Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

LastShadow · March 23, 2012, 6:34pm

I'll try not to screw this up too badly: here's a template for posting your stats and results for future CCers! To everyone, regardless of the outcome, I wish the best of luck with their college experience, wherever it may be. :)

The format is as follows <a href="&%20DON'T%20FORGET%20TO%20REMOVE%20THE%20SPACES%20IN%20THE%20BRACKETS">b</a>**:

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:

lolToasty · March 23, 2012, 6:37pm

I got in will post stats when I’m not on my phone.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC

Gogeex · March 23, 2012, 9:24pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (750 writing, 750 reading, 780 math)
[]ACT: 33
[]SAT II: 750 Math I, 680 Lit
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% 30/380
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP US Government, AP Comparative Government, AP French
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]

[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (President) Forensics Team (Vice President) Debate Team, (Secretary) Thespian Troupe, (Secretary) Vocal Music, (Social Chair) French Club, (Committee Chair) STUGO, a whole bunch of forensics stuff, 4 years of plays and musicals, National Honors Society, National English Honors Society, a lotta orchestra, 5-region Pokemon league champion
[]Job/Work Experience: None listed on the app.
[]Volunteer/Community service: I wrote down the NHS stuff and NEHS stuff, as well as some things I did with my local theater group. I also volunteer at the library a little.
[]Essays: I dunno, I kind of liked my essays I sent here.
[]Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, I’m assuming. Language, Government, Orchestra.
[]Counselor Rec: Individual. We have a gifted facilitator.
[]Additional Rec: Drama/Vocal Music for an Arts Supplement.
[]Interview: Nope.
[/ul]
Other[ul]

[]Applied for Financial Aid?: YES.
[]Intended Major: Undecided, I might have written English.
[]State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: $50,000 $80,000
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not… really sure what this means. My application didn’t have an underlying theme, if that’s what you’re thinking.
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]

[]Strengths: I sent them an update with what I was doing in early March, as well as a Drama CommonApp Supplement.
[]Weaknesses: My GPA.
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Uh, I think I was just a worse applicant than what they wanted.[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
I’m glad all these came out during the same week, so I know I still have options. BEst of luck to others!

AstroPhy · March 23, 2012, 9:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (690 CR, 690 M, 700 W)
[] ACT: 33 (31 E, 32 M, 34 R, 34 S, 10 W) (testing = not my thing)
[] SAT II: 750 Math II, 750 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.34
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci. A (4), Statistics (5), Phys B (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc B/C, AP Chem, AP Phys C, Logic and Probability, Senior Humanities, English IV, Video Art/Weights
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Grand Award (x2), Intel ISEF Finalist (x4), Intel ISEF 2011 2nd place Physics and Astronomy, Intel STS 2012 Semi-Finalist[/li]
[/ul]**Subjectives: **[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Co-Captain), Model Rocketry Club (Captain and Co-Founder), Science Fair, Rock hounding, amateur radio operator
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern as U.S. Naval Observatory – Flagstaff Station (x2) (Part of ONR SEAP)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not too much, admissions tours for school 6 weekends out of the year, about 4 hours each.
[] Summer Activities: Summer intern USNO and travel to Russia to visit family.
[] Essays: Don’t feel like listing all of the topics so I’ll just generalize and say that I felt pretty good about all of them.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Comp. Sci. teacher: went into my involvement in Science Fair, 7.5.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Two-time English teacher: from what I heard very good, 9.
[] Counselor Rec: 9.
[] Additional Rec: One from Calc B/C teacher (8.5), and one from research mentor (9)
[] Interview: Scheduled early on (2011) and it went pretty well. Some interesting and unusual questions!
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Double in Physics and Philosophy
[] State (if domestic applicant): NM 
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: >250K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research (?), Intel STS (?)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research, passion, recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Probably the “What you bring to campus” essay.[/li][/ul]

