<p>This process is really insanity.
I was waitlisted at both MIT and Caltech, which have around 10% admit rates and the best applicants out there, but then I also got waitlisted at Rice, which has a 20% admit rate. But, I didn’t really show interest, and Rice wasn’t very high on my list.</p>
<p>I did get accepted to Dean’s Scholars at UT, and that’s more than likely where I’ll be next year.</p>
<p>Mannn I got waitlisted too. I thought for sure I would get in.
950/13800 that comes to about 6.9%. How does this turn out to be around 20% when they release the actual numbers? Anybody know how to do the math?</p>
<p>^They accept way more than 950 in order to make up for their non-100% yield. So that they might still have a full class, even though not all accepted students will enroll.</p>
<p>They accept far more people than there are spots available. Not everyone that gets in to Rice will actually attend the school. That’s how the admit rate is 20%. </p>
<p>Anyway, I got waitlisted. I was expecting to be rejected. Does Rice, or any school for that matter, look at second semester senior grades for waitlisted applicants?</p>
<p>I was also waitlisted at WashU and Rice… oh well, I got a Dartmouth likely, I guess this just makes my decision easier, lol. </p>
<p>^^ Haha I am EXACTLY the opposite! I got into WashU and Rice but Dartmouth hates me which is okay. I like the other two better anyway. Dartmouth (aka 6 month winters) + girl with seasonal depression = bad news</p>
<p>Also, Rice has historically had approximately a 35% yield rate (aka the percent of admitted kids that actually say yes to them). So take 950 and multiply by 100/35. That gives you about 2700 acceptances</p>
<p>2,700/13,800 = 19.66 % admit rate</p>
<p>Accepted: Rice, USC (Trustee free-ride), Pitt (undergrad)
Rejected: Rochester, Pitt Med, USC med
Pending: Case combined, BU combined, Brown, Baylor med, Columbia and Cornell</p>
<p>If you are wait listed and really want to go to Rice, you can attend another school and ace the first year. Also get good prof recommendation letters and apply to transfer to Rice.
But do keep up your senior grades, despite senioritis. Your chance may be higher because Rice likes those who excell at college level work (known track record)
Best Wishes.</p>
<p>Ahhh depressing. </p>
<p>Well, it’s not all bad, I suppose. For one, there are lots of nice people (you guys) who are in the same boat with me. And two, if we’re lucky, many of the people admitted also were admitted elsewhere. Why else would the applicant pool be so high? I would be willing to bet that Rice isn’t the only school with higher numbers this year. Likely many people decided to try their hand at multiple selective schools to improve their odds. (…Harvard? …Yale? If you do not mind, please take enough of the admitted, but not wholeheartedly loyal, students to Rice with you so we waitlisters have a second shot. ^^) </p>
<p>However, all hope is not lost! [though I would not have said the same thing two hours ago… bawling, I was. ha.] I’ll simply continue to wait, as I’ve done for the past couple months, and hope for the best.</p>
<p>Oh, as a side note, does anyone know if updating your application by email or letter is better? Or if neither is better, which presents a nicer image?</p>
<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I was having difficulties accepting the Rice Waitlist. For the home phone section I tried typing my international number it didn’t work, my uncle’s home phone (california) it didn’t work, and my sister’s cell phone (US cellphone) and it didn’t work either. So basically I can’t fill out the form to accept a spot on the waitlist right now…</p>
<p>And for everyone on the waitlist, don’t feel discouraged, wherever we end up going to college that’s where we are meant to be, and who knows, it might just be rice in the end!</p>
<p>^ I had trouble too. I live in the U.S., and typing in my number like this: XXX XXX XXXX worked (with the spaces, but no dashes or parentheses).</p>
<p>^^ I had trouble with the phone number field too. I ended up successfully submitting it in this format: xxx-xxx-xxxx</p>
<p>Waited listed rice but accepted uchicago and caltech. No idea how the process works anymore.</p>
<p>Anyone think that the place where you had the option to list the colleges you applied to had any effect on admissions? I probably shouldn’t have listed all 18…</p>
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<p>I hope that question didn’t have an effect.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think that it does.</p>
<p>That would be rather mean if it did have an effect.</p>
<p>Rather disappointed I got waitlisted, Rice is a nice school, and I thought I was qualified enough. Oh, I guess I am, but somehow at the same time I’m not good enough to be accepted. >_>;;</p>
<p>No good news yet… Everyone I know has been getting waitlisted/rejected when I (& the majority of my peers) had expected acceptances. It feels like it’s more difficult than last year, considering the applicant pool and corresponding results I had noticed at my school, at least.</p>
<p>Yeah. Agree with above statement. Last year a kid from my school got into wash u with a 3.5 and a 2200. He was a white male with no hooks. This year, I was the only person to get in at my school.</p>
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<p>I honestly think it did. However, I was convinced by this board that it didn’t at time of application. For future applicants, please list colleges knowing that it does to some effect influence your decision. It can only help you.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was kinda bummed about my waitlist for Rice. The likely letters/acceptances that I have gotten so far had kind of made me a bit complacent. Guess it was a mistake to think that different colleges/universities want similar things from their students. </p>
<p>Oh, and in case you guys were curious, I put all 13 of the other colleges that I applied to on the list that the Rice supplemental asked for. Looking back, I can’t think of any reason why that would have helped me…Anyways, good luck to all who are on the waitlist! And congrats to those that got in too ;).</p>
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<p>Just to clarify these two sentences, I mean that you should be prudent with which colleges you write down for that section.</p>
<p>Limit the list/number of schools you are applying to. Five max. A long list implies lack of seriousness about the school or strong doubt about your competitiveness.</p>