<p>kitkatkitty2, Call the finaid office. They’re very helpful. We called because of the same message. Our 2010 tax returns had been misfiled under our son’s name (he’s a freshman this year). They found the returns and had a financial aid decision within a few days. Two kids at Rice now! Woohoo!!!</p>
<p>lab1969 - congrats!</p>
<p>kitkatkitty - As lab… said, just call or email the FA office. They will be able to definitively tell you the situation and problem (if any)</p>
<p>@Antarius & lab1969 - Thanks! I did. All is well and settled.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 770 Chemistry 750 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Chem 4 AP Physics B 4 AP Literature
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: All APs besides 2 honors courses
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Princeton book Award, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjectives: [ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Legislative Council/Student Government (Secretary), Jazz Band(1st chair tenor saxophone), Wind Ensemble (1st chair tenor saxophone)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Worked at Coldstone Creamery for 3 years at about 10 hours a week.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
250 hours at a day camp for urban low-income youth
200 hours at a day camp for elementary school kids run out of my church
150 hours leading youth group at my church
100 hours mentoring
50 hours helping out the music program (selling tickets, doing charity concerts etc.)
25 hours volunteering in the cardiac ward of a local hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about the effect of the phrase, “Thank You” and it’s personal and moral implications to myself.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Average
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Went very very well. Granted it was an alumni interview, but I think it gave them a glimpse of who I really am.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Only one of parents went to college, first generation immigrant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My test scores were fairly strong and my grade relative to the rigor of the high school (we have a fairly high-ranked school) definitely were strengths. I think the most outstanding part of my application were my volunteering and subsequent short answer about volunteering, along with my essay.
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA really wasn’t that high. Didn’t have many leadership roles. Didn’t have awards or anything.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted due to my well-roundedness. Involved in a large amount of sports, music, student government, and also community services.
[*] The most unique thing in your application: My essay was fairly unique. I took a common phrase and really put my own personal spin on it.[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
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[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
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[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
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[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[*] The most unique thing in your application:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:34
[</em>] SAT II:750(Math II), 670(Chemistry)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:Cal III, Physics III, French III, Chaos Theory, Civics, Voice, Poetry, Dance
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Questbridge Finalist
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Government (President), Basketball, French Club, Quiz Bowl, Dance Theatre
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Lots
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Not much
[</em>] Summer Activities:Work
[<em>] Essays:Autobiographical, for the most part. Life’s been somewhat tough.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:Great, I assume. (Language and Math)
[<em>] Interview:It went well.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[<em>] Intended Major:Chemical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):Louisiana
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):U.S.A.
[</em>] School Type:Public boarding school with selective admission. Great academics.
[<em>] Ethnicity:Black
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:<$50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents enrolled but never graduated. I want to be the first to graduate.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Relatively high test scores, and I had a very rigorous courseload my junior and senior year.(Took an indepedent study in Arabic and took precalculus and calculus I concurrently. Got A’s in both.)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not much volunteering. No major awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had an interesting childhood to tell about.
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: In the box that we were asked to fill with something that appeals to us, I wrote Rice in Arabic (phonetically, I don’t know the actual word for rice).[/ul]</p>