Rice Class of 2016 RD Results!

mysticalheavens · March 25, 2012, 3:09pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Hated score, and did not submit
[] ACT: 33 (in my opinion, this was the best I could do, yet I worried that this score would disqualify me from colleges that were at the top of my list)
[] SAT II: SAT 2 Chem: 720, SAT 2 Lit: 740? somewhere in that range
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only do weighted; 4.2 gpa
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4), AP Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Government, AP Spanish, AP Literature, Physics Honors, 3D Art 2.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but but I won a Hispanic Heritage Youth Award, A Junior Achievement Regional Award + 10k scholarship, Optimist Essay Award, Precalculus Hn award in my school, and other regional things.
[/ul]Subjectives:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Medical Youth Society (a lot of dissecting and service), Girl Scout Ambassador, Zumba, Independent Research on deer overpopulation in my area, Local political campaign assistant, Tutor through my school
[] Job/Work Experience:Junior Counselor at a local Girl Scout camp for the summer, bes tjob ever and great experience
[] Volunteer/Community service:Greeter/Monitor for my local American Red Cross donor center, I watch donors for signs of fainting, engage them, etc.
[] Summer Activities: I’m too lazy to list my other activities, but for all of those high school juniors and sophomores and freshman out there, lemme tell you something. It isn’t the quantity of activities that matters, but the love you have for them, that will come across positively to admissions officers in your essays. So please, do things you love.
[] Essays (subjects and personal opinions):
[li] Essays:How i tutor kids and my methods of doing so; how i relate material to students-very personal and engagng[/li] EC Short Answer: Red cross service and how diversity stems from blood donation routine, very good.

[] Teacher Recommendation:AP chem teacher, shes the best teacher I’ve ever had in high school and she really inspired me to pursue chemistry. But we shall see I loooove chem.
[] Counselor Rec:I got a new counselor at the beginning of this year (senior year) so it was a struggle for him to get to know me. I’d imagine his rec to be lukewarm.
[] Additional Rec: My history teacher who graduated from Rice a long time ago (Rice is my #1 choice, and I really excelled in his class and got along with him)
[] Interview: It was kind of awkward. It was my first college interview, and he kind of grilled me and didn’t seem to me like the typical Rice students I had met. We didn’t really click, but oh well.
[/list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):U.S.
[] School Type: Public, competitive, and rich but only sends a few kids to top ranked schools/Ivies
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Moderate middle class? Not enough for substantial need based aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (but I would be angry if someone said this was why I got in), girl interested in chem? ehh, I would list passion as my hook.
[/list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: Passion, Ecs, hard classes/good grades
[] Weaknesses: Lowish ACT score compared to many other applicants, haven’t won any major awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that Rice saw something in
[li] The most unique thing in your application: My essays were damn good. Like freaking good. My Why Wiess school of Natural Sciences was excellent, same with the why Rice essay, and the perspective essay was written with pride, joy, and love. Literally I tried to show them who I am. [/li]Received a Trustee Scholarship from Rice! Excited b/c it’s a good amount, but still waiting on Northwestern to release aid, washU scholarship decisions, and ivies (yeah right). I’m pretty self deprecating, but truly believe I belong at Rice. Sometimes you just have a feeling you belong somewhere. I have a REALLY good feeling about Rice, and not because I grew up eating rice and beans frequently. Now my parents will be more likely to allow me to go. Hopefully they’ll let me go to Owl Days to seal the deal. ;)

karaokemachine · March 25, 2012, 6:47pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[] Essays: Why I wanted to be a doctor. Not very eclectic at all.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Lawyer lady. She was kinda shy. I was like, how was your time at Rice? And she was like, it was fun and I made a lot of friends. LOL. Then it started drizzling and she was like bye. I drove an hour and a half for this? Haha[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[] Weaknesses: I’m not quirky enough?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Stanford EA

