<p>Can't seem to get the html code to work properly...but I got accepted too!</p>
<p>I'm from NY, 2250 SAT, okay GPA barely in the top ten, though there's no official ranking:/</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780, 790
[<em>] GPA: 4.63w, 4.00uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/390
[li] Other stats: 4 years of Debate, Student Government officer, Science Olympiad, Boys State, National Merit, AP Scholar With Distinction, and a few others like that, nothing too special</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, I think
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None, really</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Overland Park, Kansas
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:Happy to get in, but I won't be able to go unless I get some substantial merit-based aid money...hopefully I'll get the chance to go to Owl Weekend at least...</p>
<p>*Decision: Admit (Engineering) *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420(old)/2230(new)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700, 800, 800
[<em>] GPA: N.A
[</em>] Rank: N.A
[li] Other stats: 4 GCE A-Level As</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty personal I suppose
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Normal
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Normal
[</em>] Hook (if any): Hardly anyone applies from my country, I think; been in the military for 2 years; 1st to go college.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tiny little dot in SE Asia
[</em>] School Type: Public when I was still there
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Yay. But I still hope to get a bit of aid since they're not need-blind to us internationals.</p>
<p>^^^^
how did you gte an 810 in writing?!?</p>
<p>This is so freakin' awesome! Congratulations you guys! :) Woohoo! Okay, enough of the caffeine and sugar. At any rate, welcome to the class of 2010! There are two myspace groups for Rice floating around and I can't remember the link for the newest one, but here's the link for the older one:
<a href="http://groups.myspace.com/rice2010%5B/url%5D">http://groups.myspace.com/rice2010</a>
I can't wait until O-Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </p>
<p>Perhaps the Starbucks coffee wasn't a good idea...</p>
<p>CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!! i hope to see each of you this fall!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED! (ENGINEERING) [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1470/2160 (800 M, 720 W, 640 V)
[ *] SAT IIs:670 Physics, 690 Math IIC
[ *] GPA:4.7
[ *] Rank:5/900
[ *] Other stats:Good community service activities, leadership</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Pretty creative
[ *] Teacher Recs: Really good
[ *] Counselor Rec:So-so
[ *] Hook (if any):My interview was awesome!</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:Public, competitive
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender:Girl</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors: I think that the interview was the deciding factor. The interviewer was really impressed.[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: I'm surprised I got in because my SAT scores are a lot lower than the others that got accepted.[ /b]</p>
<p>Deferred to Regular Decision....sorry guys, really bummed about it so I'll post the stats later.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:720 CR 730 M 730 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Us History, 710 Math 2c, 660 Physics
[li] GPA: 3.98, 96.8</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Rank: 4/400
[</em>] Other stats: AP US-5, AP World-5, AP Physics B-3</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: so-so
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was good, the other was amAzing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): top 5 vocalist (bass) in the state</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia (suburb of Atlanta)
[</em>] School Type: competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: President Mu Alpha Theta, Vice President NHS, Student Body Vice President and Senior Representative, Dacula Leadership team, Mock Trial, Scholar's Bowl, Chorus maniac (all-state, Governor's Honors etc.) and more</p>
<p>General Comments: Received Merit Scholarship. Im excited to have the chance to go to school with such amAzing people</p>
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[quote]
Im excited to have the chance to go to school with such amAzing people
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</p>
<p>Speak for yourself, man. You're so modest. :)</p>
<p>Are you being sarcastic?</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2290
[ *] SAT IIs:800 (Math 2c) 760 (US Hist) 800 (Bio E)
[ *] GPA:4.93 W 4.00 UW
[ *] Rank:1/696
[ *] Other stats:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:ok, i guess, not the best writer, didn't put too much effort in
[ *] Teacher Recs:hopefully very good
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (if any):none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>
[quote]
Are you being sarcastic?
[/quote]
</p>
<p>No, no, no! Lol. I was saying you're a pretty amazing guy too, your achievements are equally impressive. Sorry if that came off the wrong way. Congrats!</p>
<p>oh ok....thanks!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio-M 790, Chem 770, Math 2 760, Lit 750, Math 1 770
[<em>] GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[li] Other stats: 5s on APs Chem, Bio, Comp Gov, US Gov, Enviro Sci</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: First draft of Common App so, decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One good, one average (most likely since I couldn't read them)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MO
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: N/A
General Comments: I think my interview went spectacularly so that may have helped a little. Also, my essay was fairly unusual although not necessarily technically well-written since it was the first draft.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (720 M, 740 CR, 770 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 iic/720 physics/650 spanish (ahhhhh)
[<em>] GPA: 3.98 UW/4.51 W
[</em>] Rank: 8/390
[li] Other stats: national merit, 36 on act, varsity soccer w/ a few honors, pres of: nhs, spanish hs, young democrats club; vp of ping pong club, nothing spectacular though</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: strong
[</em>] Teacher Recs: strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very strong
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Overland Park, Kansas
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Good interview i think
General Comments: College is too expensive! No merit money either :(</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS EVERYON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1</p>
<p>i hope you all will choose rice!</p>
<p>Apollo, I hope you choose Rice =P</p>
<p>haha..thanks jimmy...you should IM me...no, actually ill IM you...just as soon as grey's anatomy is done!! lol</p>
<p>Oh...Grey's Anatomy. I thought I could like no medical drama more than House...but yes, I just placed an order on Amazon.com for Season 1.</p>