General Comments
Congrats to those who were also accepted and to those that were not, we’ve all heard it too many times, but here’s one more: you’ll end up somewhere great anyhow, and really, in 4 years it won’t matter where you went but rather what you did. And no one will care for Rice’s loss, or really for where you go, but only for the person that you will exemplify while there. Good luck with other schools this week and next!!!

ibfailure · March 23, 2012, 9:52pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 30 composite
[] SAT II: Listed them blank on my Common App due to other schools. Didn’t send.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/414 on school report, 20/414 on midyear report.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), Lit (3), Macroecon (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish B SL (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy, stressful. 6 IBs and 1 AP.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism (7 years, put a lot of passion in this); then ordinary, basic EC’s: National Honor Society, a version of SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving, etc.), a lot of art stuff, and, again, a lot of journalism stuff, since it’s my passion.
[] Job/Work Experience: One summer job, in which I wrote community grants.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 350 hours (which was written into a letter of rec). Mentioned how I was working with the Peace Corps for fundraising moneys for schools in Africa, but that wasn’t a big part of my application.
[] Summer Activities: Journalism conventions, camps, and conferences.
[] Essays: For the short EC essay, I talked about journalism allowed me to learn how to think on my feet. My longer EC was really eye-opening. I cried writing it because I felt so vulnerable. Had a unique topic, too. My essays for Rice were a bit off-of-the-wall, which made them unique, I’d have to say. I mentioned being gay, wanting to write for the school’s newspaper, and contributing a lot to the Residential College System.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One of them was amazing; really used the “right” words schools like Rice look for (“leader, organized, creative, etc.”); also discussed my interest in journalism. My second I didn’t get to see.
[] Counselor Rec: Subdued. I had to fight with her to get it the way I wanted, but it naturally included similar adjectives in my first teacher rec. It also talked about my success in my school’s art program, as well as my interest in journalism.
[] Additional Rec: Perfect. This came from my other counselor (I have two at my school), and this one talked about my passion for French (which I selected as one of my majors) despite already finishing the language requirement at my school (so, I ended up taking 2 languages in high school).
[] Interview: Nope! Missed the deadline.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[] Intended Major: I chose Social Sciences as my school, and checked off Political Science and French.
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: A pathetic excuse for a public school.
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $45k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, definitely. Also being gay, although I wouldn’t say it had a BIG influence.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: URM, low-income (talked about that in my personal essay), my letters spoke for themselves. My essay was really unique. Another college admissions personally told me how she really got to learn about me through it. 
[] Weaknesses: Scores were definitely low.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My application was an organized packet. I played a lot of my main interests (journalism, French, the arts) and tied it to a lot of my essays and reccs. I also demonstrated overcoming challenges by mentioning some academic problems I had in high school in the “extra info” section of the Common App. I also worked hard through my first semester of senior year to increase some stats (all A’s so it bumped up my rank and GPA) to show colleges how serious I was about being accepted.
[*] The most unique thing in your application: A few pages of my art portfolio.[/ul]

columbiakid9331 · March 23, 2012, 10:03pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (760 W, 700 C, 650 M)
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 700 Literature, 630 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9, 4.45 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably in top 2/85
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government and Politics 5, AP Biology 5, AP Language 5, AP US History 5, AP Calculus 4, taking 4 this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Literature, AP Physics, AP Statistics, Honors Humanities, Art Credits (French Film, Ceramics)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive 3-day eventing (equestrian sport) at national level 30 hours a week, Co-Founder and Co-Editor of School Newspaper, Committee Chair on city Science Center Youth Board–planned and developed Regional “Science Summit,” Chairman of board of Student-run Non-profit, Principal roles in school play and musical senior year, lead runner on Regional Championship team for XC Freshman year, a few more smaller things
[] Job/Work Experience: Full-time working student at barn summer freshman year, Part-time paid research internship at Cancer Research Lab summer sophomore year, Full time paid intern at Yum! Brands summer junior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hrs through local equestrian club, 50 hrs through hippotherapy center
[] Summer Activities: internships, went to Vermont to train with Olympic Gold Medalist for eventing summer of freshman year
[] Essays: I think I had a strong Rice supplement, Common App question okayish
[] Teacher Recommendation: should’ve been good-both teachers seemed to like me and wrote me good recs for other programs before
[] Counselor Rec: should’ve been good-i think he liked me alright
[] Interview: I think it went well-pretty casual
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: Philosophy
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[] Country (if international applicant): United States
[] School Type: Small Independent
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Grandfather went there for grad school, Ky residence and Philosophy major choice probably didn’t hurt
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: APs, GPA, and recs, possibly Rice essay
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores–I really struggled with these so I’m so relieved they didn’t limit me!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know! I think/hope they got the impression that I really just love learning and want to be in a community with bright, motivated people. 
[] The most unique thing in your application: Big Rice essay and interest in philosophy (?)

