory, Contemporary Issues
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (SPL), Key Club, NHS, NSHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Production Associate at a local business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key club, NHS, Scouts
[</em>] Summer Activities: Philmont, New Mexico '10
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: Good (Employer)
[li] Interview: –</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican (Hispanic)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 75k - 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 2nd generation college</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays? I really don’t know.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA / Low SATII
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ED + Hispanic, Eagle Scout project underway, Essays…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A&M, but doesn’t matter at this point.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Surprised! Woah.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Natural Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 math, 750 critical reading, 800 writing (12 E)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Bio E, 750 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/30-ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, H Philosophy, H Spanish CBE, H Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Government, H Econ, Literary Magazine
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TWI Ethics, National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (treasurer 11, VP 12), NHJS (president 9), varsity basketball starting center, art club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Your Family Physician (Medical Records)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Outreach, Volleyball Assistant Coach, Desert Sun Pediatrics (internship)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Coed basketball, NYLF/MED, hospital volunteer work
[<em>] Essays: probably one of my strong points. My CA essay was on Bob Dylan!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: my teachers know me very well, and they like me :slight_smile:
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ditto on this one.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 30-35k/year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): broken home, chronic illness</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, essays, rec
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurricular
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve aimed for a well-rounded resume, and I put quite a lot of time into my essays. Writing is definitely one of my strengths.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Baylor University</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I feel extremely lucky to be accepted :)</p>

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<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to:Humanities[ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):1900 Math: 640 Reading: 620 Writing: 640
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):20/473
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3) World History (3) APUSH (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eco/Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Art III, Anatomy/Physiology, Honors English
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Quill and Scroll Society, PLAN Student Achievement</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity volleyball, Club volleyball, journalism,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics, retirement home, elementary children, and cleaning up an Italian city
[ *] Summer Activities: People to People and Girls State
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great. I’ve known her since I was four.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: Great</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Texas
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic/ Mexican
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 75 k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, international experience
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores and extracurricular activities
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my essays and experiences
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UT and Baylor</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments: So happy and surprised to be accepted :)[ /b]</p>

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<p>[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 cr, 780 math, 720 writing
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 750 math II, 710 us. history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/258
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB (4 HL, 2 SL)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): club founder and lots of other clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: minor stuff
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: approx 250 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: n/a
[ *] Essays: very good, one was creative
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: no idea
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: I thought i did very well but interviewer was not very enthusiastic</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: well rounded though nothing special in any one category
[ *] Weaknesses: not much
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ED help along with conveying my passion for environment
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a</p>

<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] So excited</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to:Natural Sciences
Want to Double Major in Mathematics/Economics and Minor in Business
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 Composite. 620 Writing, 700 CR, 770 Math
[</em>] ACT: 33 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 800, Physics- 750, Chemistry- 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP: Calc BC/AB subscore- 5/5, Physics C: Mechanics- 4, Chemistry- 4</p>

<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]So far…
Real Analysis, Endocrinology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, World Literature, Western Civilization, Research Mentorship in Psychology/Behavioral Sciences with PhD at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and Biochemistry
Not too sure about next semester yet</p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Scholar before that</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as an assistant to a researcher after a research program, but didn’t get paid
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at medical clinic
[</em>] Summer Activities: research program
[<em>] Essays: above average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: From my favorite teacher, so it was pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty standard
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public residential school specializing in Math and Science
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (from India)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Pretty high, but have a brother at Vanderbilt University
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays were above average I would say and reflected my personality really well
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had straight A’s my first semester of junior year, dropped to five B’s, but came back up a lot this semester to having only 1 B, so I think that came off looking good to Rice.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
My life feels so complete right now =)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
School applied to: Humanities</p>