[/ul]General Comments:
MIT whatup

deserto · March 25, 2012, 7:22pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): superscored: 2310 (800 CR, 730 M, 780 W); single sitting: 2280 (800 CR, 730 M, 750 W)
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 780 on U.S. History and 740 on Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on U.S. History, 4 on European History, 5 on Human Geo.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Relatively rigorous - not the hardest possible, but still more challenging than normal (2 honors)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMS Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): quiz bowl team (captain); baseball (captain); Council (Public Relations officer); XC running; debate (won several awards); Fantasy Baseball Club (founding member)
Job/Work Experience: 5-10 hrs/week at local bookstore since fall of 11th grade
Volunteer/Community service: minimal tutoring
Summer Activities: playing baseball and playing and studying for quiz bowl
Essays: Common App one was strong, I felt (7-8 on a scale of 1-10); I thought my Rice supplements were also good, although I could have better articulated why I was interested in Rice and what I’d have contributed to the university community
Teacher Recommendation: both probably decent; 1 most likely better than the other; they could have highlighted my intellectual passion and curiosity or my introversion or both; it’s hard to know
Counselor Rec: maybe not spectacular, but should have been good
Additional Rec: -
Interview: my interviewer, a 2010 Rice grad, was from South Korea and did not speak English all that well, thus much of the interview was kind of awkward; it took him a while to process a lot of the things I said; he did say, at the end, that he would speak positively of me in his report

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium-sized, competitive public hs
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really

Reflection
Strengths: Stdized test scores, ecs, essays
Weaknesses: GPA, possibly class rigor and ecs, possibly recs?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: there’s no denying that Rice is very competitive admissions-wise. I should feel fortunate to have been wait listed when so many other qualified applicants were rejected; however, I was really, fervently hoping I’d be admitted
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UVM, Centre, Kenyon; waitlisted: Carleton; rejected: Swarthmore
General Comments: I accepted my spot on the waitlist. I will continue to express interest in Rice and maybe, just maybe will be admitted eventually. Rice is a remarkable school, and I envy those of you who were admitted.

texaspg · March 25, 2012, 7:32pm

“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.”

Labor dad - did she apply to Shepherd school or another school but plans to minor in music? Shepherd is very competitive and if she tried out for music they have their own admissions.

katie459 · March 25, 2012, 9:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33
SAT II: only submitted math (didnt have to submit any w/ ACT) Math I: 750 Math II: 740
Unweighted GPA: 4.203 (4.33=A+ 4.00=A)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, 1st or 2nd /190
AP (place score in parenthesis): did horribly and didnt submit
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP French, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjectives:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I am a competitive dancer, 20-25 hrs/week in studio. Won nationals last year, Dancer of the Year, etc. French Club President for three years. Student Government, Senior Class President.
Job/Work Experience: Work at local ice cream place approx. 10 hrs/week since 2009.
Volunteer/Community service: belong to a nonprofit dance company that does outreach programs in underprivileged areas, does concerts to benefit charity, approx. 300 hrs. Did some other random stuff.
Summer Activities: Harvard Summer School 2011
Essays: Spent a lot of time perfecting the Rice supplements and ensuring I showed interest through them. Common App essay was about how dance has been the one constant in my life and helped me to overcome a rough family situation
Teacher Recommendation: fantastic 
Counselor Rec: good, but generic
Interview: nope
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: yessss
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Listed Rice for National Merit way back. I did it on a whim but I think it really paid off.

Reflection
Strengths: EC leadership, essays
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly expected a rejection! I was thrilled when I got the email. I think National Merit really helped. I also played the dance card and included a link in my application where the adcoms could view a video online. So excited! Hoping to visit during Owl Days!

Good luck to all those waitlisted or rejected! I know it is hard; but keep your heads up! There are tons of amazing schools out there!