I’m so so excited!! I think this is probably where I’ll go! As for those waitlisted/rejected–its rough but don’t worry, you will have a great experience wherever you end up!

theyeaman · March 23, 2012, 10:06pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 780 M 800 W
[] ACT: 34, didn’t submit
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 790 Physics, 730 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):Unweighted 94.04/100 (no B’s), weighted IDK (took hardest classes school offers, school doesn’t weight).
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/61. 1-3 take easy A classes like art language ab initio, and no weighting so yea.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):never took an AP class or test in my life
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): haven’t taken exams yet, predicted 35 gonna get 42+ and get my teachers fired. got 38/42 on mock exams.
[] Senior Year Course Load:IB Math HL, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB history HL, IB french SL, IB physics SL. I’d have taken physics HL but my school didn’t offer it. got a 7 on a practice exam though. go figure.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): sexiest man alive defending 17 year champion, from 1994-2011. gonna try and win 2012. oh and AIME qualifier / national merit finalist
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school track captain, cross country captain, MVP on both, started on varsity soccer, athlete of the year soph year and junior year. also elected to a spot on judicial committee aka the people who punish the really dumb kids, was in NHS but so is everybody and his dog.
[] Job/Work Experience: some internships, used to tutor for money but decided to do it for free after a few months (and some GOOD bank)
[] Volunteer/Community service: I teach kids math sometimes
[] Summer Activities:summer bio-engineering camp at rice, summer physics camp at stanford, internship at local machine shop
[] Essays:pretty good. talked about being greek and how awesome that is. also talked about how when they interviewed me at chess nationals when i was in like 4th grade, I said i wanted to go to rice.
[] Teacher Recommendation: i’d imagine they’re good
[] Counselor Rec: probably good
[] Additional Rec: got one from Lydia Kavraki, robotics professor at rice, one of MIT’s top 10 up-and-coming college profs in the country. probably had a lot of pull.
[] Interview:nah
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: dad prohibited me
[] Intended Major: mech engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Houston, TX born and raised
[] Country (if international applicant): See above.
[] School Type: private, international, super disorganized
[] Ethnicity: white (greek)
[] Gender: Dude
[] Income Bracket: lots of money
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): being sexy as hell, uploading a shirtless pic into the photo option
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:scores were pretty good,
[] Weaknesses: I’m white
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores, luck, a letter of rec from one of their best professors
[li] The most unique thing in your application: shirtless pic, newspaper interview from chess nationals 2004, recs from good people[/ul][/li]
joking about the shirtless pic, but I seriously am the sexiest man alive.

my friend with a 2400, 3 subject test 800s, taking multivar calculus, USAMO qualifier, district level swimmer got wait listed, so I’m pretty sure college admissions is a crapshoot anyway. he certainly deserved to get in before me.

