<p>just wondering...how hard is it to transfer in to Rice?</p>
<p>acceptance rates for transfers vary each year.... the past few yrs its been a percentage or two higher than freshman admission....</p>
<p>When are you allowed to transfer to Rice? Can you transfer for the sophomore year, or is it for the junior year?</p>
<p>I know someone who went to Rhodes freshman year, then transferred into Rice for his sophomore year. There was no on-campus housing available for him, but he was still assigned to a residential college.</p>
<p>you can transfer at any time but you have to live on campus for at least 2 years and complete at least 60 credit hours at rice</p>
<p>It's my understanding that there isn't a requirement for living on campus. I'd be interested to know where you found that out... it's not that I don't believe you, just that I had never heard that before.</p>
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So Rice doesn't gurantee housing for transfers? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know how the whole transferring of credits works? Do you have to pay to transfer credits? Does Rice accept credits from certain universities but not others?</p>
<p>i think you have to live off campus as a transfer. at least thats the way it works in my college. yes everyone is assigned a college. im sure rice accepts credits from any accredited university, if thats your question. that doesnt really matter though for a given case. you need to see how they accept your particular ap credit and college transfer credit, in which case the spectrum is from none to all. </p>
<p>about the requirement for living on campus for 2 years, what about junior transfers? by the time they know about acceptance room draw is over. i dont think rice would put itself in a difficult position like that. at the most it would be they guarantee housing for you, but to require a non-freshman seems odd. </p>
<p>for transfers though, i think rice is a great place to apply to. its rate is high and the requirements here arent bad at all. other top schools accept generally very few transfers, and if they have a core curriculum youre a bit screwed.</p>
<p>transfers usually don't get an oncampus room their first semester/yr but i remember reading somewhere that you must live in the colleges for a certain period of time..maybe its just one academice yr(2 semesters)</p>
<p>the last paragraph about transfers in the general announcements booklet states:
"Transfer students must be registered in residence at Rice for at least four full semesters during the fall or spring terms and must complete no fewer than 60 semester hours before earning a Rice degree."
^maybe i misunderstood?</p>
<p>Transfer students are NOT required to live on campus. "in residence" just means they have to attend Rice (not study abroad..) for 4 full sememsters. Some transfer students do live on campus, though. I know that Lovett is offering rooms to some transfer students. There is lots of housing close to Rice if you don't get off the waiting list, and the online "off-campus" housing guide is a good place to get roommates and find a place.</p>
<p>should I be able to trasfer to rice after my 2 years undergraduate with a 3.90 GPA from FSU?
Also, are recomendations and SAT scores considered( for transfer stuents)?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>are your chances good? with a 3.9 thats a good start. yes recs are considered. SATs are considered much less for junior transfers than for sophomores.</p>
<p>I'm currently a high school senior and will probably apply to Rice transfer next year. Does anyone know if they'll be looking at the new writing section of the SAT(if I wanted to take it again)? I know most colleges didn't consider it this year...</p>
<p>I have had very bad grades in the freshman and sophomore year of my high school. My grades got a little better in junior and senior year, and I am doing IB. I am still in high school, and I am going to attend UNSW in australia, and possibly transfer to the US after my freshman year at college. Do you think that my bad high school grades will affect my chances? Should I retake my SAT 1 and 2, because I am pretty sure i improve them significantly?</p>
<p>my friend transfered from UT and is there right now, as a sophomore..he transfered in spring semester of sophomore year.</p>