Rice Transfer for Freshman

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I’m interested in transferring to Rice. I’m currently at another selective school but want to study Business. Can I transfer for the second sem of freshman year? The website says you need 12 credits, does that mean at the time of transferring or at the time of the app. I will have 12 credits by the end of this summer.

I know it’s early on but I’m just wondering. I need help interpreting the website, not why I want to transfer.

Thanks

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I read it as 12 hours with a 3.2 and the following b4 November 1. You can call or email and verify - but that’s how I read it.

Just know - they accepted 46 of 1227 students per the most recent CDS. I’d assume most come with two years - and some will be athletes - so good luck but expect long odds. Hopefully you’ve gotten to know your profs enough in this month you’ve been at school - as you need two to write you a letter.

  • Coalition Powered by Scoir or the Common Application and Rice writing supplement
  • $75 nonrefundable application fee (must be paid online)
  • Official (final) high school transcript
  • All official college transcripts
  • College Report
  • Recommendation Letters
    • College Instructor 1
    • College Instructor 2
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Thank you. Follow up,

The website says that if you have completed over 12 credits you must apply as a transfer, if not then as a first year. Since I haven’t actually completed/earned 12 credits, could I apply as a first year?

“If a student has earned 12 or more semester hours of credit since completing high school (or earning an equivalent), they must apply as a transfer.”

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Yes - 12 or more. That’s not the same as over 12. That’s 12, 13, 14.

So you will be a transfer but you will need all that above - including LORs from two profs.

That’s how it reads. You should call and speak with a transfer advisor.

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“I read it as 12 hours with a 3.2 and the following b4 November 1.”

That contradicts what was said here. I will not have completed 12 credits by Nov 1. I will be in the process of it and will not have a GPA.

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What does this mean? Do you mean by the end of this semester?

Did you apply to Rice last year as a HS senior?

Contact Rice admissions and ask your questions. My sense is you will be a transfer, because you will have >12 credits by the time you enroll in Rice. But maybe they go by the time of application, so call and ask. Today. Find Your Admission Counselor

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Sorry I meant to say semester (fall) instead of summer. I didn’t not apply to rice last year.

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Anyway, Rice will have transfer advisors and they should be the ones answering your questions.

Best of luck to you.