<p>I'm not implying Texans are stupid at all; that would be absurd. I'm just saying, if a student in applying from a faraway state, that student is probably the val or sal of the class, or something close to it. In Texas, however, the val, sal, and the top half of the class are applying, because more people have heard of Rice. Thus, the people with same stats are getting in, but since more 'unqualified' applicants are applying, it lowers the acceptance percentage for in-state students. Just a theory.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys, for all your input. Just to clarify, however, I am not from Houston or even Texas. Not to say, though, that this thread hasn't started an interesting conversation. I was unaware that universities even tried to promote "geographical diversity." People who have posted on this thread, however, seem to disagree whether Rice does in fact to try to promote geographical diversity: peter_parker thinks the lower acceptance rates for Texas applicants are due to something else. Does anybody know Rice's official position on this matter?</p>
<p>They don't have an official position. It's kind of an unspoken thing I think. If you asked them, they would probably just say "We like to have a student population that is geographically diverse."</p>
<p>Thanks, misterme. While Rice is my first-choice school, what do all of you think about my chances at JHU, Wash U, and Cornell? I am assuming that they are pretty much the same?</p>
<p>I'd say that all four schools are pretty comparable, although I know one or two people who surprised me by getting into Cornell.</p>
<p>oh...i forgot to add this; i don't know how big a factor this is, but i am an ORM.</p>
<p>That doesn't help you or hurt you really that much.</p>
<p>what are the minimun requirements at the rice.. cos i can't fnd those</p>
<p>There are no minimum requirements, just like at most top schools.</p>