yaysayer · March 23, 2012, 10:26pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 - 800 M, 780 CR, 800 W. I don’t think I paid to send this
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: didn’t send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t provide UW but it’s like a 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/361
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), US Hist (5), Micro (5), Macro (5), Physics B (4), Stats (5), English Lit (5), Spanish Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP Spanish Lit, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP US Gov, Art 3 Painting & Drawing
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, National Honor Society[/li]
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State and national student leader in a political organization (can’t name for privacy’s sake haha.), Varsity swimming (captain Fall 2011), Kung Fu, National History Day 07-10.
[] Job/Work Experience: Office job Nov 2009-present and babysitter 2010-present
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local food pantry
[] Summer Activities: working, and 2010 and 2011 - summer class about politics at Georgetown
[] Essays: I’m quite proud of my common app essay. About the Rice Supplement though… I was unhappy about the question because I felt it almost coerced you to write about ethnicity/religion. My essay, while well-written and reflective, was sort of a dig at the essay question itself. Well, I guess they weren’t offended
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good as far as I know
[] Counselor Rec: Probably generic, but good
[] Additional Rec: Presumably good recommendation from the CEO of the organization I’m involved in
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Policy Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public school with a good reputation
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~80K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Writing, scores, leadership, dedication to a few extra-curriculars
[] Weaknesses: Would have thought it would be the Supplemental essay, also forgot to send Rice my SAT I
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths. Geographic advantage, coming from the North, perhaps. Also just sheer luck!?[/li]
Comments: I received 27K/year in the Trustee Distinguished and Century scholarships. Super psyched! I got a much better aid package at Vandy though (heard early, not ED), so I’m not sure. My visit to Rice is probably pending March 29th reach decisions to see how many options I have, but they emailed to say they’ll reimburse airfare so I’d really love to go to Owl Days. I’m very excited and grateful! Congrats to allll

xcloudy · March 23, 2012, 10:27pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M, 760 CR, 740 W
[] ACT: 33 (did not send)
[] SAT II: 740 Math 1, 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/540
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 USH, 5 Human Geography, 4 English Lang (did not send)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Eco, AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Phys B, AP English Lit, Speech, Health, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years in Yearbook and Newspaper as photographer, a couple of local/state photography awards, Key Club President (3 years in it), Academic Decathlon, a few other minor club activities…
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Regular volunteer at animal shelter and through Key Club
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Common App essay was pretty good (showed me in a more worldly perspective), short answer part of common app was just OK. I actually really liked my supplement essays (“Why do you want to go to the field you picked” and “Why Rice”) - passionate and unique.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Physics teacher; he’s had me for 2 years. He’s a great guy and I know he wrote a good rec.
[] Counselor Rec: If it was only “ok”, I’d be happy! She is the most unhelpful counselor in our school (and even the others are hardly great). I’ve only talked to her twice and both times were awkward and unhelpful. One time I asked her about merit scholarship opportunities and she literally told me that schools ONLY offer scholarships for athletics…then she sent me off with an index card with “collegeboard.org” written on it.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Didn’t do! Wish I had, I think it would’ve helped me.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Average public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $60-70k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]Reflection
Strengths: Overall decent stats, supplement essays
Weaknesses: Extracurricular definitely! I had nothing very standout. Also, I’m an Asian from Houston…definitely an un-hook for Rice if there was one.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
The most unique thing in your application: Supplement essays

