**Rice 2012 Transfer Thread**

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<p>I applied for a transfer too, and I wish I had found this site submitting my application. </p>

<p>My situation is a little different from everyone else, since I decided to take a gap semester, so fall 2012, I’ll be a second semester sophomore.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
College: LAC known for its rigorous academics (and lack of grade inflation, supposedly)
GPA: 3.5something, maybe 3.6 – we don’t calculate GPA
Rank: Don’t rank
Recs: I’m on great terms with the academic dean, calc prof and psychology professor
EC’s: Environmental club, feminist club, peer counseling, campus job, yoga. I didn’t participate in too many clubs and activities, but I am a board member for two of the groups. I also continued several of my high school activities during break, such as ceramics and hospital volunteering.</p>

<p>High school
GPA: 4.5something
Rank: 6/500, somewhere in top 10
ACT: 33
National Honor Commended Scholar, though I don’t know if I listed this
EC’s: NHS, quiz bowl, environmental club, ceramics, food bank volunteering, yoga
I only listed my EC’s from junior and senior years, since my resume was getting long already, with 3 semesters of college and 1 gap semester.
IB: I scored four 6’s, one 5 and one 3
AP: A 5 on the only exam I ever took</p>

<p>My essays were all right. They aren’t over-the-top phenomenal, but I think they highlight several important things. In retrospect, all my essays and short answers may have overlapped too much, and sound a little too repetitive.</p>

<p>Does anyone know how we’ll be notified May 15th? Email, or physical mail? I’m dying in anxiety here.</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know how many applicants are typically admitted? This number obviously fluctuates year to year, but how many are typically admitted, and how many typically apply?</p>

<p>Thanks! And best of luck to everyone.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what’s the deal with spring transfers? Apparently, it wasn’t even an option this year…</p>

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<p>They stopped doing those a few years ago.</p>

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<p>Hello, I’m just curious… If we get accepted, do we have to report the spring semester grades? And does the spring semester grade effect Rice’s decision?</p>

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<p>Yes, they stopped doing spring semester transfers because the transition into Rice and the residential college system was too messy. </p>

<p>No, you do not need to submit spring semester grades. </p>

<p>Good luck to all of you! I found out about my admission to Rice on 4/29.</p>

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<p>'sup, guys.</p>

<p>does the 4/29 date that someone mentioned earlier have any measure of truth? i mean, is it common for people to get a decision as early as that or is one’s decision impacted by the choice/school of major, as it is in some schools</p>

<p>also, we shouldn’t expect one lump of decisions on the final deadline (5/15), but a steady stream of them, right?</p>

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<p>^I’m hoping for a 4/27 release date, as that is a Friday. And historically, other than last year, that was the day the decisions came out.</p>

<p>Rice is my dream school and I am so nervous about getting in. I’ve been accepted at WashU and W&M but I really want to go to Rice…</p>

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<p>@TransferWorries
you got accepted at WashU? I just got rejected last week. Although that is not my first choice, it still hurts. Right now, I’d go to any school that would take me other than my current school. If you are not going to WashU, would you call the admission office and give me the spot? Just kiddin.</p>

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<p>Hi everyone! An international transfer applicant here from NY!! =) I’m getting nervous more and more each day as the notification day is getting closer!!! Here are my basic stats:</p>

<p>HS: No gpa / rank (I came from an international school in one of the south-east asian countries in which I studied for four years. There were no gpa/rank but scored all A’s in British IGCSEs exams and 4As in A-Levels, and I know my counsellor checked top 5% on the academic achievement section of the HS Report)</p>

<p>SAT1: 2300 (CR 800 MA 760 WR 740)
SAT2: Maths Level 2 750</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.53 (I’m currently attending one of the public universities in upstate NY. Been here since last fall semester, but have a sophomore 2 standing because of my credits from high school.)</p>

<p>EC:
Piano performance (since the age 6, awarded performance merit award/community service award from a governor, a number of solo recitals/concerts)
Journalism (worked for two regional newspapers)
Multilingual: Korean (native language), English, Chinese and Russian
Volunteering at afghan refugee school
AIESEC Internship in Ukraine (worked in a private camp for two month for kids as a foreign intern. Had lots of fun, sharpened my language skill, and gained valuable experiences =D)
Part-time work during HS/College
A number of small school awards, Dean’s List, awarded merit scholarships from HS</p>

