Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1320/2000 M: 680, W: 680 Cr: 640
[</em>] SAT II: Bio 590 Math I 620 (horrible test taker)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All college credits
[</em>] Interview: Thought it went swell
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major : EEB
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: > 75,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen</p>

<p>[/ul]** Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Who knows what a strength is at this point, perhaps my essays but they are quite subjective
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores and maybe essay style was not very Rice? I thought Rice was a nice fit for me but it turns out that admissions thought otherwise.
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: I used color in my essay! lol
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (790 M, 780 CR, 770 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800, Chem 800, World Hist 800, Lit 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/279
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist, Chem, Calc AB, English Lang: All 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Hist, Econ, Psych, Newswriting, Engineering, AP Eng Lit, AP Bio, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math League (VP, Pres), Science Bowl, National Honor Society (VP), It’s Academic Team, Swimming (capt)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Leo Club, Boy Scouts
[<em>] Summer Activities: mentored at robotics camp
[</em>] Essays: common app 9/10, supplement 8/10 (didn’t feel too confident about it)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably generic, but definitely positive
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic but definitely positive
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, smalli-ish
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$90k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Ha. No.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, grades, essays were decent
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had good test scores, and they must’ve liked my essays or something
[li] The most unique thing in your application: My Common App essay was about a thing I did called “Male Cheerleading.” Not pom-poms, just sorta like America’s Best Dance Crew. Probably stood out a bit. Also, maybe they don’t get many applicants from HI.</p>[/li]
<p>Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Doing for my D.
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown):2310 800 M, 770 R, 740 W
SAT II: 800 Math 2 760 physics, 740 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Physics, 4 US hist
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:3 AP, 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar Nominee
Subjectives:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Wrestling (2 time State Champion), Judo State Champion, Marching and Symphonic Band, Piano
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:some
Summer Activities: Band Tour Europe
Essays: ok
Teacher Recommendation: ?
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Rec:
Interview:no
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes, received a trustee 18k
Intended Major:Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):HI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:Hapa
Gender:F
Income Bracket:200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):no
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths:good academics and scores[</em>] Weaknesses:[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[</em>] The most unique thing in your application:</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>It was initially my first choice, and I was deferred ED.</p>

<p>2180 SAT, 33 ACT, 700 and 800 SAT 2’s
Weak-ish EC’s
Top 5% Class Rank
3 Adjectives that I would use to describe myself: playful, lazy, and laid-back</p>

<p>Their loss though…
UT- Austin has offered to pay my tuition, and I can graduate in three years taking 12 hours a semester because of AP credits.</p>

<p>Houston sucks anyways.</p>

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<p>Accepted :slight_smile:
30ACT
3.78 unw gpa
5% class rank
EC’s soccer captain, french honor society president
great rec letters
Extremely excited. Too lazy to fill out everything but you get the gist of it.</p>

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<p>her stat is: sat 1590, act 35, multiple subject test and ap test, gpa 4.0 all a in IB high school, weighted 5.5+. dual enroll for piano performance in college. volunteer hours 400+, research in college, president of key club, vice president of nationa honor society, national merit scholar finalist, shcool soccer team, …</p>

<p>can someone give me some idea why she is waitlisted?</p>

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<p>Labordad- did she visit, show interest? That may be a reason because I believe it helps with rice. Its all a crap shoot because they get so many applicants with strong stats. Good luck to your daughter.</p>

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<p>S was accepted with a very nice FA package! I’m working on flights now for Owl Days!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED MOTHA***AS!! I’m at WashU right now and my parents stubbornly wouldn’t tell me until after my finalist interview. I literally am so happy but can’t check financial aid till I get home. SO HAPPY!! XD I had a 33 on my ACT so I didnt have perfect stats, who cares now! I reallyyy hope I can afford rice</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (CR = 660, M = 760, W = 730)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (E = 36, M = 36, R = 32, S = 34)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around a 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 350ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Government (3), Physics (4), Statistics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Semester 1 - Calculus, Honors Humanities, Environmental Science, Sociology; Semester 2 - AP Caluclus, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Psychology, Programming with C++
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Scholar Commended Student</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Homework Club (Tutor), Envirologic (Group of Leaders), National Honor Society, Foreign Language National Honor Society, Tennis (Awards: 2 times Conference Champion, 2 times All-Conference Member, MVP Award, Coach’s Award)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Church, Humane Society, Public Library, Tutor, and a few others to total around 50ish hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Just Tennis
[<em>] Essays: One on Tennis, one on Piano Lessons, Pretty good ones for Rice Supplement
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from 2 Year Math Teacher/Tennis Coach, one from 2 Year Science Teacher/Envirologic Leader; pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor was out of school for a few months due to an injury so I had to use another counselor; still think it was fairly good though
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Etc:[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Smaller, Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Pretty good grades, success in tennis
[</em>] Weaknesses: Wasn’t involved in that many extracurriculars/volunteer activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Kinda unique with the whole girl doing Computer Science thing, pretty good grades, tennis accomplishments
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: I don’t know, maybe my essays. I worked on those for a while.</p>

