Rice Class of 2016 ED Results

Owl2014 · December 14, 2011, 8:51pm

Rice will be announcing ED decisions sometime tomorrow! Good luck to all who applied, and please help others by sharing your results here.

The format is as follows (& DON'T FORGET TO REMOVE THE SPACES IN THE BRACKETS):

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] The most unique thing in your application:

Owl2014 · December 15, 2011, 10:13pm

Now that CC is back online, please post the results here!

wavylays94 · December 15, 2011, 10:49pm

Deferred

2180 SAT
33 ACT
800 Math 2, 700 Physics
31/617
3.98 gpa
Tons of ap classes and 5s on all tests but one where I got a 4
Wrote a really personal essay about all the things that I’ve gone through in my life and how getting through those rough patches changed me.
Totally bummed out. I don’t even know what to do…

flamebot · December 15, 2011, 11:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 740 math II, 740 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 4, Chem AP 4, APUSH 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra 5H, Physics B AP, Gov / Econ, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Comp Sci
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none?
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra and Violin stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a small company over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a hospital
[] Summer Activities: Internship
[] Essays: Wrote about growing up / my internship. I thought my diversity essay was really unique and my my overall essays were really polished/ refined.
[] Teacher Recommendation: English Teacher: assuming it’s good, Stats Teacher: Generic and submitted by accident
[] Counselor Rec: I think this is what helped me get in the most, she told me that her letter of rec was going to be glowing
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul][ul]Etc.
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Comp Sci
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: mom: <60k, no idea about dad (divorced)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): uhhhh poor?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my diversity essay / counselor rec was really good, my common app essays were decent, supplemental part was ok/good
[] Weaknesses: low gpa compared to the accepted
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: counselor rec and refined essays
[li] The most unique thing in your application: nooo idea[/li][/ul]

So happy!! but financial aid is kinda low :(

TheForbes · December 15, 2011, 11:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Reading (720), Math (780), Writing (620)
[] ACT: (Not considered in my admission) Composite (33), Reading (30), Math (34), English (34), Science (34)
[] SAT II: Math 1 (740), Math 2 (730)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 1045
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental (5), Computer Science (5), Human Geo (4), Lang (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Calc BC, Psych, Stat, Lit, Physics), 1 Adv. (Programming)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drug Free Youth (officer), National Honor Society (officer), Robotics Team, Business Professionals of America
[] Job/Work Experience: IT work for parent’s business
[] Volunteer/Community service: 548.50 hours as of Spring 2011 for school
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Pretty good; reviewed by my school’s college counselor
[] Teacher Recommendation: Included (Quality likely very positive)
[] Counselor Rec: Included
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): OK
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Unsure
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No major hooks; lots of community service
[/ul]
Reflection [list]
[] Strengths: GPA, community service, essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, no amazing hooks/challenges/stories to write about, no interview
[] Why you think you were accepted: ability to balance difficult work load with a lot of extra curriculars and community service.

iwantthis · December 15, 2011, 11:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 790 M, 740 CR
[] ACT: 35 (36 superscore) - 36 S, 36 E, 35 R, 35 M
[] SAT II: 770 Phys, 750 Chem, 740 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Physics B, Eng. Lang., US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs - Calc BC, Phys C, US/Comp Gov&Pol, Latin: Vergil, Eng. Lit; + Robotics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major national awards, multiple math/science awards on the local/state level
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Tutoring, Student Government, Chess Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Tech assistant at church
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a hospital for 2 summers, food pantry, habitat for humanity
[] Summer Activities: Aforementioned hospital volunteering + debate camps
[] Essays: Common app essay about how an English class affected me as an engineering student, Rice essay talked about my broad range of views/experiences.
[] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher in 10th-11th grade (Honors English and AP Eng Lang) and Math teacher 10th & 12th (Honors Alg II and AP Calc BC) - both were probably very good recs.
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Off-campus (local), went fine, I doubt it really helped, but it didn’t hurt.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: (something in Engineering)
[] State (if domestic applicant): MS
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Unsure
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Nothing in the app is /really/ spectacular, I guess, but I covered everything well.
[] Weaknesses: Playing a sport would’ve helped I think.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I knew I had the stats to get in, but my essays/recs probably sealed the deal.
[li] The most unique thing in your application: I really don’t know! I think it’s really the combination of things that sets people apart more than one single thing, in most cases.[/ul][/li]
To everyone accepted - congrats!
To everyone deferred - good luck!
To everyone rejected - sorry! I hope you find another place you enjoy. :)

katebell · December 15, 2011, 11:27pm

same boat. but i got denied. at least youll have a second go. good luck!

hkcraft5 · December 16, 2011, 12:03am

ACCEPTED:))!!!

