What are my chances? Please tell me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>Alright, so I visited Rice University to attend an info session and tour the school. I immediately fell in love. I am definitely going to apply no matter what my chances are and just hope for the best.
So here is my info...</p>

<p>Hispanic Male from Arizona
Private Catholic High School</p>

<p>Scores:
ACT Composite - 32; M-34, E-35, R-27, Sc-31
SAT (not so good, but poor reflection) - 1800
Still need to take the subject tests</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA 4.0 un-weighted, 4.51 weighted
My school only offers 4 AP classes and I'm taking/taken 3 (English AP Lang (11), English AP Lit, Calculus AP), ironically I’m not taking Spanish AP</p>

<p>Senior Course Load: Physics Honors, Calc AP, English AP, Gov/Economics, World Religions, Psychology Dual Credit, Golden Shamrocks Choir (piano)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Football: (10, JV) Varsity - 11, 12 Team Captain
Varsity Track - 10, 11 Team Captain, and 12
Varsity Cross Country - 9
Piano (Golden Shamrocks Choir and College classes); been playing 8 years
National Honor Society - Active member 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>Community Service:
Church's Head Altar Server, been serving for 12 years, winner of Church's Acolyte of the Year Award
Volunteer at the Yuma Community Food Bank during school year</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award
President's Award for Educational Excellence; 9, 10, 11
Academic High Honor Roll, all years
Highest Achieving Student - Lab Science
Community Service Award</p>

<p>Athletic Awards:
For Track - All District (10, 11), All State (11), 4x800m relay Regional Champion, 2a West Region Champions, 5th place at State in 800m, Exemplary Attendance Award, Team Captain</p>

<p>For Football - 2A West Region Champions, 2nd team All Region, Team Captain
Varsity Football Player with Highest GPA Award (no joke)</p>

<p>Any teacher I ask will write a great Recommendation letter for me</p>

<p>So what are your thoughts? Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>You should definitely apply and are in the range of acceptees. FYI: you don’t need SAT subject tests if you are submitting an ACT score.</p>

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<p>You should apply. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input and the news about the subject tests. That is definitely a relief</p>

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<p>You’re a URM, you have a good ACT score, decent extracurriculars, and a fantastic GPA. Apply, be genuine in your essays, show interest, and your chances will be just fine.</p>

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<p>Will my low sat score effect me or will they only look at the act score? Should i take the sat again anyway?</p>

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<p>they look at the best of the two. hence the ACT</p>

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<p>Just wondering…how can your weighted gpa be 4.51 if your school only offers 4 AP classes? Are your honors classes weighted too? Or does your school award 6 points for AP?</p>

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<p>Yea I’ve taken a lot of honor classes and at my school all of the honors and AP classes are weighted and awarded 5 points. My Gov/Economics class is also honors, I just marked it incorrectly.</p>