<p>[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (740 CR, 740 M, 700 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 790 US, 740 BIO
Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish(4), USH (5), BIO (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, HAP, AP LANG,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scouts Gold Award, NHS, Math Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Presidents Volunteer Gold Award (3 Years)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freshmen JV Tennis, MC @ Local Culture Show, LARKS gym, Girl Scouts (President of Senior Planning Board), SAASA
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 911 Rescue Squad, Girl Scouts, Hospital Volunteer
Summer Activities: none
Essays: experiences with rescue squad and gold award
Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP BIO teacher
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: early 2011, went very well. well- connected with interviewer </p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public HS
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >250K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: academics, volunteer work
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: :slight_smile:
The most unique thing in your application: unique essays and volunteer work
General Comments:
Congrats to all future owls! To those who didnt get in, Rice’s loss and something better is sure to be in store for you. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2330-780M, 800W, 750CR (one sitting)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):MathII-800, Bio-800, US History-780, Chem-770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.6
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/306
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB (5), Bio (5), US History(5), Lang & Comp(5) Chem(4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Phys C, AP Lit & Comp, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Gov, AP Latin V, College Accounting
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Cross Country- 4yr varsity, County Champion, Captain,
Tennis-4yr varsity at 1st singles, Captain, 3 time county champ, USTA ranked, ranked ~15 in NJ
Performing Juggler- Can juggle 5 balls, clubs, rings, diabolo
Latin Club- (Treasurer/Pres)
Latin Quiz Bowl- (Captain)
NHS
Science League
Math League
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Ball boy at the US Open Tennis Championship- 4 summers
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer EMT at town’s First Aid Squad- 2 hrs a week since start of Jr year (~200 hrs)
Intern at the New York Downtown Hospital- summer before senior year (~200 hours)- assisted in clinical research
Volunteer to play with a mentally challenged middle schooler once a week since Fr year (~300 hrs)
[</em>] Essays: Pretty Solid. Common App ones about what I learned from losing in the counties in XC (very creative) and about why I juggle. Rice one was about my experiences as a ball boy at the US Open and what I learned
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average – only had her for 1 year, barely spoken to her
[<em>] Additional Rec: Really good, from cross country coach
[</em>] Interview: Pretty Solid
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[</em>] Intended Major:Biology/Biochem
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] School Type: Decent public, 300 students in grade, sends about 6 to ivies/other top schools every year
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:~$120,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, some interesting and unique ECs, sports
[</em>] Weaknesses: Recs, no outstanding national accomplishments
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Emory (13K/year), Brandeis (10K/year); Deferred: Harvard EA; Waitlisted: WUSTL
[/ul]General Comments: I’m really happy, but still a little disappointed that I didn’t get a merit scholarship :/</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Writing 800 Reading 770 Math
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 chemistry 800 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/523
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese(5), Environmental Science(5), Spanish Language(4), US History(4), English Language(5), Physics Mech(5), Physics E(5), Calculus BC(5), Chemistry(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Statistics AP, Government AP/speech, Multivariable Calculus, English IV AP, Band, Biology AP, Organic Chem
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too major
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club(Lieutenant Governor, President), Band(Drill instructor, section leader), Math and Science Club(Secretary, President), Music Honor Society(secretary), Spanish Honor Society, Dulles Green, National Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Children’s Museum of Houston, Second Mile Mission Center, and others
[<em>] Summer Activities: no research, took a few summer schools to get ahead, traveled, volunteered
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about Rice having Nutella on the “Why Rice?” short answer xD I though I wrote pretty strong essays
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one from my physics teacher and one from English. Never got to read them, but I bet they’re amazing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor doesn’t know me, so probably very generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: idk
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none. female engineer?
[/ul]Reflections