MrFeynman · March 26, 2012, 1:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M, 690R, 770W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 790, US History 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/464
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), Computer Science (5), European History (5), Chemistry (Dismissed–long story)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics, Advanced Topics in Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Government, Honors Microeconomics, Multivariable Calculus, AP English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Superior Rating, NMF (neither are exactly major)
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Book Club (founder), Programming Club (VP), Debate Club (VP), Varsity Academic Team, Science Bowl, Science Fair, JV Tennis (Captain), Math Club, University of Cincinnati Materials Science Research Internship
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Escort Volunteer (~100 hrs), Lego Robotics Team Mentor (~15 hrs)
[] Summer Activities: HCARE Program University of Cincinnati, Various Small-scale computer camps, A couple Phys. Ed. classes
[] Essays: Passable
[] Teacher Recommendation: Positive, but not beautiful
[] Counselor Rec: Quite good, I suppose
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: One of my better ones, partly because my interviewer was helpful and open to conversation.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, Strength of Schedule
[] Weaknesses: Nothing was especially weak
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My app was pretty solid all around and I followed up my interview with some email questions about the physics program.
[] The most unique thing in your application: Starting the physics book club. Its basically just a few of my friends who meet every two weeks to discuss physics books (so far, Hawking’s The Grand Design and Einstein’s Relativity: The Special and General Theory).[/ul]

2girlzmum · March 26, 2012, 1:45pm

On behalf of my D:

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2140 (710M,730CR,690W)
[] ACT:35
[] SAT II:low 700’s for Math II, Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.93/4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):33/440
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc BC (5), Eng. Lang. (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics C, Calc III/DiffEq, AP Lit., AP Studio Art,Spanish V
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NM Commended
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):XC, Track
[] Job/Work Experience:Lifeguard since May 2011
[] Volunteer/Community service:~ 25 hrs, various
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:One learning new paradigms
[] Teacher Recommendation:Haven’t seen
[] Counselor Rec:Haven’t seen but he’s not a good counselor and doesn’t know my D
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Yes, alumni. Went okay from what D said
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Y
[] Intended Major:Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Suburban Public High
[] Ethnicity:Mixed
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket:$140K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none[/li][/ul]Reflection[list]

[li] Strengths:ACT score[/li]
[li] Weaknesses:Not so many AP’s, low SATII’s, she’s a low key kid and doesn’t always project enthusiasm even though Rice was her top choice.[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not strong enough application, not strong enough in the “Why Rice?” essay.[/li]
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Lived in England for 9th, 10th grade years. Wasn’t sure if it made her unique or threw her schedule out of kilter with the transitions. I guess it was the latter.[/li]
Congratulations to those who were accepted! I might be more disappointed than D. Rice looks like a wonderful school!

tkeegan · March 26, 2012, 5:03pm

I got in! :D

takashisaito · March 26, 2012, 5:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR 800 W 720 M)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Spanish - 710 BioM - 730 Math I - 770 Math II - 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank. Not #1, but in top 5
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US 5, Euro 4, Bio 5, Spanish 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, Government (no AP offered…), Acc Physics (no AP offered), International Relations, Jazz Lab IV, required theology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP scholar with honor, Premio de Oro on National Spanish Exam two years in a row (97th/98th percentile), various local recognitions[/li]
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not comprehensive, just hitting the highlights.
Music: 10 years of clarinet, 4 years of bass clarinet, picked up saxophone over the summer and now play in school’s highest jazz lab. Performed with band in a competition on a cruise ship, received 96/100 national ranking. Been in various orchestras, youth, pit, and community…mostly private lessons though.
Debate: Competed at state-level and national tournaments. Decent, never great. Policy/Public forum.
Crew: Rowed novice and varsity for my city’s rowing club…not for too long, though.
[] Job/Work Experience: Cousins Subs, little over a year, 15-20 hrs/week (more in summer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 650+ hours total. Highlights include church camp, organizing bakery delivery to ~110 needy families and/or centers in the area, working with a group of friends at an urban farm for a semester, living with families in the Dominican Republic countryside for 2 weeks building latrines and floors, taking two weeks off of school and volunteering at an inner city school.
[] Summer Activities: Student Health Care Conference at U of Maryland, various mission trips (some mentioned above), orchestra, etc
[] Essays: Quality, proofread several times. Not extremely Rice-focused though, a little vague.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both AP teachers, both considered among the best teachers in the school, both love me. Haven’t seen/heard the letters themselves but I assume they are fine
[] Counselor Rec: Know him pretty well and he has a high opinion of me as a person. Assuming it’s good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Jesuit college prep. All-Male
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High. Not sure exactly
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No (see above).[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]

[] Strengths: Scores, GPA, community service, the fact that not a lot of other people from my school/area applied
[] Weaknesses: Not much in the way of extracurriculars when you get beyond service, negative diversity, did not make it EXTREMELY clear that I wanted to go. (Love the school, just not my first choice)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Regional statistics?
[] The most unique thing in your application: A focus on the Spanish language in awards as well as service opportunities?

