What Do I Need to Get In?

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<p>As a sophomore, I definitely like this school. However, I'm unsure what the adcoms are looking for there. Since you guys probably know, can anyone tell me what would I need to have a good shot at getting into Rice?</p>

<p>I'm not sure how much information you guys need, but currently I have good grades. My ECs aren't that much, I do debate, which I have gotten about 5 awards for so far. I do other activities too.</p>

<p>As for my test scores, I got a 5 on AP Bio last year, a 740 on my Bio M Subject Test, and I have taken the PSAT twice, but nothing big. </p>

<p>As a note, this is definitely NOT a Chance Me thread. I just want to know what I would need to get in. This can take the form of anything from alumni/accepted stats, common knowledge I don't know, etc. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>It seems like you’re on track to being a competitive applicant.</p>

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<p>Look at the thread about decisions. The Official RD thread or something.</p>

<p>That will give you a good idea about what you will be competing with</p>

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<p>find your passion and puruse it like a beast! You have 1 year and 2 summers…so you better do some searching. Don’t necessarily think as if it may turn into your career. DO something that you love at present, and dig inside. Even if you end up hating it, you will be able to gain a very appreciative experience. :slight_smile:
That way, come admissions, you’ll have something truly outstanding in confrontation to the all-about grades & scores person.</p>

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<p>^ to be honest, I pursued what I wasn’t good at but was thorougly intrigued by. When senior year arrived, I realized that the pursuit had morphed into passion. It took me some time to realize this since I had no intentions on making it my career…but now I have the option open for consideration.</p>

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<p>Demonstrate Interest, Be an Interesting Applicant/Do Something highly meaningful (these are not mutually exclusive, but it appears only one tends to be necessary), score in the middle 50% of the SAT/ACT range (check the collegeboard website), score in the mid to upper 700’s on your subject tests, rack up the AP scores (more for credit than admission’s sake), and do well in your high school courses.</p>

<p>You don’t need a 4.0 or a 2400 to get into Rice. We like test scores and GPA here, but admissions is much more holistic (see: Interesting Applicant) than you will find at many other schools. That being said, it does help to have competitive grades and scores (like anywhere else).</p>

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<p>How exactly do I “demonstrate interest”? And, what makes you interesting to an adcom aside from your essay?</p>

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<p>Your recommendation letters, your essays, the box, your choice of EC’s etc.</p>

<p>It is the cumulative package.</p>

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<p>^Antarius, do you happen to know the link for the official RD thread?</p>

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<p>Here you go. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/892084-official-rice-rd-decisions-class-2014-a.html?highlight=Official+Rice[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/892084-official-rice-rd-decisions-class-2014-a.html?highlight=Official+Rice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;