[list]
[</em>] Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, band all 4 years, good grades, took classes like Physics AP and Calc BC as a junior
[<em>] Weaknesses: no research, no international awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great scores, lots of AP’s
[*] The most unique thing in your application: probably my essays and the attached picture</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (800CR, 790M, 800W - 10E)
[<em>]SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took it once
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Chemistry, 790 US History, 740 Spanish (reading)
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80ish?
[</em>]Weighted GPA: 4.25
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Chemistry, Biology, US History, and English Lang.
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Gov’t., AP Spanish Lang., Orchestra, AP English Lit., AP Calc BC, AP Physics B
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Some sort of AP Scholar thing, and a Brandeis Book Award.[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate team (co-captain and -founder), Literary magazine (co-editor), Jazz band (principal bassist lol), NHS and Tri-M and other random stuff
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: I work at a local hotel on the banquet staff.
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Absolutely ZERO indicated on Common App.
[<em>]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
[</em>]Essays: Common App essays were great, I thought. Writing has always been one of my strong suits. Rice essays were weak and rushed. I added Rice to my list of schools at the last minute. :confused:
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing. This teacher has given em some downright-terrifying compliments. She basically deifies me haha.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation #2: Probably quite good as well, albeit less fervent.
Counselor Rec: I would imagine this was decent. I know my counselor pretty well from red-tape stuff when I was starting the debate team.
[<em>]Additional: Rec: N/A
[</em>]Interview: None. I probably should have at least tried to set one up; I didn’t show much interest in the school at all lol.</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p><a href=“if%20domestic%20applicant”>list</a>: Connecticut
[<em>]Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>]School Type: Decent public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Income Bracket: middle class (complicated)
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection:</p>

<p>[ul]Strengths: Test scores, essays, teacher recs.
[<em>]Weaknesses: Total lack of community service, weak extracurriculars.
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My academics were strong. I didn’t visit or interview, so I was expecting a waitlist, but I’m delighted to be offered a place at Carleton!
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UChicago (EA), UConn (EA), Northeastern (EA), Carleton; Waiting on a plethora of schools.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: I didn’t interview or visit, and my Rice-specific essays were quite bad, so I couldn’t really have expected much more. Oh well. I probably won’t take a spot on the waitlist.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: 730 US History, 680 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Language (5), Art History (5), World History (4), Government (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, Architecture II, Two other art classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): GA Governor’s Honors Program 2010, US Senate Youth Program Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), French National Honor Society (President), SkillsUSA, Student Government Association, National Art Honor Society, Scholar Bowl (Captain), Beta Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer art history instructor at the local senior center: developed curriculum and taught course that covered all art historical periods from ancient Egypt to the present day, member of River of Life: a local community missions organization that specializes in disaster relief and reconstruction, volunteer at vacation bible school programs hosted at church
[</em>] Essays: Outstanding honestly, I was so proud of them. I talked about my passion for architecture and how Rice was the ideal place for further developing my passion.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10
[li] Interview: 9/10 Off-campus. Really good interview. He was a recent graduate and I was his first interview ever. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Absolutely
[</em>] Intended Major: Architecture
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): You kidding?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list] [<em>] Strengths: Recommendations, Essays, Extracurriculars, Interview, Portfolio, Transcript<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores<br>
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my passion for architecture and my personality really came through to the adcom. I’m honestly very surprised I was accepted. I have absolutely no hooks lol.<br>
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: Really good portfolio, but not anything really “out there”</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2340 w/ 740 Reading, 800 Math, 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: 800 World History, 800 Math 2
[<em>] Unweighted/Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96/4.74
[</em>] Rank: 2 of 500
[<em>] AP: 5 in Chem, Calc BC, World History, US History
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP US Gov, AP Macro/Micro, Multicalc Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, only school/AP/PSAT awards including winning school-wide math competition
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: CSF <a href=“President”>like NHS</a>, Soccer, X-Country/Track, Softball, Student Council, Speech and Debate
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Chivas USA (MLS Soccer Team), online marketing firm, SAT independent contractor, Online sports forecasting agency (internationally published), Personal blog
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: PTA (State Board Member and advocate for education), CSF, Chivas USA
[<em>] Summer Activities: Full time job every summer (see above) and x-country
[</em>] Essays: Fun and off-beat, other was serious as relating to my volunteering
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: cookie cutter - huge school, few counselors
[<em>] Interview: pretty good
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: i forgot, econ maybe?
[</em>] State: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Test Scores, EC’s, Interview, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: No hooks, Trite awards
[<em>] The most unique thing in your application: My article published on front page of Yahoo
[</em>]Chosen as Trustee Scholar :)[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 800 M, 800 W (2330)
ACT:
SAT II: 710 Math IIC, 750 US History, 760 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s: Chemistry, US History, Euro, Eng Lang, Chinese, 4: Psychology
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Govt/Macro, AP Bio, AP Music Theory, AP Physics C, AP Eng Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): translating, film award, minor things</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leadership positions in 4 clubs, TA for language school, thrift store, publicist for local organization, etc
Job/Work Experience: private tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: random things, thrift store, tutoring
Essays: Unique but subtle, possibly risky
Counselor Rec: Generic, but decent.
Interview:n/a</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:statistics, essays showed personality
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, my stats & extracurriculars make me sound like a typical Asian chick
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t show enough interest, wrote it very last minute, maybe it just wasn’t a good fit?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Chicago, Northwestern, UCLA, UCSD. Waitlisted at Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>General Comments:
Hmm I feel fine LOL.</p>