Ridiculously excited and thankful…

TexasSmith · March 26, 2012, 6:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown – superscored): Reading: 800 Math: 700 Writing: 750
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Literature: 710 Math I: 750 Math II: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School reports as a 4.0, weighted is 4.35
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18 of 540
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5), World History (4), English Literature & Composition (4), United States History (4), Chemistry (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP U.S. Government, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Statistics, AP Biology (dropped at semester), UIL Research & Technical Writing, Chemistry Teaching Assistant, Sociology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar
[/ul]Subjectives:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scout (Senior Patrol Leader), Band (Low Brass Section Leader), NHS, Key Club, Interact (Founding Member), UIL Current Events/History, Academic Decathlon (Team Captain), Church Choir (Bass Section Leader), Campus Connections (Freshmen Mentor), American Chemical Society Chemistry Club (Co-founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Discount Tire, June 2010-January 2012
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots
[] Summer Activities: Traveled to Spain this past summer to improve my Spanish skills–near-fluent–and did volunteer work at a hospital in Madrid
[] Essays: I thought they were good, not phenomenal but I’m pretty good at conveying information. My Rice-specific one was a little sarcastic (I live near Houston)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Couldn’t have been too good…basically copy-pasted my r

Skittsie13 · March 26, 2012, 11:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (790 CR, 740 M, 740 W)
[] ACT: 34 (36 E, 35 R, 34 S, 32 M)
[] SAT II: Chemistry (790), US History (790)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, very high 3.9/4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/295
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Music Theory (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP European History, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP French Language, AP Biology, Honors Biochemistry and gym
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended and AP Scholar with Honor? Nothing major.
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Vice President), Science Olympiad (captain), Academic Team (captain), varsity swimming (captain), French National Honor Society (secretary), Chemistry Olympics (captain), piano
[] Job/Work Experience: Two summers as a lifeguard and swim instructor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at local hospital, tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Above work experience and volunteering
[] Essays: Not the best. Common App was about the impact my Iranian heritage has had on my life. My Rice perspectives essay was about living in different countries and the aspects of different cultures that I could bring to Rice.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been decent, I really like the teachers I picked and they like me too, and we talk regularly. I picked my AP Chemistry teacher from junior year and my history teacher from sophomore year.
[] Counselor Rec: He kind of dislikes me, and he wrote it very rushed, so probably terrible.
[] Interview: Went really well! It was my first college interview, with an alumna about forty minutes away.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Chemistry/Political Science double major
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Decent suburban public
[] Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Subject tests, course rigor and GPA
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, essays, counselor recommendation
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed a lot of interest, a bit of geographic diversity… not really sure.
[] The most unique thing in your application: Probably the topic of my perspectives essay – I grew up as a first-generation Iranian immigrant in Australia and moved to the States in second grade.[/ul]

Really happy and excited to be accepted! Now I just have to convince my parents to pay, haha. See you all at Owl Days!