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 both times… 780M, 720W,680 CR highest scores.
[ *] SAT II: I went out the night before and didn’t study… and was hungover… 580 Biology M 680 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 5.3 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/524
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (4) English Lang (5) this year taking Macro, AB Calc, AP English lit, AP bio
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English lit, AP latin 4
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): school academic awards for every class I have ever taken in HS… top 5 grades recognized in school awards ceremony.
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Classical League (historian, academic team captain) Key Club, Student Council, Crew leader (for football), NHS
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 2-3 jobs since sophomore year. 45 hours a week. Enough said?
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours at school athletic concession stands, various projects throughout my community.
[ *] Summer Activities: WORK.
[ *] Essays: I think they were good. I have five sisters, so for the common app I used how watching my sister go from meth to the navy showed me I can do anything and overcome any obstacle… supplement I used my sisters to say that I have not only my perspectives to bring to Rice, but theirs as well.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: AP stats teacher- really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Really good, we have an awesome counselor
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: Yes- interviewer emailed me and told me I was the first interview and last report he submitted because he wanted to represent me well…
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes… not all it is lived up to be.
[ *] Intended Major: Math/Statistics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[ *] School Type: Public… relatively competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k. Six children.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: Work experience.
[ *] Weaknesses: EC’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My interview and work I think. 45 hours a week at no cost to my grades
[ *] The most unique thing in your application: Well for the image I used a professional photo from one of our football games. The background is our huge student section with a focus on cheerleaders, but it was just an energetic photo that I think captured my love for my school and stuff and made it kinda fun.

hkcraft5 · December 16, 2011, 12:05am

ooh and my weaknesses are also SAT II’s… big time

readfreak · December 16, 2011, 12:18am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 760 WR, 740 M
[] SAT II: 760 English, 750 US History, 680 Physics (didn’t have enough time to retake it)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/464
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Courses: Physics B (5), US History (4), English Language (5), Latin Virgil (5), World History (5), Human Geography (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Physics C, English Lit, Gov and Econ (and tennis)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Siemens Competition Regional Finalist (science competition where I presented a project about solar energy), National Latin Exam Gold and Silver Medalist, various school awards
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, National Honor Society, National Charity League (VP of Philanthropy, VP Programs, Inspirational), temple youth group (VP Social Action, Programming VP), various others
[] Job/Work Experience: unpaid research internship at U Texas at Dallas in NanoExplorers Program
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours in various philanthropies through National Charity League and National Honor Society
[] Summer Activities: just the internship from above
[] Essays: They were okay, nothing special. I didn’t spend too long on them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great. I got my physics teacher who really has seen me grow as a person and excel in her class to write my letter.
[] Counselor Rec: So-so. The counselor doesn’t really know me.
[] Interview: I did one, no major mishaps.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: grades, extracurriculars, awards[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: scores aren’t perfect, essays[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I demonstrated a lot of interest early on.[/li]
[*] The most unique thing in your application: I’m a girl interested in physics. Maybe that helps (?) [/ul]