jinglybells · March 23, 2012, 11:01pm

Decision:Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):800M, 800W, 750 R (single sitting but was my 2nd time taking)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800’s in chem, math2c, us history, physics, 790 in bio m
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in chem, env sci, music theory, phys C (both), calc BC, stats, bio, apush, language, comp sci
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap gov/econ, ap spanish, ap chem, principles of business, ap literature, TA period
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Regional Semifinalist, National Merit SF (now finalist :D), Bio Olympiad Semifinalist, Phys Team Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, some school award for lit, aime qualifier x3, amc10 school winner (but i failed those AMC12’s lawl)
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): math/science club VP, NHS/CSF member, CYS Associate Orch member, CM lvl 10 for piano
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: 2 hrs/2weeks at autistic children community center since 8th grade
[] Summer Activities:ATDP @ berkeley for ap bio in 10th, sucked too much for anything in 11th (so did siemens research stuff@home w/ friend)
[] Essays: 0/10 since i got waitlisted…horribad
[] Teacher Recommendation:10/10 cuz my teacher’s great but not enough to make up for my bullsh*
[] Counselor Rec: 5/10 average
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: ???
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Who doesnt?
[] Intended Major: comp sci/engineering (something along those lines)
[] State (if domestic applicant):not Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket:100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope. tech. 2nd generation but that doesnt count for anything.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Awards&Teststuff
[] Weaknesses:B in ap phys junior year (teacher was great but made class challenging)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have no clue. Im frankly a lil saddened…lost some self-esteem so now im raging on collegeboard u could say
[] The most unique thing in your application:Nothing, other than nice stats and a B in a core class
[/ul]

dom42094 · March 23, 2012, 11:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (650 M, 640 CR, 780 M)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 660 Math II, 720 Spanish, 700 US History, 510 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.75?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Ceramics, Honors Theatre, AP Spanish, Honors Expository Writing, Honors Shakespeare, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Honors Anat/Phys
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, got that award for African American students in top 3% of country for PSAT scores
[/ul][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Human Relations Club (officer, organized schoolwide community action forum), Varsity Gymnastics, Soccer, Indoor/Outdoor Track, Unified Friends Club (with special needs students), Part-time job, Superintendent’s Advisory Committee, House Leadership Council (officer), National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time job at Pizza Restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteering at New Haven Reads (literacy and math tutoring for underprivileged area kids), volunteer at Ronald McDonald House of CT (member of Junior Executive Board), volunteer at Yale Sustainable Foods & Eli Whitney Museum
[] Summer Activities: Yale Journalism Program, SAMS (free 6-week residential Summer Academy of Math and Science at Carnegie Mellon University, took credit-bearing courses and completed engineering projects & research)
[] Essays: Rice was kind of a last-minute application for me, so my essays may not have been wonderful. But I think they were pretty solid.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was from a math teacher who loved me, the other was my APUSH teacher and debate coach. The third was from assistant principal, I’m guessing all were pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Guessing it was alright.
[] Additional Rec: Assistant principal, pretty good.
[] Interview: None
[/list]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (2000+ students)
[] Ethnicity: African American/White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: around 80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, from CT if that counts as one…?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: I don’t really know if I even had any strengths, honestly. I thought that MAYBE being from CT might have been a small strength? Especially since most people from my area haven’t even heard of Rice.
[] Weaknesses: My GPA and SAT scores were obviously way too low.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I just don’t look great on paper compared to all of the other applicants.
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Nothing, really![/li]
General comments: I was really upset about the rejection but pretty much expected it. I thought that being an URM might help me a little, and maybe even being from CT. Most people in my area haven’t even heard of Rice. I definitely was not shocked about the rejection, but saddened nonetheless! I obviously just didn’t have the GPA or SAT scores to make the cut. I would’ve loved to have attended Rice, but I’ll keep holding onto my faith for Carnegie Mellon, my true dream school. Congrats to those who got in, and to those who didn’t, keep your heads up! You’ll do great wherever you go. If I don’t get accepted to one of my reach schools, I’ll attend UConn for a semester and transfer! Good luck guys!

magnet · March 23, 2012, 11:18pm

Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 750 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[]SAT II: 800 MII, 780 Ch
[]ACT: 36
[]GPA: W: 4.64, UW: 4.00
[]Rank: 3 of 538
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): A bunch of APs, 4’s and 5’s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays:Unique topics, well-written
[]Teacher Recs: Good
[]Counselor Rec:Good 
[]Supplementary Material: None
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: Texas
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Varsity Cross Country, Track, Math and Science team, Key Club, Chemistry Club, National Chemistry Olympiad, National Honor Society
[]Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Presidential Scholar Candidate, National Merit Finalist, Questbridge Finalist, 9th at State Math meet, NChO qualifier, various local/district awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good scores, essays, extra-curriculars[/ul]

