<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Rice/Baylor is my first choice out of everything, but if i don't get into the program, either UPenn or Stanford are my first choices</li>
<li>1440/2160</li>
<li>No Rank/4.06 out of 4.30 W or 3.82 out of 4.0 UW</li>
<li>AP Scholar with Honor (three 5s and one 3)</li>
<li>Strengths: very rigorous curriculum, pretty good GPA, lots of leadership, great essays; Weaknesses: SAT, no really insane national awards, no research</li>
<li>leadership, Pakistani immigrant who has experienced racism due to 9/11 (wrote an essay on it), and low income (used fee waiver)</li>
<li>No</li>
</ol>
<p>Best of Luck you guys... U all seem strong candidiates. Hope to see you at Rice this fall!</p>
<p>Well... I guess I'll go too. (I included the original questions for clarity.)</p>
<ol>
<li>ED/ID/RD: ID</li>
<li>First choice?: No, but it's up there.</li>
<li>SAT/ACT: 2170</li>
<li>Rank/GPA: NR; 4.1 W GPA</li>
<li>AP Award: n/a</li>
<li>Strength(s): Recs, essays, URM, 3 sport athlete. Weakness(es): ECs not stellar.</li>
<li>Hook(s): Mexican-American; live(d) abroad.</li>
<li>TX Resident: Officially, yeah.</li>
<li>Common/Rice App?: Common App</li>
</ol>
<p>I shall post my stats too. It's fun to compare, and it's not as if anyone would be able to recognize me</p>
<ol>
<li>ED/ID/RD: ID</li>
<li>First choice?: Yes</li>
<li>SAT/ACT: c: 2190/ s: 2200</li>
<li>Rank/GPA: 2/~200 , 4.5-ish</li>
<li>AP Award: AP Scholar, but I didn't mention it</li>
<li>Strength(s): Academic scores?, rank? ; Weakness(es): Language, ECs </li>
<li>Hook(s): Research over summer?</li>
<li>TX Resident: yes, houston, even</li>
<li>Common/Rice App?: Rice App</li>
</ol>
<p><em>sigh</em> Here we go. Time to feel bad about myself.</p>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Tied with Hopkins.</li>
<li>1510/2260</li>
<li>40/338, I just got my first B+ though.</li>
<li>Scholar</li>
<li>Stregths/Weaknesses: ehh...?</li>
<li>Nada</li>
<li>Nope...</li>
<li>Rice App</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Kinda! Tied with CMU</li>
<li>1510/2190</li>
<li>11%, 4.6</li>
<li>AP scholar</li>
<li>Weaknesses: rank/gpa, SATIIs</li>
<li>Hook: I draw/paint lots, but I'm really into tech as well.. I dunno, I don't think its a common combination... (wrote essays targetting the two)</li>
<li>KY resident 8D</li>
<li>Common app</li>
</ol>
<p>edit: ohh we should have something for the box too!! :)</p>
<ol>
<li>Box: I drew a girl blowing bubbles, but the bubbles turn into jellyfish 8D! It was a t-shirt design I was working on..</li>
</ol>
<p>You guyz have all made it. I am the weakest link - NoFX must now be happy :)</p>
<ol>
<li>RD</li>
<li>Rice 1st choice</li>
<li>1330 / 1600 (730M + 600V)</li>
<li>7 / 59</li>
<li>No AP's</li>
<li>Singing, Essay writing, Making presentations (have plenty of these) and recommendation as my Physics teacher told me it was a great recommendation. </li>
<li>Made a working robot which moves in a maze by using infra-red waves and then moves towards a light source, calculates the intensity - shows it from the attached LED's and then makes its way back around the maze.</li>
<li>International. :(</li>
<li>Rice Application</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>R/B is my first choice, if not then UPenn, WUSTL, or UT (all depending on $$)</li>
<li>2340</li>
<li>1/567 </li>
<li>AP Scholar w/ honors</li>
<li>Strengths: leadership, scores, essays
Weaknesses: being Asian :</li>
<li>uhh.. hospital volunteer president? competitive classical pianist; also unlike many R/B applicants, i really love subjects outside of math/science as well, especially writing. </li>
<li>Yes</li>
</ol>
<p>(For son)