altwtx · March 27, 2012, 2:04am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (770 M, 640 CR, 690 W)
[] ACT: 36 (36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 35 E)
[] SAT II: Chemistry - 740, Math II - 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/463
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Statistics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Studies (7), SL Psychology (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP/HL IB Chemistry, HL IB English IV, Pre-AP Computer Science, SL IB Spanish IV, IB Theory of Knowledge, HL IB HOA II
[] Major Awards: U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate (ended up not applying)
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (President), Key Club (Treasurer), Student Council, NHS, Spanish NHS, Dance Team Escort/Manager (hard to explain, hundreds of hours though)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an elementary school every Wednesday morning for two years, designed and created wooden puzzles for elementary school, mission trips, anything for clubs
[] Summer Activities: none
[] Essays: Honestly can’t remember what they were really about. I know I wrote a good one about how I can add to the diversity even though I’m white.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably not too strong.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably not very good either. I’ve probably only spoken to her a handful of times.
[] Additional Rec: none.
[] Interview: Didn’t apply in time to get one.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I probably won’t get any.
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Public (5A)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$400k with divorced parents
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none.
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, my attached picture was pretty good
[] Weaknesses: White, male, parents make a lot of money, SAT & SAT II scores, recommendations
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure to be honest. I have friends with comparable scores who didn’t get in. They’re from the Houston area though and I heard they try not to accept as many locals.
[] The most unique thing in your application: Attached picture
[/ul]

taymiss2 · March 27, 2012, 9:51am

Decision: Waitlisted
ACT: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/ 4.55 w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
AP : Bio (5) apush (4) AP Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Enviro, Spanish 5, Gov,
Major Awards : National Merit Commended
Extracurriculars): Varsity Swimming 4 years (captain) All State Jr and Sr year, broke/hold 4 school records, Club swimming year round- 20 hours a week in the pool- Varsity soccer- starting goalie Freshman year-
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard sophomore summer
Volunteer/Community service: not much time for anything but swim humane society dog walker, special Olympics
Summer Activities: Original research during Senior summer 40 hours a week with a biology professor mentor
Essays: common app essay better than my Rice Essay. Of all of my essays my Rice essay was definitely my worst. I did not know how to answer the question of how i would add to the diversity of Rice. which is why didn’t submit my Rice application until New Year’s Eve. It sucked so bad, lol.
Teacher Recommendation: didnt see but probably good
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: coach great
Interview: no

Other
School Type: Suburban Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks : athlete

Reflection
Strengths: super heavy course load while swimming two hours before school and two hours after school - NO SLEEP!!!
Weaknesses: swim heavy ECs, not a lot of overt leadership positions. not fast enough to swim at Rice. 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted U Chicago, Wash U and Truman, Waiting on a few more.

I do not know where I want to go!!!

Susie101 · March 29, 2012, 2:14am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Reading, 790 Math, 800 Writing (2370 composite)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 800 U.S. History, 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/191
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on U.S. History, Psychology, World History, Chemistry, English Language, Statistics; 4 on Spanish Language
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Creative Writing, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics/AP U.S. Government, Health Science, AP Calculus BC, Business Information, AP Literature, AP Physics B
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, 2 national 1st place awards for HOSA
[/ul]Subjectives:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I forgot what I put on the QuestBridge application, but this wasn’t a weak point.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours at public library and 100 misc. hours through National Beta Club and National Honor Society 
[] Summer Activities: National HOSA Leadership convention in summer of 2010 and 2011, Kenyon Young Writers in summer 2011
[] Essays: Okay. Supplement essays weren’t up to my usual standards. QB essays were rushed. 
[] Teacher Recommendation: Rushed, I decided to do QB the week it was due and did not give my recommenders much time.
[] Counselor Rec: Rushed
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Missed deadline, and I live in Houston…I did visit the campus, though.
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: English
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Low enough to qualify for QB Finalist
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not that I am aware of.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, major national awards, taking the toughest courseload at my school consistently
[] Weaknesses: Rushed application
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rice wanted some writers. I received the Trustee Distinguished Scholarship for my literary merits.
[li] The most unique thing in your application: Rice Box[/li][/ul]

kchurchillz · March 29, 2012, 4:46pm

Accepted!!

