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<p>...What are my Interim Decision Chances:</p>

<p>East Indian
New Jersey
Applying to Humanities </p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 UW (we don't rank)
**This was due to a lot of B's freshman year when I was at another school and a C in Honors Precalc over the summer at Rutgers University. I wrote a supplemental essay trying to explain this and sent it in.</p>

<p>ACT: 29 (12 Essay)
SAT II: 710 Math Level 2, 690 Biology, 680 Chemistry</p>

<p>6 AP classes by graduation:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics C
Economics
Psychology
Human Geography</p>

<p>4 College Classes by Graduation:
Calculus I (got B+) (sent in supplemental rec letter from teacher when grade was 96 :-))
Calculus II
English I
Intro to Psychology (got A)</p>

<p>President and Founder of Health Organization at School
Treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta
President of Latin Honors Society
Summer Internship and Observership at a hospital (w/ Public Health department and ER, respectively) in India (sent in supplemental rec letter from one of the deans from the college)
Siemens Westinghouse Competition Participant</p>

<p>Good Essays</p>

<p>REALLY good teacher recs</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>while there's no guarantee for anyone, you should still apply. </p>

<p>Being an applicant from NJ will definitely help you! </p>

<p>good luck, and keep in mind that you need safeties as well!</p>

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<p>Thanks Apollo.</p>

<p>What do you think like % wise? Is it a super-reach or like still attainable?</p>

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<p>no idea. just make whatever you're doing better. lol. Rice is a reach for pretty much anyone....good luck.</p>

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<p>Just put native american on the transcript and your in =P. Lol, my friend did that for the SAT and got a FLOOD of applications, scholarship offers, etc and he is only 1/8th cherokee.</p>

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<p>hahaha. The sad thing is that, if they went by honor system, I'd so do that.</p>

<p>Anyone else with advice/chances? Please :-)</p>

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<p>DWigs87 , where in jersey?</p>

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<p>I'm in Somerset, you?</p>

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<p>I'm from Plainsboro next to Princeton</p>

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<p>UPDATE: My December ACT results are in and here is the final combined score:</p>

<p>English: 29
Reading: 32
Math: 30
Science: 27
Writing: 12 (Writing/English: 31)
Composite: 30</p>

<p>Do my chances improve any? Thanks.</p>

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<p>i'd say yes, they do improve, as your scores show improvement. i would say that c in precalc might hurt, but assuming you got better it might be okay. i think you have a good chance, i think rice is trying to expand their class and pull lots of out of states in, you by all means don't look like a "Weak" applicant--i think you have a good chance =)</p>

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<p>Thanks. That gives me some hope in getting in :-).</p>

<p>Anyone else have thoughts? I'd really appreciate it...</p>

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<p>D wigs, honestly, dont stress too much about the scores. I was recently admitted and i was really stressed about it too. Rice doesnt just want numbers. i know people that got denied last year with high sat's, the number one person in my school last year got denied. there is no guarantee. I did lower on my sat's but got really high sat 2's so that helped me out, but i honestly think that extracurriculars, interview, and the box ameliorate your chances for acceptance. be creative and be confident man. If you show that you are unique on your essay that is what they want, show creativity on the box and dont do anything cliche like gluing uncooked rice to the box. I did something where i combined symbolism with something I am really interested in-----stem cell research.</p>