<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
<li>spongebodge, Canada, Architecture</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
<li>spongebodge, Canada, Architecture</li>
<li>amdn, Arkansas, Engineering</li>
</ol>
<p>Ya, that was me who misspelled Wiess. silly google auto corrected with Weiss
I was a little scared and double checked my essay
good thing I didn’t make the spelling mistake there</p>
<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
<li>spongebodge, Canada, Architecture</li>
<li>amdn, Arkansas, Engineering</li>
<li>sailingby, South Carolina, School of Social Sciences</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
<li>spongebodge, Canada, Architecture</li>
<li>amdn, Arkansas, Engineering</li>
<li>sailingby, South Carolina, School of Social Sciences</li>
<li>aphan9, Florida, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
</ol>
<p>Is the Rice interview important? On collegeboard they list factors from Required, very important, important, and considered. The interview is listed under considered so does that mean it’s not that important? Does anyone know someone who was ACCEPTED to Rice and didn’t have an interview?
doesn’t matter if it’s for this year or a few years before :)</p>
<ol>
<li>iambored10, North TX, Engineering</li>
<li>isa17, FL, Engineering</li>
<li>athenos, OK, Engineering</li>
<li>Lazydog, south MS, Anthropology</li>
<li>colinization, Vermont, College of Sciences or something</li>
<li>raynebow757, VA, College of Arts & Sciences</li>
<li>Englandude, Northeast TX, Engineering</li>
<li>Modulation, Minnesota, Engineering</li>
<li>bustofPallas, North TX, Humanities / Social Studies / honestly have no clue</li>
<li>Bremsespor, Norway, Engineering</li>
<li>crayola27, Houston-area, Engineering</li>
<li>2legit2quit, AZ, Anthropology/Economics</li>
<li>quantize, North TX, Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>ineo, California, Mechanical Engineering/Visual Arts</li>
<li>PandaMonium, PA, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>Charmelody, North TX, College of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>ljtj28, Oregon, Engineering</li>
<li>aznschoolboi22, Wiess School of Natural Sciences,</li>
<li>stentorian, California, English</li>
<li>V1236, PA, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>llpitch, Hawaii, Engineering</li>
<li>KMad, North Texas, College of Social Science</li>
<li>Penntex, Houston Area, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>anhtimmy, Houston TX, Wiess School of Natural Science</li>
<li>acolombianp28, Dallas TX, Natural Sciences</li>
<li>panospylar, Greece, Civil Engineering</li>
<li>spongebodge, Canada, Architecture</li>
<li>amdn, Arkansas, Engineering</li>
<li>sailingby, South Carolina, School of Social Sciences</li>
<li>aphan9, Florida, Weiss School of Natural Sciences</li>
<li>hmf123, Irving TX, English</li>
</ol>
<p>I just got a private message and so I assume the user would like to stay private, that read:</p>
<p>“if you dont live really close to rice a la houston, it won’t hurt you AT ALL honestly if you don’t have an interview”</p>
<p>Well, I live in Irving which is close to Dallas, so I guess it won’t hurt me right? I noticed that there are quite a few other Dallas and North texas people who applyed not to mention all the applicants I saw at the beginning of this thread who didn’t have an interview either so I hope this puts all of your minds at ease.</p>
<p>By the way, alot of thanks to the user who sent me this message! :)</p>
<p>The only disadvantage for living in Houston is the sheer amount of applicants from here. (i live 6 minutes from Rice)
Other than that, we have a major advantage since Rice’s incoming freshman class has roughly 25% from Houston (straight from the mouth of an admission officer)</p>
<p>i live in california…is that an advantage or disadvantage?</p>
<p>I was accepted RD and I didn’t have an interview, but I did visit the campus and attend an information session during the tour, as well as information sessions by a university rep given at my high school. I also traveled 1500 miles away from my home to visit the school ;)</p>
<p>I applied RD and i had an Info session, campus tour, talked to a student and a professor, and had an interview… so who knows</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>That’s not entirely true. You could probably get an interview with a Rice alum. You can get an interview in most states with a Rice alum. Then again, if you are in Texas, perhaps all the alums are in Houston, i dont know. Lastly, on to of all this, the interview isn’t a make or break — unless you show up at the interview and insult the interviewer or something.</p>
<p>i had my interview with a senior at Rice.
much less awkward</p>
<p>yaa whether or not u have an interview wont determinte whether u get in or not</p>