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2290 (CR 770, Math 800, Writing 720)
[ *]SAT II: US Hist 790, Math II 800, Chem 800, Bio M 800
[ *]GPA: 3.9ish
[ *]Rank: 5/450ish
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem, US Hist, Calc AB, Stat, Compsci A, Bio: All 5’s

[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Common app: 8/10, Supplements: 6 or 7 out of 10. They were mostly cut and paste, but maybe I’m being modest
[ *]Teacher Recs: Should be great, didn’t really get to see them.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Should be excellent, I’m probably one of her favorite students.
[ *]Supplementary Material: Didn’t send any
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None. Antihook: Asian male with no exceptional EC’s going into engineering :’(

[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: PA
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: Male

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Nothing special. Orchestra, Mock Trials, Electric Car Club, Intern at a chem lab for 4 years (my strongest one probably. Sent in a pretty good recommendation from that)
[ *]Awards: Distinguished AP scholar, National merit finalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list] Congrats to all those who got in!!

Apoc314 · March 29, 2012, 7:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t report
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math 2, 770 Biology Molecular
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked (Probably Top 5%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Biology (5), AP Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus with Linear Algebra, Spanish 4, AP Computer Science, Honors Essay Writing, Survey of Western Humanities, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, Advanced Chemistry. Everything was AP/Weighted.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):US National Chemistry Olympiad Honors - Top 150 Nationally, USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist - Top 500 Nationally, AIME Qualifier in Junior Year, Chemistry State Champion in a State Science competition, National Merit Semi-Finalist. [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl (Captain), ICTM Math Team, NSML Math Team, WYSE Science Team, Local orchestra, JETS Engineering Team, Kung Fu student,
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (~200 hours), School Academic Tutor (~100 hours).
[] Summer Activities: Dancing, traveling, summer courses, etc.
[] Essays: Excellent Main Common App essay, decent Extracurricular Essay. My Rice Essays were pretty good but not as good as my common app main essay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been pretty good/excellent (one of my teachers let me pre-read her recommendation before sending it out and I thought it was genuine and showcased my positive traits very honestly and well.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, but probably decent.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: No interview.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] Intended Major(s): Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public School (around 3200 kids)
[] Ethnicity: Asian American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income bracket (if applicable): $150,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: Good science focus through major awards and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Lack of a spectacular hook and forgetting to request an interview.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted for my scientific strength and academic grades and test scores and my common app main essay.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Rejected by Stanford University; Waiting on Harvard University.

[/ul]General Comments: I loved Rice during my visit, but because I didn’t receive enough financial aid or any merit scholarships, I’m afraid I cannot actually attend at all. Congratulations to everyone accepted! My advice to future applicants is to really focus on the Common App and Rice essays as they go pretty far in depth and take a while to write well. Good luck!

thisway880 · March 29, 2012, 9:10pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (770 CR, 740 M, 790 W) one and done son
ACT: no.
SAT II: 690 spanish, 670 math II, 690 lit <— all kind of a bummer
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): nooo clue 4.6 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked, but Im at least top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp pol (4), us gov (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc B/C, AP Spanish, AP Envi Sci, public speaking, girl choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): merit commended
Subjectives:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): xc (captain), track, girl scouts 11 years (ct delegate), outreach club SADD chapter, youth rifle club, youth group, young life, marching band!!! (section leader), other fun things
Job/Work Experience: no.
Volunteer/Community service: SO MUCH OMG lots of hours due to girl scouts, volunteering at the non profit my dad works at, altar serving/teaching Sunday school, volunteering at band camp (lol), and lots lots
Summer Activities: frequent Mexico visits/volunteering at band camp/Girl scout stuff
Essays: my common app one was boss still feel weird about my activity one and the Rice supplement was okay. All of them show how weird I am though.
Teacher Recommendation #1: got both my teacher recommendations in December lucky Im going to college let alone Rice. Anywho only sent one rec from APES teacher, hes pretty nice and I participate a lot in that class so it was probably pretty cool.
Teacher Recommendation #2: no.
Counselor Rec: HA wonder if my counselor even knows my name! and vise versa…
Additional Rec: no.
Interview: no! no no
Etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: civil/environmental engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (its a good one though, meaning we send lots of kids to outstanding schools)
Ethnicity: Half Mexican
Gender: F
Income Bracket: a lot of money, Im sure.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM!!!
Reflection
Strengths: I might be crazy. Quite literally. I’m a good writer when it counts. Also I genuinely enjoy community service.
Weaknesses: Lots of things as you can probably see.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, SAT, URM, IAM, COO, L poo
The most unique thing in your application: My supplement was based around the time I ate a 1.87 pound bag of mangoes and almost pooped my pants. Common app essay described my passion for juggling and doing other strange things. Very strange things