<p>Rec: one from Russian professor and the other from my piano performance professor. Both should be good. Oh, and I also sent one recommendation letter from my HS counselor.</p>

<p>Essay: They weren’t phenomenal as I had very little time to write them, but I think I made it pretty much clear why I wanted to transfer out and why Rice is the perfect place for me. I wrote about my interest and desire to work in the field of music marketing for why-school-of-social-sciences essay and my time with Rice music students for Why Rice essay. I really liked my response to the two short answer questions =) </p>

<p>Etc: I visited Rice twice, first in December and second time during my spring break which was a couple of weeks ago. I went to an information session, took a class visit, campus tour, lunch visit and concert visit at the Shepherd School of Music. During my second visit, I e-mailed the Admissions Office, letting them know that I was visiting the campus and took a class visit, and made it clear that this was the place I wanted to be!</p>

<p>I’m wondering if there’s any other international student who applied as a transfer to Rice! Rice truly is an amazing school, and I wish everyone of you the best with your application!</p>

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<p>Hi i am international from israel and was studying in new york also!</p>

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<p>On another note what about housing for transfers? I will be coming to the states in august i dont see how i would have time to search for housing off campus</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, transfers to Rice get the short end of the stick for housing; a problem I am working with others to ameliorate. Transfer students are not guaranteed housing, but some transfer students do get housing. A lot of it is up to the residential colleges and how many rooms are left over after freshmen and other students guaranteed housing claim their rooms. I transferred as a sophomore and sophomore students at my residential college are not guaranteed housing(at some residential colleges it is juniors that are not guaranteed). I was lucky enough to be given a room after all the freshmen got housing, though I received my notification less than a week before O-week. </p>

<p>Such late notice can cause issues for many people, especially those coming from out-of-state. The Rice Transfer Student Association is working on guaranteeing housing for transfers, but unfortunately for now we have to accept living off-campus as a possibility. There are still many places around Rice for rent that are nice and affordable. I understand living off-campus for your first year sucks, but it really isn’t too terrible and I’m actually looking forward to it! Here is a link that may help: [Rice</a> University Off-Campus Housing and Entertainment](<a href=“Rice University | Off-Campus Housing Search”>Rice University | Off-Campus Housing Search)</p>

<p>All of that being said, beds tend to be available in the spring as people like to study abroad and on occasion, graduate a semester early. You should have a chance to claim one of these rooms later on. You are supposedly guaranteed 3 years of housing at Rice and as a sophomore that was not guaranteed housing, I am guaranteed for my Junior and Senior year, but I am not sure how it applies to a transfer student like me that will technically be staying as a 5th year senior as well. Fingers crossed. :)</p>

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<p>Just curious, do transfer applicants with a family member who attended (and graduated) from rice give them a perk? Does anyone have a family member who attend rice here?</p>

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<p>Do international students get preference in terms of on-campus housing? It would be really difficult for us to arrange housing while spending the summer in a foreign country.</p>

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<p>Slightly off-topic here, but, is everyone holding out that, once again, this Friday, the 27th, will be decision day?</p>

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<p>I hope decisions come out this week. Accepted to Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for alternate major, Chemical Engineering, and UT Austin for Computer Science, which require a response by May 1 and May 9. Hope to hear from Rice by then. All my other offers are June 1 and July 1 (UC San Diego, A&M, and Rose Hulman).</p>

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<p>Looks like this Friday is the consensus here. Hopefully that’s what will happen, I’d much prefer that to being kept in suspense the whole weekend and finding out early next week. Fingers crossed.</p>

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<p>My fingers are crossed as well! I’m so nervous about this decision, as Rice has been my dream school for years. I know the last few years it was usually the 27th when the decisions were released, which makes a lot of sense for this year, considering it’s a Friday, and very near when most other schools have released their decisions. I’m hopeful, and eager to see who among us here gets accepted!</p>

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<p>Did someone answer how they inform us? Email, website, mail?</p>

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<p>I know Rice posts acceptance decisions via Esther. I believe that is how last year’s transfers were first notified. However, I am unaware if they received an email informing them of the updated status. Also, you will receive follow-up mail as further “evidence” of the admissions councilors’’ decision. </p>

<p>(one more day x x (fingers crossed))</p>