MayMei · December 16, 2011, 12:38am

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

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math 740, Reading 740, Writing 640 - 2120 (Not submitted)
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II:-
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):idk, top 5-10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci, Language, Calc ABC - 5 ; US -4 ; Bio -3 ( )
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Psych, Ap Lit, Honors Human Anatomy, and some required classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Hospital Auxiliary Vice President, Speech and Debate, JV Tennis, Key Club, NHS
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Church Service Projects
[ *] Summer Activities: -
[ *] Essays: they were good, but not amazing.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think it was supposed to be pretty good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: dont know
[ *] Additional Rec: -
[ *] Interview: Did one, nothing too terrible
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >100k (I think?)
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):-

subzero · December 16, 2011, 1:00am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240(single sitting) 800 verbal, 740 math, 700 writing
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 740 Math II 730 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/466
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP: 5, Psych: 5, Chem: 5, Eng Lit: 4, Bio: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Eng IV AP, APES AP, Calc BC AP, Comp Sci AP, offperiods ftw
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): noneee
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (district champs, regional qualifiers), various UIL academics, Science Olympiad (regional winners, state qualifiers), AP Ambassadors, various other small clubs+community service organizations
[] Job/Work Experience: nonee
[] Volunteer/Community service: quite a bit, summer hospital volunteering, through various school organizations, sunday school teacher
[] Summer Activities: community college courses and hospital volunteering
[] Essays: Very strong supplement, about something very very close to me, and solid commonapp main essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: FANTASTIC, perhaps even better than my essays in expressing me, from my senior english teacher, easily the best teacher in the school.
[] Counselor Rec: Solid, pretty good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Amazing, spoke for double the planned time, and at the end enthusiastically said she would recommend me
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biolgy
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian subcontinent)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:<80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[/list]
[] Strengths: essays, recs, MAYBE sat
[] Weaknesses: race lol
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my strong interest, due to early decision/interview, as well as my essays/rec really pushed me in, as my stats are just average.
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Rice supplement essay, really special[/li]
Thanks to everyone to answered my questions on here, and gl to those deferred!

jonmrcool · December 16, 2011, 7:29am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): none
[] ACT: 33 E 36 M 31 R 36 S 34 Composite 9 Essay
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/656
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on psych compsci whap 4 on chem apush english spanish
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: physics c, gov ap, eco ap, compsci independent study, calc bc, stat ap, theater
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nhs (pres) Science Olympiad (pres) compsci club (vp) theater (treasurer) church band , boy scouts, ultimate frisbee club
[] Job/Work Experience: kids camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: like a thousand hours
[] Summer Activities: see Job/Work Experience
[] Essays: creative, fairly unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: above average. From precal teacher
[] Counselor Rec: average
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: awesome, my interviewer was really cool
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:yeah
[] Intended Major: compsci/engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): United states of Texas!
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none that I rightly know[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: academics, personality, ec’s
[] Weaknesses: no clue
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because I am very passionate about and rice and communicated it as such
[] The most unique thing in your application: My writer’s voice in the essays.[/ul]

maidenMom · December 16, 2011, 9:04am

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: took but didn’t submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): don’t know she is 6.5/6 - her school only does weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 11% - about 80/780
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): don’t recall but AP Scholar with Honor
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Eng IV AP, Calc BC (not positive about the letters BC) AP, Chem II AP, Anatomy AP, Econ AP - she took every honors AP class offered all years and got mostly A’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul][ b]Subjectives:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): She’s heavy into lacrosse been playing since 5th grade - varsity since freshman year - coaches kids and is a referee - national select travel teams and State tournament every year. She has little time for much outside of lacrosse b/c they practice everyday all year on regular team and also travel teams in summer - National Honor Society, Key club
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at an advertising agency during summers - media buying
[] Volunteer/Community service: What she does with National honor society and Key club - and her lacrosse team has a hugely successful stuffed animal drive every year for kids effected by violent crime.
[] Summer Activities: traveling the country playing lacrosse and interning at ad agency
[] Essays: Didn’t ask me to read them! Think they were good - but denied so?
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent - all teachers LOVE this kid
[] Counselor Rec: huge school and never been in trouble so doesn’t know her - she did give the councelor her resume to use, but who knows
[] Additional Rec: none - maybe should have asked coaches
[] Interview: Yes - said it went very well
[/list][ b]Etc.[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: including non-custodial ~180
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): really none b/c Rice doesn’t have NCAA lacrosse
[/list][ b]Reflection**[ list]
[] Strengths: hard to answer on a rejection - she definitely showed major interest with multiple visits, overnight, interviews but that wasn’t enough - obviously.
[] Weaknesses: EC’s I am guessing and falls low end on stats
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lack of hook and lower end stats
[li] The most unique thing in your application: didn’t see it[/li]
i apologize if this is format hell when I hit submit!!! Congrats to all who got in!

