<p>Rice needs applicant to mail a signature page.</p>
<p>in the page, it contains a box and they ask you to fill it with something appealing.</p>
<p>anyone here knows whats the purpose for it? is it to test our imagination and creativity?</p>
<p>is it really important?</p>
<p>It's the most important part.</p>
<p>its important in what way? </p>
<p>its the drawing that is important or your commitment to the honor system that is important?</p>
<p>I talked to an admin officer and he said that admin officers use it to help "distinguish applications" or whatever that means.</p>
<p>as long as you don't put down a picture of something insane like mutilated bunnies, there's no way it will be the difference between and acceptance, deferral, rejection, or waitlist.</p>
<p>does the picture/drawing/text have to be confined within the box?</p>
<p>Yes .</p>
<p>This is what an admin officer said about the "box" in an email to me.</p>
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[quote]
Tommy-</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in Rice University!</p>
<p>Through the application process, the members of the Admission Committee are interested in learning more about YOU, not about the person you may picture as the ideal Rice candidate. To this end, in the application we have given you a space affectionately known as “the box” to express something extra about yourself. You may put ANYTHING you desire in, on, around, through, or about the box. It need not fit within the borders of the box. It need not be two-dimensional. Our only request is that you not include any perishable items (such as food) in the box.</p>
<p>We certainly wish you the best of luck in the application process, and if you have any further questions, please call our office at 1-800-527-6957.</p>
<p>Best wishes for a fun and successful college search process!</p>
<p>Mekiva Callahan</p>
<p>Admission Counselor</p>
<p>Rice</a> University | Prospective Students</p>
<p>1-800-527-6957
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<p>this contradicts to what you said o_o</p>
<p>I put a penguin and was accepted ED. Just put something you like and dont worry about it. :)</p>
<p>I put 11 stacks of 20 dollar bills (there were 50 bills in each stack) in my box. 11 is my lucky number. I hope they realize that I’m more than an application. That I’m actually an application with millions of dollars in my back account. </p>
<p>Seriously, though, I applied last year and I somehow never got the memo that there was a signature page. Maybe because I applied online (?). Anyways I got in. So don’t sweat it too much.</p>
<p>do i have to draw something or can it just be a photo?</p>
<p>You don’t have to draw. It can be a picture of anything that appeals to you. The only thing they warn against is Rice, the food.</p>
<p>And do not put nothing in the box and say it is because you think outside the box. Been done a million times.</p>
<p>I put a picture of a random funny sign and got accepted ED. It was just something I found on Google.</p>
<p>I just drew a picture of Harry Potter and got in. I wouldn’t sweat it too much, just put something that’s you. Best of luck! :)</p>
<p>I’m an equestrian, so I just uploaded a picture of a horse from Google Images and left it at that. I was accepted. It’s not really a big deal. I’d argue that the less you think about something like this, the better it’ll turn out, as it’ll be something just instinctively <em>you</em> instead of what you think they want (which is probably what a ton of other people have put there).</p>
<p>Ok I have another question concerning the “box”. I had an image of the city of Rome and when I did print preview, my image wasn’t actually in the box (the box was blank) but rather the image had printed off on a completely different sheet of paper. So now…I’m slightly confused. Does the image need to be smaller or something? Or is that how it’s supposed to look in the print preview format.</p>
<p>Play around with it a little to see if you can get it to fit.</p>
<p>I submitted an image of a fake acceptance letter I typed up. :P</p>
<p>(I got in.)</p>
<p>^ That’s awesome. 
I wish I’d thought of that.</p>