Sorry about the different format! I copied this from the Caltech thread and I don’t really feel like retyping everything.

ribalto · March 23, 2012, 11:48pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 (35 E, 34 M, 35 R, 29 S, 12 W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 / 115
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), English Language (5), Psych (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP CalcAB, AP EnvSci, AP Euro, Speech/Debate 4, Library Worker
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) Participant, State Champion in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) Debate, NMSF, National Hispanic Scholar, NCTE Excellence in Writing Award

Subjectives:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech/Debate (Co-Captain), Creative Writing, Improv Comedy (Co-Captain), V Swimming (Co-Captain), Wikipedia Worker, National Litmag (Editor)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: City Youth Council, Habitat for Humanity
Summer Activities: TASP :), reading and writing a lot, visiting family
Essays: Common App main was about improv comedy. The Rice Supplement was a sort of mini-biography, but I feel like that was my strongest essay, and I think that’s what helped me get the scholarship I was awarded.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: It went okay. Neither great nor terrible; but decent.

Etc.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Anthropology
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, non-charter
Ethnicity: Latino/Middle-Eastern
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Upper-middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1/2-URM, TASP, State Champ in Debate

Reflection

Strengths: Hooks and Essays.
Weaknesses: Scores and Rank.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths.
The most unique thing in your application: My Rice supplement essay. I worked hard on it (probably harder than my Common App essay), and I they must have ended up liking it.

I was awarded a Trustee Scholarship ($18,000/yr). I have yet to hear from Yale and Stanford, but I can’t see myself turning this offer down, especially after visiting during VISION weekend. This is almost certainly where I’ll end up, and I couldn’t be happier. To the acceptees: congrats! To everyone else: it’s a crapshoot. Don’t take it too harshly; it’s mostly about numbers and figures that have no bearing on your worth as an individual.

Go Owls! (did I mention I’m a big fan of the mascot?) :)

ThousandMiles · March 23, 2012, 11:51pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M-800 W-800 CR-770 (2370)
[] SAT II: USH (800) Chemistry (800) Math II (800)
[] Unweighted GPA: 97.73/100 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/250 #salutatorianswag
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English (5) Chemistry (5) APUSH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP French, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, Public Affairs, gym
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Medalist Award, National Merit Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity XC, Winter Track, Spring Track all four years (Captain), Mock Trial (Lead Attorney), School newspaper (Op-Ed Editor), French Club (Secretary), National Honor Society (Historian lol), Model UN for a couple of years, other stuff i don’t remember
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Worked as volunteer counselor at summer youth track program, volunteer internship at the Wharton Club of New York, NHS volunteer stuff
[] Summer Activities: Chilling, training for XC, see volunteer/community service
[] Essays: CommonApp- Pretty good, about my love for arguing. Rice Supplement- about history of Japanese internment, Holocaust, my grandpa’s internment in Heart Mountain/it’s impact on me. Unique. Short answers- Very good Why Rice essay with vivid examples from my visit. Engineering essay also good with example of physics project that inspired my interest in engineering.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them but my APUSH teacher and AP Physics teacher both think I’m a chill dude so I’m sure they were tremendous.
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor is chill, bet she wrote a killer rec.
[] Additional Rec: NO
[li] Interview: Went very well with alumnus. We had a lot in common and it went well. #swag.[/li]
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No, but somehow won a Trustee Distinguished Merit Scholarship (18k/year) #somuchswag
[] Intended Major: Engineering, but may change/add double major or minor. I’m flexible. And I have a lot of interests like history, psych, and other stuff
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): I’m not an international applicant…
[] School Type: Relatively competitive public high school w/250 kids per class.
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American!
[] Gender: MALE…ladies im single and ready to mingle
[] Income Bracket: I don’t know…#awkward
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, also being a legend doesn’t hurt[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Very good stats, very well rounded in EC’s, interview was amazing, Good grades/rank, Excellent Essays
[] Weaknesses: I don’t have much girl-experience…LOL. but to be honest i guess no national awards…moral is…YOU DONT NEED A HOOK
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I portrayed myself as high-achieving, well rounded individual who is genuinely passionate about his EC’s and academics and interest in Rice…Lol that was sooo cheesy
[] The most unique thing in your application: The combination of all the stuff i’ve done was unique i guess [/ul]

