<p>How does being a Texan factor into my Rice application?? Does it make me a more likely candidate? Less likely?</p>
<p>I'd appreciate input.</p>
<p>No one can really say whether being from Texas will make any difference in your application. For the class of 2011, 47% are from Texas. Stats for class of 2012 are not up yet. Rice has been trying hard to bring geographic diversity to their student body. That said they look at the total student when selecting the class. Obviously a lot come from Texas. Demonstrate what else you bring to Rice in your visits and application. Look at the profiles on the admission page. Where do you see yourself fitting in? Good luck.</p>
<p>I think it's less likely that the admission staff favors Texans than that the majority of applicants are from Texas (and MANY of these applicants are extremely strong - think the rich dallas/houston areas) and that many strong students from the northeast usually prefer to stay there. I haven't seen a difference in stats between in-state/out-of-state admits.</p>
<p>So I'd say it's irrelevant. Then again, I really have no idea.</p>
<p>If you're from Houston, I'd say it's probably going to work a lot against you. If from somewhere in Texas, still a slight disadvantage too.</p>
<p>Rice is trying to expand geographic diversity in its students, and its freshman class last year was roughly 50% from Texas and 50% from the rest of the country. Taking into consideration the vastness of the state of Texas, and Rice's renown in Texas as opposed to a Northeast state, it's understandable how Rice attracts so many Texas students.</p>
<p>One of our best kept secrets. (;-])</p>
<p>Are any of you, consistent Rice CCer's, who received acceptance letters or are current Rice students, from the west coast? I'm asking for the obvious reason; I live and have grown up in Southern California. I'm just wondering how many, if any of you have roots in California.</p>
<p>My daughter will be at Rice next year, as a freshman, and we're from Northern California. She's the only student in her graduating class of 700+ going to Rice. We've found it's just not on the radar of most students here.</p>
<p>The 2008 stats aren't up yet but here is the info for 2007. 29 out of 742 from CA. </p>
<p>Yeah, I saw the statistics from last year already. I was wondering how many of the people from California on cc are actually going to attend Rice. My college counselor says that people in our school rarely even apply to Rice. I'm going to try and figure out a way to use this to my advantage, though. In my freshman class, just this past year, there were around 550 students. I think that I'm currently ranked somewhere in the top ten, but not quite sure where.</p>
<p>I'm from Southern California and I'm attending Rice this fall. :D</p>
<p>I doubt Rice Admission Officers discriminate much on whether or not your from TX. If you are from Houston area you have competition since most Houston High School students know the prestige of Rice and therefore will apply there. Some of these students have competitive stats so that may factor in.
Just dont worry about being from TX. If you show interest and have a snazzy resume, you can get in
Theres my 2 cents :)</p>
<p>agreed.</p>
<p>the acceptance rate from texas is 10 times lower than the overall because 10 times the number of people apply. a good candidate will get in regardless of geographic location</p>
<p>very well put.</p>
<p>so i just wanted to clarify- Rice adcom's are not biased against Texas residents or what? and Does anyone know the stats of the class of 2012</p>
<p>No they're not biased against Texas, that would be ridiculous. The geographical diversity thing is about Rice wanting to expand its reach...right now most (?) Rice students are Texan and they want more out-of-state HS students to know about the university, want to apply here, blah blah blah. Houston and Dallas both have some EXTRAORDINARILY competitive high schools (Clements, Dulles, Highland Park...) and that's a big part of why so many Texans are at Rice. It does NOT mean they're going to start rejecting qualified Texan applicants. As someone said above, it's the standard reach school for most top 5% kids here becasue more of them know about it. If you're rejected it won't be because of your state geography.</p>
<p>I've always heard (and believed) that it was harder to get into Rice from Texas than from any other state, but it wasn't true this year. The acceptance rate was actually lower this year from California than it was from Texas. There was an interesting chart on this in a recent New York Times article: The</a> New York Times > Education > Image > Geography.</p>
<p>I should probably add a note to my previous post, I just realized. That NY Times chart doesn't say anything about the caliber of the applicants. It may very well be that the students who applied from Texas had higher test scores and GPAs than from the other states, which would mean that it really is harder to get in as a Texas resident. All the NY Times charts shows in the acceptance rates.</p>