General Comments
I love Rice. Sorry for horrible grammar, super tired. Wonder who will read this. Wonder why I did this. Happy I did :)

imaperson · March 31, 2012, 3:24am

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (730 CR, 800 Math, 790 W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:Math2C (800), Chem (800), US(750), Bio E (750), Bio M(760)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we don’t have unweighted. weighted: 4.06
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile (top 10%)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5), Calculus BC (5), AB(5), Chemistry(5), US History (5), English Language & Comp. (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Environmental Science, Human Anatomy, AP Statistics, AP Economics, AP Literature, Advanced Digital Journalism
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): World Scholar’s Cup World Round 1st Place for Persuasive Essay
[ /list][ b]Subjectives:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Cheerleading (JV&Varsity captain in 9th, 12th), Dance Club(President), Journalism (SEOTV Editor, Broadcast Television stufff), New Student Group(Founder&President), MS Cheer (President), NHS (WWF Committee leader),
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Biotechnology Company Internship for 2 months, internship at a Newspaper place for 5 days, tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring at a community service center (lots of hours), did this cheerleading thing in the middle of a busy street to campaign for blood drive
[ *] Summer Activities: tutoring, internships, etc.
[ *] Essays: my commonapp essay was pretty funny, my supplements were okay, but I think I did pretty well on my main supplement for rice.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I think my teachers would have written nice things about me. I was like one of the top students for both my teachers and then one of them was my cheer coach for like three years.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think she wrote nice stuff about me? Told my mom she thinks I’m really selfless and stuff LOL
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: forgot to apply for it
[ /list][ b]Etc.[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Korea
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: idk
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really… i did mention an eating disorder and how i recovered
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: academically strong, creative essays, showed my compassionate side
[ *] Weaknesses: I didn’t have a lot of activities that really showed I was passionate about my major. I decided whimsically that I wanted to do bioengineering like literally two months before I sent everything in…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to U of Notre Dame, Waitlisted at UPENN, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern. Rejected by Cornell & MIT.
[ *] The most unique thing in your application:

TanArch31 · March 31, 2012, 5:42am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ list]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 730 CR, 630 W (1490/ 2120)
[] SAT II: 760 Math, 650 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (School doesn’t have GPA)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/432

[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Duke of Edinburgh GOLD[/li]
[/list]** Subjective:**[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jr. President, Cultural Club (9th Grade), Jr. Director, Theatre Club (9th Grade), Sr. Coordinator, Cultural Club (10th Grade), Sr. President, Cultural Club (12th Grade), Media Head, Chemistry Club (12th Grade), Coordinator, Physics Club (12th Grade), Editor In Chief, Physics Newsletter (12th Grade), Student Council Prefect, Award for the best all rounder student, Awardee All India Scholarship (7-8 selected each year), Auctioned a painting for International Congress for Women, Exchange Programme to Singapore[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]Summer Internship at an Architecture Firm, Assisted on a project at Innovative Design Consultants: Sustainable Art, IRecognizeTibet campaign founder

[li] Volunteer/Community service: Work at the local council for child welfare since 6th grade, work at refugee centers, long list[/li]
[] Essays: They were fun. One was about my time at a nunnery when I was 12 and one was about how cooking
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: VERY good
[] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Etc.[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Architecture
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private (Super Competitive)
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~ $350,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Portfolio, ECs
[] Weaknesses: SAT, Why Rice essay
[] Why you think you were accepted: Interesting portfolio, strong point of view
[li] The most unique thing in your application: My essay on cooking and the attached picture[/li]
Accepted: Rice U, CMU, USC, Barnard, UMich
Rejected: Cornell

I am so thrilled! Can’t wait for Rice :D

icesk8girl · April 1, 2012, 7:28am

was anybody outright rejected? lol this thread seems to be filled with acceptances/a few waitlists— which is awesome!

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