Good luck to everyone…May the odds be ever in your favor! :)

RandomNumber · March 23, 2012, 11:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2240
[] ACT:33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):#2 of 40
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Bio, Anatomy, Senior Thesis, Lit., Composition, B&W Photo, etc.
[/ul]
Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (President NHS), (VP Class), Red Key, Soccer, Squash, nationally ranked competitive marksman
[] Volunteer/Community service: School service club, PVA
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s School, Leadership conference, Marksmanship training
[] Essays: strong
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec:excellent
[] Interview: No, requested but alumni interview not possible
[/ul]
Etc:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No - won’t qualify for need based. However, merit aid is needed to afford Rice. Waiting to see if any comes through.
[] Intended Major: Bio/Russian
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender:M
[li] Income Bracket: ~175k[/li][/ul]

yankeesuperfan · March 24, 2012, 12:00am

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Not reported
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/240
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang: 5 (school offers few ap’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Cross Country, Lit AP, STEM Physics, Dual European History, AP Calc AB, Organic Chem, Debate
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cross Country Academic All State, 2nd overall regional science fair, school’s wendy’s high school heisman, student of the month, some other random stuff
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Policy Debate (Captain), Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Key Club, National Honor Society, Kick Off Mentors (Leadership Team), Robotics (Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Tudor: private and through school, run a small lawn business
[] Volunteer/Community service: Founded and run a nonprofit organization, Coached a Little League Baseball Team, NHS/Key Club Stuff
[] Summer Activities: Debate camp, attending and teaching
[] Essays: Though were good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: An extra teacher rec, should have been good
[] Interview: Went very well, enjoyed the discussion
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): LA
[] School Type: Public 1,100 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 130K+ (but it’s weird because parents own the business and don’t get to use much of the money they make since it’s tied into the business)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I founded a non profit, thought that was pretty important
[/ul]Reflection.[list]

[] Strengths: Rank: Valedictorian, Counselor Rec should have been good, Leadership in both sports and academic areas
[] Weaknesses: Testing, 32 on ACT isn’t great I guess
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: White male. Other than that, I honestly have no idea. I guessed it was a long shot to be accepted outright but thought I would at least make the wait list. Maybe the 32 on ACT wasn’t enough but I though rank, grades, and leadership would overcome that
[] The most unique thing in your application: I found my “Why Rice” essay to be glowing, and my nonprofit stuff is unique

jumper0820 · March 24, 2012, 12:13am

Decision: Rejected

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/a
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6-8%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH- 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, ap lit, ap stat, bio 137 & 139, spanish 2
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track(indoor and outdoor): 6th-11th grade… multiple state placings, etc. Cross country- 6th-11th, multiple state placings and a championship. Theater- 9th and 10th grade, in 2 plays Basketball- 9th Horseback riding competitively 11th and 12th
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 12 hours at animal shelter, 25 at summer church camp
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, probably okay. I moved around twice, including before senior year so they don’t know me well…
[ *] Counselor Rec: same
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): kentucky
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: >50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: none
[ *] Weaknesses: all
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fail
[ *] The most unique thing in your application: Not unique… besides moving around twice during high school and my dad dying before sophomore year

