<p>Is Rice considering the Writing part of the SAT? Or are they ignoring it/ not weighting it as much as CR + Math ?</p>
<p>Since the writing part of the SAT is much the same as what used to be the SAT II Writing exam, my guess is that admissions offices on the whole will be regarding it roughly the same as they used to regard the SAT II Writing exam. At the moment, though, it's really difficult to say how the admissions officers at Rice (or anywhere else, for that matter) will be considering the writing part of the SAT.</p>
<p>My guess is that admissions offices will sort of look at this year as the "get to know the test" year. They'll have the verbal+math that they've looked at in the past (more or less), and they'll be able to make comparable decisions based upon those as they have on past SAT exams, and they'll look to see how various students fare on the writing portion of the exam to determine what sorts of things to expect the exam to tell them.</p>
<p>Remember that more than anything else, standardized tests are a product. Like any company would, the College Board is attempting to refine their product to keep with the times, and universities, as the product's primary consumers, are taking the new SAT on a test drive this year.</p>
<p>I'd expect the Writing part of the SAT to not count as much this year as it will when the admissions offices have learned how to interpret various results, but this certainly doesn't give you carte blanche to bomb the writing part. It'd be best to keep your score for the writing part in line with your CR & math scores.</p>
<p>Note: I'm not an admissions officer; this is just my educated hypothesis. The only authority I speak with is as a test prep educator. =)</p>
<p>My aunts brother is on the Board of Trustees at Rice. He told me that extracirriculars are the most important factor in one's application. Also, SAT scores are of little importance. Can anyone comment on this? If this is so, why is the SAT average almost 1450? While I am sure that they reject people with 1500 + SATs, to me, in seems that they put a great deal of weight on one's SAT scores</p>
<p>Josh, are you in-state (Texas) or out of state. I did not know this until I got accepted is that you have a 40 percent chance at being admitted if you are out of the state of Texas, but only a 19 percent chance at being admitted in Texas. Good luck!!</p>
<p>bball, is that a fact? where can that statistic be seen?</p>
<p>i heard that too.. im from PA</p>
<p>i think , though , that many people from TX apply to rice as their reach school. Not many people have heard of Rice up here, so generally, i would think, most people who apply from out of state are people who realistically have a chance.. otherwise their reach would be to JHU/Princeton etc.</p>
<p>RC0813, it was in an article.</p>
<p>so the avg SAT score when up 40 pts? JHu did that too... thats fun</p>
<p>I got in and graduated with a 1350 SAT. I just happened to have a 32 ACT. Quit freaking out about your scores, people.</p>
<p>Do decently on one or more standardized tests.
Have a decent GPA in HS after taking some interesting/challenging courses.
Participate in extracurriculars -- but not all of them! Show that you actually spent time and effort with a handful of your key interests.
BE UNIQUE.</p>
<p>And don't stress too much -- you'll have enough of that when you get here. :-)</p>
<p>P.S. Rice likes to brag about how many people with 1600s they turn down each year.</p>
<p>Yes. What wrprice said. Having a 1600 and 4.0 doesn't mean you're a person who's leading an interesting and fulfilling life. Rice doesn't want people who have lost sight of the important things in this world. Hint: SATs aren't important. Yeah, have good grades and good test scores, but only to prove that you can hack it at a top-notch college.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>Rice is phenomenal, however, don't go there if you want random ppl say o, wow, Rice, what a great place. However, all of my teachers knew of it, and congratulated me when I got accepted. However, a lot of kids, my peers, some who are heading to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc, were like wait, Texas, why would you apply there??</p>
<p>i don't care if people havent heard of Rice... thats their fault that they're stupid</p>