<p>Rice</a> University | News & Media</p>
<p>Of the 11,172 applicants for fall 2009, Rice offered admission to 2,487 students, and 925 of them have expressed their intention to enroll by paying a nonrefundable deposit. That's nearly a 16 percent increase over the 799 deposits for fall 2008, when Rice granted admission to 2,244 of 9,806 applicants.</p>
<p>Applications from foreign students were up more than 33 percent over 2008, and 120 -- an increase of 76.5 percent over last year -- have made deposits.</p>
<p>Texans will still make up about 45 percent of the student body. The 3,681 in-state applicants represent an increase of almost 11 percent; 407 have made deposits -- up about 3 percent.</p>
<p>This is very interesting… thanks for posting this!</p>
<p>It’s interesting to note that international students will make up more than 10 percent of the student body, and that the number of in-state students are in the minority. I think accepting and enrolling more out-of-state students is the way to go for Rice if they want to rise to greater national and international prestige.</p>
<p>I’m already trying to recruit students to apply to Rice next year from the Cincinnati area and I am advertising their name on the back of my car with a bumper sticker; Rice should pay me 
It’s exciting to enroll here at a time when this university is experiencing great growth. GO RICE!</p>
<p>That is the exact same one on the back of my window I ordered it, along with a license plate frame, from the bookstore a day after I decided on Rice. I’m so excited for the Rice baseball games!</p>
<p>interesting that in-state applicants make up 33% of the applicant pool yet 44% of the incoming freshman class. there must be a lot of extremely qualified applicants in Texas, because I bet Rice could fill up its classes with highly qualified out-of-staters as well if it really wanted to.</p>
<p>That is interesting. Kind of puts to rest the myth that it is harder to get into Rice if you are from TX.</p>
<p>I still don’t think it’s a myth. I know several incredibly well-qualified applicants from the Houston area (some who even applied ED) who were rejected or wait-listed. I think the caliber of the applicant pool from Texas is likely stronger as a whole. Think about it – the cream of the crop of every large high school in Texas applies to Rice since it’s the best private school for thousands of miles. If you were a top applicant in Texas and you wanted a smaller college environment (as in non-UT), you would apply to Rice because the next best school is where – Northwestern? Vanderbilt? Duke? Nothing close to here. It’s a whole different ballgame than if you lived in the northeast!</p>
<p>Also, Texas students are more likely to actually accept a spot in the freshman class. I imagine the “yield” is a little bit higher for accepted Texas students. Some students from other states may get cold feet about going so far away to school (although Texas is SO big, that most Texas students are far away from home also!!! 
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<p>And I know several incredibly well-qualified applicants from the Atlanta area (some who even applied ED) who were rejected or wait-listed. There are going to be well-qualified applicants everywhere who don’t get in to Rice. Just because you know some doesn’t mean that it’s harder to get in from that area.</p>
<p>i agree that more people from texas are likely to enroll at rice. having lived abroad and being from California and Boston area as well - texas is kinda scary</p>
<p>Scary? The campus has felt both so vibrant and yet relaxed during my three visits.
We’ve walked back to our hotel after dinner in Rice Village, quite late at night,
listening to birds chirping, admiring the lovely homes, loving the area. A bit like Georgetown, but less urban feeling and less spendy. And the Texans I’ve met are among the friendliest people I know … and Rice students are so easy to chat with and sharp as they come.</p>
<p>^^ the Rice area is fantastic. Lets just say pick up trucks, a red state, and guns dont sit well with me. Its going out of houston to suburbs that are scary.</p>
<p>Also, i didnt visit. I love Rice and the campus and the med center area.</p>
<p>What about all the museums so close by, the ease of going to watch the Houston Rockets, the joy of hearing concerts on campus – not to mention all the fun restaurants.</p>
<p>I went to college in the NE and have seen few places that offer what Rice has!
Forget the stereotypes and consider Houston’s mayor.
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_White_(mayor[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_White_(mayor)</a></p>
<p>trust me, i know. I go to Rice and have been for the last 3 years. there are certain things that fit the stereotypes and some that do not</p>
<p>harris county going for Obama was exciting</p>
<p>All I want to say is that I am “American by birth and Southern by the grace of God.”</p>
<p>I already love Texas and I haven’t even moved there yet - its conservative politics, its guns and pickups and cowboys hats; not to mention the fact that the most amazing school in the world is there. I don’t know about you guys, but to me there’s something very patriotic about a pickup and a cowboy hat.</p>
<p>depends on definition. The Boston Tea Party is more patriotic to me. (yay Boston)</p>
<p>pickup trucks are creepy and guns are worse. the former when gas is $3 per gallon is kinda silly</p>
<p>i would’ve thought of a flag instead of a truck and a gun, but… whatever floats your boat.</p>