Magna929 · March 24, 2012, 12:13am

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.942/4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/352
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), APEURO (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang/Lit, Spanish 4, Band, Jazz Band, AP Physics B, APGOV, Calc AB
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Baseball, All-State Band (Principal Chair), All-District Band (Principal Chair), NHS, Spanish NHS (Officer), Key Club, Youth Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Teacher’s assistant at local synagogue (2 hrs/week), and referee/umpire at local church (2 games/week)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours from various sources, not really from any consistent involvement
[] Summer Activities: Summer baseball/soccer, 2011 ITF, more umpiring games
[] Essays: Wrote about orchestra and involvement with music for main essay, it was good, but maybe needed to have a broader focus. Supplements were again quality I thought, but weren’t fantastic. Writing isn’t my strong suit though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: From my math teacher of 2 years, should be a good one.
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been good, she works as the college counselor at my school so she knows what to say to bring out the best in the kids.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went very well, really connected with the interviewer. Did it wayy early, in October.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] School Type: Medium/Medium-Small Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: < 80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being from MO maybe? Only applicant to Rice from my school…first in my school’s history to do an interview, no one has applied to Rice from my school for over a decade.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Extra-Curriculars, breadth of involvement and also depth of involvement in each of my activities
[] Weaknesses: Maybe ACT? Really not sure…took all the hardest classes pretty much from my school, my school does not offer Calc BC. I could have sent more letters of rec, don’t know why I didn’t.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t know. Could someone give me your opinion?
[] The most unique thing in your application: I think my overall success both in and out of school stood out to me…I guess not to the admissions department. Very disappointed not getting in, Rice is my number one school. I really saw myself going there.

ccparent1 · March 24, 2012, 12:22am

Doing for my D.
Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2380 780 M
[] ACT:35 32 reading
[] SAT II: 3 800s and 1 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):6 5s, 2 4s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:7 APs and 5 IBs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Scholar, National AP scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):HOSA, Cancer club
[] Job/Work Experience: Job after 9th summer, research internship in summer after 11th.
[] Volunteer/Community service:some
[] Summer Activities:see job
[] Essays: ok
[] Teacher Recommendation:ok
[] Counselor Rec: ok
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:no
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:no, received a trustee 18k
[] Intended Major:engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Asian Indian
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket:200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):no
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:good academics and scores
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[*] The most unique thing in your application:

TakeMeIn · March 24, 2012, 12:51am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 680, Math 800, Writing 800
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Chemistry 800, Math 2 800, U.S. History 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (after senior year 1st sem, 3.98)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 24 in Class of 664
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry 5, Calculus BC 5, Literature and Composition 5, Chinese 5, U.S. History 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Chemistry T.A.; Psychology class at community college
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul] Subjectives: [ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Concertmaster of youth symphony for three years
-founder of symphony student council (for promotion, fundraising, etc)
-Two-time soloist (winner of symphony solo comp. in fresh, soloed in soph, soloing this year)
-Multiple state awards for violin, and for ensembles I have founded
-Founded two successful chamber groups, led to hold highest award at state festivals
-Soloist with school orchestra (twice)
-Volunteer teacher at a poor school in the third world country
-Volunteer at Hepatitis B screenings, teacher assistant at a summer culture camp
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring for Chemistry Honors (if you can call that work)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
-150 hours of volunteering with my symphony (audition volunteer, performances, fundraisers, etc.)
-Volunteer teacher at a poor school in the third world country (Two weeks)
-Volunteer at Hepatitis B screenings, teacher assistant at a summer culture camp, etc.
[] Summer Activities:
-Microfinance project leader over the summer to a third world country
-Led symphony on tour
-Not gonna list more haha
[] Essays: I would say 8/10, had great hook and solid foundation
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 Both recs are solid and strong
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10 Had a strong rec
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 Best rec of all three: from symphony conductor
[] Interview: 9/10 Great, fun interview at Starbucks
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not gonna list
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hobbies, violin, strong academics
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: not gonna say
[] Weaknesses: not gonna say either
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted due to strong interview
[*] The most unique thing in your application: The hook of my “Why Rice?” Essay!

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