Rice University - is it to my advantage right now that I'm from NY

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<p>I've heard Rice is looking to expand it's student demographics this year, particularly to students from the northeast. Is there any merit to this? </p>

<p>I'm pretty much 0 for 2 right now in target/reach school acceptances (deferred EA to MIT then rejected, waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon) and I'm hoping Rice is at least the first acceptance I can truly celebrate over. I've got stellar grades 2350+ SATs, etc. My ECs are decent, mostly music-oriented with 1 or 2 general science ECs (bad for engineering I guess). So nervewracking waiting on my last two schools (Columbia and Rice) because if I don't get in, I'll have to start considering which safeties to go to</p>

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<p>I’m sure Rice has their share of New Yorkers so I doubt you would get a bump from that.</p>

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<p>This is sort of off-topic… but is it true that 58% of Rice students are from Texas?</p>

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<p>I don’t know that many NYers applying to Rice, and when I was interviewing, one of the first things my interviewer said was “why are you applying all the way to Texas from the northeast” and “we don’t have that many people applying to Rice from here”.</p>

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<p>Rice is looking to extend its national presense, so, yes, it will likely help you.</p>

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<p>New York sends the third-most students to Rice of any state, after Texas and California.</p>

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<p>Uncoincidentally, Texas, California, and New York are the three largest states.</p>

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<p>Well, obviously, but I wanted to put down this idea that nobody from New York comes to Rice, and that being from any state besides Texas is somehow an advantage. Being from anywhere in the United States does not give you an advantage.</p>

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<p>i’m from new york too and found out yesterday i was waitlisted =(
might be beacuse another kid from my high school applied ED and was accepted, and my high schools pretty small but i thoguht for sure i was going to get in
you have amazing scores but sometimes its just a roll of the dice</p>

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<p>Where in ny are you guys from? I know quite a lot of people here from Brooklyn actually.</p>

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<p>I’m from NY, too (Westchester), and I’m looking at Rice (I’m a junior)…</p>

<p>JDong - did you get in?
NYSkins - how do you know that NY sends the 3rd most kids to Rice</p>

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<p>[Rice</a> University | Demographics, U.S.](<a href=“http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Demographics_US.asp?SnID=1575786771]Rice”>http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Demographics_US.asp?SnID=1575786771)</p>

<p>Here are the stats. Hope NYSkins and all the other students who make the time to
be here do beautifully on their finals – coming up soon.</p>

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<p>New York sure stands out after Texas and California, but some years, Florida and Louisiana
stand out even more. In any case, New York-bred Owls are anything but a novelty on campus, and the overall demographics certainly show Rice’s reach.</p>

<p>TJC747, hope you get a chance to see Rice one of these days.</p>