| 1. Grades in AP/IB classes
2. SAT
3. Experiences as expressed through essays
Save the uniqueness/diversity/intellectual curiosity talk for Stanford.
Rice admittants from my high school all show a pattern. Everyone who got all As and a nice SAT got in, including some uninteresting people. I'm not saying Rice lacks diversity or intellectual curiosity. They just don't look for it. They end up with it anyway. |