RiceHopeful2012 · December 16, 2011, 9:56am

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Terrible - I liked the ACT better. Reading - 680 Math - 610 Writing - 620
[] ACT: 34 composite
[] SAT II: Didn’t take it.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.958
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st/28
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP (not available at my school)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB (not available at my school)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Instrumental, Fashion Design, Pre-Cal, Office Aide, Anatomy & Physiology, College Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Class President) all 4 years, member of Student Council all 4 years (Treasurer 12th), NHS member 11th & 12th (Secretary 12th), Drama Club (Treasurer) 11th & 12th, Christians In Action all 4 yrs., Varsity Softball all 4 years, Varsity Cross Country all 4 yrs., UIL Spelling - have gone to Regionals every year and hope to go again this year, UIL Math, UIL One Act Play - advanced to Area last year (it was my first year), RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) - This is basically a camp put on by the Rotary Club for teens in the 11th grade that they think show leadership potential, it is supposed to be pretty well known and impressive on applications.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Benchoff & Benchoff Law Firm over the summer after my Sophomore year.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I have volunteered since I was little and added more volunteering my sophomore and junior year. I have volunteered for Relay for Life, March of Dimes, Bowl for Kid’s Sake (which raises money for local kids after school activities), and Alzheimer’s Walk since I was a baby and really started participating as soon as I could walk around and talk to people about donating money. I started doing Habitat for Humanity my sophomore year and fell in love with it and have been helping out every chance I get.
[] Summer Activities: I generally take at least two college courses every summer. I also worked the summer after my sophomore year. Last summer I took Botany with a lab. It was awesome!
[] Essays: For the short essay asking why I want to come to Rice I told about how I have been searching since Freshman year trying to decide where I wanted to go. I had researched numerous schools online and finally realized I couldn’t decide based on websites and numbers, so I visited a few colleges. The last college I visited was Rice and I talked about how I immediately had the feeling that this was the school for me and why I liked it so much. (the squirrels, the trees, the beautiful buildings, the amazing staff, the great reputation, etc.)
Second Essay: I talked about my science teacher that I had Freshmen and Sophomore year and how he influenced me and how I was disappointed when he retired. I felt like it was pretty moving (I even sent him a copy so he could see how I saw him as a teacher)
Supplement Essay: Felt it was unique. I talked about how I used to be shy and how I love to read and said I wanted to become a campus tour guide to show others the school and give them as amazing a tour as the one I got. I also talked about how I hoped to be able to help others who may be shy to come out of their shell.
Other Essay (don’t remember where it was…): I talked about how I never wanted to join One Act Play because my sister did it while in High School and I was scared of being compared to her and not being as good. I overcame that fear last year and tried out and we ended up going to Area, which is farther than my school has gone in over ten years or so.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent, I wanted to get the teacher who I wrote my essay about to write one, but my counselor and mom insisted it had to be a current teacher. Also, I noticed a typo in one of them after my teacher had submitted it when she showed it to me
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing! I didn’t get to read it, but she told me about it and said she talked about how great a person I am and how I am always smiling, happy, and nice to everyone.
[] Additional Rec: pretty good
[] Interview: I felt like it was pretty great. I stumbled a few times on easy questions due to nerves, but the interviewer (a senior at Rice) seemed pretty nice about it. He was laid-back and I felt like I got lucky when I got him to interview me.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: 1A - Extremely small
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: a little over 80,000 I believe
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st to graduate college, valedictorian, other than that I don’t know…
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Lots of college classes taken, essays, interview, ACT, counselor rec, and community service/ec
[] Weaknesses: No AP classes, small school size, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t even know. I was terrified the whole time I was waiting. Maybe to get some diversity and because I’m a female interested in biomedical engineering?
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Essay about teacher who influenced me and amount of college classes taken and volunteer work done. [/li]
Congrats to all accepted! I hope to see y’all in August
Best of luck to all deferred! I hope you get good news soon!
Sorry to all rejected ): I hope you find another college that will make you happy!