1. ED/ID/RD: ID
2. First choice?: 1st or 2nd, depends on $
3. SAT/ACT: 2380
4. Rank/GPA: 4 or 5/350; 4.555 W GPA; 97.6 NGA (unweighted)
5. AP Award: AP Scholar (but taking 7 more this year)
6. Strength(s): Extremely challenging academics; Recommendations. Weakness(es): ECs pretty limited.
7. Hook(s): None.
8. TX Resident: Yes
9. Common/Rice App?: Common App</p>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>USC (unless rice/baylor)</li>
<li>2300</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw (no need to post weighted- you get the point)</li>
<li>AP Award: AP scholar with distinction</li>
<li>Strengths/Weaknesses: really not sure (maybe being Asian is a weakness)</li>
<li>What is your "hook" that distinguishes you from others (optional): its a secret</li>
<li>CA</li>
<li>Rice App</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>RD (Wanted to do ID Rice/Baylor, but couldn't make it :()</li>
<li>Up there with Brown, Duke, Northwestern</li>
<li>1530/2300 SAT, 34 ACT</li>
<li>Unranked but 3.8 UW/4.0W</li>
<li>AP Scholar with Honors</li>
<li>Strengths: Medical internship, International Volunteer work, Leadership in a<br>
couple of clubs
Weaknesses: Don't have nearly as many hours devoted to ECs as everyone<br>
else on this site, few clubs, no instrument/activity for 10+ years</li>
<li>Hook: School Radio DJ?</li>
<li>Nope, CA (Bay Area)</li>
<li>Common App</li>
</ol>
<p>will it be of great use for international students to compare stats with u.s. students?
and it seems that rice is not very interested in int'ls?
so i dont know if i can get in through id...</p>
<ol>
<li>Transfer</li>
<li>Rice/Harvard - Harvard/Rice</li>
<li>2360</li>
<li>GPA 4.0 college</li>
<li>No AP's in hs</li>
<li>Solid college courses, good EC's, not sure which way it will go but I only did two years of high school.</li>
<li>maybe the only two years of high school </li>
<li>CT and TX
9</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>RD</li>
<li>I feel strongly about all the colleges I'm applying to for different reasons.</li>
<li>1530/2330 (800 CR + 730 M)</li>
<li>N/A (International, different schooling system) School doesn't rank.</li>
<li>N/A will do 6 APs this May
6-7. Not going to post these. (They're subjective, I'll leave them to the admissions committee)</li>
<li>International</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>nope...harvard or columbia</li>
<li>2350</li>
<li>no rank...UW 3.88/4</li>
<li>AP Scholar (school limits APs)</li>
<li>Strengths - extracurriculars, weakness - GPA, applying for science major with no research</li>
<li>leadership positions, well-rounded</li>
<li>Yes, Austin</li>
</ol>
<p>i just noticed that almost every applicant on this thread has like 2300+ - how scary is that. i question whether i will get in.</p>
<p>^ Your statement made me curious. I counted and here's what I found:</p>
<p>Less than 2300: 13 people
Greater than or equal to 2300: 11 people</p>
<p>Those are pretty daunting numbers, but I think they tell you more about the people who roam CC than the actual applicant pool.</p>
<p>I'm a (somewhat proud) 2260. >_></p>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Well, I could still get into Princeton, and I would go there if I got in, but after that Rice is looking better each day.</li>
<li>SAT: 2190 ACT: 32 :(</li>
<li>Rank: 1/224. GPA: ~98.5</li>
<li>AP Award?? I've only been allowed to take one test so far and I got a 4. Didn't know there were awards</li>
<li>Strengths: Umm...music, leadership, grades. Weaknesses: My essays clearly didn't get me into Princeton, so maybe they are the problem</li>
<li>Hook: All-eastern Bass trombonist (wish i could have applied to both shepherd and Rice, but I picked Rice)</li>
<li>TX res? Nope, Northern NY state.</li>
</ol>
<p>I'll add to the sub-2300</p>
<ol>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Rice, UTexas, UCSD, Michigan</li>
<li>2140 SAT, 33 ACT</li>
<li>5/500+</li>
<li>aps? i have 30 hrs at a community college with a 4.0</li>
<li>strength: leadership, weakness: not diverse</li>
<li>hook is my passion for service</li>
<li>tx resident</li>
</ol>