<p>Objective:
*SAT I (breakdown): N/A

  • ACT: 31
  • SAT II: N/A
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
  • AP: AP Language & Composition (5), AP United States History (5)
  • IB: Not offered at my school
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP American Government, AP Economics, AP Literature, AP Comparative Government, Honors Physics, Yearbook 2, Art</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars: Junior Elite Triathlon-6th-12th, Varsity Swimming-9th 10th 11th, Junior Varsity Cross Country-10th, SADD Club Representative-9th 10th, SADD Club President-11th, Global Citizens’ Club President-11th 12th, Yearbook-11th 12th, Yearbook Editor-12th
  • Job/Work Experience: Swimming Instructor/Lifeguard-Summer after 11th
  • Volunteer/Community service: THINK Together Mentor Program, Regional Park Volunteer (I work in the visitors’ center and I work to clear the trails)
  • Summer Activities: Basically what I mention above
  • Essays: Very strong according to my AP Lit teacher
  • Teacher Recommendation: Strong
  • Counselor Rec: Very good
  • Additional Rec:N/A
  • Interview: An excellent conversation</p>

<p>Other

  • State: CA
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Female
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad didn’t go to college, though my mother did, so it’s not really much of a hook…</p>

<p>General Comments:When I found out that I am accepted into Rice University I ran screaming excitedly and shouting wildly out of the house :)</p>

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<p>EDIT-Offff couursseeee. My sister kept herself logged in. (so inconsiderate) This is RiceOwlHopeful.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110-M610, CR 780, W720
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] SAT II: M1 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Composition (4), US Hist (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Very rigorous
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Flute player for eight years, multiple band involvements.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One really cool summer job at a bungee jumping company.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer four hours a week at a raptor center. (owls!)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Not much to speak of, besides the job.
[<em>] Essays: Excellent.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, the counselor and I bonded.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I think it went ok. We talked for a long time, and I flew in to texas specially to visit. But I will admit there were some awkward pauses.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): West coast.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White as bread
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 40-60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, essays, geographic location, obvious interest. (obsession. haha)
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, lack of anything truly outstanding.
[<em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: Probably the combination of SAT math score and my lacking anything truly outstanding.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: At first I was absolutely devastated. But I think this has been a good experience overall, and I am happy that I still have a chance. I want to put it out there for other deferred/rejected applicants that there are other schools out there! I have already found a few great ones that are maybe a little easier to get into. And I am going to do my best to get in!</p>

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<p>Great attitude. To me you stand out against other applicants and I hope Rice reconsiders, but I agree with your choice in keeping other schools in mind. Good luck and I’m sure you’ll get accepted into a college you love.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: Engineering
I want to major in Chemical Engineering with minors in Ecological & Evolutionary Biology and History.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR, 680 W, 680 M
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4), Physics (4), World History (4), Statistics (4), English Lang & Comp (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Computer Science AP, Chemistry AP, French Language AP, English Lit & Comp AP, World History Independent Study, Calculus BC AP, Biology AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Kumon Student, Ultimate Frisbee (captain), Outdoor Track, drum performance student, DECA (Director of Community Service), World Language Honor Society, Key Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Employee
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Kumon Volunteer
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering, Congressional Leadership Conference at Georgetown University, took Economics class at local community college
[<em>] Essays: In my opinion, supplement was excellent, Common App was the best I have ever written
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived, but I’m guessing great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Waived, had a new counselor who only knew me for two months, probably decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: Yes, went pretty well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, 1200 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: >160,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, personal qualities, involvement in Kumon
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays hit home and both my dedication to Kumon and personal qualities stood out
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Georgia Tech (accepted)</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: HOW THE HELL DID I GET IN?! For those who were accepted, see you next year! For those who weren’t, good luck!!!</p>

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<p>I don’t believe we have a minor in History.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I am hoping to get a minor approved, but we’ll see. Otherwise I’ll just do anthropology or something</p>

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<p>Congrats ashtrayheart3!
How do you invite principals to write letters? (there is only one slot and no link that says add recommendation)
PLEASE LEMME KNOW ASAP!! thanks</p>