RiceHopeful2012 · December 16, 2011, 9:58am

Sorry, putting the text in the title spot obviously didn’t work. I got Accepted!!!

Taylorlew · December 16, 2011, 11:06am

Decision: Deferred

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M650 CR580 W570
[] ACT:28
[] SAT II: Didn’t take them
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/527
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History(3) English Lit(4) Chemistry(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP English 4, Pre-AP Latin 3, show choir, varsity choir
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All district, region, and area choirs (3 years)
[/ul]Subjectives:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Class president(all four years), P.A.L. (Peer Assistance and Leadership-student mentor), NHS, Golf team, Show Choir and variety choir (all four years), physics club, principals student leadership class, districts leadership committee, history club, UIL spelling
[] Job/Work Experience: I work about 30 hours a week at a restraint
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of church volunteering, mission trips to Mexico, many community service events with NHS and P.A.L.s.
[] Summer Activities:Working full time, medical camps, hospital shadowing, camp counselor for church events.
[] Essays: Common App-pretty good, wrote about how FDR has inspired be to be a good student government leader.
EC-pretty good, wrote about my adventures as a P.A.L.
Why rice-really good, just talked about how involved I would be and such.
[] Teacher Recommendation: not that good, kind of a rushed rec.
[] Counselor Rec: RIDICULOUSLY amazing. Really personalized.
[] Additional Rec:none
[] Interview:My interview went really good!
[/list]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[] Intended Major: Natural Science/Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant):Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:5A
[] Ethnicity:Black
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: >100000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:Extra Circulars
[] Weaknesses:SAT, ACT, class rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Test scores, and Rank
[li] The most unique thing in your application: my desire to get in?[/li]
I really don’t know the chances of getting accepted after being deferred especially because Calculus BC has kicked my butt this year, but if any of y’all know the chance of getting in after deferral, please let me know!

Antarius · December 16, 2011, 11:35am

Congrats to everyone who was accepted; Welcome to Rice. Good luck to those who were deferred. Hard luck to those who got rejected; I am sure you will find another school that is a great fit for you.

It depends on the RD applicant pool. I do not know the percentage of those deferred that get admitted. Also, if things change with your application, such as improved grades, new awards, EC’s etc. be sure to update your file.

LastShadow · December 16, 2011, 12:32pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 680 M, 750 W (2230)
[] SAT II: US History and English Literature, 760 and 750, respectively.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/675
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Language (5), Psychology (5).
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Literature, AP European History, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, Band, AP Music Theory
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band, Concert Band (First Chair, Section Leader), National Honor Society (Vice President), Academic UIL Social Studies, and UIL Current Events, and a local leadership development program.
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, and not much else.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Substantial amount of hours through my schools NHS.
[] Summer Activities: I had a few week long leadership program, part of which took place at Rice. Nothing else too noteworthy, though.
[] Essays: Very strong. I was able to have my cousin (a Rice alumnus) help me on my essays. I began working on them fairly early, too, so that may have helped. My What perspective will you bring essay in particular was great, I think.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, but presumably quite good.
[] Interview: Went fairly well, Id say. I flubbed maybe a question or two, but it was extremely casual. We talked about going to see The Lion King that night, if thats any indication of how it went.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Psych/Cog. Sci
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Public, around 3000 kids total.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Solidly middle class.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays, and the large amount of demonstrated interest that I showed.
[] Weaknesses: Not having enough extra-curriculars, or any major work experience.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think, honestly, the way in which I portrayed myself in my essays helped a lot. My perspective essay was really open and definitely one of my better pieces of writing. Throughout the process, I just made sure to be myself, and apparently, it worked! I’m so very thankful to SO many people, and I can’t wait to attend Rice next year!!!
[] The most unique thing in your application: Definitely my Harry Potter drawing for the box. :)[/ul]

LastShadow · December 16, 2011, 12:36pm

Also, a brief side note to future CCers, decisions results did indeed end up getting released around 5. The CC forums went offline around 4:50, so that’s why there’s a huge delay until we started posting results. Just FYI.

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