<p>I was very recently rejected ED from a school, and while I was a bit crushed at first, I am much happier now. I have come to realize that Rice is my top top choice, and I'm glad I have the opportunity to be admitted (or not). I was originally going to apply ED1, but I got cold feet and also wanted my 1st semester senior grades to be considered, as I have an upward trend. I have around 3.8uw/4.3w w/o freshman year. With freshman year it's a bit lower, but for anonymity purposes I don't feel like disclosing what it is. As such, I may not be the strongest applicant in the pool. I recently reread my essays, and I feel that they are the strongest ones I wrote for all of the schools i applied to...but that can only get me so far. As far as test scores I have a 33 act, which puts me in the middle 50%</p>
<p>Is there any way that i can show interest and let them know that I would attend rice at the blink of an eye if I was accepted? I have and will not be able to visit, however, as it is financially impossible. I had an alumni interview a while back, but I do not feel it went too well, as it was one of my first and I personally did not think the interviewer was very good.</p>