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<p>The format is as follows (& DON’T FORGET TO REMOVE THE SPACES IN THE BRACKETS):</p>

<p>Pick one: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 taken once (790 math, 640 reading, 720 writing, 11 essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 math I, 800 math II, 690 Chemistry (once taken once, in 10th grade)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66 (5.34 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/375
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), World History (5), English Language (self-study - 4), Music Theory (aural - 5, non-aural - 5), Psychology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): English, Biology, History and ITGS HL, Mathematics and Spanish SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Biology HL, IB History HL, IB ITGS HL, IB Math SL, IB Spanish SL, IB ToK, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Recognition Program Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, 17 awards from math team (regional and state level, including 8th place in trigonometry in all of Florida), awards from Model UN (2nd place BosMUN 2010, 1st place WAMUNC 2011, 1st place BosMUN 2012, and smaller, state/local ones)
Subjectives:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (4 years and Undersecretary-General), Mu Alpha Theta Math Team (4 years and President), Academic team (2 years), National Honor Society, helped begin a tutoring club where we made videos (Video Coordinator), Marching Band (3 years), Indoor Drumline (1 year), Drum and Bugle Corps (1 year), Youth Leadership Team at church (elected - 3 years)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Working a lot at church, coaching flag football/soccer, tutoring the algebra II and pre-calculus math teams, working at a local thrift store
Summer Activities: Dual-enrollment from summer 2010
Essays: Good essays
Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but hopefully good
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemistry (Pre-Pharmacy)
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > $15,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, Hispanic, poor
Reflection
Strengths: Academic Profile
Weaknesses: Community Service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really have no idea… I thought I would get in…
The most unique thing in your application: Not sure…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 Math, 800 CR, 740 Writing, 8 essay)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA: 3.8-3.9-ish unweighted, 4.78 South Carolina Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A [probably top 25%]
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP Bio (5), AP US History (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP French, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics, Guitar 1, AP Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (semifinalist when applying)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country state team, Track, 90 volunteer hours, Wrestling (only one year), Debate (only one year)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: none
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Bio Teacher
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Calc AB teacher
Counselor Rec: Had a new counselor this year, so I dunno.
Additional Rec:
Interview: Didn’t have one…was I supposed to or something? If I missed one, this may have been why I was waitlisted.</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian (Bengali)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 80-100 K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: academics, SAT
Weaknesses: Lack of leadership, extracurriculars, probably my essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It may have been my essays or my lack of truly compelling extracurriculars…honestly I thought I’d get in but that’s the way life is I guess.<br>
The most unique thing in your application: Nothing really</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260, 700 (Reading), 780 (Math), 780 (Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Low 700s
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/353
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (3), AP Euro (4), APUSH (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Cal AB, AP Lit, AP MacroEcon, AP Gov, AP Psychology, Health
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club-10-12 (12th: Senior Board Director)
NHS-11-12 (Vice President 12th)
Mu Alpha Theta-11-12
Cross Country-10
Math Tutor-11
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Children’s Hands on Museum-9-11 (Summer and school semester)
Project Blessing-11 Summer
North River Village Retirement Homes-11 Summer-present
[</em>] Summer Activities: Listed above
[<em>] Essays: All right. I really didn’t have much faith in them when I submitted them. I guess they must have struck a cord with the admissions committee somehow though. I still have no idea how in the world I got accepted. Compared to all these other stellar applicants, I am so lacking. Yet, I am lucky.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, but brief
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to see. I would guess pretty good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Did relatively well. Frankly, the alumni talked more about Rice than I talked about myself.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public (might I also add “rural”?)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Maybe the fact that I’m from Alabama?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Geographical region, test scores, essays (were they what saved me from being waitlisted or rejected?), recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Race, mediorce ECs (as my school had limited opportunities)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea! Maybe because I prayed every night to God?? No seriously. I really don’t know. I had just gotten wait-listed at UChicago, so when I clicked on “View Admissions Notification” for Rice, I definitely was not getting my hopes up. When I read the words “Congratulations…” I thought I was on the wrong page or that the admissions committee had me confused with someone else!!! I AM SO LUCKY!!!
[</em>] The most unique thing in your application: Essay (wrote about how my mom led me to resilience and how I would like to somehow make her proud in the future)
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Congrats to all who were accepted! In fact, congrats to everyone who applied! The college admissions is really iffy. You are a good student regardless of what colleges ultimately decide in their decisions. All of you will have great futures!</p>